The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-02
PARTY OFFICIALS
 BRING NO PROOF
 Of COX CHARGES
White and Marsh Both Declare Belief of Slush Fund Asser- ton and Say Nominee
 Has Proof
By Associated Pre-.

By Associated Press
 Chicago, September 1.-Offcials of the democratic national committee testified today before the senatorial committee Investigating campaign expenses that they brought evidence from Governor Cox to sustain his charges of a repub- lican corruption fund, but that they be- lieved the charges were true.
 George White, recently elected chair man of the democratic organization, and Wilbur Marsh, it's treasurer, both backed their candidates assertion and in addi- ton MT. Marsh produced photographic copies of subscription lists to a republi- can book published by William Barnes of the Albany CN. Y) Evening Journal which he said indicated a violation of the federal statutes forbidding political subscriptions by corporation
 Mr. Marsh told Senator Kenyon, chair man of the Investigating committee. that l the originals were either in the hands | of Governor Cox or the department Of l justice Asked why they had not been turned over at once to the attorney gen erals office as d basis for possible pros | ecutions, he replied
 ' | p<isn document Besides we have had | them only about two weeks
 | .Well," said Senator Kenyon, If any of the signers of these lists have violated the law, they ought to be jailed,~no mat fer whether they are republicans or dem ocrats." Other witnesses today were Farley F. Christensen, presidential nominee of the farmer bor party; Guy T. scott, treas urer of the republican congressional ana senatorial campaign committees ana w. D. Jamieson hold-oyer financial director of the democratic national organization. MT. Jamieson appeared at night ses- sion which was ordered in an effort 10 speed up the hearings
 COFFERS ARE EMPTY
 White and Marsh agreed that the democratic coffers were practlcaiS empty, but both hoped for better coao!- tions soon Tl-ey said the party as yet had no campaign committee, no finance committee and MT. Marsh added that inc heads of the bureaus had not yet been appointed. u They agreed also there was nothing Ill the budget of s3,o79,oo0 presented Mon 1av bv will S. Hays, chairman of the ranuhlican national committee, that was in itself .'evdence of a desire to corrupe : tba American electorate MT. Marsh v.housht the amount named was not eA- | csssive for republican campalgn' put u ie said it would pc laF tnoie ~ eiiao .,' II necessary for a democFdtS eAloAt " N | a President.
 M The officials differed to the amount needed for this years campaign by lhei' party MT. White made a strictly per sonaI estimate" of $2,000,00o but MT Marsh said this was too nlgh lisure and that in the two months remaining before election as good campaign as the 1916 effort could be conducted TOT $. 200. .0Oo He said he would be very happy with that amount at the uis- posal of the national committee. lhs evidence confirmed previous assereion" Il that the 1916 campaign cost the demo- cratic organization $2,aO00o0 The Barnes hook received considerable attention throughout the day. MT Marsh eN- plained that to his mind the supscrip- ton list indicated plan to collect iarse campaign funds Independently or the re7, ular republican machinery. lie saiu there were several organizations engaged ,n similar work, and at the oehest oi Senator Kenyon he mentioned the Na- tional Young Mems Republican League the Southern Protective Tariff Associa- ton; the committee Of American ous, ness men, the American Defense SocieS and inc Republican Publicity Associa- ton ,o
 A. he mentioned each organization the witness submitted a letter from US heHo- ouarters which he said bore out ms AS sertions He protested that ne olo ho' consider the Young Men League rep .t bensble in itself. He though the ldea oi such an organization was good onc' and the democrats had one and hoped to revive it. .
 .Rut we financed our league through the national committee and whatever " collected was turned in to the commit Atee" he said.
 The American Defense Society was similarly indorsed, but he added that IL was spending money to help elect Yfara- ing and he thought that fact was perti- nent to the inquiry.
 There was a deal of discussion aoout the Southern Protective Tariff Associa- tion. The letter submitted from this or sranization asked that $20,000 be collected in Texas alone and notations indicated that four democrats and eight repuph- leans already had given $i,000 each to the assoc;ation MT. Marsh said any one contributing to a protective tariff asso- citation would be classed as republican and used the term "camouflaged demo- crat'' in this connection.
 Senator Kenyon wanted to Know NIT. Marsh thought the republicans had any iraasor n snend money in southern states land the latter retorted that he had hearo the republicans expected to carry North Carolina and "on very hopefui oays eA tended this hope to Texas.
 Senator Kenyon aSHeu II liS Aeo9NN Enforce Peace was not spending consio- erable money In advocacy of the League lof Nations and whether the witness thought the democratic national commit tee ought to do that work instead.
 LET TAFT DO IT
 ..If you mean the organization of which William H. Taft is the head, l see no reason why we should undertake work that MT. Taft is doing so well for us' replied the democratic official The chairman suggested that large expendi- ures would not in themselves indicate sorruption. if the work itself was legltl- mate and MT. Marsh reiterated his opin- on that what seemed reasonable to a republican was enormous in the sight or democrat, the Iowa Senator said:
 well. the democrats have an advan- age at the start in that they do not baye to campaign in a dozen southern Btates."
 "You have the same advantage in some btber states" reioined MT Marsh, and ho one knows one of them better than you ~do'
 Senator Spencer, republican, Missouri, reverted to the Barnes book list and after persistent questioning obtained from MT. Marsh the information that he had seen ho list of subscriptions to the Barnes propaganda plan which was headed RepubIicanism of 1920 Published by the