Evening star., 1924-10-25

large billboards advertising Walsh
together with many moving picture
films and other costly advertising. in
dicates that much money is being
spent for Walsh and not against him.
The message Walsh sent your COM
mittee looks like a smoke screen and
should be Investigated"
While its process servers sought
witnesses wanted in connection with
sational, but, as yet, secret stories.
regarding the alleged misuse of funds
in the Republican campaign, the Sem
ate committee stood today in recess
Resuming the inquiry Monday. the
Senators will explore new fields.
among them the straw vote taken
by the Literary Digest in the presi-
Dental campaign. Committe emen. in
making known that subpoenas had
been issued for officials of the Digest
publishing company. said they want
ed to know the source of the funds
used to defray the cost of the nation
wide poll and the manner in which it
Is being conducted.
Another as yet unexplored field
which probably will be entered upon
next week is the amount and source
of the funds collected in the Pitts
burgh district for the Republican ma
nephew of Andrew Mellon. Secretary
of the Treasury. who, the committee
has been informed. is chairman of the
collection committee IN that district
will be the principal witness in this
phase OF the inquiry.
Hear Stories in Secret.
Decision to issue subpoenas for men
who may be able to substantiate sto-
ries told by two Chicago men about
the misuse of funds In the campaign
was reached late yesterday after the
character of these stories had been
told to tho committeeman in execu-
tive session by Frank P. Walsh of
Kansas City and Samuel Untermyer
OF New York, counsel for Senator La
Toilette.
the session, but were not called. Mr.
Untermyer said he would hesitate to
take the responsibility for having
their testimony go to the country un-
til the committee had run down the
leads" they could furnish, and he
suggested that they be heard in cam
era. The committee vetoed that sug-
gestion, and Chairman Borah an
nounced later that all testimony dur
ing the inquiry would be taken in
public.
At the hearings yesterday four ad-
ditional witnesses were heard. but ef-
forts to uncover direct evidence OF
the. assembling of a large "slush"
fund for use in the Republican cam
paign again were unsuccessful.
Move for Peace.
Evidence was adduced to show that
the leader of the lilly white" Repub-
lican faction in Virginia, Joseph l.
Crupper of Alexandria, had held out
the olive branch to the opposing "lily
black" Republican faction in that
State and simultaneously sent q
check for $500 to the treasurer of the
black organization, David A. Fergu-
son, a negro dentist of Richmond.
with the statement that the negroes
could use the money in the cam
paign.
More testimony was given regard
ing the activities of the bankers COM
mittee which is collecting funds
among New York City bankers for
the Republican national committee.
George w. Simmons, a vice president
Of tho Mechanics and Metals National
Bank, testified that as member of
the bankers committee had had sent
out 500 appeals to junior officers of
the banks and had received total
of $217.
Much OF the days session was
taken up with discussion OF the
legal right OF the Pennsylvania rail-
road to spend part of its earnings
in a campaign ito educate" the public
on political and economic questions
through the medium of the menu
cards used on It's dining cars. W.
W. Atterbury. vice president Of the
Pennsylvania, occupied the witness
chair during this debate.
The testimony OF Ferguson. which
was supplemented by that of Joseph
r. Pollard a negro lawyer of Rich
mond, furnished the high spot or the
seventh session Of the committees.
IItts Slemp's Selection.
Taking the witness stand, Ferguson
first read into the record a response
he had made to q circular letter from
the Republican state organisation in
which he announced that he could
not support the Republican national
ticket this year because of the ap-
pointment by President Coolidge OF c.
Bascom Slemp of Virginia as his
secretary. Slemp Is q leader OF the
lily whites" in his State and Fer.
guson wrote that his selection was
"a slap In the face" to the Repub-1
iicAn negroes Ia the South.
The letter was dated October z,
1924 ana the Richmond dentist sAid