The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-07-08
BABLER QUIZzED
ON LOWDEN FUND
Reed Shoots Many q
Pointed Question Upon
Expenses.
GAVE CHURCH FUNDS
Senator Wants to Know if 1t
Was to Allay Colored
Feeling on Lowden.
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details OF the Roosevelt-Taft fight
I'm 1912 had been brought mp by
witnesses. Chief among the witness
as were William Loeb, formerly
priyate secretary to Theodore Roos-
eyelt. who described himself as a
"sort OF clearing house through
which Wood funds in the east
passed"; J. l.. Babler, republican
national committeeman from Mis-
souri and r.. L. Morse of Excelsior
SPRINGS Mo. described by witness
es as the distributor OF Governor
Iowden's campaign funds in Mis-
souri, and boss of tho Third Mis-
rouri congressional district"
Ben +. Kcsterson Of Princeton.
Mo. brought I'm the Taft Roosevelt
issue. declaring both had spent more
money In Missouri in 1912 than
L,owden I'm 1920 and described n
tystem OF payment by blank checks
for which he received s25 each, but
which were cashed for sums up TO
$3.50, he said. Kesterson was Taft
supporter.
Reed Qucstioncr.
After Mr.. Loeb described how a
Croup Of New York men under
wrote 1000, 900 for the Wood cam
paign, Senator James Reed took up
the cross questioning Of nearly n
dozen witnesses concerning political
conditions in Missouri and particular
" In the Third congressional district
which, he said. was noted as a hot
bed OF political fights"
Mr.. Loeb presented several check
books which were transcribed into
the records and which he said would
show what funds he disbursed.
About s406, 900 passed through his
hands he testified. He also told Of
sending cashiers checks for $4,000
without accompanying letters. n
practice, he asserted, was not un-
usual in politics. He sent those
checks wherever he was told to by
Ftank Hitchcock. former postmaster
general and a Wood manager.
Nat Goldstein and Robert Moore,
the two St. Louis delegates to the
republican national convention who
previously admitted receiving s2,500
each to help Lowden's interests. pre-
scnted cancelled checks as proof
they had returned the money.
J. l.. Babler described the dis
bursement OF several thousand dol
lars and said that sums given to Il.
T.. McJim.ey and Roscoe Patterson
OF Springfield, Mo, candidates for
governor and congressman, respec-
lively. were intended to further the
Lowden interests. but the recipients
might have thought the money was
for their own campaigns.
'T discussed the Lowden cam
paign with them, though" said
Babler.
a., r-..,o.z.. - .,,s..t.., 4,
Senator Reed concerning the Taft
Roosevelt fight In 1912. He claimed
+. L. Morse of Excelsior Springs
employed him for s25 n day and
expenses to boost Taft and paid him
In cash making him indorse checks
at the same time.
"I received about s25 on each
check" said Kesterson, while they
were cashed for up to $3.50. Dur
ing the Lowdcn campaign Morse
gave me 800, but thought It was
TO make up the difference between
what l had received and what he
got on the checks in 1919. He
also gave me 500 to advertise q
meeting where Senator johnson
spoke in behalf OF John r. Frost
candidate for congress-"
Morse declared that Kestersor
was giddy" and he knew nothing
OF any such checks. He presented
a batch of checks six inches high
which totaled more than 5000 and
winch represented money spent IL
qehalf of Governor Lowden, he said
Other witnesses told of money re.
ceived from Morse, most OF them
saying they understood IL was &C
be spent to elect uninstructed dele.
gates who were favorable to Low
den.
NJ. +. Rhodes filed a sworn state.
ment in which he denied receiving
any money from Rabler for any pur.
pose, while Babler testified he gave
hhodes $500, of which ITO wa,
returned.
Senator Reed asked IL Il. r. T.
McJimsey OF Springfield, Mo, can,
aidate for governor, knew that two
sooO checks given him by Bablei
were IOW1pn pnnaU y