The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-10
COST MOREHEAD s4,OOO TO LOSE
 ELECTION RACE
Hoey, His Opponent, Well Received By Own Party in Con-
 gross.

Washington, D. c. Jan. 10.-Re- publican threats and predictions that the G. O. P. would invade the Solid South" through the ninth district of North Carolina were proved to be mere campaign talk when Represen- tative Cylde R. Hoey, Democrat, took the oath of office in the House of Representatives with the reassenb- ling of Congress on Monday.
 Representative Hoey was accorded an ovation by the Democrats of the House while the Republican member ship sat silent. It was only a few weeks ago that Chairman Tess. of the Republican Congressional Cam paign Committee, predicted the seat ing of John M. Morehead, RepubE- can, as the ninth district member.
 The expense statement filed by MT. Morehead, who is Republican Nation al Committeeman from North Caro- lima and probably strongest candi- date the party could have placed in the field against Representative Hoey, shows a payment of $500 to 'fW. X. Rodenberg." Altogether, it cost MT. Morehead more than $4,0O0 to make the unsuccessful race for Congress. Although details are not given in the Morehead statement as to the Rodenberg payment, it is understood that this amount represents the cost of literature supplied by the Con- gressiona1 Campaign Committee duc- ing the Morehead campaign. Repre- sentative William A. Rodenberg, of ! Illinois, is a, member of the EXecu- i tive Committee of the Republican 1 Congressional Campaign Committee l which took a deep interest in the ninth district election.
 During the Morehead-Hoey cam ! patgn, the Republican candidate was 1 assured of the support of the Con- ! gressional Committee in Washington i and Chairman Tess offered to send 1 down Republican orators if desired. i Subsequently it was decided that i'm ported orators might hurt the cause i of the Republican candidate, and the ! campaign committee adopted the plan /, of flooding the district with litera- l Washington.
 The payment to MT. Rodenberg by ] MT. Morehead is evidently for the i cost of printing at wholesale prices 1 by the national committee. It $ not l yet revealed, of course, how much 1 literature the committee and Re- l publican members of Congress cir 1 cu1ated in the district in addition tc 1 the quantity paid for by MT. More. 1 head.
 Republicans forced as one of the l issues in the North Carolina cam. | paign the League of Nations, so the 1 victory of the Democratic nominee i was not only 8 local victory but one
 of national importance and a vindica, l tion of the Wilson administration.
 The threat not only of Represen.
 tative Tess, who heads the Repub lican Congressional Committee, bu l also of Chairman Will Hays, of tho l Republican National Committee, tha | the G. O. P. intends to invade tho
 Solid South,'' made the North Caro l lima contest a preliminary test be tween the two parties, particularly as there are several normally Republi l can counties in the ninth district. I Consequently, Democratic orator 1 urged the election of MT. Hoey as al
 endorsement of the national admin
 istration as well as for local reasons
 Senator Hitchcock, administration
 leader in the Senate peace treat,
 fight, spoke on national issues I
 Charlotte the closing night of tn Morehead-Hoey campaign and ther l was no question of the national char l acter of the North Carolina race.
 The Democratic candidate won b,
 approximately twelve hundred ma
 jority and reports from that distric now are that John M. Morehead ha 1 rejected the advice of certain Re publicans to contest the election witt , endeavor to have Morehead seated D, the Republican House. Evidently tn
 defeated G. o. P. candidate regards , contest of the election as useless. l; Representative Hoey was electe,
 to succeed Representative Webb, re
 gently appointed to the Fedora bench. The North Carolina rae , might have attracted little attentio' but for the announcement of Chair
 man Fess, of the campaign com
 mittee here, that the G. o. P. in
 tended to put up the best man avail
 able and was confident of capturin
 the district, breaking into the "Soli
 South" and repudiating the admins
 tration in a Southern State.
 The people who can't save mone
 in these times because prices are 5
 high, are the same ones who couldn