The Washington times., 1920-05-30
WOOD EXPENDITURE.
MORE TAANMlLuON
Campa.gn Treasurer Admits
That Sum Has Been Paid
Out for General.
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notes" sprasue said. u expect Mr.
Proctor and I TO pay the notes which
we tpdorssd." sprague declared.
.As q matter OF fact these we're
contributions In the form OF notes,
Senator Reed commented. /.
"You and Mr.. Proctor will make
good thess notes you snd he IN
dorsed." tt
"Yes"
And Colonel Procter's iosH Of
S52l 900 was, the principal part OF the
! 1921 900 in 1oansy" Senator Reed
| asked.
THAT is true" sprague answered.
LseS Contributors Uaksowa.
Sprague said he had also handled
an additional $4,000 he had received
from John T. King. Republican ma
| tional committeeman from Connecti-
cut. when ne was a Wood manager.
/ Sprague said he didn't know who
were tn contributors to the $225.0o0
fund sent him by William Loeb.
Then the only way we can fnd out
who the New York contributors we're
Is by calling Mr.. Loeb" Senator Reed
| asked.
Eyes" Sprague answered
Sprague said General Wood did not
| know Of the half million given by
Colonel Proctor.
"You say General Wood doesn't
know of the enormous sums raised
| for his campaign" asked Senator
Pomerene. Democrat. Ohio.
HE didn't know, ! am convinced"
Spraugue replied. II presume he
knows now from what has appeared
| in the newspapers"
|
| tributors to the Wood campaign fund
named by Sprauge were:
j. X. ID. Shaffer, Chicago, $4,000: r.
de Ronde, $4,000: G. II. Payne. New
York. $4,000; william Wrigley, jr..
| Chicago. $4,000: C. b. Shaffer. Chi
cago. $40 1000: william Cooper Proct'>S.
Cincinnati, $4,000; II. N. Byllesby.
Chicago. $l5,000: r. c. Smathers, New
York. SEQ, 200: f. 8. Moore. Chicago.
$1,000; c. @. Edgar. Detroit. $1,000;
chauncey Dewey. Chicago, $1,000.
$4,000 Spent In Illinois.
/ Sprague denied he had anything
/ to do with the political end" OF Gen
eral Woods campaign. He acted as
'one who served in the war" and as
a friend Of General Wood. He sought
to show the Wood campaign fund
was raised by General Woods friends
/ without his knowledge. He contend
ed he and Colonel Proctor had quiet
ly financed General Woods campaign
without his knowing anything about
it,"
Nathan william McChesney, OF Chi
cago, manager OF the Wood campaign
in Illinois, said about $12O.S0O had
been spent by him in that State, OF
which $55.400 was newspaper adver-
tising.
McChesney. served as a bridadier
general with the A. f. +. during the
war and was a friend of General
| Wood. he explained.
He had paid s1O.sOO for billboard
advertising in Illinois. he said.
at cost $4,000 for a special train
to take. General Wood through the
State on his speaking tour" McChes-
ney said. He said he asked the
| Wood national committee for $780,
900. but he was refused II. McChes-
ney said.
March Denies MeAdoo Fund.
Wilbur w. Marsh, OF Iowa. treas
urer Of the Democratic National COM
mittee, denied he knew of any cam
paign fund that had been raised in
behalf Of william G. McAdoo or his
Presidential boom. He told OF 4
meeting of I he Democratic executive
,committee of the Democratic Nation
| al Committee at Atlantic City in Sep
tember or October last
| Bernard NJ. Baruch and Thomas
l. Chadbourne were invited to at
! tend the meeting. he said.
| "Was there any talk by Mr.. Baruch
or Mr.. Chadbourne at the meeting of
| financing the McAdoo campaign? %
| Senator Kenyon asked.
| 81 know there was not" Marsh
answered.
| Marsh's attention was called to the
testimony Of Louis J. Lang. a re-
| porter for the New York American.
| that at the time OF the meeting,
| Baruch' offered to raise $4,000 900 or
\ upward IL the committee would drop
| Palmer and back McAdoo." Marsh
denied there was any foundation for
Lang's story.
| "It's an absurdity, such a sum was
never mentioned or suggested, we
don't talk in millions" Marsh said.
l. Did Not Discuss Money.
| Marsh insisted the meeting held at
Atlantic City, was for the purpose of
discussing the organization of a wom-
| ans bureau and Of physical equip
ment" for the Democratic campaign.
| by PHYSICAL equipment MdTsn Salu
he meant the purchase Of type
writer's materials" and other "ncc-
| essaries."
! "Mr Baruch never made any sug-
gestion to our committee as to any
body's candidacy" Marsh said.
| did you ever discuss with Mr. Ba-
ruch the question OF raising money
\ for your campaign" Senator Re ID,
Democrat, Missouri, asked.
| Never. and anil recall any talk OF
finance atNour Atlantic City meeting
was the underwriting of an indAbt-
edness of $4,000 for physical equip
ment." Marsh said
| "Did you hear Mr.. Baruch speak OF
McAdoo at your Atlantic City meet
mgr" asked Senator Spencer, IRerub-
lican, Missouri.
| yes. he said to me: Wilbur. ara
not for McAdoo, / am for the strong
est man the Democratic party car,
name for the Presidency" Marsh re-
piled.
"Perhaps he meant he was not for
McAdoo personally, but was for Nc
Adoo because he regarded him as the