Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-02
CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES
 FOR GOVERNOR LoWDEN


 ton of l.. L. Emmerson, national man age1 of Governor Lowden's campaign.
 While most of the day Was devoted by the committee to questioning witness es as to the expenditures of sums cov- cred by the checks, primary contests in other states were touched upon. The committee sought further information on the campaign of Major General Leonard Wood in Michigan and Indiana and lie contest between General Wool and Sen ator Harding in Ohio.
 In it's inquiry into the L~wdan cam paign in Missouri, the commi-e,e Ques- toned Nat Goldstein, clerk of the Eigtih il judicial district of St. Louis, and h $ deputy, Robert E. Moore, delegates to the republican national convention from Missouri, who testified that they each had received a check for $2,500 from the Lowden campaign fund. Both said the money still was held to their ac- count in banks and would be returned unless Governor Lowden were nominat- ed in which event it would be used in the campaign.
 J. L. Babler republican national com mitteeman from Missouri, whom Gold stein and Moore designated as the one who transmitted the checks to them from MT. Emmerson also was questioned by the committee. E. L. Morse, head of the Lowden campaign outside of St. Louis another Missourian examined by the committee. testified that he had received by check from MT. Emmerson approxi- mately S32, 900 and expended it in get ting out the workers" Babler got ST. 0O0 of these funds, he said, to reimburse him for similar expenditures.
 Both Moore and Godstein testified tc having received the checks from BaD- Ter in the 1atter's office with no specific instructions V9s to how the money should be used. Both said they had declared no money was necessary in their con gressional districts and that none was spent to get out LoWden sentiment in the ward meetings and district conven- tions Moore said Babler had told hin "Aw, go ahead and take it." when he had hesitated about accepting the check from Emmerson.
 Babler was pressed on this point by Chairman Kenyon when he appeared la ter.
 Was it a pretty hard job to get Moore and Goldstein to take this mon ey?' the senator asked
 ''Well, I was very anxious about the St Louis situation" Babler replied e wanted to tie them up and urged Elm. merson to assist in any way necessar5 to get their active support"
 Morse and Babler gave from memory lists of state workers to whom the, had distributed the money received fro. Emmerson. The amounts ranged as rule from S100 to $500 but in some in stances went over $1 ,000. Babler, in ax plaining larger items, said they went [, men who had hard fights" ahead 0 them in their districts. No accountin, 0 Morse or Babler, they testified | Boiling all this down." Senator Rec i democrat. of Missouri, said to Bable, | doesn't it come to this: that the metho 1 of campaign you adopted was to get il | touch with active workers, give the, 1 some money and tell them to get busy :, Babler agreed. As to an accountia for expenditures made, he said: l They were all men I had known good while. I did not think they woul retain any of it for themselves. I thin many of them spent more than I gay them"
 The witnesses were questioned par 1 ticularly as to whether any of the mer other than Goldstein and Moore, who re ceived money were delegates to the na tional convention. Morse said three me 1 on his list were, including William l Cole, republican state chairman, who a delegate-at-large. The witness said h had given Cole $500 for "headquarter purposes"
 Senator Kenyon promptly called a, l tention to the fact that previous test
 mony before the committee showed Col had received $1,250 to sound out" ser timent for Harding. Morse and Bable
 said they had understood Cole was fc
 Lowden, with Senator Harding "pel haDS as a second choice |"
 Here is a delegate-at-large with s1
 25O Harding money and $500 Lowde
 money" said Senator Kenyon. Who
 third choice?'
 Senator Spencer, republican, Missoul said Cole had received the Hardin
 money to sound sentiment for Hardin
 as second choice. After a brief wrang between Senators Reed and Spencer ov, injection of explanation by any oth, than the man involved in statemen made by witnesses. the committee orde ed Cole sumpoenaed
 Additional information as to the Wot ) campaign in Michigan was presented I Fred NJ. Alger of Detroit, who said , had personally contributed S50,O00 , the s54 900 Wood fund raised and e
 pended in the state and already in il
 committees records. He had also e
 pended personally, he added, s22,OOo ! $23,000 for Wood in the state prima,
 election and of his total expenditures g more than s70,OoO. he said: q T was proud to do it. I would do 5 again"
 n Alger said he had first intended e seek subscriptions but when the fl, . unjust talk of a "supposititious'' : nancial ring behind Woods candida e came up, had decided to put the mon d up himself. He said he expected no I !, turn from his expenditures which we l, for public service"
 Frederick A. Joss, of Indianapol said he had been personally asked : General Wood to handle the Wood cal l. paign in Indiana. He told of the way IS which approximately S5S,00O had be 1 spent, fifty per cent. for advertising
 the state in Woods interest, his figu, checking with those already before t committee.
 Robert F. Wolfe, Columbus, Oh
 published, told of his fight against e,
 tain clements" in the republican poli cal ranks of the state which had l. him to oppose the Harding candida . He said he had told Senator Harding e would not support him if the campaj r was turned over to this inside coter u and finally named Harry NJ Daugaer V Senator Harding's manager, as the m n | aSalnSt Wnom HIS dtldck was direct II Wolfe said the reflex" of his opposit
 had favored the Wood campaign
 Ohio although he had not openly S,
 ported the general He estimated Il D the Wood and Harding forces had es
 expended $1e0 900 in the state but s q he had no positive information on m amounts.
 n One feature of the Missouri situat $ which drew the attention of commit g members particularly was the stateme
 of Morse and Babler that when the Le