The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1920-05-24
CAMP PA|GN MONEY
IS EXPLAINED
Manager for General Wood is
First Witness Called Be-
fore Senate Sub
Committee.
MOST IN NEW JERSEY
Expenditure of $15, 900 in That State
Was Sent from National Head
quarters Of the Cam
paign.


NJ Hitchcock. campaign manager for
Major General Leonard Wood, was
the first witness called today by the
senate subcommittee investigating
campaign expenditures. Hitchcock
said he knew nothing about contri-
buttons to Woods campaign fund
! and could only testify as TO expendi-
lures in a general way.
Hitchcock said $4,000 sent into
New Jersey from the national head
quarters of Woods campaign was
the largest amount spent from the
fund in any state. In Maryland, Re
said, $12,5O0 was spent, but in most
states the allotment was less than
$4,000. Some states got nothing, he
said, citing. New York. where, he
said, local contributions financed the
campaign. In the. New England
states, Hitchcock testified, the limit
contributed to any state from Woods
national fund was $4,000.
Senator Reed, democrat member
of the investigating committee. halt
| ed the questioning to demand that
/ the committee make Il rule either to
get specific testimony or to require
q written statement
The Michigan campaign, Hitchcock
said, was financed by local people
and no money was sent from the ma
tional funds. He could give no idea
as to how much was raised in Michi-
gan and Wisconsin. and nothing was
sent from national headquarters to
Rhode Island, Connecticut or Della
ware.
Illinois and Ohio were financed
from western headquarters. Hitch
cock said. adding that he opposed
contests in both Of these states.
Hitchcock said that he knew moth
ing about disbursements from Chi
| cago headquarters.
The Du Pont interests contributed
nothing to Woods campaign in Della
ware Hitchcock declared.
As to Ohio, Hitchcock said big
expenditures were made, but from
the Chicago headquarters. Hitch
cock said he knew nothing about the
Wood publicity campaign. because
that. too. was conducted from Chi.
cago. Answering questions by Sena-
tor Kenyon, Hitchcock denied he had
set up contesting delegations In
southern states, "and don't intend
Hitchcock said reports from Geor-
gia that the Opposition to Wood
was spending a great deal of money
caused Woods managers to send $10,-
900 into that state. Pressed to tell
who the Opposition was, he said he
did not know but that its leader was
Henry Lincoln Johnson, a negro poll
tican.
He said the so-caIled Wood dele
cation in Mississippi was not a legal
ly elected one and said that he had
had nothing to do with it for that
reason.
Senator Reed wanted to, know
where real headquarters are" and
who had general direction and man
agement.
Hitchcock replied that .headquar
ters were where General Wood is"
That is generally Chicago, he added.
Senator Reed cross-examined Hitch
cock and asked about salaries paid
employees at Wood headquarters. the
number of employees. the size OF
headquarters, etc. Hitchcock de
clared he did not know any of these
things.
Hitchcock said he knew the cam
paign, which consisted largely Of cir
cularizating the country, was "un-
necessarily large
at was a mistake to have such
extensive headquarters, he said. "1t
took all the money that was given" ;"
Going back to specific contribu-
tions from the Wood Headquarters to
various states, Hitchcock listed the
following:
Alabama, $500.
Massa chusetts, $1,000.
Vermont, less than S. 900.
Pennsylvania, nothing.
Connecticut, nothing.
Rhode Island. nothing.
Reed asked how many paid workers
for Wood were sent out to travel
about the country setting up fences"
for Wood. .r
II don't favor that, so under me
il wouldn't be done"
Dr. Randolph w. Hershey, Wheel
ing. W. Va, submitted brief state
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