Evening star., 1926-06-15


mating petition when only 100000
were needed
Representative NORM. Mr.. Msckey
aid, had taken charge under him
of the campaign for Ware IN II west
ern counties. He told how $4,000 had
been handed over to couple OF
leaders In Armstrong County. who
had divided IT. and how one Of these
men. named Wolf. had "dropped into
one of those political clubs IN Pitts
bnreh." and how he had heen beaten
with blackjack and how when h~
woke mp the $1,000 was gone.
WARE EXPENSES ARE Ssss.75a.
Representative Holds He Was Forced
TO Use Direct Advertising.
By the Associated Press
The Senate campaign Investigating
committee last night turned to Repre-
sentative Ware. the successful ga ndi.
date for the sens toria, nomination. for
further accounts and figures to add to
the mounting total in its expansive
audit Of the Pennsylva MIA Republican
primary.
Examination of Ware hegsn last
night and had not been concluded
when the committee wound up another
long DAYS work close to midnight.
He told Of spending &71 .254 of his own
money sending letters to voters. and
this added to previous figures placed
In the Ware Beidleman column.
brought the total 10 So96. .,o4.
New figures on expenditures In the
Pepper-Fish@r campaign also were
gathered by the committee and that
total rose TO 81 .O45 900. while the
Pinchot figure remained a, $I95.OOO.
With the grand total appros hing
50. .000. 900. Secretary Mellon. nncle Of
W. l.. Mellon Of Pittsburgh. who
headed the Pepper Fisher coalition a nd
has just been elected chsirman Of the
state Republican committee. has made
II plain that he regards the primary
expendit ures as necessary under the
circnmst noes.
The Secretary. whoAe aversion to
public speaking was emphasized by
contrast when ne went TO Pittsburgh h
shortly before the primary to make
his ma iden political speech in behalf
OF the PepperF'isher ticket. gave his
opinion Of the primary costs ipforma J.
~ in reply 10 persistent questions
from newspap per correspondents.
citing the number OF candida es a nd
voters the cost of adyertising ma iIing
letters and hiring watchers and simi.
lar expenses. he aid a primary cam
paign could not he conducted in Penn
sylvania for less money than was ex.
pended. and expressed belief that the
Senate committee would hnd the
amount TO have heen essential under
the prevailing system.
Plans Constitutional Amendment.
While the Secretary was outlining
his views. Representative Rubev. Dem
ocrat. Missouri. was preparing to in.
troduce constitutional amendment
proposed TO give Congress power to
prevent fraud and corrupt practices in
the nomination and election Of Sena-
tors and Represe mt tativee" Under his
plan. senatorial candidates would he
limited 10 $4,000 and House candi-
dates to $4,000 for primar ries and gen
eral elections.
Representative Ware gave the com.
mittee some intimate glimpses into
PENNSYLVANIA politics. and refused to
concede that, with the election OF W.
l.. Mellon to the chairma nship Of the
state committee, the Mellon group had
gained complete control Of the orga nj.
zation.
Some influential men said Harry
Baker would not he elected secretary
OF the committee. but he was" Ware
remarked. referring to the shift in the
state committees offices at Philade,.
phia Saturday, through which Baker.
Ware supporter. retired from the
chairma nship to his old place a. sec
retsry.
Says Papers Opposed Him.
The nominee related that. within "a
hours after he had announced his
On ndidacy II beca me evident that the
newspapers Of the State were almost
unanimously against him. saving this
was the reason he and his supporters
had decided upon the very compre
hensive system Of personal appeal 10
the voters by letters" which cost
him. personally. $11,e54.
Each letter carried 2-cent stamp"
he remarked. In no case did use
my congressional frank
He insisted that he had no personal
knowledge that his state campaign
committee was raising and expendins
nearly $500 900. although he knew
money had to he sent" 10 the western
headquarters At Pittsburgh.
Thomas r. Watson. ar. of PhLa.
delphia. treasurer Of the Ware cresni.
zation there. and Thomas F.. Watson.
jr.. had preceded the Representative
on the stand. On the basis of the
formers figures, Senator CoG. Repub-
lican. West Virginia, calculated that
his orga nization had raised nearly
S4SS,0oO, not including Wares personal
OUTLAY nor $4,000 credited to the
Pittsburgh committee. of which Ed.
ward NJ. kenna was treasurer.
Sent Out S.3I .0Sb In Cash.
-" t>rts"n< told of turning over
$4,000 TO kenna and presented re.
ceipts showing that @2S1.Os5 was sent
to workers outside Philadelphia. all in
cash. Pressed by Chairman Reed for
the reason currency instead OF cheeks
was used. the elder Watson said 1T
was case Of Identification"
You mean non n-identifIcatjou."
Reed asked.
We'll, without beating the devil
around the bush" Watson replied.
we didn't think we were coming
before a committee like this"
Charges OF Wayne r. Wheeler gen
eral counsel Of the Anti Sa loon
League. that liquor interests had
contributed to the Ware victory. were
not overlooked by Chairman Reed
The younger Watson testified that ne
knew nothing abont' expenditures
or large sums In Pennsylvania by
brewery and whisky interests.
Holds Mistake Possible.
DO you think it's possible MIR.
WAYNE B. Wheeler could make a
mistske?.' Reed inquired ....
Il do" said Watson. jr.
Vets and drys. he thought, were
divided In the campaign, voting for
both Pepper and Pinchot
ware. questioned on the same sub
ject later, declared he had no knowl-
edge Of financial support for his