The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-04-06
nro. Much Money" says 5orah.

"once more the barrel becomes a !
great American issue" says the New
sark Evening News und.), apropos OIL
Senator Borah.s cnafse a ,.ai I'm Unnamed
democratic candidates are spending
doubtful money too lavishiy III the pre-
convention campaigns Tor tne pres.
s ss"Sy re Gazette tpsa that their
campnign managers and hackers nave
already spent fortunes to secure pleuses
in the primaries, much OF IL coiruP.ly
or In way which he calls as pau as
corruption.
Many regard the Borah charges as
grave. The Houston Post tDem.l
shinks Il "eyident that conditions
throughout the entire country are cal
oulated to invest the present cainpalsn
with more political corruR'' end that that
The country SIS facing its supreme
crisis" The Springfield Republican
UndD remarks that 1.-The American peo-
the presidency" ana the on'aha boo
(Rep.) has this to say:
"Suspicion attaches to any Individual
nominated or elected after large sums
OF money have been expended IN ms pe-
half, The feeling. Just or unjust, US
tho case may be, exists that somewhere
ar IN some way the candidate nomi-
mated or elected at the close OF cam
paign of liberal expenditure Is eitner
| corrupt or has received nnancial alu
from sources, which VIII exact re rep, SIS
| undue influence over the official CHOSEN
| to the detriment OF the peoples IN
| terests."
"Goy. Lowden has met promptly and
| directly the charges OF Senator Boran,
| saws the Chicago Daily News llhu'l py
| Offering ito submit the Inst OF con'r,po
| utors to his campaign fund ana me
| amounts contributed by each,' ana the
| News hopes for the passage OF tne
| Kenyon resolution. under which az
! candidates for the presldental nomlnns
| tion will be required to present such
statements" But Senator Borah at
| taches the greater guilt" according 10
| the Philadelphia Record Qnd Dem:l
| to the Wood managers, Tor ne says
bluntly that the men who are manag
ing Gen. Woods campaign propose to
! control the republican convention
through the use OF money, charge
which, the Record thinks can NO. &c
retort that he is convinced that SEN
ator Borah's attack at this time Is for
the purpose of influencing adversely
the primary vote In Michigan on April
g." seems TO the Beltimore sun Slnu;
a not what Borah's purpose and mo.
tive may be, but what Is the truth.
The correct answer. the sun declares
Is to "open the books ana the Fort.
1.-The charges must he refuted. or tho
lnck OF that refutation will prove that
no wood should not be the party
, candidate"
but no ''moneyless campaign
method" has yet been invented. eh an.
. indianapolis News Und), how Is .
! campaign TO be carried on?" No can
! didate can be nominated the Phil.
delphia Inquirer Repo points out
deal OF money for legitimate purposes.
. And the Los Angeles Times Und, kep'l
notes:
I ''If a man Is an actual candidate anc
r has TO go through any number OF stat'
. primaries 1t viii take fortune Tor IN
most ordinary expense. IN
= candidate doesn't furnish II IL mus
, come from his friends or the interest
behind his candidacy
= The Burlington (vt) News zinc
Q RepD IL inclined to discount the bora
charges ms zone of the Oldest politlca
o moves on the board. rcsorted TO whel
: n candidate is making progress ana ~
3 tie else can be developed TO impede Una
h progress" The Kansas CITY Time
{ (Ind). strongly for Wood, declares'
"There has not been the slightest evl
: dence adduced by Senator Borah 9
anyone else OF any improper use
Is money in the Wood campaign.
9 Doubtless there are republican men {
u taeans contributing toward the woo
" campaign because they believe ne
VI The best man FOR the presidency. In IN
< same way democratic men OF NEAR
10 contributed TO Woodrow Wilson's can
e nnien fund In 1919. because they ma
confidence In hts ability. II Is Just =
10 rratuitous to suppose that the cor
e trihutors to the Wood fund have sir
g istcr. designs as u would be to suppos
. that the men who financed the NhSo
u, fund In 1919. or contributed TO his cleo
ton In 1915 had sinister designs"