The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-05-26
Manager Carlin Shows Uneasiness as Senator Reed
Probes for Facts; Guffey Recently Obtained Hold
ngs in Mexico, Friendly Toward Carranza
Senator's Say Managers "Know Too Lit
tle' of Men Who Gave to Their Funds.

WHO gave 1zOUu, MI. OdIiAu odiue
The committee stopped the reading
until the contributor was fully iden.
titled as an oil man actively identified
| in Pennsylvania politics. Mr. Carlir
| named o. Michaels OF Scranton, Pa.
as giving si,5O0 and ]. Harry Coving'
ton as contributing $4,000.
| F Ia Office With Palmar.
This man Covington was formerly
a federal judge and resigned y go with
| the alien property custodaprs oiiice
| when Mr.. Palmer held that office
wasn't he?' asked Chairman Kenyon.
And the size Of the fee Mr.. Cow
| ington got at the time caused public
conment." Chairman Kenyon con-
| tinued. t.l
tive only heard little about that"
Resuming tie reading from his list,
Mr.. Carlin said Frank l.. Croker, New
York. gave $500: John T. Crosby
Hartford, $1,000; William g: Dewitt,
: York city, $500; w, II. Caldwell. $500;
Robert Law, Jr.. New York city, $1,000;
+. r.. Garvin, assistant attorney-gen-
eral, $1,000.
Chairman Kenyon asked for the iden-
litigation of each man. but. Mr.. Carlin
said he knew. nothing in detail about
| any Of them.
who does. then2" demanded the
chairman.
"Mr. Coyington is treasurer" the
witness replied.
COMMITTEES members sought to get
details about the Pennsylvania party
fight over the Palmer candidacy. Mr..
Carlin said he had not participated.
Reed Grows Indignant.
ms saE ts seS ssd R.eS not dsm
ocrat, Missouri, this committee has
had too many managers who have no
information about things like. this"
II would have known, but was in
structed TO keep my hands, off Pennn,
handle the. situation themselves" Mr..
.Carlin replied.
In Georgia and Michigan.
Senator Edge, republican, OF New
Jersey, asked about Georgia and Mich.
/ igan primary elections. Carlin said
IS. 900 had been contributed to election
expenses under Georgia state law, men
tioning Clark Howell, OF Atlanta. as an
assistant
..Mr. Paimer's candidacy has been
inE ss's ssntiment sae Vn Mr. csrin G. In said.
| e, s..And where was this eentinaeHk
n,arItested7" Chairman Kenyon In
arWsli. n Georgia, for one" sMr.
~ should say. that with a few
more victories like the one you had
there. an would be lost" Chairman
Kenyon told him.
iva cot the delegates" said Car.
lin. &
In Michigan, he said, 81, 600 had been
authorized for advertising by the ma
tional organization.
THE democratic party is having a
love feast and not a money feast" Mr.
| Carlin said when the committee began
going into state affairs.
te N "a
about" Chairman Kenyon interrupted
Senator Pomerene, democrat, OF
Ohio, insisted that the witness be al
lowed his own views,
in Georgia, the contest against
Mr.. Palmer was "aecidental,P Mr..
cariln said, while In Pennsylvania
hs classed 1t as unexpected" SEN
ator Reed brought the partisan
fitting. within the committee ranks
to a temporary close with the re.
democratic party % no man mas has
started out to GET a presidential
nomination by the process Of spend.
Ing 100000 Of his own money"
| - Howell and StovaIl.
Who managed your Georgia battler
Senator Reed inquired
Il should say. Mr.. Clark Howell and
Mr.. Stovall, former minister to Switz-
erland." Mr.. Carlin said, adding that
Mr.. Dunbar, formerly of the alier
| pLopcTly OiIice, ndu Deen SEM lH..
| Wasn't there somebody else who
held a government Office down there?
| asked Senator Reed.
"No,v was the reply. "Mr Dunbar
resigned few days before he went te
Georgia."
Mr.. Carlin said 81 500 was spent al
the Chicago offie on mems Office
4 and $3.50 on "women's work"
What have you there?" asked Sen
ator Reed.
."All sorts of things" the witness
replied. 81 sent some newspaper mer
there. stenographers and copyists. Mrs
| Ralsey w. Wilson, OF Minnesota. al
| 81 900 a month, proved to be the high
est lsalaried employe on the list.
you've found some active symptoms
OF a campaign for w. @. McAdoo as q
democratic candidate against Mr.. Pal
mer?" Chairman Kenyon asked.
at has all the earnarks. though
I've seen that Mr., Baruoh said he was
not a candidate" Mr.. Carlin replied
Somebody got the votes out for Mr.
McAdoo in Michigan"
! Chairman kenyon asked Il Mr.. Sterl'
I ing, the Palmer manager IN PenhSvi'
vsnia, was not employed "by the Du'
puy interests"
same steel interests" Mr.. Carlin said
DISPLAYS uNEAsINEss.
Joseph =. ouffey 10 the Pitts.
| burah oil man who secured valuable
concessions in Mexico from Car.
| rama shortly before his recent =
| downfall, CarlIn testified.
/ Upon Guffey's return from Mex
| leo recently he Issued public
statement which was "u1ost compll'
nentary TO carranza," cariln~testi-
ffed.
Guffey, backed by Palmer, won out
In the recent Pennsylvania primary
as a candidate for democratic ma
tionaI committeeman from the state
TO succeed Palmer.
drilled by Senator Reed, demo-
crat, OF Missouri, and senator Ken.
yon, republican, OF Iowa, Carin
displayed considerable uneaslness
as he admitted he was counsel Ter
n. S. Dupuy. Pittsburgh steel
maonate, who was . chairman ot
the board Of directors Of the Cru
elbte Steel company when that cor
poration was charged by the GOV
ernment with defraudino " OF S1o''
100000 In income taxes.
Cariin testified the crueible
steel company had since made res:
titution TO the aovernnent o.
5000 900.
Proctor on stand.
When Mr.. Cariin concluded. Wilnsm
c. Proctor. Of Cincinnati. general ehai.I
man Of Mai Gen. Leonard Wood
campaign committee. was called to ths
stand The committee announced tha'
| former Federal Judge ]. Harry Cow
irgton. treasurer Of the Palmer cam
| pairn fund. had been summoned.
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