Arizona republican., 1920-09-11
SENATE PROBERS
 MAY DELVE INTO WET AID TO COX
Republican Members of the Committee Urge Next Meeting at Pittsburg to Investigate Reports That Liquor Interests Are }ack- ing Democrat
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 CHICAGO, Sept. 10-Investigation of the Republican campaign to raise funds in chicago tomorrow will com plete the Chicago hearing of the sen ate committees inquiry into the charges of Governor Cox that the Re- publicans were seeking to corrupt the electroate by soliciting $15,0HO,000 for campaign purposes.
 The committee plans to meet again Sept. P in some eastern city, the place to be selected by Chairman Kenyon The Democratic members want to go to New York while the Republicans favor moving to Pittsburg to look Into reports that the liquor interests are taking an active part in the Democratic nominees campaign.
 Says Probe Clears Republicans
 The widely divergent views Of the committee members as to the results of the hearing here was accented to- night when Senator Edge, Republican of New Jersey, issued formal state ment asserting the Democrats had failed to substantiate Governor CoX's g charges and Senator Reed, Democrat of Missouri. countered with the asser- tion that any expression of opinion al this time "is indecent.
 Senator Reed today asked that Charles Piez, former president of the Emergency Fleet corporation and now chairman of the Republican ways and means committee in Chicago, be sub poenaed tomorrow to tell of the fund drive in this city. The Missouri sena- tor also asked that William Wrigley, Jr., and Frederick Courtenay Barber. the latter of whom is the $600 a week director of the Chicago drive. be sum- moned
 Today's testimony showed that the practice of the Republican state work CTS of boosting quotas assigned them by the national committee was gen eral in many states. A quota, Charles Mavity, former director of the West Virginia campaign, explained, sis a target at which we shoot but we don't expect to hit it." Mavity and other witnesses told how they in- creased and sometimes doubled the figures assigned them to raise. They testified that Governors Cox's figures of quotas in many cities were correct, but that these figures were those they personally had set. and not those sup piled by Fred W. Upham. national treasurer.
 Uphan1 Shoulders Blame
 Mir. Upham. recalled to the stand, said he took full responsibility for the plan outlined in Form 101" and set aside Chairman Hays limit of S1,000 on contributions and substituted a limit of $10000 The national ways and means committee, however, vetoed the proposal, he said.
 Mir Upham defended the work ot Henry NJ. Blair and other former Y. M 1 c. A. secretaries, who are his assist ants.
 You assume responsibility for the ], psalm singers ?" Senator Pomerene asked.
 T do, and I am proud of the work my ex-Y. M. c. A. campaigners ars doing said MT. Upham. T believe that on the showing here Of results. could, as a business man. get the joI 1 of raising the Democratic campaign fund. and when they reorganige theil finances I think they will adopt oul system
 He pointed out that hitherto the eas has always paid the bills of both par ties. But up to date two-thirds O our funds have come from what Nev
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