Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-02

you have written to every postmas-
ter in this state during the pre-
primary, primary and general election
/ campaigns" King ordered.
II have been advised that you
franked certain publicity material out
of your office" Senator King con-
tinued.
| absolutely no, Towles returned.
other witnesses appearing at the
Sunday afternoon session of the hear
ing were DR.. Clarence Goddard, FOR
mer chairman of the democratic coun-
and walter Searles, all Of Globe, and
Henry H. Akers. an editor of the
Arizona Gazette (Phoenix).
Through the Gila county witness
Thomas ]. Croaff, Cameron counsel,
endeavoring to show that copper
companies of Gila county were die
tat,ng the political policies Of the
Miami Bulletin, daily newspaper,
and that the copper companies were
not definite in their stands as regards
the senatorial race until Cameron.
came out for a copper tariff This the
witness denied. 1t was admitted that
the Bulletin, a republican paper, was
| SuppOIIlnB NiIl f1dyuGI, Cameron
opponent. The witness testified to
making contribution under $1,000 OF
the democratic county committee an6
nr. Goddard said he had paid out
about $55 in behalf of Hayden in
the general election campaign.
Hayden Denies Com bInntsOn
| Akers testified to questions put by
! by Croaff regarding the amount OF
political advertising appearing in the
Gazette.
| On the stand Sunday morning Hay
den denied that he knew anything
about "definite combination exist
ing between large capitalists, hav-
ing for its purpose to control the
state of Arizona-for it's own economic
benefit" as charged by Senator Cam
| eron.
| Cameron counsel stressed the inn
lportance of the testimony cf one
Carl Clinton of Albuquerque, N. M.
oil and mining operator, who, they
claim, knows about a large sum
Thrown into the state through al
Albuquerque bank for the purpose OF
defeating Cameron. Clinton, who has
been suppoenaed, is alleged to have
told r. e. Farley, representing the
National Anti-Saloon league, that this
money was being sent into the stae.
Farley, on the stand Sunday morn
ing, said he was Inclined to believe
that Clinton was ''joshing" and THAI
Clinton had told him that he was
not serious when he made the re-
mark.
Counsel for Cameron brought into
the hearing series of articles writ
ten by Will Irwin, writer, under the
title of Cameron and the Colorado
Cross examining Congressman Hay
den, Cameron counsel drew the reply
that he knew nothing about the
articles other than that Irwin had
told them they Had been written and
that a Guy L. Jones, representing
himself as an investigator for the
North American Newspaper alliance,
had come to him for information on
dam sites and mining claims.
t. Californian Contributes
Jones sold me, Hayden testified,
"that he wanted the material for an
article which would show how east
erhers could get bit on mining
claims in the west"
! Cameron contends that the Irwin
articles were part of the "conspir,
: acy'' to Obtain control of Arizona and
tdefeat him in his race for the senate.
w. w. Pickerell secretary of the
republican state central committee,
testified Sunday afternoon that re-
ceipts of the committee had amounted
to $10,354.15 and expenditures S9,
| T75.63.
No money had been received from
! Cameron himself, Pickerell said, for
the state ticket. only one mining
man, L. B. Ricketts,, Of California
was a contributor to the Cameron
campaign fund, Pickerells report
showed.
P.ckerell brought out that no gov.
/ ernment employe was listed among
: the contributors to Cameron's CAM
+, paign fund. Except for the Incl
dental advertising which the running
Of the entire state ticket in news
[paper advertising gave Cameron, the
republican senator had not received
the support of the republican central
| committee, Pickerell added. Cameron
counsel endeavored to show that the
same workers who were used by
Dwight B. Heard, republican,, in his
campaign for the governorship in
1924 were used by E. f. Ellinwood,
who ran for the democratic guberna-
torial nomination in last months
primary election, and by Carl Hay.
den. Pickarell denied this.