Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-05
ELECTION FINANCE
PROBE IS BLOCKED
Senate Committee Reports
Against Inquiry Into the
Coming Campaigns
COL. GREEN HEARD ON TEXAS
BY the Associated Press

Washington. June j.--An uufavora.
bic report on Senator pomprenc's rcso-
luton processing to authorize the cam
paign investigating committee to in
qulrc into the Forthcoming presidential
and congressional campaign, was or.
dcred to-day by the Senate expenditures
committee.
Senator pomcrene attacked the com.
mittee for delaying its report on the
resolution. He asserted that there was
an understanding that the measure was
to have been presented to the Senate
at a. m. today.N
Declaring that he was not deceived
by these methods Of procedure" the
Ohio senator charged the Republicans
with not desiring such investiga tions.
THE Senate can I play favorites with
either mon or party Senator Pomerene
said, adding that Chairman Hays had
hardly taken office until the newspapers
were filled with reports that the larg-
est slush fund in the history Of the
United States was to be raised. In
Ohio. he said. it was reported that
5000 600 was to be collected.
Can YOU Republicans. who, seem to
think that the goddess of fortune favors
YOU this fall. say to the people that
il is mono of their business where you
are going to get your funds and how
you are going 70 spend them?" asked
the senator.
Texas Conditions Rehearsed
After hearing Colonel f.. II. r.
Green. Of Texas. son Of the late Mrs.
Hetty Green. tho Senate committee in
: vestigating pre- convention political
financing adjourned its sessions today
until July O.
Chairman Kenyon. after a consulta- =
tion with members Of the committee,
said that all witnesses still unheard
would be called at that time. II was
the decision Of the committee that no
more work could be done until after the
Republican and Democratic national
conventions.
Colonel Green was called to tell what
he knew about the selection of delegates
| from Texas to the Republican national
convention. He said he had contributed
money to the mixed" faction of black
and white Republicans in Texas. but
denied that he was working for General
Wood or any other presidential candi
date.
Collectors Ignored Summons
Chairman Kenyon announced that
William Loeb. Jr.. who collected S225. =
600 for the Wood campaign; Alfred J.
, johnson campaign organization in Cali
: fornia. and several witnesses from
Missouri had not responded to commit E
tee summons.
I II do not think that any differences
should be drawn from any Of these
facts. he said. because there may be
reasonable excuse in every case and the
! actual subpenaes did not reach any OF
the men,
Colonel Green told the committee he
had gotten interested in "a fight be-
tween what we called the regular Re
publicans and the lily white group"
Colonel Green Was Regular
Il was a regular" he said. 'apd was
elected as a delegate to the nationa
convention.
Chairman Kenyon asked whom the
delegation he represented would sup.
port.
They are little bit for everybody.
/ Colonel Green answered. I'VE have Sc
many prospective postmasters that W.
are for any man who can get nom
mated.
Declaring that three sets of Texa'
delegates were in Chicago. the witness
said that ''if they had had more tim,
they would have split some more.
The pressure for Office is great.
he continued. "and we've got more can
didates for Offices than Republican
voters