Campaign Expenditures : ʺb Report (pursuant to S. Res. 248).

FEBRUARY 3 (calendar day, FEBRUARY 12), 1925.-Ordered to be printed

Mr. BORAH, from the Special Committee on Campaign Expenditures, submitted the following

REPORT

[Pursuant to S. Res. 248]

On June 3, calendar day of June 5, 1924, the Senate of the United States passed the following resolution:

Resolved, That a special committee of five Senators be elected forthwith to investigate and report to the Senate on December 5, 1924, the campaign expenditures made by or on behalf of, or in support of, or in opposition to, any and all candidates for President and Vice President and presidential electors and Senators of the United States Senate; the names of the persons, firms, or corporations contributing to the said candidate or candidates or their party committee or committees, or any other agency, the amounts contributed, pledged, loaned or otherwise made available for use, the method of expenditure of said sums, and all the facts in relation thereto not only as to the subscriptions of money and the expenditures thereof, but as to the use of any other means of influence, including the promise of patronage, and all other facts in relation thereto that would not only be of public interest but would aid the Congress in any necessary remedial legislation.

That said committee is hereby empowered to sit and act during the adjournment of Congress at such time and place as it may deem necessary; to require by subpoena, or otherwise, the attendance of witnesses, the production of books, papers, and documents; to employ stenographers at a cost of not exceeding 25 cents per hundred words. The chairman of the committee, or any member thereof, may administer oaths to witnesses. Subpoenas for witnesses shall be issued under the signature of the chairman or any member of the committee. Every person who, having been summoned as a witness by authority of said committee, willfully makes default, or who, having appeared, refuses to answer any question pertinent to the investigation heretofore authorized, shall be held to the penalties provided by section 102 of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

The expense thereof shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate on vouchers ordered by said committee, signed by the chairman thereof and approved by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate.

That thereafter the following committee was appointed under the above resolution, to wit, William E. Borah, Wesley L. Jones, T. H. Caraway, Thomas F. Bayard, and Henrik Shipstead; that said committee held a number of hearings and had before it a great number of

witnesses and received and considered a large amount of testimony. both oral and written; that it began its hearings in the city of Chicago, Ill., on or about the 16th of October, 1924, and continued its hearings in said city for a number of days; said committee also held hearings in the city of Washington. That according to the facts developed at these hearings it appears the national Republican organization collected during and for the use of the presidential campaign of 1924 the sum of $4,360,478.82; that it expended about $4,270,469.01; that it returned to the States the sum of $573,599.20. The national Democratic organization collected during and for the use of the presidential campaign of 1924 the sum of $821,037.05; that it expended about $903,908.21; that it returned to the States the sum of $ The national Progressive organization collected during and for the use of the presidential campaign of 1924 the sum of $221,837.21; it expended about $221,977.58; that it returned to the States the sum of $

The committee has undertaken to select a list of those contributing $1,000 and upward. The list contributing to the national Republican organization $1,000 and upward is as follows:

Nelson Robenson, care of Homans & Co., 2 Wall Street, New
York, N. Y..

1, 000. 00

1, 500. 00

2,500. 00

George Whitney, Westbury, Long Island..

2,500. 00

William Ziegler, jr., 512 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y
Charles D. Hilles, 120 William Street, New York, N. Y

William H. Porter, Glen Grove, Long Island..

Thomas Cochran, 300 Park Avenue, New York, N. Y
Elliot C. Bacon, Westbury, Long Island..

Mrs. Charles D. Hilles, 43 East Sixty-second Street, New York,
N. Y..

Ms. Herbert L. Pratt, 1027 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y...
Mrs. Arthur Curtis James, 39 East Sixty-ninth Street, New York,
N. Y. ...

Mrs. Oliver G. Jennings, 882 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y
F. R. Foraker, 345 West Eighty-sixth Street, New York, N. Y.
F. R. Raiff, Rutherford, N. J.

Burch Foraker, 46 West Eighty-third Street, New York, N. Y
William Deininger, 342 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y.

C. N. Bliss, Westbury, Long Island.

Walter E. Frew, 18 William Street, New York, N. Y

Mrs. Pauline Morton Sabin, Carlton House Apartment, Madison
Avenue and Forty-seventh Street, New York City
Gerrish H. Milliken, 37 Leonard Street, New York, N. Y.
E. C. Jamieson, 111 William Street, New York City
Howard S. Borden, 90 Worth Street, New York, N. Y.
Bertran H. Borden, 90 Worth Street, New York, N. Y

John F. Miller, 222 Hawthorne Street, Edgewood, Pittsburgh, Pa.
H. H. Westinghouse, Wilmerding, Pa

Mrs. A. J. Willock, Sewickley, Pa.

Louis Brown, Water Street, Pittsburgh, Pa.

A. H. C. Frick, box 109, Pittsburgh, Pa

Edith Anne Rea, Sewickley, Pa.

A. L. Humphrey, 361 Maple Avenue, Edgewood, Pittsburgh, Pa
E. J. Kaufmann, Fifth Avenue and Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh,
Pa...

4, 000. 00 2,500. 00

1,000.00 1, 000. 00

2,500.00 2,500.00

1,000. 00

1, 000. 00

2, 000. 00

2, 000, 00

1,000.00 2,500. 00 2,500.00 1, 000, 00 1,000. 00 1, 000, 00 1,000. 00 1, 250.00 1,500.00 2,000. 00 2, 500. 00 1,000. 00

1, 000. 00

$1,000 to $5,000-Continued.

G. H. Singer, Commonwealth Building, Pittsburgh, Pa
Mary F. Laughlin, Sewickley, Pa..

Lewis A. Park, Park Building, Pittsburgh, Pa

H. C. McEldowney, Fifth Avenue and William Penn Way,
Pittsburgh, Pa

Henry O. Řea, 2226 Oliver Building, Pittsburgh, Pa.

E. R. Crawford, McKeesport, Pa..

Three sons of John Pitcairn, 1612 Frick Building, Pittsburgh,
Pa

G. M. Laughlin, jr., Woodland Road, Pittsburgh, Pa

W. L. Mellon, box 1214, Pittsburgh, Pa

F. Jones, jr., Third and Try Streets, Pittsburgh, Pa..
L. Jones, 5722 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.

B. Mellon, Fifth Avenue and Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, Pa.
S. Davison, Frick Building, Pittsburgh, Pa---
Mrs. John Sloane, 7 East Eighty-ninth Street, New York, N. Y.
William Emlen Roosevelt, 30 Pine Street, New York, N. Y..........
Joseph P. Knapp, American Lithograph Co., 52 East Nineteenth
Street, New York City

James C. Colgate, 36 Wall Street, New York, N. Y.
Percival S. Hill, 111 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y

Newbold Morris, 115 East Seventy-third Street, New York,
N. Y..

Jefferson Seligman, 14 East Sixtieth Street, New York, N. Y
Frederick Strauss, Hotel St. Regis, New York, N. Y.
Henry Seligman, Elberson, N. J..

Adolph Lewishon, 881 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.

Alfred W. Erickson, 381 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
Mrs. Henry H. Rogers, Southampton, Long Island.
John Sloane, 575 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.

$1,000. 00

1, 250. 00

2, 000, 00

2, 000. 00 2,500. 00 2, 000, 00

2, 000. 00

2, 500. 00

2, 000. 00

3, 500. 00 3,500.00

2, 000. 00 1, 000. 00 1, 000. 00

1, 000. 00

2, 500.00

3, 500. 00

2,500. 00

1, 000. 00

2, 000, 00

Frederick H. Ecker, 1 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y

1, 000. 00

1, 000, 00

1, 000. 00

W. R. Proctor, care of Abbot, Hoppin & Co., 120 Broadway,
New York, N. Y...

Winthrop W. Aldrich, 37 Wall Street, New York, N. Y
Otto T. Bannard, 100 Broadway, New York, N. Y.
J. G. White, 37 Wall Street, New York, N. Y.
E. B. Dane, 6 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass..
Henry S. Howe, 89 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass.
Percy W. Brown, 60 Congress Street, Boston, Mass.
Charles T. Lovering, 60 Congress Street, Boston, Mass
Paul B. Skinner, 60 Congress Street, Boston, Mass.
Henry N. Sweet, 60 Congress Street, Boston, Mass.
Henry Hornblower, 60 Congress Street, Boston, Mass..
Ralph Hornblower, 60 Congress Street, Boston, Mass.
Alfred R. Meyer, 60 Congress Street, Boston, Mass.
George I. Alden, 8 Massachusetts Avenue, Worcester, Mass
Charles L. Allen, 2 Forestdale Road, Worcester, Mass
Aldus C. Higgins, care of Norton Co., Worcester, Mass.
Matthew P. Whittall, M. J. Whittall Associates, Worcester,
Mass

W. Averell Harriman, 39 Broadway, New York, N. Y.
E. Roland Harriman, 39 Broadway, New York, N. Y
Robert M. Thompson, 16 East Forty-third Street, New York,
N. Y

George A. Ellis, jr., 61 Broadway, New York, N. Y.
E. W. Rice, jr., 102 Lenox Road, Schenectady, N. Y
Harrison Williams, 60 Broadway, New York, N. Y

Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, Camp Wild Air, Upper St. Regis, Franklin
County, N. Y.

H. B. Manville, 294 Madison Avenue, at Forty-first Street, New
York.

T. F. Manville, 294 Madison Avenue, at Forty-first Street, New
York.

Mrs. E. W. Rice, jr., 102 Lenox Road, Schenectady, N. Y
Mr. S. W. Childs, Norfolk, Conn..

Mrs. William Everard Strong, 910 Fifth Avenue, New York City
A. P. Moore, San Sebastian, Spain.

2,500. 00 1, 000. 00 1, 000. 00 2, 000. 00 2,500.00 2,000. 00 2, 000. 00 2,000. 00 2, 000, 00 1, 000. 00 1, 500. 00 1, 418. 23

4, 000. 00 2,500. 00

2, 500. 00

1, 000. 00

2, 500. 00

3, 000, 00

1, 000. 00

2,500.00%

2,500.00 1, 000. 00 1, 000. 00 1,000. 00 1, 000. 00

$1,000 to $5,000-Continued.

Eugene Meyer, jr., Seven Springs Farm, Mount Kisco, N. Y.. $1, 000. 00
P. W. Clement, Rutland, Vt.

Hon. William Miller Collier, Valparaiso, Chile-
Mrs. George Peabody Wetmore, Newport, R. I.

George L. Bourne, 17 East Forty-second Street, New York, N. Y
Mrs. Marion Eppley, Beacon Rock, Newport, R. I...
Mrs. W. Watts Sherman, Shepard Avenue, Newport, R. I.
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, jr., The Eyrie, Seal Harbor, Me..
Mr. Thomas N. McCarter, Rumson, N. J.

Mrs. Eugene Meyer, jr., Seven Springs Farms, Mount Kisco,
N. Y

J. B. Shea, Richland Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Mr. H. H. Laughlin, Third and Try Streets, Pittsburgh, Pa.
A. W. Wycoff, Frick Building, Pittsburgh, Pa

C. M. K. Lynch, Frick Building, Pittsburgh, Pa.

E. M. Herr, Edgewood Park, Pa..

A. L. Humphrey, Edgewood Park, Pa..

J. H. Hammond, Union Trust Building, Pittsburgh, Pa
Lucy Lippitt, Third and Try Streets, Pittsburgh, Pa..

E. M. Horne, Third and Try Streets, Pittsburgh, Pa..
F. R. Babcock, Frick Building, Pittsburgh, Pa.......
E. V. Babcock, Frick Building, Pittsburgh, Pa

William McConway, Forty-eighth and A. V. R. R., Pittsburgh,

Pa..

J. R. Lovejoy, Schenectady, N. Y.

Mrs. Grace Semple Burlingham, 4622 Maryland Avenue, St.
Louis, Mo..

Edwin M. Bulkley, 25 Broad Street, New York.

Mrs. Bartlett Arkell, Manchester, Vt.

Mrs. Frank B. Baird, Marine Trust Building, Buffalo, N. Y.

Frank B. Baird, Buffalo. N. Y..

James L. Richards, 47 Kirkstall Road, Newton, Mass.

Charles F. Bacon, Boston, Mass.

John F. Harris, 11 Wall Street, New York, N. Y.

Frederick C. Hicks, Port Washington, L. I..

Harold L. Judd, New Britain, Conn.

Florence Gates Judd, New Britain, Conn.

Dave H. Morris, 68 Broad Street, New York City.

A. Hennen Morris, 68 Broad Street, New York City.

S. F. Pryor, Cunard Building, New York City.

Mr. George W. Hill, 111 Fifth Avenue, New York City.

Bamberger Bros., 66 Broadway, New York City.

Mrs. A. H. Brueggeman, 1801 Sixteenth Street, Washington, D. C.

Mrs. Fletcher D. Proctor, Proctor, Rutland County, Vt..

Hall, Park McCullough, North Bennington, Vt.

Percival S. Hill, 111 Fifth Avenue, New York City..
Arthur Stern, 22 Fourth Avenue, New York City
E. M. Statler, Hotel Statler, Buffalo, N. Y...

A. L. Sylvester, 111 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
Herbert J. Brown, Portland, Me

Mrs. J. G. McCullough, North Bennington, Vt..

H. H. Rogers, Southampton, N. Y..

David A. Schulte, 384 Broadway, New York City..

J. R. Williston & Co., 5 Nassau Street, New York City.

H. C. Haskins, "The HomeStead," Hot Springs, Va..

Mrs. Charles A. Coffin, 640 Park Avenue, New York City.
Mrs. H. P. Davison, Locust Valley, N. Y.

Elmer A. Darling, East Burke, Vt..

Mrs. Wortham James, 993 Park Avenue, New York City.
John Sanford, Amsterdam, N. Y

A. J. Drexel Biddle, jr., 511 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
Mrs. Mary Duck Biddle, 511 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
William C. Breed, 32 Liberty Street, New York City..
Paul D. Cravath, 52 William Street, New York City.

Joseph B. Terbell, 30 Church Street, New York City.
W. S. Nichols, Chicago Heights, Ill...
Randolph Ortman, Greenwood, Va..

1, 000. 00

1, 000. 00 1, 000. 00

1, 000. 00

1, 000. 00 1, 000. 00 1, 000. 00 1,000. 00

1, 000. 00

1, 375. 00

1, 000. 00

1, 000. 00 1,000. Do 1, 000. 00 1,250.00 1,250.00 1, 250. 00 2,500. 00

$1,000 to $5,000-Continued.

James N. Rosenburg, 74 Broadway, New York City.
Walter E. Frew, 13 William Street, New York City.
Arthur M. Wisig, 22 Fourth Avenue, New York City.
H. B. Thayer, 195 Broadway, New York City.
Clarence H. Mackay, 253 Broadway, New York City.
Davis L. Luke, 200 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
Thomas Luke, 200 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
Harold L. Pratt, 26 Broadway, New York City.
Frederic B. Pratt, 26 Broadway, New York City.

Miss Ruth V. Twombly, 684 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
George Bonbright, Powers Building, Rochester, N. Y..

Hirem W. Sibley, 100 Hirem Sibley Building, New York City...
Seward Prosser, 16 Wall Street, New York City..

Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, 451 Madison Avenue, New York City
Philip J. Goodhart, 74 Broadway, New York City.

William Zeigler, jr., 100 East Forty-second Street, New York City.
Miss Lizzie P. Bliss, 29 East Thirty-seventh Street, New York
City..

Mrs. Annie Norton Battelle, 662 East Town Street, Columbus,
Ohio..

Mrs. Marshall Field, 690 Park Avenue, New York City..
Nathan L. Miller, 61 Broadway, New York City..
Ruchmore, Bisbee & Stern, 61 Broadway, New York City
Frank Presbrey, 247 Park Avenue, New York City..
Frederick A. Juilliard, 70 Worth Street, New York City.
George Welwood Murry, 37 Wall Street, New York City.
John T. Pratt, 52 Broadway, New York City.

Dr. William H. Nichols, 61 Broadway, New York City.
Orlando F. Weber, 61 Broadway, New York City.
George G. Raymond, Hoboken, N. J...

George McNeir, 598 Madison Avenue, New York City.
William L. Benedict, 15 Wall Street, New York City.
Charles S. Sargent, jr., 15 Wall Street, New York City.
H. C. Fleitman, 356 Fourth Avenue, New York City.
J. D. Timolot, Red Bank, N. J..

F. L. Dommerich & Co., 254 Fourth Avenue, New York City..
Adam Luke, 200 Fifth Avenue, New York City.

$1, 000, 00 1, 000. 00 1,000. 00

1, 000. 00 1,500. 00 1, 000. 00 1, 000. 00 1,250.00

1,250.00

1, 000. 00

1, 000. 00 1, 000. 00 1, 000. 00 1, 000, 00 1,000. 00

1, 000. 00

3, 000. 00

1, 000. 00

2, 000. 00

1, 000. 00

3, 000, 00

1, 000. 00 1, 000. 00 2,500. 00 2,500.00

1, 000. 00 1, 000. 00

1, 000, 00

1, 000. 00

1, 000, 00

1, 000. 00

Charles A. Moore, jr., 100 East Forty-second Street, New York
City

1, 000. 00

1, 000. 00 1,000. 00

Thomas G. Cranwell, 100 East Forty-second Street, New York
City

Elisha P. Cronkhite, 115 Worth Street, New York City.
T. B. Yuille, 44 West Eighteenth Street, New York City.
Middleton S. Burrill, 681 Fifth Avenue, New York City
E. H. Van Ingen & Co., 160 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
Ludwig Vogelstein, 61 Broadway, New York City-
J. Peterson, 1107 Broadway, New York City.
Harry Payne Bingham, 270 Park Avenue, New York City.
Walter Jennings, 247 Park Avenue, New York City..

J. Henry Roraback, care of Allen House, Hartford, Conn
Grosevner H. Bachus, Dublin, N. H.

W. P. Draper, Broadway and Cedar Street, New York.
F. P. Knowles, Auburn, Mass _ _

E. Kent Swift, Whitensville, Mass.

B. H. Bristow Draper, Hopedale, Mass

A. Merritt Taylor, Commercial Trust Building, Philadelphia, Pa.

W. L. Turner, Fourth and Lehigh Avenues, Philadelphia, Pa..

1, 000, 00 1, 000. 00 1, 000. 00 1, 000. 00 1,000. 00 1, 000, 00 1, 000. 00 1, 000. 00 1,000. 00 2, 000. 00 1, 000. 00 1, 000, 00 1,000. 00

1, 000. 00

Abraham Vedder Brower, 306 Genesse Street, Utica, N. Y.
Mavia W. W. Proctor, 312 Geneva Street, Utica, N. Y.

R. W. Kelley, 16 East Forty-third Street, New York, N. Y.

1, 000. 00

John F. Talmage, Bernardsville, N. J.

1, 000. 00

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