Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-09-02
PARTY OFFICIALS
TESTIFY REGARDING
C0X'S ALLEGATIONS
WHITE ASD MARSH TESTIFY M
FORE SENATE lNNESTIIAT.
lNG COMMITTEE
BELIEVE CHARGES TRUE
National Treasurer submits Photo.
graphic Copies Of Subscription
Lists. Which Are Held
10 Bc Illegal


u, Assceintsd Press.
CHICAGO, sept. I.-OfIicials of the =
Dem, ctataiC national committee trSii- /
lied today before the senatorial com. ,
mlttee inyestisatin. campaign eN'
pensrs hut they brought no evidence
from Governor James VI. Cor 60 sns. 4
tain his charges Of u Republican COZ
ruptioH fund. hut they believed the
charges we're true.
George ~. White. recently elected
chairman of tle Democratic Organifa. !
ton, aud Wilbur Marsh. it, ireasurST, /
backed their candidates assertion. aud. I
In addition. Mr. Marsh produced photo. /
graphic copies 81 subscription lists 10
n Republican book published by Wi.
liam RaInes. Of the Albany. y. l..E,e
alng Journal, which he said Indicated
n violation of the federal statutes Tor
bidding political subscriptions by cor
porationS.
Mr.. Marsh told Senator kenyon.
chairman cf ,hc investigating commit.
tcc. that the original lists were either
In the hands ~ Governor Cox 90 thu
department ~ Justice"
'Good Campaign Dope"
Asked why they had not been turned
over at once to the attorney generals
office Tor possible prosecutions, he re-
plicl: We considered thcm an cN'
,cllcnt campaign document. Besides
We have had them only about two
weeks"
We'll" raid Scnataor Kenyon. "if
any Il the signcrs II these lists have
violated the law. they ought Ia tel
Jailed. NJ matter whether they ate Re
pablicans ~ Democrats"
Other Witnesses today were Parlcv
Christensen presidential nominee of
the Farmer. Labor party; Guy T. Scott,
treasurer uf the Republican congress
siunal and senatorial campaign com
tees. and ". -. Jameson. holdoNcr
financial director of the Democratic
national Organization. Mr.. Jameson
appeared nj a night session. which was
ordered IN an effort tu speed up tho
hearings
Golfers Are Empiy
MrsSrs White and Marsh agreed that
the Dcmurraiaic Golfers were practt
cally empty. but both hoped for better
conditions Suon.
They said that the party ~ Vet hal
No c.impaign committee. NJ finance
committee. and Mr.. Marsh added that
the heads uf bureaus had not Vet been
appointed They agreed also that thcr"
was nothing In the budget ui s3.o's.oon
presented Monday hy VIII Hays. chail
man uf the Republican national vni
desire To- corrupt the American clec'
tuiaic.
Nj Marsh thought the amount
named Was not exhaustive for r..
publican campaign. hut he said u would
le FAR more than necessary Tor Demo
Crainir effort t. elect n president. The
officers differed frwn the amount need.
81 tot the wears campaign hN tn
party. Nlr White madc strictly
personal estimate" of $4,000 oo. but
M. Mar.h said this was tuu high =
figure. and that IN the twu months re-
running lrfur,. ,l's ton. as good q cant.
pais:n ~ the 1916 effort could hc Cuu'
Quoted fm 81 goo. GOO.
Cast IL Previous Campaigns
Itr sail hp would he very happy
with that amount at the III pusal of the
national committee The evidence con.
nrncd prev iuus assertions that IN" 1915
c,mpalgn c,si the Democratic orgdnt
zatlun ss.3oo.ooO.
Tn. Harness book received c"usldria-
he attention through the day NJ.
Marsh explained that tu his mnd. tn
slhsrrptun lsi Indicated a plan iu v''ilcc
large campaign funds Independently 81
the regular Republican machinery. VI,
ssld there were srN"ral organizations
engaged In similar work aud al tn To-
hest uf senator KENYON hr mentioned
th. National Young Mems H"puhlicau
l,alaie the southern Protective T1t,tt
assmriaiiun. the Committee 81 ..uWti-
can ImfinesS M,n. the Am 'uc'n ~"
fcnsr Sricty. and the licl lhlican Pub
lcity association.
A. ne mentioned each orL mutation.
tn. witness submitted letter from
IT, headquarters whivh he st.d bore nut
his assertions lie protested trai Ne
dill not consider the Young Men =
league rr,nrhcnsihlr IN itS''lf. hut
thuurht ths. idea ~ such an urgnnizn
tiun gusSl one. and that the Demo.
Gratis had enc ~ their own, and hoped
To- revive a..
How League tlnanced
'nut We financed our lcagu" through
the national committee. and what"N'f
4, cnniaine,f was turned into thu com
miit,-'." h" said
The American Defense Soci"iN was
similarly ir,lurs,.d. but he added that y
was spending money To- h"lp elect
Harding. aud he thought that fact was
t~rtin.nt o. the inquiry. Their was
discussion aiuut the southern fruirv
tive Tariff -s,ciatiun. tn" letter sub.
tnitivd from this organization ash"
that so euO be- ,ull,,t,si IN Texas alone,
AMI nnintiuns indicatcd that four DIS
,,rets and eight Republicans had al
rc-,iy given $1,000 each O. the aSs,dia.
lion. Mr. Narsh said any one contrib
utiur to a Protective Tariff association
~hnulJ Ice clas.--i ~ Republican. M
us,,l the term "camuuflag,'d Dem"
mats in this connection.
Ila,e o. Carry Texas
ScnrtOr Kenyon wanted Z" KNOW u
Air Marsh Thought the l,epuhlicans
Ind amy rrasun Ia spend money ~
.onth.rn states and the latter rei'ft"
that he had heard that the Republican,
expscted o. carry North Carolina m