The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-26

Widow of Oil Man Will Bare
Details on Nomination
Of Harding.
By GEORGE FRANKLIN.


When Mrs. Jake Hamon goes
on the witness stand Tuesday be.
fore Senator Walsh's committee
the world will learn for the first
time the real story of the connec-
ton of Jake Hamon with the
Harding Administration; just why
he favored Harding, just why he
made such liberal donations to
the National Republican Com
mittee, and when she has finished
giving her testimony, the public
will learn that a great deal of
the testimony heretofore given
before this investigating commit
tee has been guesswork, and, in
a way, manufactured testimony
for the sake of pleasing the
public.
Mrs. Hamon has consented to tes-
tify and has expressed the desire
Jack Hamon was not a crook and
that neither he nor Harding had
anything to do with arranging af.
fairs so that the lease of the Tea
pot Dome might be made easy to
accomplish. Her main desire. how
ever, Is to protect her children
the beautiful daughter. seventeen
years of age; her remarkable son,
w. n al vlan to in
Oklahoma making rapid strides in
the business world, Jake Hamon.
Mrs. HamOn has been in the city
since yesterday and has given her
story exclusively to the Hearst
newspapers.
Did Not Want Office.
To begin with, Jake Hamon never
wanted Cabinet office. He was
such clever business man and so
successful as a railroad builder and
operator in oil wells that he earned
more in a day than a Cabinet DO
sition would earn for him in a
years time. He was not even am.
bilious along that line. Mrs. Hamon
says that his only ambition was
to be the larges. and most success
full railroad builder in the country
and that beyond that his political
ambitions were for his son, Jake, IT.,
and not for himself.
Mr.. Hamon Gid not believe that
Harding was the man for President
before the Chicago convention and
it was through Mrs. lannon's plea
that he was made to boom Harding.
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the late Warren Harding and the
week previous to the convention she
Spleaded with her husband to throw
his strength to Mr.. Harding because
of the fact that the President Of
the United States, being a cousin
of theirs, could aid them in their
desire to be helpful to their own
children, Olivebelle and Jake, jr.
In the discussion that followed he
said:
II am going to do this for our
children's sake and / have even a
much bigger idea which we will
follow through. I will ask for the
national Craftsmanship Of the Repub.
lican Committee and I know that
1t Is possible to obtain it. will
hold 1t year after year by doing
good work for them and when
Jake, jr., is out of school 7 will
turn 1t over to him so that he may
get the, political training and by
the time he is old enough to be-
come President we will make Jake
Hamon, jr., the youngest Presi.
dent Of the United States"
Donated Heavily.
That idea caused him to donate
heavily to the campaign and Mrs.
Hamon now has in her possession
five of lannon's Cancelled checks
aggregating over 800 900, which
was paid either directly or Indirectly
into the campaign fund, and the
main point she wants to bring
before the public is that Jake
Hamon was in no way mixed up in
any oil deals. He had nothing to do
with the planning of the leases
that have caused so much trouble.
nothing to do with the naming of
Fall-never wanted the position him.
self-and even told her that he
would not accept Cabinet position
of any kind. She will say that
she feels that her children have
been wronged greatly and will try
to correct that impression from
going out over the United States,
She further states that Jake Hamon
was the best man to his family
that ever lived and that she wants
the memory of her husband to be
dear to the children.
At the time of the murder I'm
Oklahoma he was giving the chill.
d. n a thorough education and plan.
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