The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-30

totals for organization work, news paper advertising and postage, circu- etc.
 The report showed that in Ohio, where charges of excessive expendi- lures in the Wood Harding primary contest had been made before the com mittee, a total of s60,OO0 was spent. State organization" showed s7,000, newspaper advertising $3,700, post age. speakers, travelling expenses, cir cularizing, billboards, telephone and telegraph" s15,300.
 MT Sprague testified that the money was paid out from headquarters lon order from Colonel Proctor or ". B. Burtt."
 Did General Wood know anything about ths?' asked Senator Reed, democrat. Missouri.
 He did not
 Did he know Colonel Proctor had advanced over $500 000?"
 q don't think he knew anything about it."
 Did he ever ask you about the finances of the campaign?" Senator Pom creme. democrat, Ohio, put in.
 He never did"
 And you never told him?"
 T did not, though he has probably read the papers by this time.'
 NEGRO FOR LOWDEN
 M. H. Karnes of Atlanta, Ga, said he represented Henry Lincoln Johnson. whom he classed as. If nothing else, the strongest negro politician In the south, and 75 per cent of the registered republican voters in Georgia are col ored."
 Roscoe Pickett, the state chairman, developed strong Wood sentiment. and Henry Lincoln Johnson developed strong Lowden sentiment" he said When Mir. Hitchcock-they call him General Hitchcock down there-came into the equation, Clark Greer, one of his agents. explained to me that Mir I1itchcock's plan was to round up ninety southern delegates. pay all their expenses and nave them in his hand when he got to Chicago.
 This was before Hitchcock had a candidate. understand. Senator Moses was General Woods southern man ager."
 Later, he said, after Hitchcock went over to Wood" he saw Greer, and the latter had launches of money" and headed the workers for Wood in the state"
 T didn't go to the convention as a delegate myself because I wouldn't be bound to vote at the word of Frank H. Hitchcock" MT. Karnes said. Our de- sire was to keep the remnants of the republican organization in Georgia run from Georgia, and not from 120 Broad way, New York"
 Greer explained to me that Hitch cock would control the national com mittee" Karnes said This was after Hitchcock tied up with General Wood s campaign. He said that if he did not get his delegates seated, orders were to take a pencil and paper and write them down, and they'd be seated at Chicago anyway. SMARTEST OF SMART He said Hitchcock had been tartn into the Wood campaign because he was the smartest of the smart politicians, and that they had all the money. Then he showed me a bundle, and said would be taken care of if l would come in He said it was my last chance to get on the band wagon"
 Karnes related further the story of a county convention in Georgia. where Greer said he paid the delegates H,70c to instruct, and they didn't instruct
 "Who saw the delegates in between? Senator Reed queried.
 Henry Lincoln Johnson's power over the colored race Is simply marvellous. Karnes explained in answering. lie just made them talk on the advan- tages of true republicanism and sending a free untrammeled delegate to Chi cago."I
 And their conscientious scruples were overcome?" Senator Reed asked.
 "Well man who sells his vote has not any conscientious scruples,' Karnes said.
 .'Well. their disposition to stay bought after they'd been bought was overcome? Senator Reed suggested
 That is it.. Karnes told him.
 Karnes said the Johnson forces had spent about $2oO0, and added that "Greer told me he had spent $32,000 be- fore the campaign was half over.
 Tt is hard to get Georgia republicans reused up.' he said, l"because they know their votes won't be counted in cleo tions."
 Do you blame them for not letting you vote or counting them when you do voter" Senator Reed asked the. wit ress, If this is a fair sample of Geor- gia republican politics."
 An argument resulted when karnes cited the democratic primary and re- sultng contests there JOHNSON MANAGER UP Alexander McCabe one of the Johnson managers in California. was questioned about the Johnson Hoover fight in that state. The witness did not have his books and was unable to give exact fig ures. He estimated Senator Johnson national campaign fund at $-W,oW anu said that between slO0,000 and $25,o0o had been raised in California by Johnson supporters,
 Much of this money. he said. was sent outside of the state and he coult not say positively the axact amount that had been expended within tht state. He told the committee that he had telegraphed for his books and ht was asked to remain here until the, arrived.
 Supporters of MT. Hoover, Mir. Nc Cabe testified. spent eight or nint times as much as we. at the loves estimate $500, 0O0." He declared tha
 the Hoover men had employed womeI as well as men to make house-to. house canvass in some districts and hac many paid workers. including 300 col lere students, at the polls on electioi day. He also declared that there ha' , been extensive advertising In the news 1 papers.
 Questioned by Senator Spencer, re publican, Missouri, about report tha 1 s10o.0O0 in cash had been withdraw | from the Crocker National Bank at Sal | Francisco for the Johnson fund on tn i eve of election day. MT. McCabe sai' | the report was "a d. dirty scandal" Chairman Kenyon told Senator Spen l cer his question constituted a charge 1 and the New Jersey senator said h ! would furnish the committee the nam l of his informant so he might be sum 1 moned.