Show UI UIS U S 8 CAMPAIGN SYSTEM NEEDS CLEANING SAYS SENATOR BORAH Business Men Seeking Legislation Provide Funds He Declares TillS THIS IS DANGEROUS Period of Unparalleled Corruption Has Been Reached Claim WASHINGTON W Jan T-ny T 7 ByThe The Associated The Press Press The Amer Amer- American Amerlean American ican lean political campaign system Is due for a thorough cleaning In Inthe inthe the opinion of ot Senator Borah Re- Re Republican Republican Re Republican publican Idaho Ho He mado made known his views In Inan inan Inan an address last night before the citizens committee of ot one thou thou- thousand thousand thousand sand for tor law observance and en- en enforcement en enforcement in which ho he uttered a sweeping denunciation of what II he said was the present practice of having campaigns financed by those Interested In 1 l and government policies and called Car CarB fara B a show-down show on the question b by bythe byth the political parties In 1928 1 2 S BENEFIT DE EnT OF FEW FE Declaring the lh existing system In- In Inevitably Inevitably In Inevitably must bend the govern govern- ment mont ment to the th benefit of the few and to the th Injury nd nd nd disparage disparage- disparagement ment mont of the many the Id Idaho ho senator said it would be infinitely better for tor the people ot of o this coun coun- country coun- coun country country try to have haye political parties treated as quasi governmental institutions Institution to the extent at least of ot the goV- goV goVernment gov taking care ore of the actual legitimate cost of ot a campaign rather than to encounter the th evils of private financing He said ho he did not regard the business In- In Interests Interests In Interests as ns more to blame than thaC t the e political parties and asserted that the period of unparalleled corruption through which the country is now passing passin is the legitimate fruit of the practice ct at atthe the last 30 SO years the years the ears the inevitable harvest of ot our own deliberate and persistent planting 7 O 0 NAMES ni MENTIONED Although he mentioned 1 no names Senator Borah florah asserted a gentleman In Chicago Interested In certain lines of business con con- contributes contributes con contributes tributes heavily to a friends friend's campaign who Is In a public po position position i- i tion to serve his interests This he added is funda funda- fundamentally fundamentally mentally the basis of ot all all- these large campaign 7 contributions It was and is no different bad as asit asIt It is and Indefensible as It Is from accepting contributions contribution of those vitally concerned with tariff duties the th deduction of Income taxes the enforcement of ot laws and like matters as we wo are constantly doing in every cam cam- campaign campaign campaign OF Contemplating the future with Its stupendous business organizations Ions and the natural dominance 0 01 wealth Mr Borah said It seemed utterly ruinous to con con- consider consider sider alder that our political s sare are to continue to be the th recipients recipients recipients of ot the tha gifts and donations of great business Interests He Ha demanded 1 to know now what the political parties planned to present to the th people on the question next year ear declaring he h favored the testing of ot the judgment of the American people on this the fIrst t principle of ot democracy |