Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-08-27
Republican
treasurer
Denies List
Quota Alotments AL
legged by Cox 'Phony :
Declares Fred Upham
in Statement

James M. Cox's schedule Of repub.
lican campaign fund quota as in
5l principal cities is 'sphony list
which 1 never heard of, before, 2
Fred w. upham, republican nation.
al treasurer, declared today on ms
return from New York.
Somebody must have PLAYED a
Joke on the governor" Mr.. Upham
declared.
The republican national commit
tee has never apportioned any quo
ia to cities, Mr.. Upham said. The
only quotas assigned, he added,
were given to states, the money to
be used for both state and national
campaign purposes. Each state
committee then apportioned its
quota as it thought best, Mr.. Upham
said.
Denies big Money"
Denying charges that vast
amounts had been collected or were
being collected, the republican
treasurer exhibited statement
showing collections up to this
morning total s1,017,255.32,, OF
which New York state, including
the city Of New York, gave $685..
292, he said.
He reiterated the statement Oh
Chairman Will Hays that the bad
get planned for the national cam
paign totalled slightly in excessEof
$3,000,000 and denied Governor
coxs charge that he was plannsns
to raise in excess Of s15, 900, 900.
Governor Cox's statement Of al
legged quotas in some cases assigned
the entire quota for state and ma
tlonal purposes to single city, and
Tin other cases the amount credited
to one city exceeded the entire stare
quota, the reasurer said. He cied
the governors figures for New
York City, $2,000.000 and said this
was the quota for the entire state
Of New York for both state and ma
tional campaign purposes. The
amount credited Chicago in the
governors table, $75O,000, is $780,
900 more than the entire quota OF
the state of Illinois, he said.
Difference Cited.
1OFElHOT SOA dOtS flOL dDQTS-l
ciate the difference between a quw-
ia and budget" said Mr.. Upham.
The quota is- assessed on the basis
Of what we estimate would be fair |
share for each state and is placed |
high enough to allow for large |
shrinkage in the amount actually |
obtained.
The plan Of the financial cam
paign was laid onl ines designed to
get away from large collections
from the principal centers of the
country. In every previous cam
paign of both parties not less than
rs per cent Of all funds raised came
from New York"
Hays eplies to Cox
New York, Aug. 27.-Will Fl.
Hays. chairman of the republican
national committee, replying to the
speech of Governor Cox in Pitts
burgh lastn light, in which the DEM
ocratic presidential nominee sought
to prove that republicans were con-
spring to buy the presidency, del
clared that Mr.. Cox had such "inti- i,
mate knowledge of the wasting of
millions in aircraft production in
his state" during the war. that he
dreamed in millions" !
After studying Mr.. Cox's speech I
Mr.. Hays issued the following state
ment at republican headquarters:
"Of course Candidate Cox fails tC
prove, as he has failed to prove and
will fail to prove, his charges. This
is simply because the charges are
false.
Says Figures Vary.
"He says millions have been put
into the republican national com
mittee by sinister influences to cor
rupt the electorate. He first is re-
ported to have said hundred mill
ion. Then Secretary Roosevelt
said thirty million. Then candidate
COX said fifteen million, while now
Cox says eight million.
HE attempts to prove this by
,uoting from the official bulletin OF
he ways and means committee OF
he republican national committee,
| pamphlet published every few
days, and sent broadcast over the
to party members and to
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