Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-12
RECESS SESSION ] ITO MEET LATER !. IN EASTERN CITY
Chairman Kenyon is Empow.
 cred to Select LOca- tiOn


 Chicago, Sept. 1.-The senate com mittee Investigating campaign ex- penditures today wound up two weeks inquiry into the charges of Governor Cox that the republican party is seeking a $15,000,OoO fund The sessions here also developed tes- timony bearing on charges that the democratic party solicited campaign contributions from federal office holders and accepted unlimited amounts from other contributors.
 The committee will meet again on Sept. 22 in either Washington or New York, Chairman Kenyon being en- powered to choose the city. Senator Kenyon said that if Washington was selected, the witnesses who were to have been heard at Pittsburgh would be called to the capitol. The com mittee had planned meeting in Pittsburgh to investigate the reports that the Pennsylvania liquor inter- ests were taking an active part in financing the democratic campaign.
 The last days hearings were con- ducted by Chairman Kenyon, republi- can and Senators Reed and Pomerene, democrat. Senators Spencer and Edge, republicans, were absent, the latter having left Chicago last night after issuing statement deriding the Cox charges. This attitude drew criticisms from the democratic mem- bers of the committee, Senator Reed having characterized the Edge statement as "indiscrete."
 Assess Girl Workers
 Republican plans for a seven day drive for funds in Chicago and testi- mony that the democrats had assess ed girl employees of the internal rev. enue office at Aberdeen, s. D., $40 each to help finance the democratic campaign were the topics of today's inquiry.
 Frederick c. Barber of New York. professional money raiser in charge of the Chicago republican drive, told the committee he had prepared card index of about 25,O00 prospective con- tributors, including a preferred list of some 700 to 800, each of whom was believed to be able to give $1,00O Upwards of 5000 workers will be en- gagged in the one weeks drive, he said, with $5O0,000 as the goal.
 Testimony by Caleb Enix, local newspaper man that the republican national committee had sent out pub licity matter giving Chicago quota as $7O0,OO0. led MT. Darber to say that < he had heard others make the same { statement but he "let them rave" His goal, he emphasized was $500,000 and if he raised that amount he said he would consider the drive one hun dred per cent success.
 "Who talked about large amount. that you allowed them to rave over,, : Senator Reed asked.
 replied MT. Barber.
 "Did you ever discuss the amount with Fred W. Upham, treasurer o1 the republican national committee ?"
 "Yes, sir, that is, there was not an awful lot of discussion about it. MT. Upham would say something and would listen and not contradict him all the time with my own plan in mind"
 "While you kept in your mind what you were going to raise, what did MT Upham say about what you should raise? !"
 Ignored Upham
 "Mr. Upham is not an easy man to : contradict,' MT. Barber explained and usually found that the easiest way with him was to let him express $ his own opinion and then go ahead with my own plans. MT. Upham in some talk with me mentioned $700,- 900, but am not sure whether he mentioned it for all of Illinois or only for Cook county"
 Miss Eunice Coyne, a newspaper < reporter in Aberdeen, s. D., and Miss Jessie Burchard of Minneapolis, a clerk in the Aberdeen internal reve- nue collectors office, told of the de- mocratic effort to raise money from { girl clerks. Miss Burchard said she had willingly donated $40 from her salary of $120 month after receiv- ing letter from a democratic cam paign fund raiser, requesting her to call at his hotel and "arrange this matter" About a dozen of the girl clerks went to the hotel, she testifie- ad. and subscribed $40 each at that time. Some of the girls who did not nave that much gave post dated cheeks, she added.
 A copy of the letter said to have been received by the girls was pre- sented by Miss Coyne, who said she received it from Miss Marian Armen- trout, stenographer. The letter was from E. M. Waterbury, who, Miss Coyne said. told the girls he was act ing for Clarence H Nee, South Dako- ta chairman for the democratic com mittee and father of J. Walter Nee. internal revenue collector at Aber- deen. The letter said:
 The democratic national commit tee is raising in this state fund for campaign expenses and those who are partaking in the benefits of office are asked to assist. You are cordial ly requested to arrange this matter by calling at the Sherman hotel, room 21S, during the next three days" N vmaufff~iouf DnSto~n