New-York tribune., 1920-05-29
Senate Committee Also
Will Investigate Charge
of Dry Law Violations
to Aid PalmerCa Campaign
Extend Inquiry of
Johnson Expenses
Rich Men Said to Have
Planned Huge Amount
to Elect Ex-Treasurer

From The Tribune'a Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, May 28,-Many wit
nesses were summoned to- day to appear
before the Senate b-committee in
vestigating pre-convention Presidential
campaigns to throw further light upon
the manner in which the campaigns in
behalf of Attorney General Palmer
William G. McAdoo and Senator Hiram
w. Johnson have been conducted.
The committee cut short it's session
to-day and after briefly reviewing the
testimony to date, decided to investi-
gate three charges that have been made
by witnesses before the committe
The charges are:
That Attorney General Palmer's
campaign in Pennsylvania was great
ly aided and that Palmer was enabled
to win the state delegation to the
San Francisco convention by permit
ting the saloons to run wide open in
that state during the campaign that
preceded the primary election of
May Is.
That Bernard NJ Baruch and
Thomas J. Chadbourne jr., with the
assistance Of group of very wealthy
men, undertook to underwrite the
Democratic national campaign to the
extent of $10,O00,000, provided the
national Democratic organization
would drop Palmer and support Nc
Adoo for the Democratic nomination.
That Senator Johnson's friends in
California expended enormous sums
in the primary contest in that state.
where Senator johnson won over
Herbert Hoover by more than 1885,
600 votes.
Editors To Be Called
Pennsylvania Democratic newspaper,
opposed to the candidacy of Mr.. Palmer
nave published the results of investi
cations they conducted of the pre-pri
mary wet condition Of that state, anc
the committee decided to call the ed
ltors and writer's of these accounts.
The newspapers, including "The Phil
adelphla Record a strong Democratic
paper, charged that prohibition non-en
Pennsylvania during the campaign, thai
the saloons were permitted to be run as
openly as before July l, 1919, and thai
on Election Day in all the large citie.
there was more liquor than in elections
before the country went dry.
The saloon proprietors who were op
Grating without restraint were found tt
be working for Palmer on Election Dav
it was charged.
The committee decided that, in addi
tion to calling many Pennsylvanians
including Judge Eugene C. BonHwell
leader of the fight against Palmer ir
Pennsylvania, it would summon Prohi
bition Commissioner Kramer to appear
and explain why prohibition was mo-
enforced in Penns ylvania.
Democratic Leaders to Testify
Wilbur W. Marsh, treasurer, ane
William d. Jameson, secretary, of the
Democratic National Committee; Will
lam f. McCombs, of New York City, ant
Robert S. Hudspeth, Democratic ma
tional committeeman from New Jersey
were asked to appear to tell what they
knew about the reported agreement tt
finance the Democratic campaign to thu
extent of $10,000,000 if McAdoo were
nominated.
The committee is also considering tn,
question of recalling Mr.. Baruch to thu
stand. He appeared Wednesday, ant
testified that he knew of no activitie.
not taking any part in the McAdoo can
any money.
The Democratic leaders who have
been summoned will be asked regard
ing a conference held last Septembe1
in Atlantic City, at which, it was .sait
before the committee to-day, the pro
posal was made that Baruch and Chad
bourne would underwrite the Demo
cratic campaign for $1O,0O0,O0O if tn.
Democratic leaders would supper
McAdoo.
W. H. Crocker, Republican Nationa
Committeeman from California; Alex
ander M. McCabe, manager of tn
Johnson campaign in that state, tn
managers of the Hoover. campaign il
California, and F. w. Vile, Washing
ton correspondent of "The Philadelphi,
Public Ledger" have been called t.
testify regarding the Johnson cam
paign in California.
Dan R. Hanna, of Cleveland, vii
appear tomorrow and reply to tn,
testimony given yesterday by John 7
King, who declared that Mr.. Hanna
agreed, when the campaign for Majo
General Leonard Wood was started, t.
raise $500,000 for the campaign. Th'
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