The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-03-26
Borah Charges Certain Candi-
dates Are Puppets of Men
of Vast Wealth.
MUST RETURN FAvoRS
Idaho Senator Sees War With
Mexico if Oil Interests
Elect Wood.

Senator Borah, republican, Idaho.
told the senate today that the pre-.
convention expenditures of some
presidential candidates presented
shameless situation promising
saturnalia of corruption unless con-
gress called halt"
Senator BoFahs charges, which
were made in presenting his bin for
limitation of preconvention expendi-
lures, started political debate in
which senators on both sides of the
chamber Joined and which gave an
airing to many of the preconvention
issues of the two great parties
Reading a published story that
testimonials" indorsing Maj.-Gen.
eonard Wood were being purchased
in Indiana at the rate of $3.50 apiece,
Senator Borah said he had been ad-
vised that plenty of affidavits to the
same effect were on file in a neigh
boring state.
IF these men who have supposed
that you can purchase the nomina-
ton are beginning by paying
$3.50 for testimonials" Senator
Borah asked, what will they pay for
votes?
Gen, Woods managers state that
the managers for Gov. Lowden are
spending more money than they are,
That is their defense. | am inclined
to think that that is true. There
are some evidences of it.
Here is the shameless situation.
Certain candidates are charged with
having made enormous expenditures
and they apparently have turned
themselves over to a coterie of men
4 bf vast wealth and are permitting
those men to conduct their cam
paign. To the man in the street it
has every appearance of an attempt
to deliberately control with money
the national convention.
Their Silence Condemns.
'If these gentlemen will frankly
tell us where the money is coming
from. | would willingly accept their
explanation. But when they remain
silent. there is only one inference
10 be drawn and that is that the
charges are true"
, Senator Thomas. Colorado and
Ashurt, Arizona, democrats, asked
senator Borah to give the names of
democrats who were spending large
sums of money and the speaker said
he would do so at the proper time.
Eth "lf / knew any democrat who was
4 Tlfending money excessively" said
-apnator Ashurst, 81 should feel it
si,iy duty to see that he didn't get
spme DELEGATES he might otherwise
asget. And ifs ] thought any democrat
was trying to get third term. |
would not hesitate TO tell tho people
that that was wrong"
'If the senator doesn't know that
,i,,t ,f,.1
icioined Senator Borah. then he is
blessed with an Innocence which l
would not suspect him. l think the
president is entitled to a third term,
for who else would lead the fight
for the treaty."
Don't the senator mean a third
snomlnation," asked Senator Moses,
New Hampshire, who is
manager of Gen. Woods Washing
ton headquarters. well # the can
diclate OF the senator of New Hamp-
shire keeps up his practices and is
\ nominated, it will be third term
Senator Borah replied.
Favors Penalty.
Senator Borah quoted newspaper
report that the democratic national
committee was raising Il ten million
dollars campaign fund, and added
that there were evidences of a like
situation in the republican organi-
cation.
But Chairman Cummings of the
democratic national committee, has
denied that story" interjected Sen
ator Harrison, democrat, Mississippi.
Senator Kenyon, republican, Iowa,
suggested that in view of the prob
|Die ucl"y III oVG ii"S i'SI9ia'ioh "
unit precorNehtlon expenditures,
resolution OF investigation would be
better.
Senator Borah replied that he
WouId favor. sucb q rpso1ution also
and added If "tboeo who have beer
rbo,.ood N,,,itl, +bosc oyno,dit,,ro,, do
v,,ai wa seu WIN 'lle'c LH uIeS uo
~ iuPolI ~ tHT Pu"llC Viu"t'i ny
against them will hc quite as effeC-
tive as a legal penalty would be-"
MORE
Senate, Rorab also referred to fhe
NcwItrrv scandal i'm Michigan sewing
tbat IL vas - sorry rommenfarv on mo-
= Iitirai ,irt1e whom i'm recent ycars one
senator ms been cxpelIcd. o1othcr
triad for rorr,ntior and mat nov, ~, q
have suffered the humiliation of a third
iur,- trial
, Serator Cbsn,berIoip democrat of
Dro,,o,, In. crrnrtad senator Do~ab'e
reading Of a list of names of alleged
,ontti%,,tors 70 cen Leonard NVo0d's
campaign fund TO ask if some of them
GviI ivtos uoi s,1f5 ho5 Ui nartics '0 po''''''
"Thev ususIIv do. Senator Borah
said. "E dward /. Doheny, head OF
) great oil interests in Mexico, is named
sa w eo,..rih,,or a. Ger Vvood,e
tnnSs 90 ~ ren,,bIicsn side and he
hip,eetf is candidate for election 10
the democratic convention. as DELEGATE.
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