Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-11-01
BORAH COM MlTTEE
DEMANDS GRUNBYS
SECOND APPEARANCE
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| OrcQ vote. / neaiu II Was Sllppl'5
away from us to Davis and Bryan,
and I heard chat Joseph r. Pollard
was the best man to get it back"
Pollard is head of the negro Re
| publican faction:
why did you send the check to
| Anderson?' CGYaway asked.
"Polard told me to send it to An
| derson as he was treasurer oil the
organization" Crupper replied.
Crupper said he had received
$4,000 from the Republican national
committee for use in Virginia. He
! declared he was using the fund in
the congressional districts, and had
sent $4,000 into the Second district
without instructions" lie said he
had spent $500 and had $500 on
hand
POStmaSters Solicited
Crupper said in reply to Walsh
that contributions from Virginia
we're sent direct to the Republican
national committee.
who is collecting funds from he
postmasters in Virginia." Walsh
asked
There is a collector in each dis.
|
or anybody, no matter whether they
were officeholders or not" the wit
ness said.
You know that postmasters are
contributing?"
81 have no doubt Of it."
"How much has been collected In
Virginia?"
81 was told a little more than
$21 900"
who told you?"
"Mr. Marcusc. of Richmond. pres
ident of the Bedford Pulp and Paper
company"
Crupper said the check for $500
had not been returned to him.
E. C. Stokes, chairman Of the Re
| publican state committee of New
Jersey, estimated that 100000 would
be used in the campaign in New
Jersey. He said he took no part in
raising funds, but that collectors
of the Republican national commit
tee had raised $120,G00 in the state.
The national committee, he said.
has donated so. 400 to his committee,
lister of health, were all returned, al
though they lost some of their prin-
cipal lieutenants.
Hea0S advertisements
Chairman Caraway turned the
committees attent N to copies of
advertisements appearing in the
Daily News Record, of New York,
signed by bu@iness enterprises.
One of the advertisements carried
notice of a meeting to be held
in the Metropolitan Opera hou~2
when Secretary Hughes was to adj
dress a meeting under the auspices
of the New York Business Men,
Republican association. 1t ended
with:
Coolidge and Dawes"
up town Dry Goods association
Space donated by: The Ameri-
can Wooden comrany, the James ].
Reagin Manufacturing company
| William Altman comrany, Inc.
Walter House Worsted company,
Parker, Wilder and company, the
Schwarzwaelder company, and the
United Worsted corporation"
Skinner agreed with Walsh's as
sertion that all of the concerns were
protected corporations" but dis
agreed with his charge that the do
nation violated the federal statute
prohibiting campaign contributions
by corporations.
BITTER CONTROVERSIES
AT CHICAGO HEARING
CHICAGO, Oct. 30.-Through i. f
| Sheppard, president of the Order OF
| Railway Conductors. counsel for the
Republican national committee
sought to show today before the
| Chicago section of the senate cam
Iof ha n1
lette campaign is subsidized by the
railroad brotherhoods" Sheppard
objected to being questioned regard
ing letters he had written to mem
hers of his order. including one to
| Fred Stewart. Of Oakland, Cal, say
| ing that he wanted protection from
| going into of matters that might
cause controversies within his or
| ganization.
kirkland insisted on having the
correspondence, saying he thought
| the committee should be interested in
getting at the facts and that he
! thought it would be interested. He
| added that he wanted to show that
| the railway labor organizations were
| interested in future legislation as to
| government ownership of the rail
! roads and Claws affecting the use
| of the injunction in labor disputes.
Field Workers Out
In the present campaign, the Order
Of Conductors has field workers out
| They have reported a total of $3lS
and in addition 1902 has been con-
tributed by local labor organizations
Senator Borah pressed for the APP
proXimate total contributions of the
! 70 70
national campaign.
Sheppard said he had about thirty
| full-time field workers throughout
the country campaigning for the in
dependent candidates. Salaries and
expenses of this group were paid
from the protective fund" of the
railroad labor organizations. to
which each member contributed $21
annually.
| In certain localities, Sheppard con-
tinued, local organizations were con-
! Quoting systematic work in behalf
| of certain congressional candidates,
but any funds expended in such
work was entirely outside his juris
diction, which centered on the ma
! tional ticket.
| Can you tell us how much you
have spent in this campaignZ" asked
! Senator Shipstead, Farmer-Labor,
| Minnesota.
Our budget calls for $4,000 for
! presidential. congressional and
| state" Sheppard said.
! Your campaign is a bipartisan
campaignZ' Shipstead persisted.
Absolutely" Sheppard said, add
! ing that the organization had in
dorsed both Democrats and Repub
! Leans for the house and senate.
I'VE Endorsed Senator La Fol
| ette." he added because we could
not get satisfaction from the two
old parties