The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-02
S4O,OOO IN L0WDEN CHECKS SENT INTO
 MISSOURI SHOWN
Further Information on the Wood Campaign in Michi-
 gan and Indiana Also Is Sought
By Associated Press

By Associated Press Washington, June 1.--checks aggre- gating s4O,0O0. sent into Missouri by the managers of Governor Lowden's campaign, were presented today to the pre-convention expenditures of presi- dental candidates. The checks were 1 laid before the committee by Arthur Davis of Harrisburg, Ill., at the direc- tion of L. l.. Emerson, national mana ger of Governor Lowden's campaign. While most of the day was devoted by the committee to questioning wit nesses as to the expenditures of sums covered by the checks, primary con- tests in other states were touched upon. The committee sought further l information on the campaigns of Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood in Michigan and Indiana and the contests between Gen eral Wood and Senator Harding in Ohio.
 In ts inquiry into the Lowden cam paign in Missouri, the committee ques- toned Nat Godstein, clerk of the Eighth judicial district. St. Louis, and his deputy. Robert E. Moore, delegates to the republican national committee from Missouri, who testified that each had received a check for $2,500 from the Lowden campaign fund. Both said the money still was held to their ac- count in banks and would be returned unless Governor Lowden were nomi- mated in which event it would be used in the campaign.
 J. l.. Babler, republican national committeeman from Missouri, whom Goldstein and Moore designated as the one who transmitted the checks to them from Mir. Emerson, also was ques- toned by the committee. E. L. Morse, ] head of the Lowden, campaign outside of St. Louis another Missourian, ex- amined by the committee testified that he had received by check from MT. Emerson approximately $32,000 and expended it in getting out the work CTS" Babler got $17,0o0 of these funds, he said, to reimburse him for similar expenditures.
 NO INSTRUCTIONS
 Both Moore and Goldstein testified to having received the checks from Babler in the latters office with no specific instructions as to how the money should be used. Both said they had declared no money was necessary in their congressional districts and that none was spent to get out LoWden sentiment in the ward meetings and district conventions. Moore said Bab- Ter had told him, "Aw, go ahead ana take it." when he had hesitated about accepting the check from Emerson, Babler was pressed on this point by Chairman Kenyon when he appeared later.
 Was it prety hard job to get , Moore and Goldsten to take this money?" the senator asked. Well, l was very anxious about the
 St Louis situation" Babler replied
 q wanted to tie them up and urged Emerson to assist in any way neces-
 sary to get their active support.
 Moore and Babler gave from mem ory lists of state workers" to whom they had distributed the money re
 ceived from Emerson. The amounts
 ranged as a rule from $100 to $500 but in some instances went over $1,Oo0 Babler in explaining these items, saie they went to men who had "harc , fight" ahead of them in their districts No accounting of expenditures 'wa!
 asked by either Moore or Babler they l testified. | Boiling all InlS QOW H. NthdtOl ANSSN , democrat, of Missouri, said to Babler , Doesn't it come to this: that th' 3 method of campaign you adopted wa'
 to get in touch with active workers give them some money and tell them tt l get busy?"
 TRUSTED THEM
 Babler agreed. AS to an accounting for expenditures made he said The.
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 I did not think they would retain an, of it for themselves. l think many O them spent more than l gave them
 The witnesses were questioned par ticurarly as to whether any of the men . other than Golsten and Moore. who re ceivSd money were delegates to the ma
 tional convention. Morse said three mel
 on his list were, including William L
 Cole, republican state chairman who | a delegate at large. The witness said h
 had given Cole $5d0 for headquarters = purposes.
 e Senator Kenyon promptly called atten r tion to the fact that previous testlmon before the committee showed Cole ha received l25O to sound out sentimen
 for Harding Morse and Babler sai they had understood Cole was for Low ' den, with Senator Harding perhaps as Il second choice
 e Here is a delegate at large with $l % 25O Harding money and $500 Lowde IS money" said Senator Kenyon. Who ,s third choice?"
 Senator Spencer, republican, Missour
 said Cole had received the Hardin y money" said Senator Kenyon. ''Who e.- third choice?"
 n Senator Spencer, republican, Missour said Cole had received the Hardin money to sound sentiment for Hardin 'tt as second choice. After brief wrangl ,d between Senators Reed and Spencer owe to injection of explanation by any othe
 than the man involved in statement te made by witnesses, the committee ol i'll dered Cole subpoenaed.
 WOOD DATA PRESENTED
 Additional information as to the Woo
 campaign in Michigan was presented b
 Fred A. Alger of Detroit, who said h
 had personally contributed S50,000 of tf
 S54000 Wood fund raised and eXpende
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