Evening star., 1920-07-09
DELEGATES GIVEN
EXPENSESFOR TRIP
TOFORCE OUT REED
Missouri Men Testify They
Received Checks From
State Committeeman.

Ey +he Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. July 9.-Deiegates to
the Missouri democratic convention
which helped Dust Senator James A
Feed from his national convention seat
were supplied expense money hy two
antlgonistic factions. ore favorable 10
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer and
the other to Gov. Cox. according to
witnesses today before the Senate com
mittee investigating campaign expendi-
lures.
/. Checks signed by Edward r. Goltra.
democratic national committeeman from
Missouri. were given TO delegates to pay
their expenses 10 the democratic state
convention at Joplin. witnesses said
This convention was instrumental in
ousting. Senator James A. Reed. dem o :
crat Missouri. from his national corr
vertion seat. Senator Reed. a mem
ber OF the Senate committee. which
resum ed hearings here today. took no
part in todav's- session other than to
be present in order to complete a
quorum
Patrick ONeill. member of the DEM
ocratic city committee. and delegate
to the Joplin conve ventfon, told the
committee he was given check for
$3.50 signed by Goltra. to pay ex-
penses to the convention.
Lawrence 2. DAILY. chairman of the
city committee. gave him the check,
he said.
When o'Nein declared he was
against Goltra." Senator Spencer
asked If it wasn't unusual to ac-
cept Goltra's check. them"
NO" answered O'Nefll Il thought
the money was subscribed. Why
shouldn't the democratic party pay
my expenses?"
Delegates Wanted More.
Henry Streutker. another city COM
mitteeman. said his check for $3.50
was given him at committee head
quarters. He asserted the money
didn't pay all expenses and the dele
gates had hoped they would get more.
"Goltra was against Reed. but most
of the delegates who travelled on his
money were for Reed" Streu.ker de-
clared.
streutker said he presumed every
delegate from the tenth district got
$3.50" He denied he had an: inten-
tion of helping Goltra."
Tony Stuever. another delegate to
the state convention. also gave him
800. Streutker said. Stuever was a
friend of Senator Reed and favored
Cox for President. he added
I'm other words. you got $50 from
the Goltra faction and 500 from the
Stuever faction when you knew these
factions were antagonistic?" asked
Sena tor Kenyon.
ven, tIlc money naQ been
subscribed and was to help the demo-
Gratis" Streutker replied.
''Goltra made 1t plain the money was
for expenses. and told the delegates he
was sorry he couldn't get more"
Worked for Palmer.
The committee launched an inquiry
into the campaign of Attorney General
4. Mitchell Palmer. who was q candi-
date for the democratic presidential
nomination.
The attention of the committee, as
the hearing opened, was centered on
the reported distribution of $1,000
among the twenty-eight members of
the city democratic committee by
Iioltra, to help defray the expenses of
delegates to the state democratic con-
ventiou in Joplin.
Goltra. who was supporting the can
didacy of Attorney Gen6ral Palmer,
was active in the fight OF Senator
Reed.
Goltra. Joseph T. Davis. a local at
torney, and nine of the city commit
teemen were among the witnesses
summoned to testify today. Neither
Goitra or Davis has returned from San
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