Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-02
Witnesses Fail to Bring
Evidence From Gov. Cox
Sustaining His "Charges"


CHICAGO. September 2.-omcials o.
the democratic national committe,
testified yesterday before the sena
torial committee investigating cam
paign expenses that they brought nj
evidence from Gov. James NJ. Cox te
sustain his charges of a republican
corruption fund. but that they be.
lteved the charges were true.
George White. recently elected chair.
man OF the democratic organization
and Wilbur Marsh, its treasurer, both
backed their candidates assertion.
Other witnesses We're Farley p
Christensen. presidential nominee OF
the farmer-labor party: Guy T. Scott
treasurer of the republican congress.
sional and senatorial campaign COM
nittees. and w. d. Jameson. hold
over financial director of the demo
cratic national organization. Mr.. ia
mieson appeared at a night session
which was ordered in an effort to
speed up the hearings.
Jameson on the stand.
Jameson. who was CARED to the
stand primarily in conr~ction with
the interview published =, the New
saying from 5000. 900 20 $4,000, 900
would be required to elect demo-
cratic President this year. also de-
scribed the Jameson plan" of rails
ing money.
Senator Kenyon questioned the wit
ing his financial collecting agency in
Washington. and brought out that
$155.000 was spent for furniture and
equipment; that the pay roll at its
peak period averaged $4,000 a
month. and that Office rentals at
their height were $4,000 monthly.
About 100000 letters were sent to
contributors. he said. All
letters to known federl employees
bore special delivery stamps.
THAT was so, they would go to their
homes?" Senator Kenyon asked.
You knew that the law prohibited
buildings%
Yes.
You thought this plan would not
violate the law?"
Yes"
Did you have any advice to that
II talked to one or two members OF
the Civil Service Commission"
did they tell you it would not?'
NO, they wouldn't commit them
selves"
Collections in lows.
Senator Kenyon questioned Mr.
Jameson about collection of funds by
the Iowa Democratic Club and re-
ferred to the letter from I. w. w
Drenner, secretary of the club, to
Miss Clara Boehle. postmistress at
Norway. Iowa. The chairman brought
out that Wilbur w. Marsh. demo-
cratic national treasurer, and E. A
Meredith. Secretary of Agriculture
were directors of the club.
Reading from the letter Senator
Kenyon quoted: 'In order to comply
with an old-fashioned law 1 am send
ing this under a special delivery
given $4,000 to the democratic ma
tional committee. while Jameson
said his figures showed but $4,000 re-
ceived.
Mr.. Marsh. sitting behind the wit
ness, interrupted to say that the hg-
ures in the letter might be correct
and in the exchange with Senator
Kenyon which followed declared that
Mr. Jameson was being "cowed BY
the great senator from my state" and
that the witness was "intimidated.'
Senator Kenyon asked Mr.. Marsh
about the letter and the treasurer re-
piled that it was "a very bad letter
out of all the hundreds of thousands
OF letters we sent out you are only
able to find two or three to which yot
might take exception
Mr.. Jameson denied ever having
said he planned to raise from five t
ten million for the democratic presi.
read the alleged interview. which
quoted the witness as saying he plan
ned to get 1000, 900 contributors te
give five to ten dollars each: planned
to have 1000 employees in his fnan'
cial department.: would send out o..
500. 900 letters and would spend more
money for two-cent postage stamps
alone than had been spent in any
NERVOUS democratic presidential cam
paign.
said anything about the amount Oh
money he intended to raise. but hae
aa;d he wanted to get an army Of
onfributors and had, in fact, obtained
about 100000.
Senator Kenyon asked il he ex'
uected to get Ave or ten dollars iron
each of the 5000. but Mr.. Jameson
reiterated no amount had been fixed
More Letters Presented.
Senator Kenyon introduced copies o.
various form letters sent out by Mr.
Jameson asking the recipients t.
contribute amounts ranging from So
10 5000. One pamphlet accompanying
a letter said several million names
were on the democratic mailing list.
Senator Reed interrupted to ash
what Homer Cummings, former dem
ocratic national chairman. gave to TIT
campaign, and learned Mr.. Cummings
check was for $1,000.
Two hundred letters were sent Il
other men with incomes ranging from
$3.50, 900 to 100000 asking them t.
duplicate Mr.. Cummings gift. MI
Jameson said. but only six or eigh
responded.
Senator Kenyon asked about news
payer reports that Mr.. Jameson ha'
mel Bernard Baruch and Thoma
Chadbourne in New York and tina
they had rushed to the financia
rescue of the democratic presidential
nominee" The witness denied having
met either for several weeks.
Bernard Baruch was one OF TIN
largest contributors to the 1915 cam
paign, was he not?" Senator Edg
asked.
THE second largest. ! believe.
think he gave $4,000" Mr.. Jameson
"How about Cleveland H; Dodge?
Senator Kenyon asked. What did h
give?"
And Thomas Chadbourne?"
II think $4,000 to the campaig
and SIS. 900 to the deficit left after it,"
..William G. McAdoo has been men
toned here. What did he give"
zone thousand dollars to this cam
paign."
some connection between the demo
| cratic financial department and TIL
stars and Stripes. Washington pub
\ LEGATION.
MT. Jameson said his secretary.
Mrs. Parks. was a stakeholder in tn
magazine and the president of it
board of directors, and that MI
parks, also employed in the demo
| cratic financial bureau. was also in
| terested in the paper. The Stars an
| Stripes. he said, had offices in tn