Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-04-08
BORlH SEES PLOT
To GET ON TICKET
Declares Big Money Being Used
to Swing Nominations.
BOTH PARTIES ARE RAPED
Idaho Senator in Senate Speech Scores
Use of Cash-Cites Case of Do
heny, Democrat, Contributing
to Woods Campaign Fund.

Washington. March 27.-Charging
that war profiteers" had combined to
control the Republican and Demo
cratic conventions, Senator Borah
(Rep) of Idaho told the senate that
the preconvention expenditures of
some presidential candidates presented
shameless situation" promising
"saturnalia of corruption" unless con-
gress called a halt.
Senator Borah's charges, which were
made in presenting his bill for limita-
ton of preconvention expenditures,
started political debate in which SEN
ators on both sides of the chamber
joined.
"TestimoniaIs" Bought, Charge.
Reading a published story that "tes-
timonials" indorsing Maj. Gen. Leon
ard Wood were being purchased in In
diana at the rate of $3.50 each, Sen
ator Borah said he had been Informed
that plenty of affidavits to the same
effect are on file in a neighboring
state"
eff these men who have supposed
that you can purchase the nomination
are beginning to pay $3.50 for testi-
monials," Senator Borah asked, "what
will they pay for votes?"
General Woods managers state that
the managers for Governor Lowden are
spending more money than they are.
That is their defense. I am inclined to
think that that is true. There are
some evidences of it.
"Here is a shameless situation.
Certain candidates are charged with
having made enormous expenditures,
and they apparently have turned them
selves over to a cOterie Of men of vast
wealth and are permitting those men
to conduct their campaign. 1t has ev-
cry appearance Of an attempt to de-
liberately control with money the ma
tional convention.
Cites Case Of Doheny.
Senator Chamberlain Dem) of Ore
gon, interrupted Mr.. Borah's reading
of list of names of alleged|contribu-
tors to General Woods campaign fund
to ask if some of them were not CIV
ing money for political activities in
both parties.
"They usually do" Mr. Borah said.
Edward I. Doheny, head Of great oil
interests in Mexico, is named here as
contributor to General Woods funds
on the Republican side, and he himself
~ +o
ocratic convention as delegate at large
from California. These gentlemen
usually look to the protection of their
interests.
II believe this is a national peril. I
intend to get the facts out even if I
have to do it in a brutal or crude way.
Candidates who accept favors are
called upon to return them after they
get elected.
"Now I have a lot of kilograms from
South Dakota concerning the primary
there this week. They indicate that
for every vote cast in the primary for
Wood or Lowden $40 was spent. How
are Republicans going to defend this
kind of thing after the nomination
has been made? Now is the time to
clean the Augean stables"
Senator Sterling (Rep.) of South Da-
kota interrupted.
II cannot let the inference go out
that the people of South Dakota have
yielded to bribery" he said. "I'm not
denying that immense sums have been
spent for newspaper advertising and
printers ink That there has been any
purchase of votes I do not concede."
IT haven't intended to say that"
Senator Borah returned. II do say
the effect of this expenditure is to cor
rupt the electorate. If the money had
not been spent, the results there would
have been different"
Turning to his reports from Indiana,
the Idaho senator said that "testimoni-
al advertising indicates a descent to
actual personal corruption" of voters.
Senator Borah declared that ga man
who will accept money from great
corporations for political purposes is
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