Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-04-10
JAKE HAMON PAID
HARDING EXPENSES.
OKLAHOM|AN SAYS

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WASHINGTON, April 1.-The
senate oil committee devoted an
other featureless session today to its
inquiry into stories of oil deals and
oil contributions in the political
campaign of 1920.
-Four witnesses followed one an
other in quick succession at the big
committee table and none of them
added materially to the information
which previously had gone into the
record.
Wilbur w. Marsh, of Iowa, former
treasurer of the Democratic national
committee, testified that he must
| consult the committee books be
fore he could tell how much +. l..
Doheny contributed to the Demo
! cratic fund in 1920; w. l.. kistler,
an Oklahoma oil man, disclaimcd
any connection with Republican
campaign collections in that year;
j. b. French, of Oklahoma City, told
the committee Jake Hamon had in
formed him of expenditures of $500 :
600 in the 1920 election and of $25.-
coo to pay the hotel expenses of
Harding convention headquarters in
Chicago; and Robert f. Wolfe, pub.
Usher of the Ohio State Journal, at
Columbus, insisted under repeated
questioning that he had no first
hand information about the famous .
clock hotel conference on Hardness
nomination, and never had heard I'M
I'll recently of an attempt to make
an oil deal for the nomination of
Leonard Wood.
Democrat Is First
Wilbur w. Marsh. former treas.
urer Of the Democratic national
committee, the first witness, was
questioned about contributions by E.
l.. DOheny TO the Democratic war
chest
Marsh said he had no recollection
as to the specific contributions of
Doheny in the 1920 campaign. 1t
would be necessary, he said to con
suit the records of the committee.
which are in the Washington head
quarters. He was excused.
W. l.. kistIer, Of Tulsa, Okla.
president of the Producers and Re.
liners corporation, was then called
by the committee. He said he was
NOT at the Republican national con-
Vention at Chicago in 1920, but
identified himself as a Republican
at this time" He was not REQUEST
ed to solicit campaign funds in 1920.
ne testified under further question
ing, but was asked to make a CON
tribuGion, which he did, subscribing
1925. ~ ~ ,
The witness insisted under re.
peated questions by Senator Snen
Ger, Republican, Missouri, that Hen.
ry p. Davidson, of the National CITY
bank, New York, never had re-
quested him to solicit campaien
funds, nor had he told any one that
Davidson done so.
j. b. French, of Oklahoma Citv.
was the third witness to be called in
fifteen minutes. He identified him
self as an oil inspector.
Did you know Jake Hamon?"
asked Senator Walsh
Very WE'LL" said the witness. al
was associated with him in business
from 1917 until the time of his
death"
French said Hamon had discussed
with him beforehand his plans con-
corning the 1920 Republican conven-
ton. Hamon had wanted first to be
elected Republican national commit
leeman for oklahoma, he said, AMI
then to help nominate General
Wood.
Broke With Wood
While the national committee
nGn fight was on" the witness
added, ''he and General Wood broke
and then he went for Governoc
LoWden. 1t was his intention to
control the Oklahoma delegation"
Il don't think the president had
any place Jake Hamon would have
accepted" French said after the
nomination of Harding. / asked
Hamon if he would be in the cab
met, and he told me he would not"
Asked what lannon's campaign
for national committeeman had
cost, French said Hamon had told
him it cost him 'too much" money
AMI that he was sorry he got into
the fight. AS to the general cleo
ton, French said Hamon told him
he had spent $4,000 through 1900
persons in Oklahoma.
Records of lannon's estate show
that he was heavy borrower of
money, French said, but added that
he could not say whether any of
the loans negotiated in New York.
Kansas City, Oklahoma City, St.
Louis and other places had been
obtained at or about the time of
the Chicago convention.
Did Hamon ever say anything
to YOU about money he spent at
the Chicago COnvention?" asked
Senator Walsh.
Paid HardinS'S Bill
ayes sir. He said, L gave $25. GOO
so that the hotel bill of Mr. Harding
at the Congress hotel could be
fixed
ITO whom did he say he gave
it,"
ITO Bill Miller"
Miller, a former attorney general
of Ohio managed Hardine's pre-
convention campaign in oklahoma.
Did Hamon evers tell YOU what
he expected to get out of all this?"
pursued Senator Walsh.
NO. French replied
Hamon was quoted by the witness
as having said he had told the ma
tional committee he would take care
of Oklahoma in the general cleo
ton.
Senator Spencer. taking up the
cross-eXamination, asked French if
he was q Democrat.
Yes, a Texas Democrat. thank
God. was the reply.
WAS anything ever said by Ha
mon about oil land leases?'' asked
Senator Spencer.
Nothing whatever"
"When Won smoke of a &o5 600 nav.