Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-11
Senate Inquiry Discloses Some
Big Campaign Funds, but No
Real Scandal.
suEsSES AS TO ITS EFFECT
Gompere Tells Labor Its Election Duty
-Profiteers Get Several Blows
President Wants to Accept
American Mandate, but
Congress Is Opposed.
BY EDWARD W. PlCKARD.

Senator Borah certainly started
ssnething when he brought about the
staate investigation Of the pre-conven-
tim expenses of the various presiden.
siki candidates. According TO the gen.
rssaiIy accepted theory, the inquiry was
Nsended by Its promoters to help the
rgutlidacy Of Senator Hiram john
&a. AT this writing 1t is not easy to
nay whom II has most helped and
whom most hurt. Some political ex-
prrts who profess to have no bias as
Hert that so far as the Republican side
H II is concerned, the investigation
yresages the nomination of some dark
bOsse. or possibly of Senator Knox,
saS is not exactly dark, though not an
ppeR candidate for the honor. The
51ea of those prophets Is that the
Facts ELECTED by the senate committee
eliminate all of the active aspirantS
except perhaps Johnson, and that the
party leaders will never consent to
the nomination Of the Californian.
However, in this matter every man can
De his own prophet, and his personal
predictions probably will govern his
SQrecust.
Governor Lowden's managers were
me first to be heard, and In accord
With their assertions that they had
ngshing to conceal they stated that
The Lowden fund was something over
saeo000, of which the governor and
his wife had contributed S379159.
tt1aer contributions ranged from $500
Downward. Nothing very startling or
shocking in that. The Poindexter,
Johnson and Hoover funds We're each
JSuRd to be less than 100000, and
Senator Sutherland's was only S473.
Hariing's is $107704. Then the big
noise came with the questioning of
Colonel Proctor, head of the Wood or
gaEiZRtion. He admitted without hes
aation that fund of more than
Sl,000000 had been raised to finance
Ire generals campaign, and stated
that he himself had Advanced" $780,
NO of this. He confessed his expec.
fhtion of getting this back was not
strong. and that he was ready to adj
vance more If 1t were needed. Other
liberal contributors to the Wood fund,
Said Proctor. were Col. Ambrose
Mcneil of New York, William Wrgley,
Jr, and Col. H. NJ Byllesby.
Doctor Buffers candidacy, it was
learned. has been financed to the ex-
rent of S40550.
Naturally the committee did not
SrBrlook the Democratic candidates,
md il brought out facts that, accord
ing to the political sharps mentioned
above, wiped out the chances Of Attor-
neg General Palmer. Questioned by
Chairman Kenyon, former Congressman
G. c. Carlin, Palmer's manager, ad-
sBitted that both he and J. Bruce Ster-
ling the Palmer manager of Pennsyl-
rHnia, were attorneys for steel inter.
eyss charged with evasion of paying in
evane taxes. The latter represents the
CEucible Steel company, which the
government compelled to pay $1,000
Hfn, and the former is the attorney
gm Herbert Dupuy, connected with
she steel concern, who, with his wife,
Was charged with being about $780,
200 short in income tax paid. Mr..
CsrsiD said the largest contributors to
FaineTs $4,000 fund were J. NJ.
Gntsy Of Pennsylvania and ]. Harry
EBTfngton, who as counsel under Pal
1ssT when the latter was alien prop
eFsy custodian, received fees so large
ms to cause public comment.
WaIker w. Wick. representing Ed |
wards denied Indignantly that there
Ihsd been any deal with liquor inter-
eszs 10 support or finance the cam