New-York tribune., 1920-05-26
Wilson Financial Adviser
Also Denies Managing
Campaign for Former
Secretary of Treasury
Edwards Disclai1ns
Deal With Vets
$66,332 Spent by Hoo
yer National Organiza-
ton Alone, Senate Told


W WASHINGTON, May 25.-The Ken
yon committee conducting the Senate
investigation of pre-convention ex-
penditures of Presidential candidates
to-day inquired into the campaigns of
Herbert Hoover, William G. McAooo
Governor Edward l. Edwards and Sen
ator Robert L. Owen.
Briefly summarized the testimony
on the second day of the hearing was
as follows:
Bernard NJ. Baruch, reputcd man.
aager OF the campaign on behalf of
former Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo for the Democratic nomina-
tion, denied all knowledge of the
McAdoo campaign and declared that
published story of S5,OO0,OOO
"slush fund" that had been raised to
secure the nomination for McAdoo.
lie told the committee that, to his
personal knowledge, no one was in
terested in the McAdoo candidacy
Hoover Spent S66,332
Governor Edwards is not a wet
candidate, his campaign manager de-
clared. He testified that there is no
deal with the liquor interests to sup
port or finance the Edwards cam
paign.
Expenditures of $66,332 have been
made so far to promote the Hoover
candidacy This figure does not in
clude expenditures in California and
other states, but represents the ex-
penditures Of the National Hoover
organization. The contributors to
the Hoover fund were largely former
associates of Mr.. Hoover in the food
administration and Belgium relief
work.
William Cooper Proctor, chief of the
organization that is handling the cam
palgn of Major General Leonard Wood
and named during yesterdays hearing
before the committee as the "angel" Of
the Wood campaign, will testify to-
morrow. To obtain further light on
the Wood expenditures the committee
also has called Horace c. Stebbins, of
New YORK, treasurer at Eastern head.
quarters of the Wood organization
Frank H. Hitchcock, manager OF the
Wood campaign, yesterday referred the
Senate committee to Mr. Stebbins fol
detalied accounts of the Wood cam
paign fund Harry M. Daugherty, cam
palgn manager for Senator Warren G.
Harding, of Ohio, for the Republican
nomination, also will testify tomorrow
Beginning his testimony, Mr.. Baruch
said:
Denies S5,000,000 Fund
II am not nor have I been in any
sense whatsoever the manager for any
candidate for the nomination for the
Presidency. Nor have | been the man.
a fnr ,hN L
didate for such Office Neither have I
collected, given, promised or disbursed d
any money or moneys in the interest
of any candidate, directly or Indirect
iy, Ter tnis Eom: :i;a.ion, :. f,i' an; ;ser-
son who may be a cand r.ate for s:sct
position. My do know anybody else
VINO has given, directly or Indirectly
or promised tc give any sum whatso-
ever in the interest of the candidacy
of any one fer the Democratic nomina
tion for President"
Mr.. Baruch told the committee there
was not ''scintilla Of truth" in news
paper articles describing $4,000. 900
fund for Mr.. McAdoo and naming
Thomas l.. Chadbourne, Cleveland S.
Dodge, Charles R. Crane, Henry Nor
genthau, Edward S. Hurley and him
self as the sponsors of or for the
movement
care you connected in any wav with
the Democratic National Committee or
the committee in charge of the Demo-
cratic campaign ?" asked Senator Edge,
of New Jersey
81 have no connection with the ma
tional committee, but | have been a
contributor to the national campaign. -
Mr.. Baruch replied.
Are you on the finance committee %
No; and | never have been"
DO you know of any one back of the
McAdoo campaign ?" Senator Kenyon
asked.
i don't know of any one getting
any delegates" Baruch replied.
AREN'T there any managers of the
McAdoo campaign?' Kenyon persisted.
Il don't know of any. never saw
any of them"
DO you know the number of dele
gates to the Democratic National Con-