Show INSULL DEFiES FUND BY DECLINING TO GIVE NAMES NA ES Now Faces Contempt Proceedings Before U S Senate BEADS READS STATE STATEMENT Attitude Before Commit Commit- Committee Committee t tee e Based On Ad Advice vice of Lawyer WASHINGTON Feb By 26 26 ByThe The Associated Pre Presa-On Presa Preas s-On s On advice of counsel Samuel Insull Insult multi multi- multimillionaire multimillionaire millionaire lre utilities operator In Chicago again defied the senate campaign funds committee today by refusing to answer questions about the financing financing- of ot the IllinoIs campaign of 1326 1926 Insull again refused to give the names of the four tour men to whom h gave gaya gale during the Re Ito Republican public publican n primary lie He will be cited to the senate for tor contempt proceedings The Illinois magnate was one of the supporters of Frank L L Smith for the tho Republican senatorIal nomination and the com committee mil tee sought to question him further In Its consideration of ot the validity of Smiths Smith's credentials as a senator FLATLY FI He refused flatly to tell whether whether er he borrowed from hL his Com Corn Commonwealth Edison company any part of the which he con con- contributed contributed con contributed for the tho Cook county po- po po political organization In the Illinois primary last spring The refusal was made mado on the advice of ot his counsel Gilbert E Porter Earlier in the week the witness had ad failed to give testimony the committee asked for and a recess was taken until today to permit hIm to secure further evIdence front from Chicago On takIng the stand ho he read this statement I have heretofore testified that I made contributions totaling the primary election held In Illinois on April 13 II 1926 0 Of this sum 9 was contributed for the purpose of influencing influencing- nominations of persons for tor United States States- sea sen- senator sen senator ator The remainder was wa contributed to Influence the nom nem- nom nom- nominations nominations of various persons for va- va various Various va various rious local county offices and I firmly believe that It was used ex- ex exclusively ex exclusively for such Buch purpose MONET MOXEY Said Sald sum of was as con con- contrIbuted contributeS contributed tributeS during the period of a few months preceding the primary and andall all of ot it was borrowed by me from the Commonwealth l com com- comi eom- eom company i pany pending reimbursement of ot the company from my own funds as soon as I 1 could conveniently are at- ar arrange range e for it it I was absent from the state of Illinois on n a trip to Europe from fromI I about March 17 11 until May 12 1926 On June Juno 30 1926 I gave the Commonwealth Edison com corn company company pany my personal check for tor to repay said amount of ot which I had so BO borrowed together with other Item Items of In- In Indebtedness indebtedness In Indebtedness owing to me mo In the company This check was on the Illinois Merchant Trust company of Chicago All of the contributed to Influence the nominations for local offices In Cook county was furnished by me partly from my myown myown myown own funds and partly from money whIch I 1 borrowed at the time and have ave since repaid Senator Reed need expressed sorrow that the witness had declined to answer questions and Insull insult said he too was sorry he could go no further Then they shook hands and the session 00 ended I |