The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-02
PROBERS SHOWN
| LOWDEN CHECKS
A mounts of $4,000 Are
Laid Before Senate
\ Committee.
IS USED IN MISSOURI
b.. Coldstein and Bob Moore
Get $4,000 Each From
Governors Managers.

n, The Associated Press
: ,vAHINGTON, June 1.-Checks
,,,cgaiing $4,000, sent into Mis-
20 hy the managers of Governor
1,sdepis campaign, were presented
'rIav 10 the senate committee IN
',stira ing the preconvention' eN-
ora,tures Of presidential candi-
fates
THO checks were laid befo.c the
.'',,i,teo by Arthur Davis of Har-
/ ni,,rg H., by direction OF l.. l..
,,,,',oyso1 national manage of
|"ysrno. Lowden's campaign.
h u,,.i, most OF today was devoted
Il, Iestioning witnesses as to CN-
4 Yitures Of sums covered by the
th"1ts urinary contests in other
,,,,e were touched upon. The com
i,,oo sought further information
!, the campaign of Major General
i'ood i'm Michigan and Indiana, and
H. contest between General Wood
nd senator Harding in Ohio.
i, rs inquiry into the Lowden
L. ,rnaign in Missouri, the commit
"a Questioned Nat Goldstein. clerk
4 ,be Eighth judicial district of St
1 oGis and his deputy, Robert ~.
3roore delegate to The republican
8ational convention from Missouri.
NO testified that they had each re-
3sived A check for $500 from the
owden campaign fund. Both said
H. money was held to their ac-
3ount In banks and would be ie-
Iurned unless Governor Lowden
4ere nominated, in which event 1t
kould be used in the campaign.
n Get $4,000
n z. Babler national committee
80 from Missouri. whom Gold
3,oin and Moore delegated as one
n no transmitted the checks to them
3ron. Mr.. Emerson. also was qucs-
AoMi by the committee. Il. l..
Morse. head Of the Lowden organi-
xl,on outside of st. Louis, another
Hiissourian examined by the com.
Hnttee testified he had received
&hecKs from Mr.. Emerson amount
hg to approximately $4,000 ana
Xxpended II in getting out the
- Orkers'
81 Babier got $4,000 of these funds,
"a said, to reimburse him for SINH
8ar expenditures.
Both Moore and Goldstcin tesli-
led as having received the checks
6om Babler in the latter's office
"
ow the money should be used. Both
aid they had declared no money
as necessary in their congressiDn-
districts and that none was spent
get out Lowden sentiment in the
ard meetings and district conven-
joins
Moore said Babler had told him
aw, 80 ahead and take it," when
Q had hositated about accepting a
heck from Emerson.
Rabler was pressed on this point
" Chairman Kenyon when ne APP
)eared later.
Was it a pretty hard job TO sc,
Moore and Goldstein to take this
oney the senator asked.
Wanted Them "1tcd Up"
We'll, / was very anxious about the
Louis situation" Babler replied
wanted to tic them up and urged
.merson TO assistin any way nee
ssary 10 get their active support.
n Morse and Babler gave lists Of
tate workers" to which they hat
stributei the money received from
Emerson. The amounts ranged
rule, from 500 to $500 but II
pine instances went over $1,000
ibler explaining larger items saiC
fey went to men who had hare
lets. No accounting OF eXpendi
res was asked by either Morse %
ahler, they testified.
raoiling all this down" Senate
ed, democrat, OF Missouri said q