Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-09
Cox's Charges
Based on Plan
Neuer Adopted


Treasurer Frederic w. W.Upham, of the
republican national committee, yes
terday admitted to the senatorial
committee investigating campaign
expenditures that he was respon-
sible for some of the ammunition
which Governor James NJ. Cox is fir
ing at the republicans.
He told the committee the story OF
the now famous form 101" letter
from which Governor Cox has been
reading to audiences thruout the
country. This letter purports to be
4 circular issued from republican
headquarters to men engaged in
raising funds thruout the country. II
purports to lift the 81 900 limit placed
| on campaign contributions by Chair
man Will II. Hays and call for con-
tributions of from $4,000 to $4,000.
Secrecy Urged in Circular.
The circular also contains instruc-
tions to the fund raisers to preserve
secrecy about their operations and to
exercise caution against any scrap
of paper bearing upon them finding
its way into the hands of "those who
may give them publicity"
Th"uout the hearings in the fed
eral building the democratic mem
bers of the senatorial subcommittee
have been endeavoring to dragsfrom
witnesses admissions that they had
received the bulletin. These efforts
have been unsuccessful
Blair explained why. In brief his
story was that OF locking the barn
after the horse was stolen.
Form 101,. he admitted. had been
prepared and approved by him in
Just the language quoted by Cover
nor Cox in his speeches. He had
conceived the idea Of raising the linn
it on campaign contributions by his
own authority. without consulting Of
ficers OF the committee.
"The time was so brief that de-
cisiye measures had to be taken" he
explained.
Then, confident that officers and
members of the republican national
committee would be overjoyed with
his zeal, Mr.. Blair, in company with
Mr.. Upham, started for New York
with copies Of Form 101" in his
grip. The others were left In his
Chicago office.
In New York the form 101" let
ter. contemplating, as it did, a radl-
cal departure from the republican
plan Of campaign, was elected. Mr..
Blair told the story as follows:
Mr. Blair-They rejected the part
OF the bulletin that carried the pro-
vision for the raise in the $1,000 lin
it.
Chairman Kenyon-Did they send
the bulletin or was it sent out after
that?
Mr.. iBlair--It is in the bulletin; it
has never been made official. Z,
Chairman Kenyon--Was the bull
letin sent out at all?
Bulletin Never Sent Out.
Mr.. Blair-It was never sent out.
Some Of them may have gotten out,
but they were supposed to be in the
safe.
Senator Reed-supposed to be
wheref
Mr. Blair-In the safe in the of
flee.
Senator Reed-Locked up?
Mr.. Blair-Yes.
Chairman Kenyon-You say some
Of them may have gotten out?
Mr.. Blair-We had the bulletin
ready. I had dozen copies with me.
and T had every reason to believe
that 1t weuld be approved. but it was
not approved, and for fear there
might be slip somewhere. I im-
mediately. when it was rejected.
wired to my office assistant to see
to it that my reginal directors did
not issue any OF the bulletins.
Senator Edge-Wasn't it officially
Withdrawn in an official bulletin
later?
Mr.. Blair 1T was substituted;
nothing was said about 101 in the
later bulletin because 101 was sup
posed not to have existed.
Picked to Put "Pep" Into Fight.
Mr.. Blair's explanation was made
with great earnestness and in a man
ner which sent the democratic sena-'
tors and spectators into | peals Of
laughter. He had previously told of
his experience in raising funds for
the Y. M. C. A., the Red Cross, the
liberty loan, the war camp COM
munity service and had added that
he had been selected by Will Hays to
put "pep" into the campaign.
He had told how successful he was
as a fund raiser. how he devised
plans for the national committee, and
how he had won q reputation during
sixteen years Of service as Y. NJ.
%. "A. worker, more as fund getter
than for piety."
AS he testified he weighed each
word carefully, and spreading out his
fingers. joined them in prayerful
attitude.
Admits He Did Wrong.
Finally Senators Edge and Kenyon
Of the republican majority had to
join in the laughter, but Senator
Spencer was unmoved and in an ex-
animation that followed endeavored
to have Blair shoulder even more of
the responsibility The witness
cheerfully admitted he had done
wrong and was sorry for it, but said
he would still like to go out and get
subscriptions of more than $1,000 and
thought it was mistake not to
do so.
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