Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-09-02

'h'caso' Aug. 3l.-Republican finances
again were under scrutiny of the Senate
committee Investigating campaign OK
penditures to-dsr. viii II. HAYS. Fred
upham and other party leaders founi
James Cox's charges that a si5."o.ooo fund
was being raised and also took occasion
to offer the committee leads directed
! toward tho Democratic Golfers.
Mr.. tpham. az treasurer Of the Re-
publican national committee was ouAs-
toned at great length nv Senator
! Pomerene and Reed. Democrats. who
elected from hin, information that the
congressional and senatorial campaign
committees OF the party had BUDGETS
total Hing s7oo.nno in addition 70 the more
than three million dollar budget appear
| ing In Chairman Hays testimony yester-
day. Al Senator Reeds request. Mr.
| upham. the national treasurer. read a
| table OF state quotas which the witness
said he made up fourteen months before
| Senator Harding was nominated. This
table totalled A.4al5oo. hut Mr. Upham
explained that he had no hope or desire
/ to collect more than 100000 OF this
amount.
The Questioning by the Missouri .ena
tor finally led to the point where Mr.
/ Upham said he did not know how much
Of tho various State quotas was assigned
] 10 particular localities He said he knew
~ only two city quotas in the country one
each In Chicago and New York. but he
| hoped there were q LOT more.
NEVER SAW QUOTA FOR CITY
II never saw quota for any city in
the United States said Mr.. Upham. II
assigned only the state quotas and how
! these We're sub-divided by the State or.
ganizations was none Of my affair.
NO. but you were responsible for them
In law, fact and conscience so long as
these subdivisions we're made by agents
of your committee and 40 long as these
agents did nothing criminal in carrying
out your system retoined Seantor Reed
Senator Reed then argued that there
was no way to limit the amounts that
might ba collected IN any one State. and
Mr.. Upham retorted that he would stop
them before they got TO three million
dollars"
Mr.. Tpham agreed with Senator
1 Pomerene that II was both possible and
probable that large sums would be raised
! in industrial centers by either party of
would have no knowledge The witness
said that no one knew what amounts
would be expended by county oganiza =
lions and then reverting to the list Of 81
cities which Goveror Cox used, he said.
he had never heard a statement that only
four copies Of this list were made.
UPHAM TURNS OVER ROCKS
Mr. Upham turned over a complete Ale
OF the treasurers official books, TO which
Governor Cox also referred. Senator Reed
pointed out discrepancies between some
items in the books and the list OF state
receipts given to the committee.
Later opinion that the language OF the
bulletin which he said was designed 10
encourage the field workers might be
taken as a manifestation OF good states.
manship over enthusiasm or In plain
bull
/ Under Questioning by Chairman Ken
yon, Mr. rpham said that the list Of
more than 10000 contributors which he
turned to the committee, represented the
double purpose to popularize the cam
p8ign fund and at the same fimA get
many stockholders, knowing MAT stock
holder. would vote the ticket He said
there had heen no contributions from
large interests and when the 1904 situa-
ton was recalled bv Senator Kenyon,
ne remembered that Messrs. Ryan and
Belmont of New York were supposed to
/ have given about $4,000 each TO the
/ Democratic campaign fund Of that year,
! DO YOU think that the numerous farm
ers and small business men in little towns
I who have contributed TO this Years fund
as little as a dollar or less are the people
TO whom Governor Cox referred as in
| tending 70 employ bayons.s TO keep labor
( down." asked Senator Kenyon.
! II could not tell YOU what he was get
ting at" replied Mr. Uphsm, but I
should say these people are the best We
! have In this country
! 900 SUBSCRIBERS IN MASS.
! The national treasurer said that sena.
| Tor Weeks of Massachusetts had reported
/ more than 100 subscribers from that
State which WAS ten times rhe number
OF any previous campaign. The contri-
! buttons from the State Of Washington
were the hrst ever received from there
| by the Republican national committee,
| Not A eingle contribution OF more than
81, no has come from New York. bur Mr..
! Cpham was not familiar With the identity
I OF the contributors.
Senator New Of Indiana. head Of tho
| speakers bureau of the Republican ma
flOnal committee, was Called 10 TESTIFY
as TO the salaries paid campaign speak
ers He said he had planned to pay
some few speakers who could not afford
TO devote time from their regular work
to campaigning He promised 10 turn
over to the committee all his corre-
spondence with such men.
WOULD ROOT FOR EITHER PARTY
Senator Edge, Republican, OF New ler-
sey asked Mr., New II there were any
cases Of speakers seeking work from
both major parties. The witness pro-
duced correspondence with Prof, John o.
Hall, formerly Of Willamette University.
! Salem. Ore, which. he said furnished
an example Of that practice.
| The correspondence showed that Pro.
| lessor Hall was recommended 10 Senator
New by Congressman Nelson Of Mime
sofa az a speaker fitted 70 address
/ Scandinavian audiences, Senator New
wrote Professor Hall asking the terms
on which his assistance could he obtained
Replying from Washington. d. c..
where he was employed by the Shipping
Board. Professor Hall said his Demo
cratic friends" had offered him $3.50 and
expenses and were willing TO give him
$4,000 for campaign work on behalf Of
! the Democratic ticket,
"a good appointment after the cam
pAign Of non political character" was
also mentioned az part of the offer,
Professor Hall wrote, however. that he
preferred to work for the Republicans
as he believed in their principles and
admired their candidate and had been a
Republican up to eight years ago He
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