The Alaska daily empire., 1920-05-25
LOWpEN POURING
 OUT RICHES TO
 WIN NOMINATION
Senate Committee Told Gov ernor Contributed $379,-
 900 of $404,964 Spent
POINDEXTER BIG SPENDER
Lavish Use of Money Made By Republican Candidates
 For President Tn Ohio

WASHINGTON, May 25.--The Sen ate Committee Investigating campaign expenses of Presidential candidates today received its final insight into expenditures, enormous in the aggre- gate, made by candidates of both parties, but principally the Republi- can.
 Gov. Frank o. Lowden of Illinois, candidate for the Republican nomin- ation for President. already has spent for preliminary campaigning $79,0O0 more than the the total sal ary he would receive as President, if elected for four year term.
 This was brought out at todays hearing when T. E. Emerson, Secre- tary of State of Illinois, appearing for Lowden, testified that $4O4,964 had been expended to date and tha. .S379, 900 of this was contributed by Lowden personally The balance came from his friends and supporters.
 Emerson said that $39,0O0 was spent in Michigan alone and ssS,000 more in Missouri.
 Cox Expenses Barred
 E. w. Moore, testifying for Gov. James M. Cox of Ohio, said con- tributions of $22,000 were received by the Cox campaign organization. He said the heavy amounts expended ;n tho Dappblio,p contact in Obio had provoked hot partisan strife.
 Other testimony brought out that Senator Miles Poindexter of Wash ington with expenditures of $75000 ranked second to Lowden among Re publican candidates, with Senator Hi ram w. Johnson of California third with $68,000.
 Howard Rice, Poindexter's secre- tary, admitted that New York bank CTS gave $25000 to the Poindexter fund while a Brooklyn shipbuilder contributed $2O,O00.
 Johnson's Fund
 Angus McSween, campaign manager for Johnson, said friends in Califor- mia had contributed the money ex- pended in the Johnson campaign.
 Not including primary expenses in California, Herbert c. Hoover, for mer Food Administrator, so far has spent $66,332 for campaign purposes, John F. Lucy, his manager, told the campaign committee this afternoon. He said he did not have the Calif- ornia figures available but offered tol procure them later. Lucy declared Hoover had no part in the organiza- tion of the National Hoover Republi- can Club of California, which was the clearing house for other Hoover Clubs throughout the country.
 Reed Takes Hand
 Senator James A. Reed, of Mis- souri, a member of the Investigating committee, questioned Lucy closely as to Hoover's residence and whether 1t was not in London, England. Lucy refused to say it was London. but admitted he was not positive.
 Walter F. Wick. campaign manager for Gov. Edward I. Edwards of New Jersey. denied that liquor interests were backing Gov. Edwards or that any pledges had been made by them
 Bernard Baruth. representing Will liam G. McAdoo. former Secretary of the Treasury testified that he knew nothing of any expenditure or campaign expenses of MT McAdoo's.
 
 paign manager testified that s1O,O14 had been spent to advance the OK lahoma Senator's Presidential aspir- ations.
 Senator Joseph I. France of Mary land appeared in person and testi- fled he had spent nothing. -~vv~,r@xy uH | vNySus 1 VNyN