The Washington herald., 1920-05-29
Senators Seek ElusiOe Trail ofMcAdoo
Boom; Baruch Summoned Here Again;
johnson Man from Nebraska Sensation
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NS-' h-'N ~ HNh hNb ONb
also to go after evidence that Mr..
l'almer condoncd violations of the
NOlstead act during the recent pri-
mary fight in Pennsylvania, in order
to win the contest with tho Bonni-
we'll forces. John F. Kramer, Fed
eral prohibition commissioner, has
been requested to appear before the
committee. to tell anything he may
know about violations of the law
during the Guffey- Bonniwell Hight,
II he is unable to throw any light
on the charges. W. w. Hindman.
State commissioner for Pennsyl-
vania. appointed at the behest of Mr.
Palmer, will be summoned. along
with some of the anti-Palmer lead
ers in Pennsylvania. The committee
proposes also tC summon some of
the attorneys who signed the report
or the Popular Goverpment League,
attacking the Attorney General on
the ground that he had converted
the Department of Justice into a
vast propaganda organization.
New Political Type Appears.
y Warwick, with a cotton shirt
and broad sense of humor. came
out OF the West yesterday to give
the Senate committee some lessons
on economy in politics. He was
Frank A. Harrison, of Lincoln,
Neb.. who managed the johnson
campaign in the Black Water State.
carrying it by 10000 for his candi-
date on an expenditure of $1,000. So
He was described as the man who
can raise more political hell with
Is cents than the average man can
with $1.5O0." With the aid of his
wife he set the type of johnson
circulars. kicked them off" on Il
job press and mailed them himself.
Among his campaign contributions
was sl2 in one-cent postage stamps
received by him when he told his
friends he needed postage.
Mr.. Harrison kept the Senate
hearing in an uproar. His answers
to questions convulsed Senator'S
He began by saying he had managed
the campaigns of three successful
candidates for the governorship and
one United States Senator. George
w. Norris, and he said the John
son campaign cost twice as much
as any he had ever handled.
Brilliant Sense of Humor.
What would you have done if
You had had a fund of 100000
with which to make a campaign"
asked Senator Reed.
oh" replied Mr.. Harrison. 81
suppose l would have done just
what most other political managers
do-divided it among my friends. to
pay my political debts, and per-
haps others"
Il wish" insisted Senator Reed.
that you would explain In moro
detail your methods of handling a
campaign"
Gives People What They Want.
We'll. my method is to know
what the people want and then be
with them," replied Mr.. Harrison.
Il know every county, town and
precinct in Nebraska and know peo-
pie in them. would write to
friends who were of our way of
thinking asking them to get busy
and help. Then sent to 100
weekly newspapers a cut of Sena-
tor johnson and a letter which
senator Norris had written indors-
ing Senator Johnsop's candidacy.
That occupied about seven inches
SpoSe IN SdCH paper ana lne dNVI
age cost was $3.50 a paper.
Please describe the Wood cam
paign as you saw IT,"
Hired Entire Chautauqua.
"a There were headquarters, in Lin
coin and Omaha. I suppose about
nifty people were hired to travel
around the State. The Wood peo-
pie (here Mr.. Harrison laughed
with particular uncticn) engaged
our entire Chautauqua system with
all its people to tour the State
Tor Wood. Flom what was in
formed, including some of the things
some Of the chautauqua performers
told ne aftarwGrd, 1 Judged that
they went out to the towns. sat
around the hotels and told stories
to each other and pockctcd the
money. That was all they knew
how to do.
In the newspaper advertise
ments large .paces were used and
IN some cases the names or a num-
Der Of local people were printed