The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-09-10
Senate Committee
In Strong Session

Republican ways and means commit
tees for their states, and by A. b.
Paxton of Wheeling, who holds a
similar position for Ohio county, W.
Va. From Messrs. Dickey and Nc
Nider the committee learned of the
plans to raise money in those states.
Missouri's share of the national Re-
publican fund being given as $780,
900 and Iowa's as $4,000. Mr.. Nc
Nider said that on his own initiative
he set the Iowa goal at 100000, be-
lieving that the figure asked by the
national ticket needs in his state.
He said that $4,000 had been rails
ed. Mr.. Moore told the committee
he thought this testimony tended to
support the Democratic charges that
the s3,oOO,OOO budget Of the Repuo-
lican national committee was only a
small part of the total that the party
proposed to raise.
Mr.. Paxton's testimony was to the
effect that he had raised S4,285 from
Al contributors and that James ~.
Saunders had raised $500 more in
! the county. When he said that was
all he had to offer, Senator Kenyon
indicated that he had been subpoen-
aed at the request Of Democratic
members of the committee and
thought requiring journey Of 500
miles for such testimony was frank
injustice"
Wholesale and Retail.
"Well, I don't think so at all"
interposed Senator Reed.
eff we can not get the truth here
by wholesale we will get it by retail
"Well, you certainly are not going
to bring in every county chairman IN
the country" replied Senator Ken
yon.
Mr.. McNider's testimony also
brought small sensation when Sen
ator Reed asked him:
"Did Fred W. Upham, treasurer OF
the Republican national committee
say to you in substance just before
you took the stand that you meyer
got from s1O1' because it was never
sent out?''
The witness said Mr.. Upham ask %
him if he had received it and when
Mr.. McNider replied in the negative
the treasurer rejoined:
! 81 guess not"
Senator Kenyon brought out that
ssthree or four persons" were listen
ing to the conversation.
! The testimony of the state chair
man and Mr.. Paxton also developed
that considerable of the work OF
raising the campaign fund was do7e
by salaried estate directors" frcn
Republican headquarters. W. A
King of California, was named as il
charge in Missouri and Charles Mavl'
ty as the field agent for West Vir
ginia and later for Iowa, after Irving
C. Norwood had "quit because of
disagreement with Republican head
quarters"
Mr.. Moore was the first and also
the last witness of the day. When he
resumed the stand n the Afternoon
he said:
"Much of my information will he
useless and the whole investigatic-
will be also if the committee think:
that Governor Cox's charge is a crit:
cism of method and plan of the Re
publican drive for funds. think the
plan of spreading the contribution:
over the country is excellent but il
there is being raised fund of SIS,
100000 or s12,ooo,ooo more thar
the Republican national committe:
itself thinks is sufficient, you vii
agree with me that it would be bae
thing for America, no matter how /
! is raised.'
eve all agree on that" said Sena
tor Kenyon.
The witness and chairman the1
agreed that the published list an
nounced by Governor Cox in nj
Pittsburgh speech was a correct du
plicate of the quota sheet from which
i would not be necessary to put thu
governors copy in evidence.
Quota for Pittsburgh.
Taking up the list, Mr.. Moore salt
Pittsburgh's quota was given a!
100000.
"H. C. McEldowney, president Of
the Union Trust company, can give