Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-09-02

was similarly endorsed. but he
added that it was spending money
to help elect Harding and he
thought that fact was pertinent to
the inquiry.
There was a deal of discussion
about the Southern Protective Tar
iff association. The letter submit
ted from this organization asked
that 100000 be collected in Texas
alone and notations indicated that
four democrats and eight repub-
licans already had given 81 900
each to the association. Mr.
Marsh said any one contributing to
a protective tariff association
should be classed as a republican
and used the term "camouflagel
democrats in this connection.
- Republicans Very "Hopeful."
Senator Kenyon wanted to know
If Mr. Marsh thought the republic
cans had any reason to spend
money in southern states and tho
latter reported that he had heard
that the republicans expected 10
carry North Carolina and ION very
hopeful days" extended this hope
to Texas.
Senator Kenyon asked If the
League to Enforce Peace was not
spending considerable money in
advocacy of the league of nations
and whether the witness thought
the democratic national committee
ought to do that work instead.
IF you mean the organization
of which William Fl. Taft is the
head | see no reason why we
should undertake work that Mr..
Taft is doing so we'll for u.s." re-
piled the democratic official.
The chairman suggested that
large expenditures would not in
themselves indicate corruption if
the work itself was legitimate and
when Mr.. Marsh reiterated his
opinion that what seemed reason
able to republican was enormous
in the sight of democrat, the
Iowa senator said:
Democrats Have an Advantage.
We'll the democrats have an ad-
vantage at the start In that they
do not have to campaign in a
dozen southern states"
You have the same advantage
In sofle other states" rejoined Mr..
Marsfs. 'anL no one knows one OF
them better than you do
Senator Spencer, republican of
Missouri, reverted TO the Barnes
book list and after persistent ques-
tioning obtained from Mr.. Marsh
the information that he had seen
no list of subscriptions to the
Barnes propaganda plan which
was not headed "Republicanism of
1920-Published by the Albany
Evening Journal.
But / do not believe" explained
Mr.. Marsh, that the Albany Jour
nal head on those lists means any
more than If | used one of my let |
ter heads as owner of the Water
loo Gowa) Times Tribune to appeal
to citizens of that city to build a
Reforms Are Suggested.
AS possible electoral reforms Mr..
Marsh advocated legislation class
ing as political parties all organi- |
cations engaged in collecting funds
for political propaganda and COM
pcliiHS tueIl 10 ilidh6 puDllc Reports
of their finances. He also said that
he favored strongly a law which
would prohibit individuals sending
money for political purposes into
states of which they were not res
idents, citing as an example of this
practice $4,000 which, he said,
Coleman Du Pont sent to Indiana
in 1916.
Books submitted by Mr.. Marsh |
included a complete list of con-
to the democratic treas
ury containing thousands of names.
The witness and Mr.. White told the |
committee that no limit had been
fixed on the size of individual sub |
but that every check |
was scrutinized closely as to its size
and source. From the list Sem
ators Spencer and Edge learned I
that the largest single subscr ption
was for $4,000 from f. A. Rowe, a |
banker of Boston, Tex. Mr.. Marsh
explained that this amount had
been made up by several individ-
uals with the understanding that it
was to be repaid from funds col
ected from general subscriptions in
the state when machinery of the
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