The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-02
halt PROBE
FOR 4DAYS;
MOORE next
Will Put Cox's Personal
Representative on Stand
Tuesday, September Z.

Chicago, Sept. 2.-The senate
committee investigating campaign
expenditures adjourned shortly at
ter noon without having heard Ed
mund Moore, Of Ohio, Governor
Cox's personal representative.
Chairman Kenyon announced that
the committee would meet in Chi
ago next Tuesday, Sept. 7, to hear
Moore and other witnesses.
Senator Kenyon said the decis-
Mon to recess until Tuesday was
feached to permit several members
Of the committee to keep engage
ments elsewhere Saturday and on
Labor day.
Mr.. Moore. who was present
throughout the session. was re-
quested to come back Tuesday with
-the evidence Of an alleged Repub-
lican plan to raise $15.000.O0O.
Change ~By" to @Buy.-
Mr.. Moore told newspaper men
that he was prepared to prove that
the Republican leaders announced
publicly last January that they ex-
pected To raise $15,000,000 cam
paign fund.
They have changed Lincoln's
aphorism from a government by the
A people to government buy the
3eople.'" Mr.. Moore said. :.
" Niles ]. Poindexter OF Washing
'icn, recent candidate for the Re-
publican presidential nomination
md chairman of the Republican
senatorial committee, told the COM
mittee today that the $4,000 which
hs committee sent E. o. Weller,
Republican candidate for the SEN
<ate from Maryland, was not an ex-
ample of the general practice of
the committee.
No Fixed Rule for Aid.
There is no fixed rule or system
BY which candidates are helped"
explained Senator Poindexter. I'VE
supply funds for campaign activi-
ties upon which we have agreed
with the candidate or his campaign
Organization.'
Senator Kenyon brought out that
the senatorial committee had an
arrangement by which the formers
maximum campaign fund of $780,
wv was guaranteed by the national
committee. In return all moneys
collected by the senatorial commit
zee are turned back to the national
treasury of the party, he said.
senator Pomerene had the wit
ness state that the 100000 If di-
vlded equally among the 80 states
IN which senatorial elections are to
\ oe held this fall would average
se,2SO to the state and he then cal
Yea attention to the federal statute
smlting campaign expenses of a
senatorial candidate to $4,000 ex-
eept in states where a lower limit
aad been set by statute.
"Fairly Reasonable"
Now in view of the $4,000 ex-
pended in Michigan for a nomina-
uon, did your committee think that
y e-vV,O0O was a reasonable sum for
I'll the senatorial elections?" asked
NE Ohio senator.
~ was fairly reasonable SO far
= tne purposes of our committee
we're concerned" responded Sena-
'or Poindexter.
@
senators Reed and Poindexter
ssreed that there had been some
moral Improvement in politics in
.ae last eight years, the former as
Hning for the reason that "the
warts have been in action in some
cases."
Call $1,000, 600 @An Abuse"
:. would you regard the existence
" campaign fund Of $4,000. 900
= = menace?" asked Senator Reed.
~ would" said the witness, and
sooed that "a fund of $5,000,0oO
would be an abuse"
HOW about a fund of $4,S00,-
Stnator Reed.
mat is too large in my personal
pnon. replied Senator Poindex-
senator Kenyon referred to the
,s.ocratic expense Of $2,SOO. 900 In
.sle and the probable doubling Of
costs since.
senators Reed and Pomerene
ssestioned Senator Poindexter a,
MSsth as to Republican campaign
ssns and developed that there
1e approximately 20 states
3 which the party expected to
e a fight for the senatorial
euons. Senator Poindextel
uaia not agree that some states
Sulo receive as much a. $4,000.
- lou Buy People" Asks Reed
There has been a good deal Of
e7ns here At the idea Of its
as possible to buy the Ameri.
~ ~ electorate" said Senator Reed
= you believe that money can be
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