New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-01
Hays Shows
Costly Plans
OF Democrats

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country. 1t calls for an expenditure
of $159,164.74.
Democratic National Chairman White
testified that w. j. Cochran, publicity
man Of the committee, had asked him
to approve plan for sending the story
Uncle Sam of Freedom Ridge" to coun-
try newspapers.
He told Cochran to get prices, which
Cochran estimated at $4,000. He had
heard nothing more of the matter until
it was brought up before the commit
tee. he said.
Senator Edge asked if it was not a
violation of the corrupt practices act
TO send the story out with nothing to
show who paid for it.
Mr.: White declined to answer with
out first consulting an attorney.
Don't you consider it an evasion of
the law to send this story into states
which have specific laws on the sub
lect without foot-note to show that it
is political propaganda paid for by the
Democratic committee ?" Senator Edge
asked.
-, perhaps; yes, it might be-" Mr..
White said.
GAS l understand it, this story will
20 to both Republican and Democratic
papers, and the Republican farmer will
read it in his paper and not know
that it is Democratic campaign mat
ter Isn't that right" questioned
Chairman Kenyon.
"Why, yes, l can't quarrel with you
about that" u
Mr.. White interjectcd that he did not
know that the story as advertised in
the Western Newspaper Union circular
had come from the Democratic COM
mittcHs and was inclined to think it
did not, as Mr. Cochran had not re-
ported any price figures to him and had
no authority to proceed without the
chairman's approval.
The committee agreed to dismiss Mr..
White and hear his full testimony
later.
Identity of Client Unknown
Miles H Mcmillan. Chicago manager
for the Western Newspaper Union. was
unable to tell the committee who paid
his concern for the proposed distribu-
ton of the fiction serial devoted to the
League of Nations and which was
brought to the committees attention
by Representative Brittcn eaAlier in
Johnson, New York manager of the
union, for the information. Senator
Heed explaining that it would save the
latter's being subpenad
The Senators evidenced considerable
interest in the methods of the news
paper union, the questions bringing
out that readers of the country papers
taking the plate service had no means
of knowing who paid for it. Mr.. Nc
MILAN told Senator kenyon that the
union had handled the Mount Clemens
k1o Il
suit but had sent out nothing on the
bill in Congress to regulate the
packers.
Senator New, in his testimony, read
a letter he had received from Professor
John O. Hall, of Willamette Univer-
sity, Salem, Ore, in which Professor
Hall said the Democratic speakers bu-
reau had offered him $500 and ex-
penses to campaign for Governor Cox.
He said he also was promised a "good
appointment of a non-political char
acter after the campaign is over" He
added that the Democrats were willing
to pay him $4,000 if the $500 offer
was not satisfactory.
The Republican National Committee
received $1,017,255.32 in contributions
between June IA and August 26, Mr..
Upham told the committee. Of this
sum, he said, $618,013.54 was for the
national campaign and 1899 ,241.78 for
state purposes. With his report Mr..
Upham presented to the committee the
names of 1859 contributors who had
donated to the fund and fixed their
average contributions at 1921.
Mr.. Upham also presented a budget
showing the committee had planned to
spend $3,079,037.2O.
State Collections Shown
A sheet read into the record by Mr..
Upham showed. he said, the amount
collected in each state for state and
campaigns, with the state|
totals. The list follows: