The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-02
APPEAL TO
.BREWERlES.
Is ALLEGED
State Wide Open in Vote
Pledge, Campaign Slush
Probers Are Told.

Washington, June 2.-Charges
that the campaign for th~ nomina-
tion of Attorney General Palmer
as Democratic candidate for the
presidency had been conducted in
Pennsylvania with. an open appeal
to the distillery and brewery in
terests in the state, were made to-
day before the senate investigating
committee by Eugene v. Bonni-
we'll Of Philadelphia.
Mr.. Bonniwell, who distributed
stickers during the primary cam
paign, seeking the nomination of
W. G. McAdoo, said that saloons
and bonded warehouses in some
parts of the state we're now run
ming wide open," and that this was
proceeding under the eyes of de-
partment Of justice and prohibi-
ton enforcement officers of the fed
eral government appointed with
MIR. Palmer's wise"
The witness charged that the
Palmer campaign in Pennsylvania
had been "ghastly and debasing
degradation of law" He added
that the campaign he conducted for
Mr.. McAdoo had been entirely the
work Of himself and his colleagues
and against the specific personal
refusal of MIR. McAdoo to allow his
name to be used.
Plumb Fund Denied.
Washington. June 2.-The senate
committee investigating campaign
LexRsndituEes today examined Ed
Ward Keating, former member OF
congress from Colorado. and now
manager Of the Plumb Plan League,
He said the league had not contrib
uted "a dollar" to the campaigns OF
any of the candidates for the Re-
publican and Democratic presi-
Dental nominations.
ut Is taking no part in the cam
paign," he testified, except as it is
distributing information through
its weekly paper, Labor
For Johnson, McA0OO.
1--WE rather. gathered the impress
sion that your paper is supporting
McAdoo for the Democratic nOmi-
nation and Senator Johnson for the
Republican" said Chairman Ken
yon.
J Mr.. Keating replied that the pa.
per had probably been more "criti-
| cal of the other candidates than
these"
He added that the 16 railroad
labor unions supporting the league
had a campaign committee and said
this committee might have sent ou1
information as to the attitude ol
presidential candidates but thai
was all up to date"
Has Future Plans.
you've got a plan as to thu
future them" asked Senator Reed
Democrat, Missouri.
why, yes" Mr.. Keating said
I'VE have reported to our organi
cations that to do future work il
| ILLS CAmp0l6u VIC WILL AC4UAC Wv
900 and they have undertaken t.
ask for . contribution Of one cen
from each of their members"
Plumb Gets 1900 Month.
Glenn E: Plumb, he said. was OF
a salary. but he objected to givinl
the amount, declaring that thu
question was outside the scope o.
the investigation. Senator Reed in
sisted and Mr.. Keating said Plumb
received $1,000 a month. "abou
one-half of his usual income" as 1
lawyer In private practice, nov
abandoned.
"You intend to make the Plumb
plan q national issue in this elec
tionr" Senator Reed asked. re
ferring to the plan for tripartit'
control of the railroads.
Mr.. Keating agreed that tn
leagues activities would be direct
ed indefinitely" to getting the plal
lin actual operation and that thi
had to be done by effort in politica
fields.