New-York tribune., 1920-03-28
Senate to. Scan
Expenditures {
For Preside
Committee to Inquire Into
Campaign Funds Of Can.
didates in Hearing ON
Bill Offered by .Borah
Gift Of 500, 600 Denied
Doheny Says He Made No
Contribution; Lowden Is
Willing to Reveal Facts

From The Tsibuns's Washington Bureau
| WASHINGTON, March 27.-Cam-
paign funds of candidates for Presi.
Dental nominations will be inquired
into by the Senate Committee on privi-
leges and Elections, Senator Dillingham;.
OF Vermont, chairman Of the committee,
announced to-day. Senator Dillingham;
said the committee will meet within a
few days and arrange for public hear
ings on the Borah. bill limiting the ex-
penditure Of any candidate for the
Presidential nomination Of any party
| to 10000 in each state, and for full
publicity of contributions.
Senator Boran introduced the bill in
the Senate yesterday, when it was
charged that Major General Leonard
Wood and Frank o. Lowden, candidates
for the Republican nomination, we're
spending huge sums to control the Chi
cago convention.
Governor Lowden, in a telegram re-
ceived to-day by Senator Borah, offered
to make public all details Of his cam
paign funds and their expenditure. In
reply, Senator Borah telegraphed Gov
ernor Lowden as follows:
"Hon. Frank o. Lowden,
Chicago, I'LL:
Wire received and pleased to get
it, If you are so disposed and will
send the party here who can give me
details OF contributions and cxpendi-
lures | will take stenoxraphic re-
port, place it in the Record and make
1t public. AS l am otherwise
engaged next week, I would fax the
date for April 5th or 9Th.
CIVILIAN RORAH(u
100000 Contributions Denied
Edward L. Doheny, of California,
named by "The New York World" as
one of six men who were alleged to be
contributing 100000 each to the Wood
campaign, fatty denied the charge in
kilograms received to-day by Senator
crat, OF California. The telegram fol-
lows:
"My Dear Senator:
York World stating that am a con-
tributor to the General Wood cam
paign fund is a falsehood made out
of whole cloth. I have not made any
such contribution. I have not been
requested to make any contribution,
either to the General Wood fund or
that of any other candidate, and I
have not made any contribution to
any such fund. Senator Borah's re-
marks about me in this respect are
hence unfounded, unwarranted and
pricty make a refutation of these
slanders for me on the floor of the
Senate? Sincerely yours,
"EDWARD L. DOHENY."
Senator Borah, in reply, inquired of
Mr.. Doheny if the oil companies in
which Mr.. Doheny is interested were
contributing to the Wood campaign.
Senator Borah's reply follows:
"Does your denial of contributions
! cover your business concerns or busi-
ness interest with which you are as
sociated? l am led to ask this for
the reason that since receiving your
wire | am again assured the con-
tribution was made, and that it is
understood to have come from you
and your business concerns. I shall
lic.s lie S'"' ~ ''a"' ''0' ''"'''A'"' pun
Denial Inserted in Record
Senator Phelan inserted Mr.. Doheny's
denial in "The Congressional Record"
In submitting the denial, Senator Phe-
Ian said:
yesterday during a speech, the Sem
ator from Idaho, Mr.. Borah, on the
authority of The New York World
stated that Edward L. Doheny, of Cali
fornia, was one Of the contributors to
the fund for the campaign of General
Wood, and the Senator, net knowing
whether the statement was true or not,
saw fit to give it to the Senate upon
the theory that it had been made sew
eral days before and had not been
denied.
"Mr. Doheny is very much concerned
about the statement and desires to en-
ter denial. and ask that the secre-
tary may read from the desk his tele-
gram just received by me.
"Mr. Doheny is distinguished and
honorable citizen Of California, affili-
ated with the Democratic party, and
will be delegate to the San Fran
cisco convention; and he is naturally
indignant at the reflections made by
the Senator from Idaho, who should
have sought verihcation of his suspi-