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MAY EXTEND
CAMP A|GN PROBE
Senate Resolution Would In
CIude November Election.
MILLION FUND FOR WOOD
1t Was Talked OF, But Robert Cas-
satt, of Philadelphia, Refused to
Aid in Underwriting it.

Washington, June 4.-Senate COM
mittee investigation of pre-conventlon
presidential campaign activities had
approached a new phase, if not viz
tual conclusion, future developments
being in doubt, pending action in the
senate on Senator POmerene'S propO-
sal to change radically the scope and
purpose of the inquiry and carry 1t
beyond the November election.
Action on the resolution, which
would bring congressional as we'll as
presidential campaigns within the COM
mittee's Jurisdiction, was delayed a.
the request of Senator Lodge, Of Mas
sachusetts, Republican leader.
Three witnesses were heard, two of
Them throwing additional light on the
financing of Major General Woods
campaign for the Republican nomina-
ton, while the third brought addition
al information as to activities for Sen
ator Harding and Governor Lowden in
Missouri.
From c. H. Duell, of New York, for
merly connected with the Wood finan-
cal arrangements, the committee got
the statement that General Wood was
present at a discussion at the home
of Ambrose f. Mcneil, in New York,
last fall, where ways and means of
financing his campaign were talked
over A formal meeting attended by
DuelI, Mcneil and Robert Cassatt, OF
Philadelphia, had been called, the wit
ness said, and at this meeting Mcneil
proposed that certain number of men
be asked to "underwrite" the Wood
campaign expenses 20 the extent Of
S1,OOO,OOO Cassatt finally declined to
enter into the arrangement, DUEL
said, and his recollection was that
General Wood came in later, after the
meeting. Discussion of the financial
side of the campaign had continued,
he added. hut he could not recall any
thing that General Wood might have
| said in hat connection.
Questions by Senator Reed, Demo
| crat. Missouri drew from the witness
! a statement that in view of the gen
| eral nature of the conversation Cen
eral Wood could not have failed to
| know its purpOrt and the amounts be-
ing discussed as necessary to raise.
When w L. Cole. Republican state
| chairman in Missouri and delegate
| at-large from that state, appearing at
| his own request, took the stand, the
| scene shifted to that state. He pre-
| scented brief explanation of previous
| testimony, which showed that he had
| received funds from both the Harding
| and Lowden interests for work in Mis-
souri,. He entered a fiat denial that
| he had known that the check for $500
| given him by e. L. Morse, manager of
| the Lowden campaign outside of s..
Louis, was from Lowden funds, or
| that it was given him with any under
| standing it was to be used in the ILL.,
| nois governors behalf. He had re-
| garded the money as a personal con-
| tribution from Morse, he said, to aid
in the Republican fight to fill va
cancy in the third Missouri congress
| sional district, which Morse had in
sisted that Cole conduct.
| AS 70 $3.50 which the witness said
| he had received from Harry NJ.
! Daugherty, manager for Senator Hard
| ing, Cole declared it was given him
| to use in trying to make the senator
the second choice of the Missouri dele
| CATION. and after he had told Daugher-
| ty that he believed Missouri was "sew-
cd up" for Lowden.
! The other witness as to Wood f1nan-
| "'n@ W. W. r. BURT. of Chicago, Who
| @eScr:Eed himself as 'asS.StaHt and
| confidential man" for Mcneil, identi-
! fed as connected with the Internation-
| al Nickel company. Burt brought
with him contribution receipts of the
| Wood national fund, and also ''re-
| quests for funds covering disburse-
| ments. His testimony, he insisted,
could add nothing to matters already
furnished to the committee, but he left
some of the accounts with the COM
mittee for study.