The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-09-15
ATTY. To PROBE
EDWARDS FUNDS
Secretary of State Certlhes
Account of Senatorial Can
didate' S Expenses to Cabell
County Prosecutor.
High State Officials Receive
Large Amounts of each to
Assist In Mattress Kin S
Campaign.

Huntington. W Va. Sept I+.-That
an investigation o. the expenditures OF
c. Fred Edwards f this city. as u can
didate for the Republican, nomination
for the United States senate. leading
up To the primary election August iS>'
will be made when the Cabeit county
grand Jury assemblies p"t"oerZ, WAS,
practically assured this Afternoon. "heh
Prosecuting Attorney Thomas K Shep-
herd. commenting upon the case. sara:
The natural procedure. since MT
Edwards expense account has been Ger
rfied down To me by Secretary Of State
Young. IS i,s presentation 20 the grand
fury am not going 20 say what
contemplate doing. II is not proper t"7
q county attorney 10 make such state
ments in advance"
The Edwards Statement, was received
a. the office % the Secretary or State
on TUESDAY, and Immediately upon dis
coyery by reporters was made a sensa-
ton. showing as it does the expenditure"
OF SOS, 600. when the total amount per-
mitted by the corrupt practice act Is
but 1900 to coupty, or $4.l=5 r."
the fif,y-tive counties. The report as
tiled with the Secretary or State -
barren OF details except In that IL names
two prominent office-holders and sever
al leading Republicans as recipients or
large sums supposedly 10 be used In tho
fur,herarce OF the E:dawrdS candidacy.
The names OF those listed and the
amounts they received are as toIiows:
James Stewart. $4,000.
Sherman Denhan, ClarksourS. S3o.-
600
Ira Harshbarger. former sheriff Ca
bell county. 100000.
Jas. A. Hughes Huntington. $500
VIM. II. Summers. Berkeley Springs.
IS. 900.
James Stewart" so reported In the
ta;ement. has been Unidentified az
James II. Stewart. Commissioner or
Agriculture Of West Virginia. and &C
knowledged by Mr.. Edwards here to-
day.
William Summers" as reported IN
the statement. has been Unidentified as
William H. Summers, chief OF the Blu
reau Of Market. OF the State Depart
ment of Agriculture. under Commits
s;oner Stewart.
Miscellaneous expenditures OF Mt.
Edwards, who ran fourth in the list or
five candidates. are given az S3.o5O
The entire total OF expenditures listed
was given at $4,000. hut a tabulatton
of the amounts set forth make the total
but ss6.500.
Today there has been very severe
criticism OF Commissioner Stewart and
Mr.. Somars for participation in the Ed
wards campaign fund, the fact being
pointed out that the Department or
Agriculture is none too popular through
out the State anyway. and that the ac-
ton OF the Commissioner and his as
sistant in accepting these large sums
places the influences OF q department
uf the state government in the light OF
being FOR sale TO the highest bidder. It
beins a known fact that Commissioners
Stewart was at first favorable 10 the
ca &c idacy OF Former Attorney General
Lily later IN the campaign switching
over to the Edwards support,
Sherman Denham OF Clarkshurg. who
Is stated by Mr.. Edwards "a having
recaived $4,000. has had lurid career
as 4 machine politician. He Was select
ed by Edwards TO conduct the campaign
In the LIST. Ind. and 3rd. Corgression-
q! districts. but. according 10 the
friends OF Edwards here. the idea IS
prevalent that very little OF tho S3S.-
600 was spent in Edwards interest. and
rather that In the closing days OF the
campaign i, wen, to further the can
ddacy OF Senator Sutherland. in Har-
riSon and adjoining counties.
Jas A Hughes IS farmer congress-
man. and OF late years has been re-
garded in much the same light as Is
Denham. In the campaign OF six years
ago Hughes was manager for A A. Lii
~. candidate for the Republican nomi-
nation for governor. and is said TO nave
spent 100000 OF the coal operators
money IN Liily's behalf