The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-10-31
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Campaign Fund Figures Are
Uncovered Dissolution
of German Reichstag.
BY EDWARD W. PIcKARp-

BY EDWARD w. PicKARD
CENATOR BORAH'S campaign fund
~ investigating committee, having
shifted the scene Of operations to
Washington, spent busy week main
ly in inquiring into the truth or falsity
Of the charge made by Senator La
Toilette and his attorney, Frank p.
Walsh, that there is a conspiracy to
raise between ten and twelve million
dollars to secure the election Of Cool
idge and Dawes. Attorney Samuel
Untermyer was associated with Walsh
In the cross-examination of witnesses,
the most important Of whom were
Pennsylvanians. It is from their state,
according to the LaFollette charges,
that much of the alleged slush fund
Is expected.
These Pennsylvanians, among whom
were S. M. Vauclain, president of the
Baldwin Locomotive works; e. T.
Stotesbury. Philadelphia partner of j.
P. Morgan & Co.; Joseph R. Grundy,
president of the State Manufacturers
association and author Of letters So
Letting campaign contributions and
Chester w. Hill and Nathan 7. Fol-
well of Philadelphia, testified with
apparent frankness concerning their
efforts to raise money for the Repub-
lican campaign and concerning their
own contributions. They said they
were not ashamed thus to aid their
party. Mr.. Grundy and Mr.. Hill said
they had raised $365, 900 in the eastern
part of the state and were still going
ahead Senator Caraway sought to
develop that the contributors were
government benef1ciarles," but Mr..
Grundy said the list to whom letters
had been sent had been bought from
an addressograph company.
"Pretty good letters" commented
Senator Caraway. Worth 1896, 600.
You say you are grateful for the laws
passed under the Republican admin
istration. You mean the tariff"
"NO. All the laws"
Mr.. Vauclain said: 81 am not
ashamed of the Republican party. It
never entered my head whether it
would take ten or fifty millions to
win the election"
Money talks?' asked the sarcastic
Mr.. Untermyer.
mo. sir; righteousness talks.
have confidence enough in the work.
ing people Of this country to feel that
they will not be hoodwinked by any
thing. The American workingman
votes straight"
you feel that you speak for the
workingman?"l asked Attorney Walsh
In amazement.
"Yes. do not speak for Mr.. Sam
uel Gompers. haven't the slightest
fear of LaFollette. I feel that 1t
won't take more than one hay wagon
to haul away his votes"
T. v. O'C0nnor, who led a party Of
labor men to Washington to tell Mr..
Coolidge he had their support, was
asked concerning the expenses of that
trip. He said he advanced the money
and was reimbursed by Joseph Ryan,
vice president of the longshoremen's
union, and that each man had paid
his share. Mr.. O'Connor was also
questioned about his intimation, in a
speech at Buffalo, that LaFollette was
receiving Soviet money from Russia
through Mexico. He admitted he had
no information to support this but
said 1t was common rumor" and he
believed it, having heard it from crews
of boats returning from Russia.
William Knox, president of the
American Bankers association, wired
the committee a fiat denial Of the
charge made by Attorney Walsh that
a political fund to defeat LaFollette
had been raised at the meeting of the
association in Chicago. He said no
request has ever been made by the
association for funds for political pur-
poses. Mr.. Stotesbury. whom Walsh
named as the chairman of the commit
tee to raise this fund, denied all knowl-
edge Of it.
EFORE hearing all this testimony,
- the Borah committee called Ma
tional Chairman Glen Shaver and Ma
tional Treasurer James w. Gerard to
tell about the Democratic campaign