Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
Attention Called to Evidence,
Which Is Seen as Indicating
Primary Corruption.
COMMITTEE WITHHOLDS
ITS RECOMME MENDATIONS
Charges of Wrongdoing in Oregon,
Washington and Missouri
Are Denied.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.


penditures made for the candidates
in the Republican senatorial primary
in Pennsylvania last Spring, upon
which the right of William S. Ware
to be seated as Senator will be at
tackled, was submitted to the Senate
today by Senator Reed of Missouri
chairman of the committee.
The committee, while calling at
tention to the large sums expended
in the Pennsylvania primary and tc
evidence which has been interpreted
as indicating corruption of the elec
torate, withheld it's recommendation
regarding Mr. Ware, who won The
nomination and was subsequently
elected to the Senate: 1t may sub
NIT its recommendation later.
For the committee Senator Reet
also reported on Investigations o
senatorial elections in Oregon, Wash
ington and Missouri. In all three
States. the committee reported, no evi
dence had been found warranting the
charges of excessive expenditures.
Holds Charge Unsupported.
In Oregon. the charge was made tha
the IOELldHu TIcClIC fOWGl W. Itdt
paid the Portland Oregonian S35 ,00l
for opposing the primary election o
Senator Robert n. Stanfield. The
committee reported that the alleged
transaction did not occur and TIL,
charges were unsupported by any tes
timony.
The committee reported that charge.
had been made that excessive sums O
money. amounting to 100000, had
been expended byA. Scott Bullitt, Dem
ocratic candidate for United States
Senator, and that wealthy relative.
of the candidate had declared the,
would expend $4,000 If necessary Il
win the election. The committee sale
that 1t believed the charges were un
founded.
The Missouri investigation. con
Quoted by Senator Reed at Kansas
City, was made after the submission
of charges by Harry r. Walmsles
gave to the Democratic campaign
fund from $150.000 to $3.50 900 in re
turn for q twelveyear extension oi
a franchise and that money was used
on election day 20 corrupt the electo
rate.
Senator Reed took no part in the
report submitted in the Missouri case
The report was signed by Senators
King of Utah, McNary of Oregon
and Goff of West Virginia. 1t helt
that the charges lad not been proved
and that no further investigation was
necessary or justified in :he Missouri
case. The election resulted in vic
tory for Senator Harry Halves, Demo
crat.
EynoudituraS Cot Forth
The committee report on PennSyl
vania, which was signed by Senators
Reed, McNary, Goff. and King. set
forth the expenditures Of the three
Republican factions seeking the sen
atorial nomination as follows:
For Gov. Pinchot, $187,029; for the
Pepper-Fisher ticket, $1.804,979: for
the Beidleman ticket, $7S5 ,934
A note Is made by the committee thai
expenditures made EXCLUSIVELY for the
candidacy of John S. Fisher and Ed
ward F. Beidleman, candidates for the
gubernatorial nomination. had been
omitted from the totals given. In con
Guiding it's report on Pennsylvania
the committee said it was necessarily
incomplete, adding:
Your committee was obliged tC
discontinue it's hearings before all o1
the returns of campaign expenditures
which the law required had in fact
been filed. Indeed, your committee is
informed that many of these reports
have not been filed up to this date
The committee said there remained
also the question Of expenditures
actually made in the general election
campaign.
This subject said the report
has not been investigated by your
commltte because OF the lack of time
Neither has the committee under
taken to investigate any question OF
the conduct of the general elections
Woods Is Mentioned.
In presenting the report to the Sen
ate, Senator Reed of Missouri ex
planned that it was partial reporr
as in the case of the report recently
submitted on the Illinois primary. Ht
said that from the evidence taken b,
the committee it appeared that Gov
Pinchot stood alone in his candidac,
for the senatorial nomination, but
that Senator Pepper had been al
ligned with John S. Fisher, candidate
for governor and Mr.. Ware with Ed
ward S. Beidelman, also a candidate
for governor. Senator Reed expressed
ITle ODlHlOn Ctldt the senatorial c1ndi
dates had dominated the situation an6
that as a general thing the expendi
lures made for Pepper-Fisher anC
Ware -Beidleman tickets should be
charged up to the senatorial cam
paign.
He pointed out, however, that the
expenditures, except for Gov. Pin.
chot's, were made for the tickets
named.
The report of the committee men
tions the name of Cyrus Z. Woods.
who has just been nominated by the
President to be a member of the In.
terstate Commerce Commission. Mr..
Woods appointment already has been
attacked and Senator Reed of Penn.
sylvania,, 8. who is supporting MIR.
Woods, arose at the end of Chairma n
Reeds statement to defend Mr..
Woods. Mr.. Woods acted in a dip]o.
matte capacity during the Pei.nsyl-
Vania primary to consolidate a Pep.
per and Fisher campaign.
Holds Editorial Unfair.
Senator Reed of Pennsylvania said
he did not believe in discussing no,ni-
nations in the open Senate, but that
he was moved to say a word because
of the reference to Mr.. Woods in the
committee report and by highly un-
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