Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-30
WET ORGANIZATION
CHIEF DESCRIBES
WORK IN CAMPAIGN

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| here are in eight small rooms he
| said. with a staff of about 80.
| The examination was suspended at
| this point While the committee went
| into executive session with John j..
| McGrain, deputy sergeant-at- arms Of
! the Senate. as to why subpoenaS had
not been served on Thomas w. Gun
ninsham of Philadelphia, treasurer
of the Republican State committee,
and Magistrate Frank Y. O'Connor,
anti-Vare leader in South Philadelphia.
| No announcement was made after
| the executive session and the ques
tioning of Stayton was resumed. He
said that in those States where the
association was strong it would go
| ahead with activities in the election
| this year and proceed with "a pro
gram of education" to build up the
| organization in other States.
ITO what extent do you attempt to
| control primaries or electionS?' King
asked
ITO as great an extent as we can
through our membership"
DO you urge Democrats to go into
| Republican primaries, and vice
versa
Organization Is NOn.Partisan.
Yes, ours is a non-partisan organ
iZation. and we aim to keep it so.
Stayton said his organ ization sought
to ascertain the position of candidates
on the wet and dry question and then
to urge its members to support th>>A
favorng repeal of the eighteenth
amendment.
Campaigns are conducted through
newspaper advertising, mass meetings
and by letter.
Gets 25 Cents a Member.
Explaining the way the national
and State organizations co-operated.
he said that State branch members
paid the national organization at the
rate of % cents for each member. AT
the outset the association had only
a small income, he said. adding that
he took the responsibility of making
no report.
"At that time the Anti-Saloon
League was reported to be spending
two or three millions year, and our
fund was so small that | thought 1t
would hurt the work to make re-
port" he continued
The income gradually increased
until the national and State organi-
cations were handling a total of $25,-
900 a month
The witness estimated that during
the first six years Of the life of the
association collections for the national
association averaged $4,000 annually,
and those for the local organizations
had averaged Sl2O. 900 a year. He
gave the annual income of the ma
tional and state organizations now at
about $4,000 a month, or $4S0,OOO
annually.
Letter Supported Ware.
What, if any, activity did your
orea nization take in the recent Penn
syIvania primary" King asked.
I'm the early part this year we sent
current literature to pennsylvania.
Then early in April l had Charles 5.
Wood. our representative In Philadel-
phia, come here for consultation. We
then went back to Pennsylvania and
consulted our members as to whether
we should declare for William S. Ware
for the Senate.
I'VE got up a form letter supporting
Ware and mailed it to our 10000 mem
bers in Pennsylvania. During the
campaign we sent out two other let
tiers, one asking for money to spend
In PENNSYLVANIA and elsewhere"
Stayton said that all contributions
from Pennsylvania were sent to the
parent organization which spent it.
Some mass meetings were held and
S3.5OS was sent to Wood from head
quarters here to pay the cost.
Also Backed Beidleman.
I'VE advocated the election of Ware,
and Mr.. Bonnewill, a wet, as the
Democratic candidate for governor,
and Mr.. Beidleman for the Repub-
lican nomination for governor" said
Stayton.
twas that all that was spent in
Pennsylvania?
Yes, that was all.
Did you have any watchers or
canvassers at the polls?'
1--WE did not"
us your organization getting ready
for the election in Pennsylvania"
I'VE are doing only the routine
work. We don't feel we have to spend
much money in Pennsylvania, and so
can keep the money for less fertile
pastures"
Charles S. Wood and two clerks
| make up the paid organization in
Pennsylvania, Stayton said.
Assailed Gov. PinchOt.
What was the nature Of the litera-
| ture you sent into Pennsylvania"
King persisted.
| las I recollect the one letter sent
out said Pinchot had intellectual in
| firmaties which prevented any one
i from supporting him. 1t said Senator
| Pepper lacked moral courage to take
sides on an issue. 1t said Ware had
| been associated with a somewhat vi
cious element in Philadelphia and
would have to bear some Of the odium
| of that, but that he had the moral
courage to take sides in an ISSUE"
StaytoN's examination still was In
complete when the committee re-
cessed until pm. During the recess
| it was disclosed that the Senate SER
geant-at arms had sought unsuccess-
fully to bring to Washington as wit
nesses Frank x. O'Connor, a Phila-
delphia magistrate, who was reported
| i'll. and Thomas w. Cunningham,
treasurer of the Republican State
committee of Pennsylvania, who is on
a. motor trip and has not been located
by subpoena servers.
More Funds Voted.
The Senate today voted the inves-
tigating committee $4,000 more to