Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-31
6, 0,P. COLLECTED
. $1,0l7,255 UP TO
AUG. 26I is CLAIM
1859 Contributors Average
$82.11, Declares Repub-
Iican Treasurer.
PLANNED TO EXPEND
i s3,07s,037, UPHAM SAYS
National Committee Sends Help to
Eleven States Failing to
Pay Expenses.
ey the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 31.-The repub-
dican national committee received
N.o17255.3e in contributions for both
national and state campaigns be-
fween June II and August 26. Fred
Nv. Upham, republican national treas
aIrer, told the Senate committee in
~estigating campaign expenditures
to-day.
OF this sum, he said. $685.,
was for the national campaign and
$3S9,241.7S for state purposes.
With his report Mr.. Upham pre-
scented to the committee the names
of 12,5S9 contributors who had do
mated to the fund and fixed their
average contribution at $S2.11:
Mr.. Upham also presented budget
showing the committee had planUed
to spend $3,079.037.2o.
A sheet read into the record by
Mr.. Upham showed, he said. the
amount collected in each state for
state and national campaigns, with
the state totals.
CThe figures appear elsewhere IN to-
days Starr
failed to raise enough money to care
for their expenses. and the difference
has been forwarded to them by the
national committee. In Two other
etates-Nevada and New Hampshlre-
all money raised in the state has
been spent for the state campaign.
Neyada raised $s00.S6 and New Hamp-
shire $1.6S6.S2.
borrowed to Meet Bills.
The republican national committee.
che treasurer said, has borrowed
money to meet current bills, as con-
fributions were coming in very slow
ly. He offered figures showing about
. quarter of a million dollars OF the
amount already contributed IS stlli
outstanding in unpaid pledges. HIS
statement of cash. receipts and dis
bursements listed $46o.000 as Dor
rowed.
The national committee has loaned
100000, to the congressional cam
pairn committee and $4,000 to the
senatorial campaign committee: ne
said. The state committee OF Maine
has borrowed $25. 900: Indiana, $1,000;
North Carolina. $1,000. and Maryland.
$4,000. The national committee mas
$I55,125.31 on hand.
Both Treasurers Called.
Treasures of the republican and
democratic national committees today
followed. up the committee chairmen In
answering the queries of the Senate
committee about campaign contribu-
tions and expenditures.
. Chairman George S. White Of the
democratic national committee was on
hand to supplement the Information
Iner Chairman Homer S. Cummings
Democratic campaign contributions to
date total only $4,000, Mr.. White said
he would tell the committee.
Actually the democratic committee
is SO poor / almost hate to confess"
~
spent practically all the $4,000 sub
scribed 1 have stepped into my place
so recently that / have no final CAM
paign cost estimate to present
wilbur W. Marsh, democratic ma
tional treasurer. and Mr.. Upham, re-
publican national treasurer, were to-
days chief witnesses before the COM
mftfee. Charges by leaders of each
party that the other was raising a
huge campaign fund led the commit
tee to summon the treasurers for ex-
animation Of the exact records.
Representative Fred w. Britten of
Illinois also will be called, the COM
mittee announced. to explain his pub
lished charges that an ENTERTAINMENT
fund of $S7.500 had been used by the
British embassy at Washington in the
interest of the democratic presidential
campaign.
Early in his examination Mr.. Up
ham denied that there had been any
cases of subterfuge in connection
with the limitation of individual cam
paisn contributions to $1,000. He told
Senator Kenyon, who brought up the
topic, that there were eight gifts of
more than 81 900, but that none of
these exceeded $4,000.
IT know of several cases in which
husband and wife have each given
81 600. but there is no subterfuge in
IL
"Since the women have been given the
ballot they have evinced great inter-
est in the campaign.
Unpeld Pledges.
Mr.. Upham said theEunpaid pledges
on hand last Thursday totalled $751;
se533, and he told Senator Reed that
about 100000 of this would be avail
able for national committee use, the
balance being allocated to various
states in which the money was raised
The Missouri senator then had the
witness state that the committee in
herited 1896. 6.621.27 and debts of ap-
proximately 100000 when it took
charge of party affairs on June IA
Since then it had borrowed $360.00O
from banks. and Mr.. Upham made the
total receipts Of the cemmittee for its
own purposes $1,374.634.81.
Was there any element of under
writing in those loans?" asked Sena-
tor Kenyon.
mot a penny" replied Mr.. Upham
The BeaIs prize of $4,000 for the
best platform written by a new voter
came up, Mr.. Cpham stating that the
money had been received by him and
paid out according to the decision OF
the judges.
Senator Reed Raises Laugh.
Senator Reed raised laugh by in.
curing whether the committee gave
that amount for the platform adopted
by the Chicago convention, and ask.
ing whether this would not constitute
"a clear demonstration that money
contributed to political committees i:
wasted"
Mr.. Upham rejoined that as treas.
urer he had merely received and ac.
counted for the money and did no
award the prize.
100000 Added to "Chest."
Seven hundred thousand dollar.
was added to the republican campaign
schest figures presented by Chairman
Hays yesterday when Mr.. Upham re
vealed that the republican ,senatoria
and congressional campaign commit
tees are to raise independent funds.
He testified that the national com
mittee had agreed to loan~the sena
torial committee up to 100000 ant
the congressional committee $500, 200
to be returned when they collect theil
own funds.
Mr.. Upham explained that onl,