The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-06-24
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LoWden Repudiates Two Dele
gates Who Accepted Money
From His Manager.
COMMITTEE BARS OTHERS
One Missouri District Left Without
neutrality-suspicious. Welcomed
to chicaqo--Attorney General
Palmer Receives Several
Rather Painful Blows.
BY EDWARD w. PlcKARD.

6V EOWAF&O W. FtONfAnDs
When the senate committee on cam
paign funds uncovered the truth about
the expenditure of $4,000 to promote
Governor Lowden's campaign for dele
gates from Missouri, the Lowden boost
erS looked very blue and Subdued and
everyone else was asking whether the
disclosures were enough to kill the
governors chances. Robert E. Moore
and Nat Goldstein, who were elected
delegates, Ntold the committee that they
had each received from Emmerson, the
Lowden manager, a check for $1,000
and had placed the money in their own
accounts, but Moore said that "since
there has been so much unpleasant
publicity about it" they are going to
return the money to Lowden. Nation
al Committeeman Babler and E. L.
Morse of Excelsior Springs made adj
missions concerning the use of Lowden
money ia Missouri which showed that,
under the most favorable construction,
the governors campaign there was
conducted with objectionable stupid
ity.
Lowden leaders at the Chicago head
quarters held a hasty conference and
the governor then issued a statement
which, in the opinion of his friends,
quite rehabilitated his webbing boom
and made everything all right again.
He denounced Moore and Goldstein as
unfit to sit in the national convention
and emphatically repudiated their sup
port and votes. This goes for any
other delegate or delegates, If any,
similarly situated" he added He de-
clared his instructions to Emmerson
were to use money only for legitimate
purposes, and that his manager as
sureL him the payments to the two
Miss0urians were made in January, on
the representation that the money was
required for the organization of their
districts.
Another Missouri scandal developed
during the hearing of contests before
the national committee, and resulted
in one district losing its representa-
ton in the convention. This district
is the Fifth, comprising 10 Kansas
City wards and seven Jackson town
ships. Although there was no charge
Of the improper use of money, the COM
mittee declared the testimony showed
that the election of both sets of dele
gates was "disgraceful and tainted
with fraud" 1t refused to seat the
representatives of either faction thus
reducing the total vote in the conven-
ton to 9S4 and the number required
to nominate 493. This is the first time
a district has been left without repre-
sentation in a national convention for
such q reason.
At this writing the hearings on con-
tests have resulted in a net loss of IL
votes for Wood, a net gain of 10 for
Lowden and a net gain of four for
Johnson. In the matter of so extra
delegates elected by various states the
national committee decided that seats
should be provided for them, but the
extra alternates were left to shift for
themselves. The demand for seats in
the Coliseum was overwhelming, more
than 10000 requests being received.
The hall accommodates 1929.
The Republican platform was almost
completed last week in Washington and
the draft was carried to Chicago by
Senator Watson of Indiana. The last
plank added in the capital related TO
Mexico and was written by Senator
Fall. 1t was said to follow in general
the recommendations made by his
committee to the senate, declaring that
unless conditions in Mexico are inn
proved the United States may find il.
necessary 10 intervene. The plank on