Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-08-31
Cox Brands Hays Denis
Of Subscriptions Above
$1,000 Per Head FaIse
Republican Chairman Caught IN Own Trap =
Claim Of Democratic Candidate; CIai
Preface 70 G. O. r. Campaign Fund H.
Called for $4,000 Don ations

Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 81 .--so~-
ernor Cox. democratic presidential
candidate. In q statement today de-
clared as absolutely untrue and
false" statements attributed to Will
IA. Hays, chairman OF the republi-
can national committee. before the
senate subcommittee investigating
campaign expenditures, that it was
not the policy OF the republican
committee to obtain contributions
In excess OF one thousand dollars.
Governor Cox referred again to
what purported to be an orr1eiui
document issued by the republican
committee to prove his assertion.
The document referred to BY III,
governor is alleged to have been
issued two days after Senator Hard
ing's nomination at Chicago by
Treasurer Upham.
Quotes g. O. r. Bulletin.
The document, Governor Cox
said, showed by its preface that
subscriptions were to be sought in
excess of $1,000. that the quota
should be sold" and that mini
mum of three hundred Thousand
dollars was to be sought in cities
the size Of st. Louis, Cleveland and
Detroit.
Contrasting this official docu-
'ment from the republican national
headquarters, Governor Cox said,
with the statement Mr.. Hays yes
terday made under oath, I cannot
believe single word he says on the
subject. That he has been caught
in his own trap is evident"
Mr.. Cox's statement in part fol-
lows:
Hays BADLY Mixed
II have read VIII Hays testi-
mony before the senatorial com
mittee. For months he has said
to the public that the campaign
funds were to be raised through
individual subscriptions not ex-
ceeding one thousand dollars. In
the fact Of accommodating evidence.
he admits that in number OF in
stances, subscriptions were made
running as high as nine thousand
dollars, but in the same breath he
says that it was not the fixed poll
ICY OF the national cpmmittee to
secure the money in allotments
exceeding sone thousand dollars.
This is absolutely untrue and
again / call into evidence a docu-
nent from the republican nation
al committee.
1.-TWO days after Senator Hard
ing was nominated, = commpnica-
ton was sent to the men whom
Treasurer Upham himself char
acterized as the money diggers.'
The document is headed Campaign
plan larger cities The very first
advice Is this:
$4,000 Minimum Set
"'Secure as chairman for the
campaign man widely known and
OF commanding influence. Have
him appoint a strong, representa-
tive executive committee of at
least twelve men. 1t may require
two or three days to secure such
a committee, but 1t must be hand
picked. The time has arriv-
ed when some prospects should
be asked for subscriptions rang
ing from $4,000 and upwards. In
any case 1t is absolutely necessary,
first of all to sell to this commit
tee the quota and the campaign
plans
''The very preface Of the doc
ument shows two things. First
that subscriptions were to be
sought from five thousand dollar:
upwards and that the quota
should be sold.
In a city the size of ST. Louis
Cleveland or Detroit. giltedge list
of at least three Thousand names
should De secured. This list should
contain only the names of pros
poets able TO contribute from 500
up This would make at the low.