Show n T 4 r vl IT WON ibbe GOOD CAMPAIGN CA 4 MATERIAL deeper and deeper does the investigating vesti gating committee delve into the I 1 dirty mess of the fhe oil scandal and the deeper they dig the more it becomes apparent that democratic hopes of this mess being fine cam dign material to ifo arthe democratic party are vain and that president coolidge was right when he stated As I 1 understand men are involved or of both political parties there is edward L doheny who admits under oath that he made a loan of to mr fall while that gentleman was still secretary of the interior subsequent to the loan sir mr fall made the official negotiations with mr doheny which now mow are questioned mr doheny admitted that in making the loan the money was transferred over not by means of a check mr doheny adopted the rather novel plan of sporting the cash from one section of the country to another in a suitcase or hamper or beoni bome other informal container it is this unconventional manner of trans transacting transaction g business which distan gulshen mr air doheny and introduces the issue of the part suitcases suitcase sees es full of 0 holes boles of 0 poney money should play in the 1 management of our public affairs edward L doheny is a democrat 1 he an and d taggart art aad an d brennan fi rennan and murphy were the big four at the 1920 san ban francisco convention he was a member of the democratic co committee on platform at the con i top he was one of those pla c ed in nomination tor for vice vic president at that convention according to the reports filed with the clerk ol of the house of representatives mr doheny contributed to tho the democratic fun fund in 1916 to elect mr wilson in 1918 to elect a democratic congress and in 1920 to elect mr cox here arises an interesting discrepancy which in may ay mean iauch much or little for according to his own sworn testimony he contributed to the democratic campaign fund in 1920 and another after the election was over to help pay off the th e deficit mr doheny testified fleg under oath that mr fall was not the first see sec detary of the interior with whom mr doheny was in intimate contact he testified that franklin K lane democrat secretary of the interior under wilson was employed byllie by him while mr air lane was still in 0 dofice fice and lane quit to take the ja job bat at a year mr doheny is candor itself he testified that he and others employs employ ed mr air gregory former democratic attorney general solely because they thought gregory could through his p pull ull obtain entree for them at the white house and the state department he testified that he hired william G mcadoo to represent the doheny oil interests inte at washington during durin g the democratic administration and for this he paid mcadoo there is colonel zevely evely Z handy right hand man of mr air sinclair and lobbyist in washington T for oil interests te rests colonel zevelyn Ze testimony under oath brought out the fact that he like doheny did business with federal officials by the direct method rather than by the usual formal communications which are practiced in the everyday business world his aversion to communicating with former secretary fall through the malls mails led him to enrich the coi coffers of the pullman company by commuting between washington ond new mexico during the between the sinclair interests and mr fall according to records tiled filed with the clerk of the house of representatives mr zevely was a contributor to the democratic campaign fund of 1920 according to mr air zevelyn Ze sworn testimony he is a life lifelong long democrat of the oklahoma brand his poll poli work in that party to receive an appointment in the department fa the inter interior or under david francis democrat of mis ails soui sou colonel zevely improved his bis opportunity in that department to familiarize himself with oil lands and other valuable resources of the c country in due season he graduated from that position to representative senta tive of oil interests and testified 1 that his present salary Is a year i the sworn testimony before the committee is shot through and through with proof that the administration of oil lands under eight years of 0 the democratic regime affords a fertile field tor for investigation vesti gation the evidence piled up that throughout this period the department part ment of the interior cuddled up to the private oil interests of the country and the department of justice under A mitchell palmer was tender with them it was sworn to by the officials of the public land bureau that findings which they made adverse to private oil interests in 1913 were alost lost in the department of the interior under democratic administration for seven years which practically covers the entire wilson regimo regime these officials testified that this losing of reports adverse to private exploitation of public oil lands was a habit in the department during the seven years of its democratic administration president coolidge is we well 11 within the facts when he states men are involved of both political parties |