The Washington times., 1924-10-21
| AF(NLETTE
NIARNS0F
CONTEST
Win Fight Seating OF Con-
gressmen If Money Is
illegally Used
BY KENNETH CLARK.
International News Service.

ABOARD LA TOILETTE SPE-
CIAL, ENRoUTE TO ROCK
ISLAND, ILL.,, Oct. 21.-If evil
dence before the Borah committee
shows that the Republican party
has spent money lavishly in the
West to elect its candidates for
The Congress, the seats Of Repub-
1ican Senator's and Congressman
in the new Congress viii be chal-
lenged by the Progressives.
Issues G. o. r. Warning.
Senator Robert La Toilette, In.
dependent Presidential candidate, is.
sued this warning to Republican
party managers today as he entered
Illinois for a short speaking cam
paign. La Toilette will deliver an
address in Rock Island tonight and
Peoria tomorrow.
Money i'm West, He Says.
Frank p. Walsh, counsel for the
Progressives before the Borah COM
mittee, already has shown La Fol.
lette declared, that Republican
funds being raised in the eastern
States are to be used in doubtful
western territory"
"All of these western States have.
corrupt practices acts" La Toilette
continued, land should It develop
that this money is being used in
unlawful amounts in these western
States, the rights of Senator's and
Congressman to their seats will be
questioned in the next Congress" =,
It was a source of aat satisfac.
ton to him, La Foil dded, that
the Borah committee ad gone to
Washington to continue it's inquiry
into campaign fund expenditures.
1.-THE time to conduct this investi.
cation is while the campaign is
still on and befote there is any
opportunity for the destruction of
evidence and the deportation of wit
ness, as was done in the Newberry
case" said La Toilette.
100000 Expenditure.
Declaring that the Republican
party already had admitted "expen-
diture OF 100000 for publicity"
the independent candidate demanded
that the committee closely examine
all witnesses as to the source of all
funds, ito whom the money went
and for what purpose 1t was used. -
The cross examination for such
witnesses as Hodges, treasurer for
the Republican national committee,
becomes obviously necessary when
such facts are disclosed as the con-
tribution Of President Carlton of
the Holly Sugar Company, amount
ing to 100000" said La Toilette.
Corporations were warned in ad.
vance that they could not contribute
except through individuals, and
when beneficiaries of the present
sugar tariff are contributing
through officials Of their companies
the cross examination Of witnesses
becomes absolutely necessary"
In his Omaha speech last night
La Toilette outlined comprehensively
his views on the transportation and
Supreme Court issues.
Immediate Issue.
While advocating eventual Gov
eminent ownership Of railroads
La Toilette said that the 'imme
date issue is repeal Of the Esch
Cummins railroad law" This statute
he declared, had bolstered freight
rates more than $500, 000, 900, which
in turn had increased the cost OF
living Of the American people be
tween $4,000, 100000 and $500,
0O0, 900.
The Progressives, La Toilette
added, do not intend to undertake
any ill.considered experiments In
public ownership Of railroads." but
will move forward in this direction
only after obtaining "the services
OF, the best transportation experts
and the best legal and financia
counsel available"
La Toilette said plans easily could
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