The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-10-25

buttons to dummy organizations II
his behalf, and the footing of tn,
funds of the food prevention organi
cation, he was governor of the STATE
and under oath to see to it that tn,
laws were enforced. As governor O
Ohio he successfully used his in
fuence in the state senate to OBJ
struct an Investigation Of the fund
of the flood prevention and othel
conservancy organizations in the stat,
of Ohio, thus preventing earlier rev
Citations of the facts just brought GU
by the Senate committee.
Hopes Of Cox's
Supporters Shattered.
The following report Of the pro
ceedings of the committee at Dayton
in detail, is from special Dayton cor
respondence Of the New York Tri
bune: 4.
Evidence adduced at the first ses
sion in Dayton Of the Senate sub
committee investigating campaign ex
penditures centered around thre,
revelations:
A note Of $1,000, dated Au-
gust 16, 1917, given by Gov
ernor Cox to the City National
Bank Of Dayton, and paid on
June 20, 1918, with a check on
the Dayton Metal Products Com
pany for $5,075, covering prin-
cipal and interest.
The payment of 6,242.5O on
February 3, 1918, out of funds
OF the Dayton Flood Prevention
Committee to reimburse men
who had contributed to Cox's
1915 gubernatorial campaign.
The payment of expenses of
three temporary organizations
which boosted Cox in his 1915
campaign, aggregating $4,000
by Adam Schantz, former Day.
ton brewer, out Of funds of
the Dayton Metal Products Com
pany. The sworn reports filed
under the corrupt practices act
hid the source of the money by
listing Democratic state, city
and county employees as the con-
tributors.
A Revelation
OF Hypocrisy
Hypocrisy practiced in behalf OF
Cox in 1916 was revealed by Schantz,
who was examined on the stand by
Senator Walter E. Edge, of New Jer-
sey, Republican member Of the sub
committee; Senator Atlee Pomerene,
of Ohio, is the Democratic member.
Expense accounts filed under the
corrupt practices act with the Secre-
tary Of State list the following three
mushroom organizations which lived
only through the 1916 campaign:
Forward Looking Association OF
Ohio, receipts, $4,000; expenditures
$12,663.73.
Independent Voters League Of
Cuyahoga County, receipts, $4,000;
expenditures, $S,191.60.
League for the Protection and
Preservation of the Workmen's Com
pensation Law, receipts $4,000; ex-
penditures, $10,700.
The Forward Looking Association
report says that it was formed to sup
port Cox; so does the Independent
Voters League report.
The Workmens Compensation
League report says it's purpose was to
preserve and protect the Ohio COM
pensation act.
Schantz testified he gave to Will
liam Mason for the Toward Looking
Association, $4,000; to Gale Hart
ley, for the Independent Voters
League, $500 and to Morris Sloman,
for the Workmen's Compensation
League, $10,400. Schantz said he I'M
derstood the organizations were to
work toward flood protection and in
behalf Of candidates favorable to it.
Senator Edge brought out on ex-
animation Of Schantz that although
Schantz testified he furnished nearly
all the funds spent by each associa-
ton, their sworn reports hid this by
giving list of dummy contributors
for each association, the sums of
money after the names aggregating
approximately in each case the total
Schantz said he turned over for their
operation.
The dummy contributors in each
instance were largely Democratic
state, city employees or ex-employes,
although some brewers, saloonkeep-
ers and attorneys we're included.
Schantz said the $4,000 he gave the
three leagues was raised as follows:
From Col. E. A. Deeds, H. e. Tai
bolt, c. F. Kettering, Walter Kidder,
and Schantz himself, $1,000 each;
from F. M. TAFT, $4,000.
Marvyn Scudder, New York &C
countant, testified the Dayton Metal
Products Company, which owned the
Dayton Wright Airplane Company,
paid the contributions Of $1,000 each
for Deeds, Talbot and Kettering.
Deeds was one of the original in
corporators of the Dayton Wright
Airplane Company. which was con-
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