Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-06-11
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
lowden Repudiates Two Dele
gates VINO Accepted Money
From His Manager.
COMMITTEE BARS OTHERS
One Missouri District Left Without
sentatIon-Johnson Welcomed
to chieaao-Attorney General
Palmer Receives Several
Rather Painful Blows.
BY EDWARD W. PIckARo.


When the senate committee on cam
palgn funds uncovered the truth about
the expenditure of $4,000 to promote
Governor Lowden's campaign for dele
gates from Missouri, the Lowden boost
ers looked very blue and subdued and
everyone else was asking whether the
disclosures we're enough to kill the
governors chances. Robert e. Moore
and Nat Goldstein. who were elected
delegates, told the committee that they
had each received from Emmerson, the
Lowden manager. a check for $500
and had placed the money in their own
accounts, but Moore said that "since
there has been so much unpleasant
publicity about IT," they are going to
return the money to Lowden. Nation
al Committeeman Babler and E. L.
Morse Of Excelsior Springs made ad-
missions concerning the use of Lowden
money In Missouri which showed that,
under the most favorable construction,
the governors campaign there was
conducted with objectionable stupid
ity.
Lowden leaders at the Chicago head
quarters held a hasty conference and
the governor then issued a statement
which. In the opinion Of his friends,
quite rehabilitated his wobbling boom
and made everything all right again.
He denounced Moore and Goldstein as
unfit to sit In the national convention
and emphatically repudlated their sup
port and votes. "This goes for any
other delegate or delegates. II any.
similarly situated" he added. He de-
clared his instructions 70 Emmerson
were to use money only for legitimate
purposes. and that his manager as
sured him the payments to the two
Mlssourians were made In January, on
required for the organization Of their
districts.
Another Missouri scandal developed
during the hearing Of contests before
the national committee, and resulted
: In one district losing Its representa-
tion In the convention. This district
Is the Fifth. comprising 10 Kansas
City wards and seven Jackson town
ships. Although there was no charge
of the improper use OF money. the COM
mittee declared the testimony showed
that the election of both sets Of dele
gates was "disgraceful and tainted
with fraud" II refused to seat the
representatives OF either faction thus
reducing the total vote In the conven.
tiou to 9S4 and the number required
to nominate 493. This Is the first time
a district has been left without repre-
eentatlon In national convention fol
such a reason.
At this writing the hearings on con
tests have resulted in a net loss of II
votes for Wood, a net gain OF 10 fol
Lowden and a net gain of four fol
johnson. In the matter of 80 extra
delegates elected by various states tn,
national committee decided that seat,
should be provided for them, but thu
extra alternates were left to shift TO
themselves. The demand for seats II
the Coliseum was overwhelming, NOR,
than 10000 requests being received
The hall accommodates 1929.
r.
The Republican platform was almos
completed last week in Washington an,
the draft was carried to Chicago b
Senator Watson Of Indiana. The las
plank added in the capital related I
Mexico and was written by Senate
Fall. II was said to follow In genero
the recommendations made by hi
committee TO the senate. declaring tha
unless conditions in Mexico are in
proved the United States may find
necessary to intervene. The plank o