The Washington herald., 1920-05-28
Senate Investigators Told of Palmer
Fund by Treasurer Former Wood Chief
Tells of Euents Leading to Retirement
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volunteer worker" in the Alien
Property Custodian's once, having
special duties with reference to
PHILIPPINES and other insular af-
fairs.
William G. Fitzpatrick, of De-
troit. who was an attorney on the
Alien Property Custodian's legal
staff and subsequently named as
counsel for corporations taken over
by the government. He contributed
$3.50 to the Palmer pre-convention
fund.
President Of Bayer Company.
Fred B. Lynch. of New York.
Democratic national committeeman
from Minnesota. was named presi-
dent of the Bayer Company by Mr..
Palmer when that extensive manu-
featuring property was taken over.
He gave $3.50.
Gilbert S. McClintic, of Wilkes
Barre, Pa. an attorney who was ON
the staff OF the Alien Property Gus
todian He contributed $3.50.
Robert T. Scott. private secretary
to Mr.. Palmer as Alien Property
custodian and Attorney General,
gave $500.
Received $4,000 Fee.
Frank L. Crocker, of New York.
named as counsel for the Bayer
Company and recipient OF a $4,000
fee for his services, and counsel for
two other enemy corporations, paid
$500 into the Palmer fund.
The list of Palmer appointees as
alien property custodian was
scanned by Senators william S.
Kenyon, of Iowa. chairman of the
committee. and Walter f. Edge. of
New Jersey. both Republicans. with
a view to developing that Democrats
Of influence in many States were
selected by Mr.. Palmer for impor-
tant places. Judge Covington de-
clined to concur IN any suggestion
that this very large amount of
patronage was distributed with an
eye upon the Democratic nomina-
ton.
Partisan Discussion Follows.
Discussion of Mr.. Palmer's pen
chant fer extending favors to his
friends and to established Demo-
cratic party leaders involved the
Senate committee in a partisan dis
cussion. when Senator Atlee Pome-
rene. of Ohio. asked Judge Coving-
ton a number of leading questions
to show that there was no connec-
tion between such patronage and the
Palmer campaign fund. Judge Cow
ington declared that his support of
the Attorney General was based on
personal grounds. He declared he
would be for Mr.. Palmer for Presi-
dent no matter who else was run
ming and even IL Mr.. Palmer were
a candidate on an ti-administra-
tion platform.
Hanna Promised Big Fund.
John T. King. Republican nation
al committeeman from Connecticut.
and former man; ger of the Leonard
Wood campaign, told the committee
OF the inception cf The Wood move
ment. He declared he was ap-
preached in February. 1919. by Dan
r, Hanna, OF Cleveland, Ohio, and
urged to take hold of the Wood
boom. He said Mr. Hanna-son of
Mark Hanne-rrUmiscd 10 raise
fund OF $5oo,000 in behalf of Gen.
Wood. but that Mr.. Hanna had not
KEPT his promise.
Mr. King related some of the de-
tails CT the dissent ion in the Wood
camp resulting in his retirement
from the management an6 the cleo
tion of Col. William Cooper Proc
ter. of Cincinnati. who told yester-
day OF having advanced S5o0,0n0 to
the Wood fund. Mr.. King said he
did not agree with Gen. Wood and
Col. Proctor that a bras s. band ca~1-
paign should be waged. He said
he opposed expensive headquarters
and organizations, the general pub
licity campaign and the widespread
movement. He said Gen. Wood and
Col. Proctor held an opposite view.
Tried to Reveiop Sentiment.
"I believed II vas to the best in
terests of the IL rty to develop n
widespread sentiment fer Gen.
Wood among the voters instead of
manufacturing sentiment" Mr..
King said.
In February of last year." said
Mr.. King. Gen. Wood came to me
and asked me to take hold of his
II was soon after Col.
Roosevelts death. think we met
In the Harvard Club in New York"