The Washington times., 1920-09-12
COX FAILS TO
PROVE CHARGE
Senators End Is Million Cam
paign Fund Inquiry, Declar-
ing No Facts Presented.

CHICAGO, Sept. I2.-The Senatorial
subcommittee closed the investigation
OF Governor Cox's charges against
the Republican fund collectors and
adjourned yesterday, leaving the
proof OF the Democratic candidates
case still to be discovered.
The unofficial verdict OF the COM
mittee was that none OF the gov
ernor's subordinates had produced
evidence to prove either the plan OF
a $4,000. 900 G. o. p. campaign fund.
the sinister source" OF the money, or
the intention OF any OF the con-
tributors 'to secure an underhold In
industrial controversies"
Chairman Kenyon declared at the
close OF the session that the plan to
summon Cox personally to testify had
been abandoned
INVITED cox TO APPEAR-
1--WE invited the Democratic candi-
date to come before the committee
and submit his case" said the Iowa
Senator. "He promised to send us
material and leads. He sent Edmond
III. Moore, his former campaign man
ager. who declared he brought every
thing the governor had. Moore him
self admitted that what he had was
not evidence to prove the charges
Governor Cox had made. Because OF
this IL Is idle TO call the governor"
The closing session OF the inquiry
was given an interesting turn by the
appearance of Eunice Coyne and
Jessie Barchard, of Aberdeen, s. D.,
with testimony OF how girl Federal
employees under civil service paid $40
each into the Democratic campaign
fund after a Democratic collector sug-
gested II.
Senators Kenyon and Reed, the op-
posite poles OF the inquiry, were to-
gether in their Indignation at the
methods exposed by the girls, and
made special inquiry to connect the
collector with the internal revenue
collector for whom the girls worked.
SENT LETTERS TO GIRLS.
Miss Barchard testified, she was
employed in the office OF Internal
Revenue Collector j. Walter Nee.
whose father. Clarence II. Nee, was
the chairman of the Democratic
budget committee. She testified that
she and others of the $120 a month
girl employees had received letters
from e. NJ. Waterbury to meet him
in a room at the sherman Hotel. that
about twelve of the girls went, and
that six of them decided after Water
bury Suggested IT" to contribute $40
each to the Democratic fund She
gave two post-dated checks for 500
each. she said. one payable September
l, and the other October I.
THE letters were sent to the girls
homes" said Miss Coyne, land most
OF them were shy postage, so the
girls had to pay cent postage.
81 knew these girls couldn't afford
to pay a campaign assessment" the
girl continued. There were about
twenty-five OF them that got the let
ters to go to this hotel meeting and
so | went after the connection between
this assessment and their jobs.
81 asked William Young, Collector
Mee's chief clerk. what the room in
the hotel was and he said II was the
Democratic headquarters. Then | got
hold of Waterbury and asked him
who he was working for and he said
for Clarence II. Nee, the Democratic
chairman, who is ]. Walters father
Miss Coyne insisted that several OF
the girls who attended the confer
ence at the hotel said that Water
bury told them:
These contributions are entirely
voluntary, but your jobs depend on
the political status of the country"
Miss Barchard, loyal to her party
did not recall anything like that.