The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-27

that people of South Dakota hav
yielded to bribery he said. I'm no
denying that money has been spen
Immense sums can be used for news
paper advertising and printers inl;
That there has been any purchase o
votes ] do not concede."
81 haven't intended to say that,
Senator Borah returned. II do say tn
effect Of this expenditure is to corrup
been spent the results there woulC
have been different.
Turning to his reports from Indiana
the Idaho senator said that testimonial
advertising indicates descent to &C
tual personal corruption" of voters.
Senator Borah declared that "a mar
who will accept money from great cor,
porations for political purposes is moi
fit to be q precinct official much less
president of the United States.
Senator Moses replied that any mon.
ey being spent in the Wood campaign
was being spent ''lcgitinlately and nee.
essarily" and said that if Senator Bor.
all wished to end the expenditures he
should remove the cause which, he said
was the presidential primary system
''The Wood campaign Is immaculate
with regard to expenditures, declared
Senator Moses. II know that If an in
vestigation were held it would be found
that the Wood expenditures have all
been legal and nowhere as large as
the huge sums mentioned in the New
York World"
Senator Moses asserted that if SEN
ator Borah "had his way, a candidate
would go out on his front porch and
cry out Il am a candidate for presi-
dent and the people would flock to
him and hand him the nomination"
Things can't be done that way now
adays.' he said. "The character of my
candidate gives refutation to the i'm
plicstions."
'srhe senator from New Hampshire
says he doesn't know anything about
these things" replied Senator Borah.
"Mr. Proctor, Mr. Hitchcock. Mr.. King,
Mr.. Doheny and General Wood know
about them"
Does the senator mean to accuse
General Wood Of being implicated in
a conspiracy to corrupt the American
asked Senator Moses.
81 do say that the men who are man
aging the Wood campaign propose to
control the Republican convention by
the use of money" replied Senator
Borah, "and | waive my senatorial
privilege when | say that Now let
them 60 to the ballot if they want to-"
Senator Borah declared it was a
complete outrage and an insult upon
he American people that you've got |
10 spend hundreds and millions of dol |
airs to control an election"
Senator Moses said il was absolute |
y necessary to conduct publicity |
in order TO wake the public |
rom its lethargv, adding that this was
during the war when
arge sums of money were spent for
hat purpose in connection with the
ale of Liberty bonds
The Idaho senator replied that what
le wanted was publicity and added:
Let us know who the men are
Do you know how much money was
pent in South Dakota % Senator Bor-
h asked, turning to Senator Moses.
81 do not know" replied Mr.. Moses.
,"Let somebody who does then say"
ont inued Senator Borah.
"You would do your country a serv-
,e if you would have Mr.. Proctor, Mr.
or Mr.. King say how much
money you spent in South Dakota, and
you needed company, have Mr.. Low
en- do the same"
Senator Moses closed the discussion
18th the remark that he thought he
-as engaged in a greater public duty
l trying to elect General Wood |,