South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-29
Questions and Challenge of Local
BeUeridge Committee Unheeded by
Bookwalter and Yeagley at Meeting
Queries Concerning Huge New
Fund Referred To Only
Indirectly in Talks.

An open challenge 10 Charles .
Bookwalter, representative of Sen.
! Harry s. New. and TO Atty. John g.
/ Yeaglev. local chairman of the New
committee, 10 tell the PEOPLE the
extent of the huge fund being spent
/ for New in this country was made
last night before the New meeting
by Fred w Keller chairman or
the Beveridge committee.
Letters were sent to these New
representative askig them TO an
swer the question Of how much mo-
ney was being spent here. Ahe
letters furthe- charged by indlrec-
ton. that the New machine is hir-
ing workers at $40 a day 10 round
! up the wet voters OF the city in
; behalf OF New.
Mr.. Yeagley did not speak except
to read a speech by Sen. New de
Iivered at Kokomo. Mr.. Book
walter ignored the questions except
for the most general statement that
the bills would be within the law
"a very indefinite term.
These are the letters which were
sent and the questions which were
not answered:
Hon. Charles s. Bookwalter:
As an earnest advocate Of re-
publican success and in the heller
that success can only be obtained
/ by full frankness with our voters
at all times. l am suggesting that
our party is entitled, at this time.
! to answers to the following ques-
I tons:
! Is il true or not true that a paid
| agent of an unofficial organization
/ has been in this city, or Is now in
/ this city for the purpose Of en-
/ ploying paid workers to visit those
! sections which favor a recall of pro-
hibition law, and that such workers
4 have been hired TO scatter the
statement that the denomination OF
Sen. New will be favorable TO their
. interests. and that the nomination
| Of Mr.. Beverage will be a blow TO
any repeal or amendment of pre-
hibition laws?
Is it true that such workers have
been promised $1,000 each per day
/ for work upon election day?
Is 1t not true such an organiza-
ton, working in this manner, is a
I menace to the success Of the party
/ in the Fall election?
Do you as the representative OF
] Sen. New. approve of such expen-
ditures of funds as were made in
) the case of Sen. Newberry Of Mich
igan. and DO you know that the
campaign expenditures Of Sen. New
! for the denomination already
/ amount to sum which is likely
( to become a national scandal in the
/ event of his denomination?
DO you not believe that the time
! to disarm any criticism from the
! enemies of our party is by. a COM
plete and full report at this time
/ Of such campaign expenditures as
/ have now. or vii be made before
/ May 2nd?
! May I not remind YOU that before
! November the issue of excessive
! campaign funds is likely to be made
an issue by our enemies, and that
/ the time 10 forestall such criticism
: is in advance of the nomination.
/ 7 can not but feel that you viii
| agree that the success of our party
may rest urOn so complete a report
at this time as TO smother any sug-
gestion that the methods which
( Sen. New properly denounced as a
danger TO the perpetuity of a free
! government have been used to
/ secure his own denomination.
assure that, as the chairman
Of the forces supporting Mr.. Bever-
| idge, I Will cooperate with your
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