New Britain herald., 1926-07-28
.M'KINLEY PAID ALL
 HIS OWN EXPENSES
Illinois Probe DiSCl0Ses Defeated
 Man Accepted No Aid
IT COST HIM SS5O,616.72
Investigation Thus Far Has Dis closed Only About S623,OO0, or Fifth of Three Million Alleged, as Having Been Spent.

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 Fifth of Three Million Alleged, as
 Having Been Spent.
 Chicago, July 2S Rt-Senator Will liam B. Mckinley decided to stand all of the expenses of his fight for renomination in the recent Illinois primary, Henry I. Green, his per sonal attorney, testified today, before the senate campaign funds commit tee.
 In line with that policy, the sena- tor, who was defeated for the repub- lican nomination by Frank L. Smith, accepted no outside contributions, Green said. It was disclosed yester- day that the campaign cost McKin- ley $35O,616.72.
 No Other Large Sums.
 Green declared that this method of financing the campaign might seem Singular" but that the idea was that of the senator in which he concurred. The witness said there may have been some small sums spent or services rendered by others, but that all he had heard of would not exceed s5,000.
 Pardon me-" he added, "I under stand that Mrs. Mccormick was to have spent some money for adver- Using in foreign language papers, but whether she did or not I do not know"
 Paid For Circulars.
 Were there not a large number of circulars sent out by individuals or groups of individuals" asked Reed.
 There were, but paid the ex- pense out of his funds" Green re- piled.
 Chairman Reed turned the in- uuiry to Mckinley donations to charitable and educational institu- tions.
 DO you know of man named Hill being in the state to speak for the world court?"
 "John Wesley Hill" said the wit ness, and with Reeds help identified him as chancellor of Lincoln Me morial university in Kentucky.
 Only School Contribution.
 "In 1923,' said Green, T was di- rected to have reissued for the bene- fit of this school s5,000 in stock held by Senator Mckinley. That is the only contribution l know of by the senator to that university
 Hill and Mckinley had been friends for years, the witness knew and it was his impression that Hill came to Illinois to speak in the re- cent primary without getting any money for it, except his expenses.
 Green said several persons spoke for Mckinley or for the world court during the campaign, but could -hink of none but Hill from outside he state.
 Allen F. Moore. of Monticello, Ills, national committeeman md manager of Smiths campaign, mad been directed to bring his private memoranda. kept In code, md other documents bearing on con .ributions and expenditures.
 Moore also was to give his deci- sion as to whether he would ques- ion the committees authority to compel him to disclose the names of those who he said had given S15, ,OOO, $10,O00 and lesser amounts o the Smith fund.
 The only names which Moore would give at the opening of the Inquiry Monday were those of Sam lel Insull, Chicago utilities executive, who donated $125,00O and his own. He gave $75,00o leaving $53,OOO of he total of $253,000 unaccounted Or.
 Combining the Mckinley and Smith expenditures insthe republican contest with the s20,000 which George E. Brennan spent in winning he democratic senatorial nomination he committee has found a total of lbout SG23,000 or about 8 fifth of he S3,000,000 which it developed vas spent in the Pennsylvania pri- nary last May.