Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-02
SAYS sPELLAcY cAMPAIGNED
 AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE

SAYS sPELLACY CAMPAIGNED
 AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE
 An interesting summary of the political activity of Thomas J. Spellacy in en- deavoring to line up delegates for 4. Mitchell previous to the democratic na- tional convention of two years ago, was given out by the republican state cen tral committee Wednesday.
 It is shown that Spellacy's trip and his work in lining up delegates for Palmer in New England by a personal canvas was made at the expense of the United States government. Anticipating claim by Spellacy that the several trips in New England in which his expenses were charged up to public funds were in con- nection with official business errands the republican committee obtained copies of memoranda which proved conclusive ly that Spellacy's Official business in New England became unusually press ing in the year of 1920, preceding the democratic national convention. Trips to Portland, Me, Burlington, Vt., Prov idence and New Haven and other i'm portant points in New England appear ed upon his expense account for dates during which he, by his own statements, was in political conferences with demo- CEdlS OL I1IOSc 6LdOCS III HIS S1AOA IS tO line up votes for his superior, A. Mitchell Palmer.
 Instead of using transportation re- quests" so-called. as provided by the department of justice to cover railroad fares and other official business, Spell lacy invariably paid his railroad fares and other expenses in cash and charged them to the government in his accounts. Even tips of quarter here and there to Pullman porters, taxi fares and sub sistence charges went into his charge &C., count for payment from funds of the United States treasury. Against Spell lacy's statement in Hartford upon his return from one of these delegate trips through upper New England that he was on leave of absence from the department of justice, the records in Washington fail to show that leave of absence was egranted to him at any time during this period.
 The government telephone bill was weighted with charges for long distance calls from Spellacy's office at the de- partment of justice to various points in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont Massa- chusetts and Connecticut Some of these leaders at various points in New Eng land ran into long periods, and Uncle Sam paid the bill. Dashes to New York, Hartford and New Haven were frequent At the time of the meeting of the demo- cratic state central committee at New Haven on February [, 1920, which Spell lacy. attended, his expense account charged up a trip from Boston to Wash ington. Democratic State Chairman Nfi- chael A. OIeary, of Massachusetts, who worked on the same proposition as Spellacy, made an agreement with Spell lacy in February to Ego around the state visiting the various congressional dis tricts'' and was told by Spellacy that ''his expenses would be taken care of." Bids For Votes For Palmer 2 It is shown by the~republican state central committee that MT. Spellacy not only suggested trading federal offices with $1,000 a month salary attached for votes for his superior, A. Mitchell Palmer, but that certain influential dem- ocrats were appointed to high salaried places in the department of justice in the belief that they would assist in swinging delegates to support Attorney. General Palmer in the national conven- tion at San Francisco.
 Federal appointments were given out right and left following Spellacy's re. turn from his New England canvass. The present democratic nominee fol United States senator made the recon. mendations and where existing offices were not sufficient to satisfy the de. mand, more jobs were created. In New Hampshire, Spellacy advocated ithe ap pointment of Mayor F. H. Brown, o1 Somersworth, as special assistant tt the attorney general and that he be as signed to some work in New Hamp shire" Thomas J. Boynton, who ha( resigned as United States ~attorney-gen, dTo foY-M Mo seq 1l1Tf fS n fo, the appointment of Daniel d.. Gallagh 1 CT, was appointed as special assistan' to the United States attorpey-general
 of Massachusetts, at salary of $1,00t a month, and Boynton held the office fol l over month before, he knew what ht l was supposed to do. He was a olosG friend of Spellacy and accompanied ahin on his delegate trips" into Vernon 1 and Maine. This is attested to by 2 letter sent to Spellacy from Boyntor l in which the latter said, "As I have no received anys instructions as to my lu ties as special assistant, am writing you to ask if this is due to some, over. sight that should be corrected" He ha( 1 been on the payroll of the government over a month without any duties, anC the job paid $1,000 8 month;
 1 Another man by the name of Murehi,
 was appointed assistant to the attorney general at Concord, New Hampshire, ,>ant
 inquiry of the clerk of the United State.
 court several months after Murchie's ap pointment "to assist in the investiga tion and prosecution of profiteering il
 the cotton mills of New Hampshire,
 elicited the information that up to tha | time there had been no cases of profit I eering on the calendar wherein thes sai ] Murcllie was listed as special prosecu tor, and the general impression in Ney
 Hampshire was that Murchie had don little in his capacity as special assistan to the attorney general:
 Appeintment of Gallagher. 2l Upon Spellacy's recommendation, on Daniel J., Gallagher, who was closely as
 ,soclated with Attorney-General Pelletiel 'l whose name has often appeared on tn Fl 5- ----=