Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-06-05

Washington, June 4 (by the AS
sociated Press) The senate COM
mittee investigating the financing
of the campaigns of presidential
candidates today sought an esti-
mate of the amount raised for the
candidacy of Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood for the republican nomina-
ton but failed to arrive at a defi-
mite figure.
Horace S. Stebbins of New York,
eastern treasurer of the Wood ma
.tional compaign committee said
he would be unable to estimate the
Wood national fund until the books
were audited. Chairman Kenyon
of the committee thought that an
addition of $74.390 to the total of
$1,1SO,00O estimated by A. A.
Sprague, the Wood fund treasurer
at Chicago. would give the grand
total. Senator Pomerene of Ohio,
democratic member of the commit
tee, however, figured that ap-
proximately $228,000 should be
added to Mr. Sprague's total.
While the committee was hear
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committee with instructions to re-
port tomorrow the resolution of
fered yesterday by Senator Pomer-
enc proposing that the scope of the
inquiry be enlarged to include con-
gressional campaigns and that the
Investigation be continued through
the November election.
Stebhins, whom senate officers
had been seeking since early in the
inquiry, was the only witness at the
committees one day session. He
declared he had been on trip in
the Canadian woods far from tele-
phone or telegraph lines, Chair
man Kenyon told him that the
committee was satisfied that he
had no intention of avoiding ex-
animation.
Testimony given by Stebbins re-
lated to eastern financing of the
Wood campaign and accounted for
contributions totalling approxi-
mately $268,000. Some of the con-
tributors and their amounts pre-
viously have been given to the
committee by Mr.. Sprague.
htsttIs EEtIDtItu StuttbHht'
On taking the stand, Mr.. Gregory
read a prepared statement in which
he said he had come from San
Francisco as quickly as possible
ito place before the committee the
exact expenditures made by the
friends of Mr.. Hoover in the late
California primaries"
"Mr, McCabe, one of Senator
Johnson's managers" he said, "tes-
titled recently before the commit
tee, that he believed those expenses
would exceed $500. 900. That is a
grossly excessive estimate. The
total expenses incurred in Califor-
mia including the San Francisco
and Los Angeles offices, which
were as well the headquarters for
the whole western division and all
local offices was sS3,210.72. The
amount expended for other Pac fic
coast states makes the total in Cal
ifornia considerably less"
"A great majority of the news
PAPERS in California were active in
behalf of the candidacy of Senator
johnson, many editors having been
appointed TO Office Dy JotliSoii dUd
a further number being on his
delegation, would not publish the
facts for the Hoover people, and we
were compelled to resort to paid
and circulars to at
temnt to meet the great Johnson
and huge billboard cam
state. The state of California has
paign which extended all over ths
over 100000 votes, and the mail
ing of one letter to each voter cost
approximately $4,000
"The campaign in behalf of Mr..
Hoover was not financed by any
single individual. The largest SUBJ
scription we received was $4,000
from a lifelong friend of Mr.
Hoover. The great bulk of the
was made of subscriptions
of under 800 each. There are
many thousands of subscribers to
this fund.
almost all the workers we're
there having been at
San Francisco headquarters but
fifteen paid employees"