Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-09
FORMER MANAGER
Of COX CAMPAIGN
CALLED To STAND

CHICAGO, Sept. 1.-THE senatorial
committee Investigating campaign ex-
penditures lis not seeking the best
evidence" to prove Governor Cox's
charges against the Republican
party. Edmund II. Moore, of Youngs-
town, the governors personal repre-
sentative. told the committee on the
stand today.
Moore told Senator Kenyon there
were men better able to tell of the
Republican plans than either he or
Governor Cox and asked why Colonal
William Boyce Thompson, OF New
York, chairman of the Republican
ways and means committee, and the
sixty men of the paid organization"
were not called.
Governor Cox sent him to Chi
cago, Mr.. Moore said, to give the
committee the list from whom the
senator's could get the information
to support the governors charges.
He mentioned Harry M. Blair, first
assistant to Fred w. Upham, Repub--
lican national treasure, and several
other employees of Upham's office.
Have you all the leads Governor
Cox has?' senator Kenyon asked.
az couldn't say as to that"
HE did not ask you to give us
just part of his information?
Certainly not. But the Republi-
can bulletins and the Republican pa
pers furnish all the leads neces-
Sary."
Governor Cox has no evidence
outside what you have brought to
us?" Senator Kenyon continued.
IT think not"
Signs of friction continued when
Chairman Kenyon questioned Mr.
newspaper correspondents last
Thursday when he appeared to testi-
fly but was not called.
The chairman asked Mr.. Moore II
he had said that the committee was
afraid to call him to the stand, and
if he had said the committee was not
seeking the evidence to prove GOV
ernor Cox's charges.
'I did notw the witness exclaimed
"You don't need to get angry" Sen
ator Kenyon said.
IT am not getting angry. What
I said was that you were not seek
ing the best evidence. And say II
Governor Cox has no evidence In
support of his charges outside OF
what Moore brought to Chicago WIN
him, the witness said: AS ne SPOKE
he unfolded a. massive prleT case
and took out stack OF papers Ihla
apparently numbered several nun
dred sheets.
wants toNft can get the men here
who will prove the fals1ty or truth
of Governor Cox's charges In forty
EIGHT hoursr" asked Senator kenyon
well. if I did not say It Id tnen'
workers Were Paid
The witness reiterated the charst
that specific quotas were asseSses
against local communities ana Ihe'
said: izo+ions
"But these .sd Local org TRe rea
headed % by Harry NJ. Blair, assist
ant to Mr. Upham.'
He said Blair had under MIN Ger
tain divisional directors In chaTgt
two of them were c. w. Lee anc
"These are the professional money
raisers," said Mr.. Moore.
I'm iowa the paid director, IS Try
ing Norwood, of Davenport sal(
M THAT is ont the man." i 1,aa &c as
was an interested listener.
"Well, Mr.. Upham can give yoi
the name of the Iowa director, sale
Mr. Moore. He then named y3h n Bel ne !,
and Charles K. Mavity, West Vir
GINA, as other paid directors.
ITO the public these paid directors
are camouf1aged as executive secre
taries of the ways and means com
mittees,P" said the witness.
An answering Senator Kenyon:
directuuestion Of names of men who
knew about the Ohio fund, Mr.. Moore
went into a long explanation OF his
understanding of the Republican cam
paign fund organization. He said i
was headed by Colonel Thompson ant
had as state chairmen men whom
the Republican bulletin described a.
"of commanding influence"
A battalion of moppers-up" l:
also a part of the Republican finance
organization according to Mr.. Moore
He said these men went In aftel
the organization headed by Colone
Thompson had collected from "th'
Mr.. Moore said that one Of these
"moppers-up" was A. A. Protzman
of the HOLLAND hotel, Cleveland, an(
Youngstown. had left town after h
had heard that request had beer
filed for a subpoena calling him be
fore the committee.
Mr.. Moore said that Chester c
Hamlin, of Colorado, had raised $103,
900 in that state.
Moore said he had heard that more
than 100000 was raised in Ohio. ant
declared $4,000 was raised in hi:
| home town Of Youngstown. He men
toned the names of several men, de
claring these gentlemen can tell you
all about it."
tinued that Cincinnati was to raise
S26O.O and Cleveland 100000. 9th
quotas of $4,000 to 100000.