LA FOLLETTE AND BLAINE TELL PLANS AGAINST VOTE BARREL
Mobley, Radford
LaFollette and Blaine Tell Plans Against Vote Barrel * , —-Appear as Witnesses ReV fore Wisconsin Legislative Committee .' LENROOT ALSO ON STAND AT CAPlTOti La Follette Urges Committee to Fix...
...H "I assume they did it, if they because they believed there were ot uvl issues at stake much more vital than...
...Gustav Pabst, of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment^ and others contributed a substantiaJI sum to trie Lenrooters, who hired worlfl ers to go out and work among the dn^| j Do you know why that was done...
...Sen...
...Lenroot and McMahon spoke In general terms of a need far revision of the act...
...All expenditures made without his knowledge would be illegal...
...Nixon, and wt»ich Mr...
...He told the committee tbe association is not expecting financial benefit and that this was a different situation from most large contributions...
...R. M. La FoUette'l here Wednesday...
...Nixon asked, drily...
...La Follette told tbe committee...
...I "I should assume so," Lenroot J | Plied...
...tices act...
...3. That joint expenditures by group of candidates be allowed s^^H long as separate accounts are maiir^H tained for each candidate...
...expenditures by Sen...
...Lenroot recommended that the amount each candidate be allowed to spend be raised to meet "the decreased purchasing power of the dollar" which occurred during tbe past fev/ years...
...file complete reports with the secrefcarir of state prior to the time such expenditures ase to be made," he said...
...1,000 flom q c pj.., "J $1,000 from Gustav ' an(i^jB others averaging...
...He | ¦ was unable to recall for the comirl his previous s atement that 1.000 co\^| j of the publication, Labor, had distributed by u state employe...
...I Lenroot charged that slate emplov ¦ 1 were active in 1926 for Progressive c/ I i didates, bitt, was unable to recall / ¦ | except "a man at Clintonviiie...
...1 "Your stand on economic questioi.J for instance...
...1 A large part of the time was taken unl by Assemblyman W. J. Carow, who j questioned him regarding campaign ' expense statements filed for several campaigns...
...He said that the money had...
...Among 1926 contributions to^^H root's campaign which were re^^^l Mr...
...ing officer set up by tbe state wast' made before the Wisconsin legislative interim committee hearing on campagia...
...La Follette appeared as tbe las* witness before the committee thl...
...We have found," Nixon said that Mr...
...Blaine testified for two hours...
...John Cchafer and Edward Keating, editor of Labor, were former Sen...
...Sen...
...LenroS^H unable to recall.wei* $2.9oo from tPH Fitzgibbons...
...not been spent at his solicitation, Lenroot testified following Bl&la...
...As to the latter, he said he did not believe It might be identified as aa "organization" under the corrupt* prac...
...Under questioning by Assemblyraag-Robert Nixon, Washburn, Lenroot unfolded the picture of the state organization of Lenrooters, postmasters, and other federal employes working for him hi 1926...
...He was»al» questioned as to his one-share Interest in the former La Follette's magazine, and as to the set-up of the Progree* sive group in the 1928 campaign...
...La Follette was requested by thp committee to identify donors to his 1928 campaign, including W. T. Raw-leigh and Gilbert E. Roe...
...To correct this you should draw -s^ provision requiring all expenditure made by persons or groups, other than the personal campaign committee, to...
...the wet and dry issue," Lenroot ;e-l plied...
...Irvine L. Lenroot, now led-eral judge, and S. A. McMano&t Hoover-Curtis Wisconsin manager in 1928, now a member of the U. S. board of tax appeals, and Senator Blaine...
...Blaine was also questioned about th« reported expenditure of about $10,004 In his behalf by the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment fax 1926...
...4. That contests involving exees-^H slve expenditures in primary dec-^H tions be given the right ot way 'n^| court, and that the primary he^J fixed the first Tuesday in Septan- V ber to expedite such action...
...The committee left at noon for New York where other witnesses will be heard, it is expected...
...In this way the responsibility e«*»: be fixed on the candidate...
...morning...
...LaFollette and Blaine Tell Plans Against Vote Barrel * , —-Appear as Witnesses ReV fore Wisconsin Legislative Committee .' LENROOT ALSO ON STAND AT CAPlTOti La Follette Urges Committee to Fix Re.sponsibili-/ ty for Campaign ' Expenditures By RADFORD MOBLET WASHINGTON, D. C.—A proposal that the corrupt practices act of Wisconsin be amended to provide thai contributions to a candidate from all' sources be made through an "account...
...Others testifying during the afternoon, following che"'app%arance>in VSf morning of Rep...
...He denied, however, that he knew of the so-called "beer ads...
...J[ Blaine's Recommendations Blaine recommended: 1. That a candidate be made responsible for expenditures la his ¦ behalf by persons or associations : other tban the personal eampaUQ J committee recognized by the btwJ ; 2. That the candidate may set «it> -a defense to obviate his responsi^^ bflity respecting such expenditnn^^l by satisfactorily showing that b^H had no knowledge thereof...
...Expenditures on behalf at each candidate were segregated and' charged to that candidate, be ja-plained...
...Money is now spent on behalf ot a candidate without his knowledge' and consent, and, as I interpret the statute, he cannot be held responsible for this," Sen...
Vol. 1 • January 1930 • No. 8
