Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-25
Cox Supporter Alleges Ohio Race Shamed Newberry's
 Record LOWDEN'S AIDES LAY FIGURES BEFORE PUBLIC Illinois Governor Gave Most of Sum Himself, is Testimony--Woods Funds Draw Center of PoIi-
 tical Fire

Washington, May 24.-A statement that $l0I,98i.7S had been spent in behalf of Governor Lowden. republic an, of Illinois and charge that outlaw in the Ohio primary conven- ten between Senator Harding, re- publican, of that state and Major General Leonard Wood, made Senator NeWberry's Michigan campaign Hook like piker' were the high spots of testimony at the opening today of the senate's investigation into pre- convention campaign expenditures.
 Frank II. Hitchcock, former post master general, appointed as the rep- resentative of General Wood, gave little light on the generals cam paign expenses and Senator Hard- ing's manager was not heard today. He will be examined later as will Colonel Wm. c. Proctor of Cincin- nati; A. A. Sprague of Chicago; Hor- ace c. Stebbns of New York and John II, Price of Cleveland.
 
 for Illinois was spokesman for Gov- ernor Lowden He was armed with records cancelled contracts and gave figHres, names. dates and locali- ties. Of the total spent for Gover- nor Lowden, he said, $379, ,175.7S was contributed by the governor himself. Friends gave $35,S25. he testified be- Tore collections were stopped on or ders from Mir. LoWden
 Detailing expenditures Mir. Elm merson testified that total of $156,- 243 was sent into different states, the Michigan primary campaign with S39,141 taking the most.
 Getting out the Lowden sentiment wes the purpose" Mir. Emmerson said, adding that it had been success ful because the delegates would sup- port, the governors candidacy.
 Cost about thousand dollars a delegate for Missoufi's 36,' comment- 5 cd, Senator Reed
 Proctor Woods Angel.
 F 1T. Moore, who testified to con- tributions of about $22,000 to the campaign for Governor Cox, demo- crat, of Ohio made the charge of heavy expenditures in the republican primary contest in Ohio and provok- \ ed hot partisan strife.
 Mr Moore told the committee that Colonel Proctor of Ohio was the "angelY of General Woods campaign in Ohio He testified to extensive newspaper advertising in the pri- mary fight an dat one point was ins corrupted by Senator Spencer, re- publican, of Missouri, who said the witness was making general charges and demanded names.
 "L know chicken hawk from as band saw,' MT. Moore retorted. "Ca1lSg John H. Price. who ran the Wood campaign and he'll tell you what tfs9 Harding men spent. Ask Henry MsR Daugherty, Harding's manager. and he will tell you what the Wood men ] spent. js8 Gall John T. King. who started aa manager of General Woods campaigivI < if you want to know about the story. of the underwriting of the Wood I personally know of one man who put up $50.0OO for Wood. If King won't tell you, I'll give you his namc.' <.
 Dr. Randolph ]. Hersey of Wheel ing. appearing for Senator Suther- land, republican of West virxinia. dealt at some length with the Wood. in that state, declarineS that it had been 'slike circus with it's gross publicity.",
 Senator Sutherland, he said. m sl spent about $3.500 in his campaign. s
 Senator Poindexter, republican, Washington, with $75.0OO, was see. ond to Governor Lowden in size 0f@3 expenditures actually developed ma Senator Johnson, republican of Calls < fornia. with $68,138, was third. Tho largest contributor to the Johnson fund was R. B. StraussberRer O{ Norristown Pa, who gave $27 900, acE cording to Angus McSween, nnanager of Senator Johnson's eastern heads < quarters. William Flynn of PittS~ burgh gave $7500 to the JohnsolI \ MT McSween testified.
 Hitchcock Sfdesteps.
 Senator Johnson's friends in Cali. fornia paid their own expenses in the primary there, MT. McSween xaids and also sent $8.5OO to eastern hend- < quarters. Funds for the MichiRanS N also were raised locally. according to the witness. {. H. M. Rice, secretary to Senntox z testified that F. Bache. N ] banker of New York city. had fur~ nished s25,00Q for the Poindextsx while Wm. H. Todd d{ Brooklyn, shipbuilder, had given b2O. .OOO. x MT. Hitchcock testified that it hAd been understood when he joined tho Wood organization that he was not Q handle campaign contributions and said information as to them and ex- could be obtained from MT. Sorague and Mir. Stebbins Col ,nel Proctor he added. was the gen. < .ral manager of the Wood campaign. sa "The greatest expenses were in tho pig primary fights like Illinois md Mir. Hitchcock said.
 He testified that they were handled M rom Chicago and that he didn't favor x making the fight in those states. I'm Wood campaign in Michigan. he said vas financed by the Michigan orRaAiss ation of which Colonel Fred AIe4tS& & # Detroit. was chairman. The Ntt{ < less said he did not know what ki