The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
SENATE PROBE OF ALL C0NGRESe|o'.NA CAMP PA|GNS ORDERED
Investigation to Be Con- ducted By Same Commit tee Hearing Evidence In
 Presidential Contest
By Associated Press

Washington June 5.-InveStigat1on or expenditures in the presidential and congressional campaigns which will end with the November elections was or dered today by the Senate.
 The inquiry will be conducted by the same committee which has been hearing evidence as to pre-convention political financing. The committee heard one Wit ness in that phase of its investigation today and then adjourned until July 3 when it will complete this work in prep aration, for the larger inquiry.
 Senate action today was on the resor Iution of Senator Pomerene. democrat Ohio member of the investig igatiiih conan1tl .a, and was taken in the closing moments of the session after brief but spirited debate. Senator Pomerene attacked the contigent expense commit tee for delaying it's report on the meas ure and asked for it's immediate consid- eration. Senator Shoot, republican, Utah. objected, declaring that under tho rules the resolution would have to ile over one day.
 Senator Pomerene in attacklng the committee declared that he was not de ceiyed "by these methods of procedure,' and said the Senate could not play Ia yorites with either men or parties. fs added that the democrats were not goinH to say to the people that 1t was none ot their business where campaign 1unus came from or how they were expended and that the republicans dared not do SO
 Senator Borah. republican. Idaho, au- thor of the resolution under Wnicn the nresent inquiry is being conducted, also supported the Pomerene proposal. Re ferring to Senator Shoots objection to immediate action he said he feared this
 might be found by November to be ar terror of Judgment" The feeling against excessive expenditures was not confined to any one party declared, ana warned tbe renublicans to "clean house between now and next Saturday Some other marty may be selected to protect the American flag and American institu- tions''
 Charedng that men of wealth are seek ;re to control the political parties, Sen ator Porah asked. if the party once lef hv Abraham Lincoln could afford to ob feet to the consideration of such reso Iution so "they won't ~" under surveil lance between now and next Novem' ber"
 OBJECTION WITHDRAWN Senator Sr1oot withdrew his objection Senator Kenyon. republican, Iowa chairman of the Investigating commit | tions which he said were made in thu l last campaien by those supportins President Wilson and declared that { | number of the contributors later wer' appointed to diplomatic posts. Senator Shoot withdrew his objection to i'm mediate consideration to the Pomeren' resolution.
 'Tf we had a public press that did no magnify every statement made there would be no objection to a fair investigs ition" Senator Shoot said. '1 would no object to q law that would require ever political donation for campaign purpose ] to be made public. .'"~
 l Senator Robinson. democrat. Arkansas asked why Senator Shoot intimated sucl
 an investigaton would be unfair whel the republicans had "a majority on tn committee.
 l 'I only meant that the press was un fair" replied the Utah senator.