Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-26
ELECTION PROBERS
TO CALL CHURCHES,
VETS AND XII KLUX
Other Organizations That In
fIuenced Elections to Be
Asked to Testify.
WHEELER TOLD TO SHOW
DATA ON DRY ACTIVITIES
Money Spent for Political Pur-
poses, With Names of All Who
Gave $500. to Be Investigated.

BY the Associated Press.
The Ku KmX Khan. the churches,
the vets and the drys. and all others
whose organized influence has been
felt in senatorial elections, will be
asked to testify about their activities
before the Senate campaign funds
committee
This announcement was made to-
day by chairman Reed after todays
session had been cancelled, so that
more details of the operations of the
Anti-Saloon League could be supplied
by Wayne r. Wheeler.
The chairman told Wheeler the
committee will welcome any infor-
nation that YOU have about other
orga nizations, but the dry leader re-
piled with a smile: I'VE have lost it.
Wet Head to BE Called.
Senator Reed said that Capt. vii.
liam II. Staytor. head of the Assocla-
tion Against the Prohibition Amend
ment would be among those ques-
toned.
Wheeler agreed at the committees $
request to send an accountant TO the
Anti Saloon League headquarters at
WesterVille. Ohio, to take from the
books a mass of information about
league finances, reaching back as far
as 1917.
This information VII include sums
spent for political purposes direct or
Indirect: money sent 10 the state or
carnations for political purposes and
the names of all of those who have
contributed $500 or more TO either
the National or State leagues.
Wheeler objected to the committee
making public the names of the con-
trihutors on the ground that 1t would
subject the donors to 'annoyances.
Wants Names on Record.
Il want to say now" broke in Sena-
tor La Toilette. Republican. Wiscon-
sin, that so far as | am concerned
l shall want these names spread upon
the record just as have names of
other contributors of campaign funds"
Chairman Reed said that of course
that would be done, and that any per
son who participated actively in po-
litical campaigns could expect TO have
his activities inquired into.
on Monday additional witnesses
from Pennsylvania will be heard.
Wheeler presented figures on re-
ceipts and Disbursements for the State
leagues in Ohio, New York and New
jersey.
The report for Ohio showed receipts
and expenditures. respectively, as fol-
lows:
Report for Ohio.
1920 Sl63,316 and $157,49s: 1921.
$139, 464 and Sl3S.27S; 1922, S178,757
and $174.S56; 1923. $150.75S and
$14S,675; 1924, Sl47.354 and 1926;
1925, $122 ,216 and $11S,804.
CHI
1920. s347,313 and $S4S,049; 1921,
1856, ,765 and 1899. .731; 1922, $253,999
and S2S5.457: 1923, $2S0.999 and
274309; 1926, first five months} S70,606
and S71 .32l.
The New Jersey figures were: 1920,
S67,880 and 67,063; 1921, S57,3S2 and
$50. .909; 1922, S66 ,069 and $66 ,069; 1928,
S66927 and S66,904; 1924, $70,138 and
$50 929; 1925. $57,354 and s57,205; 1926,
first five months, $27,610 and S24,785.
Seeks Se5, 1000 Limit.
Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin.
the insurgent Republican member of
the committee, is moving to establish
definite limits before the Fall cleo
tions on expenditures which may be
made in behalf of any candidate for
a seat in the chamber.
Democrats, meanwhile, are discuss
ing the question whether Representa-
tive Ware, the successful candidate for
the senatorial nomination in the Penn
SylVania Republican primary, will be
seated if elected. More than 100000.
the committee has been told, was ex-
pended during the primary campaign
by the coalition which supported ware
and f. T.. Beidieman. the unsuCcess-
full gubernatorial candidate.
Hefiin Charges Auction.
Senator Heflin, Democrat, Alabama,
charged yesterday that a Senate seat
had been "auctioned off, in PennSyl-
vania. and Senator Reed. Democrat,
Missouri, chairman of the investigat-
ing committee, remarked that it was
sold to the next lowest and worst bld-
der" Senator Ashurst, Democrat.
Arizona, expressed the opinion that
the Senate will never confirm that
= sale" and Hef1in agreed.
Announcing that he would seek ac-
ton before adjournment so that all
candidates may be duly advised of
the limitations which they must place
upon their expenditures in order to
be seated" Senator La Toilette intro
duced a resolution to fix expenditure
limits between $4,000 and $4,000 for
both primary and election campaigns.
A two-thirds ma iority is required
for adoption OF such a resolution,
which the Senate's legislative counsel
has held to be within its constitutional
privileges. since it is the sole judge
of qualifications of it's members.
Under the resolution candidates and
their supporters would be confined
between the limits prescribed to eX-
penditureS for nomination and cleo
ton amounting to not more than
three cents for each vote cast in the
preceding general election for Senator
in their States. Primary expenditures
would be confined to costs of adyer-
tising, meetings. travelling and head
quarters, and sworn statements would
be filed with the secretary Of the
Senate and examined by a special
committee of the elections committee
before the successful candidate could
take his seat.
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