The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-23
REPUBLICAN CHEST PRACTICALLY BARE
 OFFICIALS DECLARE
Prediction Made That Balance Sheet Will Show a Deficit of From Four to Nine
 Millions
Fly LOUIS sEIBoLD

Chicago, October 22.-(Spe- cial. .)-Inquiry of some of the important republican leaders of tn national campaign reveals the fact that the organ ization which is trying to elect MT. Harding to the presidency is on the verge of poverty. In- stead of it's war chests flowing over with big wads of green backs and gold, it is pretty nearly empty, and contains only little loose change-that is if the statements made by some of the responsible of ficials of the organization are correct.
 These statements are accompanied by the prediction that when National Treasurer Upham files his balance of eek with the Senate committee, di- rected to investigate the campaign funds raised by political parties. 1t will show a deficit of from 5000 ,9oe to S9oa0,0G when all the bills have been paid. This surprising condition oi affairs is attributed to many causes, the most important, three of which are
 THE CHIEF CAUSES
 [. The average citizen has been
 made to believe by Governor Cox.
 Ia d ns4v-nt ta.. asau
 date, that contributions to the re-
 publican campaign fHnd have real
 ly reached tremendous sum, even
 npproximatinG sI6,00O.O00. He spe-
 officially named in his charge that
 the republican party is trying to
 ''buy the prcsidency.'
 .. The limit of $i.0o0 for each
 contribution has prevented men
 able to give much more from
 rsinG out their wishes and discour-
 aged the less wcil-to-do from giv-
 ing that amount.
 '. The impression generally pre-
 yailing throughout the country
 that the republican organization
 possesses unlimited financial re-
 sources, has encouraged the Icad-
 CTS of state and congressional
 contests to increase their first es-
 inmates and to demand from 25 to
 100 per cent more money thaB was
  the national committee. It is predicted hv .scme Of the re- publican leaders with whom [ have talked that the balance sheet which Treasurer Upham Will place before the Senate Investigating committee will show an increase of at least 90 par cent in tho total amounts which he and Chairman Hays said would oe needed to pay tho expenses of tho campaign for national. state, Senate and House of Representatives cand.- dates.
 This amount was fixed by them for tie national ticket at sS.079 00O for the Senate s200,0o0 for the House of Rep resentatives, s50Oo00 with an additie0- al s1,000,o00. raised under auspices of . state organizations and expendsd through the same agencies.
 MAY COST S6,5O0.000
 It now appears probable the tota! cost of the republican campaign up Q date exceed se,5oo.00o, Every state leader in the country believes that the national committee is fairly rolling in money, Consequently, elaborate ven tures have been adopted in most of the states. particularly in those in the "doubtful" column.
 Protests and warnings sent out by National Chairman Hays and Treas urer Upham are accepted in a Pick
 
 least effect in modifying the plans adopted by the state, leaders them selves. Among these leaders there ex- i5ts the absolute conviction that the national committee has raised all the money needed to finance the most lay- lsh undertakings.
 I heard in Ohio the other day that the republican state organization there esti- mated the amount of money that it will need to defeat Governor Cox at $i ,6C0.OW In support of this statement. ] was in- forped Treasurer Upham had notified tile state leaders that if they expected to get this much money they would have to raise it themselves. He Is said to have told the chairman of the Ohio ways and means committee that he expected the city of Cleveland to raise s20o,o00 in addi- tion to the amount already contributed by that town.
 Reports of similar nature come from ether states. Half a dozen lively rows have already been caused by the refusal of the national committee to come across with the amount of money de- handed by some of the state leaders. Under the threat of possible loss of the electoral vote for the Harding-coolidge ticket
 REFUSE TO BE HEIN- UP
 The republican board of strategy, which is composed of Hays. Upham. Hert. Weeka. Hillis. Daugherty, Healing. Mul- vane and Hamon. have taken the stand that they will not be held up' by the exhorbitant demands of state leaders
 They have replied to several cries for help by asserting that there is no doubt of tho success of the republican ticket in most of the states from which come most Of the excessive demands for money The atten.sGa of state leaders have also been called to .her nriginal estimates, which were adequately provided for in .he budget prepared 5Y Tpham in August. and which conplied with most of the demands. Absolute assurance has been given these leaders that tho opinion shared by them that the national committee has raised good deal more money than could legiti- mately used is not justified by the facts. Mogt of them have been advised to get busy in their respective states and pass the hat among republicans tp maks up any deficiency that may exist.
 I was informed hy one of the members of the national committee today that Cox did T good deal moro damage to us than he knows Of course his state ment that we set out to raise NS,000 0g was just a pipe dream. We could have go, along very well on one-third of that amount, with money to spare. fl he had < rot created the impression throughout the country that we were retting a great deal more thah was actually fhe case.
 BELIEVE THEM TRUE
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