Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-09-08

NO EVIDENCE OF VALUE
AODUCED BY SENATORS
IN THE CAMPAIGN QUIZ
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NSOHIuueu from rage One)
had criticised the work of the COM
mittee and added:
Governor Cox wired Senator
Reed that he would produce the
evidence and leads to support his
charges. But through you he
sends none of this evidence ana
you start a line OF evidence which
1t would take US year to run
down"
Bulletins Are Only "Bull.-
Senator" replied Mr.. Moore,
Governor Cox had the official
bulletins of the republican COM
mittee showing that certain quotas
existed and that widespread plans
were being carried out to collect
them. Yet the republican witnesses
get on the stand here and tell us
these bulletins were only bull
'Then he had copy of what he
had every reason to believe was a
true quota list. The day before
the list was published the republic
cans said there were only four
copies of it in existence. Now they
testify that the list never existed.
1t is the same way with form 101
and we believe we have got to got
this evidence if the committee real
ly wants It"
Testimony BY Dickey.
Besides Mr.. Moore, there was
testimony today also by Walter S.
Dickey, Of Kansas City, and Charles
Member, Mason City, Iowa, chair
men of the republican ways ana
means committees for their states,
and by 4, b. Paxton, of Wheeling.
who holds a similar position for
Ohio county, West Virginia. From
Mr.. Dickey and Mr.. McNider the
committee learned of the plans TO
raised money in those states Mis-
souri's share of the national re-
and Iowa's as $4,000 Mr.. Nc
Nider said that on his own initia-
tive he set the Iowa goal at 5000
600, believing that the figure asked
by the national committee was too
law to cover state, congressional
districts and national ticket needs
in his state. He said that $50, 900
had been raised. Mr.. Moore told
the committee he thought this tes-
timony tended to support the dem
ocratic charges that the $3,000,000
budget of the republican national
committee was only a small part
of the total that the party pro-
posed to raise,
Crank Injustice"
Mr. Paxton's testimony was that
he had raised $4.2s5 from forty
one contributors and that James
more in the county. When he said
that was all he had to offer, Sena-
tor Kenyon indicated that he had
been suhpoenaed at the request of
democratic members of the COM
mittee and thought requiring a.
journey of $50 miles for such tes-
timony was frank injustice"
well | don't think so at all"
interposed Senator Reed IF we
cannot get the truth here by whole
sale we will get 1t by retail"
We'll, you certainly are not go
ing to bring in every county chair
man in the country" replied Sena'
tor Kenyon.
Mr.. McNider's testimony also
brought a small sensation whe1
Senator Reed asked him: "Did
Fred Upham, treasurer of the re-
publican national committee. say to
you in substance just before you
took the stand that you never got
form 10l' because it was never
sent out H'
The witness said Mr.. Upham
asked him If no had received 1t
and when Mr.. McNider replied In
the negative the treasurer rejoin-
ed: II guess not"
Senator Kenyon brought out that
three or tour persons" were lis
tening to the conversation.
Salaried State Directors.
The testimony of the state chair
men and Mr.. Paxton also develop
ed that considerable of the work
of raising the campaign fund was
done by salaried state directors"
from republican headquarters. w.
A. Kaling of California was named
as in charge in Missouri and
Charles Mavlty as the field agent
for West Virginia and later for
Iowa, after Irving C. Norwood had
quit because of a disagreement
with republican headquarters"
Mr.. Moore was the first and also
the last witness of the day. When
he resumed the stand in the after
noon, he said:
Much of my information will be
useless and the whole investigation
will be also. If the committee
thinks that Governor Cox's charge
is a criticism Of the method and
plan of the republican drive for
funds. l think the plan of spread
ing the contributions over the
country is excellent but if there is
being raised a fund that is $10,-