Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-28
NEW SLUSHF i
SOURCE EXPOSED !.
BY EX-MANAGER
Senate Investigators Will
Call Cleveland Man
to Testify.
LAVISH EXPENDITURES
ON BEHALF OF GENERAL
Former Head of Campaign Says
He Started to Play Game
Without Limit. =
M'ADOO CAMPAIGN MONEYLEss
supporters Forced to Pay Own
Travelling Expenses in Attend
ing Conferences.
M'ADoO CAMPAIGN MoNEYLEss
Supporters Forced to Pay Own
Travelling Expenses in Attend
ing Conferences.

WASHINGTON. May 27.-with
John T. King, former campaign man.
ager. today revealing an entirely in
dependent agency which dealt with
money in half-million- dollar lots in
behalf of General Woods presidential
candidacy. the Senate subcommittce
investigating campaign expenditures
took steps to force the Wood people
to deliver into its hands their cor,
plete financial records.
Il want TO know what this co.,
mittee proposes to do with references
10 bringing these Wood treasurers
TO this hearing" demanded Senator
fced, OF Missouri. at the conclusion
OF Kings testimony. which added to
the already immense total of the
Wood campaign funds.
I'VE have never been able to serve
Horace c. Stebbins, the New York
treasurer. with subpoena and we
are informed that A. a. Sprague, the
Chicago treasurer. is ILL.," replied
senator Kenyon. of Iowa, chairman
or tho subcommittee. But Mr..
Sprague indicates that he may be
able to como Saturday,"
Goes Into Executive Session.
After hearing the days testimony
the committee went into executive
session to determine the proceedings
necessary to obtaining the required
records in event they are not forth-
coming by Saturday.
I'VE are going to have that evil
dcnce, but for tho present there is no
announcement to be made by the
committee" Senator Kenyon stated
at the conclusion of the executive
session.
However, 1t became known that the
committee had decided to subpoena
Dan II. Hanna. OF Cleveland, who,
King testified, was supposed to have
pledged himself to deliver a $500, 600
campaign fund at the outset of the
movement to make General Wood tho
Republican nominee for President.
Mr.. King told the committee the
story of his breaking with Colonel
w. G. Proctor and the Wood cam
paisn. denied the launching of the
Wood boom at the famous Frick din
ner and described expenditures of
$1,000 during the few months he was
at the helm.
In the direct testimony Mr.. King,
relating the expenditure OF $4,000,
said that he had raised $4,000 of
the money on his own note at New
York, liability which he said was
assumed by Colonel Proctor upon taks-
ing the Wood management He said
the only money he received was $751;
600 in cashiers checks sent him by
the generals associate, Major Hook
er.
You say you never got any of ths
So0o.o00 fund promised by Dan Ham
na?" opened Senator Reed. What
did he ever say about it afterward?"
Nothing" replied Mr.. King. THAT
was the trouble"
when you got these checks for
s25.o00 where did You understand
they came from?"
Il inferred that they had come
from Major Hooker, who understood
the necessity OF funds for carrying
on the campaign"
Ignorant of Underwriting.
Now, as n matter OF fact, WASN'T
there a we'll understood agreement
that the expense OF this campaign
was to be underwritten by certain
gentlemen"
Not that know Of" replied Mr..
King. IL know that was for a time
greatly concerned about getting REIN.
bursed for the money had put in.'
and who finally assured you that
your money would be forthcomlng?"
"Mr. Loeb, a New York friend Of
General Woods, think. He told me
Colonel Proctor would fake care OF
1t. and have never heard anything
OF the note. SO presume It, was taken
care Of"
Was anything said about General
Woods candidacy at this so-called
Frick dinncr?" asked Senator Pome.
rene. OF Ohio.
'Nothing whatever. AS matter
OF fact Mr.. Frfck himself was not
In favor OF General Wood as !. can
didate. But they were very good
friends and he had tho general out
to this dinner. There was nothing
secretive about 1t. l recall that
General Wood told newspaper re-
porters Of his plan to attend that din.
nor"
"Now to return to these cashiers
checks You received In such a mystic.
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