Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-01

the corruption charges of Gov. Cox to
be true, he had in mind the possibility
of the election Ringing upon a single
state, and that state upon. perhaps, a
single precinct. This discussion
brought out references to blocks of
five Dudley" in the 1888 Indiana cam
paign and to the fact that in one 'of
the Cleveland campaigns the state of
New York was lost by few hundred
votes.
Senator Kenyon reverted to the
Barnes political publication, and the
chairman and witness agreed that they
were both anxious to have the commit
tees Judgment on whether the missing
subscription lists referred to anything
except the book itself. The Iowa SEN
ator asked Mr.. Whites judgment on
what would happen if Barney Baruch
wrote book Endorsed by Thomas La
mont and other New York democrats,
and Immediately added that all the
party.
well, our receipts would not indi-
cate that" rejoined Mr.. White.
Your are broke and your cupboard
is bare, is that it?'' asked Senator KEN
yon.
"The cupboard is bare. but I hope
the people will fill it by popular sub
scription." said Mr.. White.
1916 Fund Discussed.
advertising and publicity and drew the
statement that William J. Cochran,
democratic publicity director had
planned a 100000 bill board cam
paign. but the arrangement iapsed be-
cause funds We're not available.
Senator Kenyon asked the amount of
the 1916 democratic fund, and after
lengthy questioning persuaded Mr..
White to state that the same CAM
n or tod
anywhere from 3,450.000 to $4,6Oe,O0O
because of the increased cost of every
thing.
.Ir. White explained again and AGAR
that. while he believed the 1916 fund
was spent for perfectly legitimate
purposes. he did not believe so large
Il fund was necessary. and is plan
ming more economical campaign
Senator Edge read into the record
figures purporting to show the IN
crea sed cost of newspaper advertis-
ing as an example of the higher cost
of campaigning. The figures he used.
he said. were from the rate card OF
Gov. Cox'S paper. the Dayton News,
and showed an increase in four years
of exactly 100 per cent in Sunday
edition advertising and approximate
ly 80 per cent in daily rates
ID. c. Man Testifies.
Senator Reed interjected that he
believed newspaper advertising in
political campaign was a waste of
money unless you need it to keep
the newspaper in line"
Guy T. Scott of Washington. D. c..
treasurer of the republican congress
Sional and senatorial campaign COM
mittees. was called, but threw little
light on campaign matters. 1t de-
veloped that his authority was lin
tied to paying out funds on orders
from Representative Fess and SEN
ator Poindexter. chairmen of the re-
spective committees.
His books showed $4,000 had been
sent to o. f. Weller. republican can
didate for senator in Maryland, and
Senator Reed asked if the witness
knew whether Maryland had a cor
rupt practices act limiting campaign
expenditures to 10 per cent of the
salary of the office sought. He did
not. Another item in Mr.. SCOTS
books was $4,000 paid to Senator
Poindexter, chairman of the Senate
committee. Mr.. Scott did not know
what the money was to be used for.
His records showed $4,000 in the
congressional campaign committee
fund, in addition to a recent loan of
100000 from the republican national
committee. The senatorial committee
has $5S, 900 on hand. including $4,000
from the national treasurer.