The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-24
C. 0. P. STARTS
HOUSECLEAN|N'
FOR MISSOURI.
Men Who Admitted They
Took Lowden Money Face
Bar Of Party Peers at Se-
dalia.
G-STAND|NG, CLAIM
(By Assocrated Pressl


SEDALIA, Mo-, June 24.-Missouri
Republicans met here today to take
action on call issued by W. C. Pierce,
j. r, Hull and others Of northwest
Missouri, demanding a meeting of Re
publicans from all sections of the
state to 'clean house" in the party.
In particular the body was asked to
take action In the case of Jacob A.
Babler. national committeeman from
Missouri, and w. l.. Cole, state Repub.
hcan chairman. both of whom ad
mitted before the senate committee In.
vestigating expenditures of presiden.
tial candidates that they had received
money from Lowden managers.
Resolutions demanding the resigna-
t1on OF Babler and Cole, or, in the
event OF their declining, their removal,
were prepared for presentation.
Assertions that alleged efforts of
certain Missouri Republican leaders to
throw support Of the states delegation
TO presidential candidate from whose
campaign fund they had received
money were not new. and that similar
attempts had been made in 1908, 1912
ana 1915 were made by Herbert S.
Hadley, former governor.
Hadiey Approves, He Says.
Mr.. Hadley now holds the chair of
law in the University of Colorado.
His letter. written to H. c. Pierce. of
Maryville, one of those active in call.
ing the meeting here. reads In part:
heartily approve Of your meeting
and Its purpose. | am, however, sur
prised that any one should have been
surprised at the disclosure of the fact
that money was secured by the leaders
or the Morse-Babler crowd for which
they were to deliver the Missouri del
egation at the national convention
Many Of these men have been en-
gagged in these same practices for
years. In 1908 they received money
q was told that the amount was
10000 to deliver the delegation to
Senator Fairbanks, and when they
found the sentiment was strong for
Taft, they laid down on Fairbanks
but kept the money.
I'm 1912 they made the fight for
the Taft delegates against Colonel
Roosevelt, and I understand at the
time they secured from the Taft or
$4,000 for that purpose. In
1916 they tried to organize and sell
the Missouri delegation to Senator
Weeks. as this year they tried to sell
the delegation to Governor Lowden.
1T has been very evident to any
one at all familiar with Missouri poll
tics that from 1914, when J. l. Babler
was elected chairman of the state COM
mittee. that he and E. L. Morse have
worked together on all party matters
and that they have endeavored to in
sure their control OF the party organi-
zation by the use Of money"
Mr.. Hadley in his letter asserts that
"the Republicans never carried Mis-
souri, by condoning dishonesty on the
party or election affairs, but by fight
ing 1t to the uttermost" and concludes:
Il am therefore. much in hopes that
you can force the resignation of such
men from yodr party organization and
secure for your leaders as we'll as
your candidates, men Of proven abil-
ity and integrity who will regard poll
teal service as public service and the
sale of vote in a convention as the
acceptance Of bribe by a public Of
ficial."
WASHINGTON, June Ex-senator
Harding. the Republican presidential
spent another busy day to-
day receiving callers and cleaning up
an accumulation Of mail and other
matters.
Among his callers were T. c. Alike
son, Washington representative of the
National Grange. who presented al
giving the farmers
on national questions.
II do not think 1t would be improper
for me to say that he stressed the de-
sire to have the men who farmed the
farms represented on the various
boards and commissions of the govern
ment," said Senator Harding.