Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-25
BIG SUMS SPENT
ORLOWDEN AND !
WOOD DELEGATES
Hitchcock, Manager for
General, First Witness
on the Senate Grill.
$404,994.7S is EXPENDED
IN BEHALF OF LOWDEN
Hot Contests in Michigan and
Illinois Took Most
Money.
BAGGING THE COLORED VOTE
Hitchcock Disclaims Responsibility
for Contests In Southern
States.
BAGGING THE coLoRED VOTE
Hitchcock Disclaims Responsibility
for Contests In Southern
States,
IRy Associated Pr.n1

that $i0i, i,9S41S had been spent in be-
half Of Governor Lowden. Republi.
can. of Illinois. and charge that the
outlay in the Ohio primary contest
between Senator Harding, Republican,
of that State. and Iajor-Generaa
Leonard Wood made Senator New
bcrry's Michigan campaign look like
that Of piker." marked the opening
today of the Senate's investigation
into pre-convention campaign ex-
penditures.
Frank II. Hitchcock, former POST
master General, representative OF
General Wood, threw but little light
on the generals campaign expenses.
y number OF Wood managers, includ-
ing Colonel William C. Proctor, OF
Cincinnati; y. A. Spraguc. of Chicago:
Horace c. Stebbins, of New York, and
John II. Price, OF Cleveland, will be
examined later.
Snys Lowdcn Hacked Own Drive.
L. l.. Emerson. Secretary of State of
Illinois, spokesman for Governor
Lowden. armed with records and can
celed checks. said OF tho total spent
for Governor Lowden. $37s,175.7s was
contributed by tho Governor himself.
Friends gave s35.s25, he testified, be-
fore collections wcro stopped on or
ders from AIR. Lowden. Mr.. Emerson
also testified that a total of $1562432
was sent into different States, tho
Michigan primary campaign with s3o,-
14l taking the most. The Lowden
committee. hc admitted, had sent
| S3S.000 into Missouri.
| Senator Reed, Democrat, OF that
State, questioned him at somo length
to determine the method OF it's use,
since there was no primary election.
Getting out Lowden sentiment
was the purpose" Mr.. Emerson SAID,
adding that IL had been successful be-
cause tho delegates would suppors
the Governors candidacy.
$1,000 Per Delegate, Says Reed.
Cost about thousand dollars a
delegate for Missouri's thirty-six,-
commented Senator Reed.
E. III. Moore. who testified to con-
tributlons of about $4,000 to the
campaign for Governor Cox, Demo-
| crat, Ohio. charging heavy expendi-
lures in the Republican primary con.
test in Ohio. provoked hot partisan
strife. He told the committee that
Colonel Proctor. head OF a big soap
concern. was the angel" OF the Wood
campaign in Ohio. While testifying
to extensive newspaper advertising
by the Wood forces. lie was inter-
rupted by Senator Spencer. Republic
can. Missouri. who said the witness
was making general charges and de.
manded names.
II know chicken hawk from a
handsaw," Mr.. Moore retorted. Call
John III. Price. who ran the Wood
campaign. and he'll tell you what the
Harding men spent. Ask Harry
DauEherty. Harding's manager. and
he will tell you what the Wood meI,
spent.
Charges $4,000 From One Man.
Call John Il. King. who started In
as manager of General Woods cam
paisn, II you want to know about
the story of the underwriting OF the
wood campaign. I take 1t that this
Is r9al investigation and not side
SNOW. l personally know OF one man
who put up $4,000 for Wood. II
King won't tell you. I'll give you the
name"
DR.. Randolph j. Hersey, OF Wheel
Ing. appearing for Senator Suther-
land tRepublican), OF West Virginia.
dealt at some length with the Wood
campaign in that State. declaring that
II had been like a circus with tts
gross publicity" Senator Sutherland.
he said. had spent about $500 in
his campaign.
senator Poindexter (RcpubIican),
or Washington, with $4,000. was
second to Governor Lowden in size
OF expenditures actually developed.
and Senator Johnson (Republican), OF.
California. with $6S.13S, was" third.
fhe largest contributor to the john
son fund was r. r. Straussburger.
or Norristown, Pa. who gave $4,000,
according to Angus McSween, man
aser OF Johnson's Eastern headquar-
ters. William Flynn .of Pittsburgh.
gave $500 to the Johnson campaign,
Mr. McSween testified.
senator Johnson's friends In CALI
fornia, paid their own expenses in
the primary in that State. Mr.. Nc
Sween said, and also sent $500 to
Eastern headquarters. Johnson funds
for the Michigan campaign also wera
raised locally.
H. NJ. Rice. secretary to Senator
Poindexter. testified that ]. +. Bache,
a banker OF New York City, had fur
nished $4,000 for tho Polndexter
campaign. while William II. Todd,
Brooklyn shipbuilder, had given
$4,000.
DiE Fight Took Most Money.
Mr.. Hitchcock. first witness OF tho
day, told tho committee 1t had been
understood when he Joined tho Wool
organization he was not to handlS
campaign contributions. and said in-
formation as to them and c1pendis
IContlnued on Second paka.I