The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-03
Is Accused of Letting Down the
Bars to Whiskey Crowd Dur
ing Pennsylvania Primary.
ASKS RIGHT TO REPLY
Enters Categorical Denial to
Charges and Asserts Witness
Is Political Enemy.

Washington, June "a fiery cross
table clash between Attorney General
Palmer and Eugene C. Bonniwell of
Philadelphia, bristling with direct
charges of misuse of Federal power to
let down the liquor bars during the
Pennsylvania Presidential primaries
!, on one hand and of attempted char
kncter assassination on the other, mar
Fed the senate investigation today of
preconvention campaign expenditures.
Palmer came in unexpectedly during
the testimony Of Bonniwell who was
brought out as political enemy of
long standing. Bonniwell worked to
get the Democratic voters to write
the name OF William G. McAdoo on
the primary ballots, although McAdoo
had refused to announce as candidate
and permit his name to be printed on
the ballots.
Hardly had the echoes Of the Palmer
Bonniwell combat died away before
Senator Edge, Republican of New
Jersey announced flatly he would not
attend any more sessions, saying he
believed the approximate figures on
all preconvention expenditures had
been obtained and further inquiry
would only result in airing charges
counter hharges, intimation and insin-
uations.
Ordinarily would not dignity these
statements by denial" Palmer said in
asking to be allowed reply to Bonniweli
but my good name is worth more to
me than any office on earth, even
my official integrity is attacked by
men who have made profession of
character assassination, / demand the
right to be heard, He then proceed
ed to enter a flat denial.
Mr. Bonniwell, who distributed stick
ers during the primary campaign seek
ing the nomination Of w. G. McAdoo
said that soloons and bonded ware
houses in some parts of the state were
now running wide open" and that this
was proceeding under the eyes of de-
partment of justice and prohibition en- :
forcement officers Of the federal gev- !
eminent appointed with Palmer's vice"
The witness charged that the Palmer
campaign in Pennsylvania had been a
"ghastly and debating degradation of
law. He added that the campaign he |
conducted for Mr.. McAdoo had been
colleagues and against the specific |
personal refusal of Mr.. McAdoo to al
low his name to be used.
Mr.. Bonniwell said that at Scranton, |
Pa. where the district attorney was
MIR. Palmer's partner the situation |
was particularly bad with relation to |
open violation of the prohibition law.
He added that men directly connected /
with the liquor interest were among
the Palmer delegates to the national /
convention elected at the recent pri- I
maries.
II organized a campaign in opposi- /
tion to Attorney General Palmer Mr.. I
Bonniwell said. "and 7 know all about I
what was done in 1t, and a great deal
about what the other side did.
"This was a McAdoo campaign in I
Pennsylvania" Chairman Kenyon I
asked.
Yes sir. It was exclusively an act
of myself and associates Mr.. Bonni- i
well said. Il met Mr.. McAdoo in
January, he took the position that the
was not a candidate. that he did not
Want to organize.
Il protested that the Palmer cam
paign was an astounding misuse of i
the powers of the department of JUS
tice and the internal revenue office +
and that it was appearing as an ad- I
bninistration campaign