Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-10
WANT
PROBE ENDED, while
DEMOCRATS OBJECT
g. o. p. Committee Members Say
Nothing Has Been Proved" 40
Back Con charge.
MINORITY WANTS
NEW YORK SITTING
by Associated Press " rvery pvsuinz

ny Associated Press N Every rvsuins
Chicago, r.-uf 10 FRED " Upham
today told the senate investigating com
mittee be took full responsibility for tho
proposal 10 raisc The limit n Bepubllcan
campaign contributions ~ ki0y0 from
81. 900.
II was voted down by iarve majority
NJ a meeting in New York, hr said
he said form 1Oi" the oo-caiied ''nisif
plan" was brought about ~ hia ady0cnry
~ n large contribution limit and va pre-
pared after BE- had told Harry NJ Blair.
his assistant, that he beloved the $1,000
figure would b. adopted after ths na'ionni
convention had ended
II hoped the I'D would bc rki~ed md
did recommend $1,000 ~ q limit aa'd
Mr.. Upham II presented this pr0poei
ton At a meeting N New York attrnsirI
hv win Havs. Charles Hollis. Alvin II
Hert u Kentucky, William Dauvhrrty. o
Ohio. ADD Colonel William Royce Th0np-f
son of New YORK
They voted mo down by q hiv ma
jority and / stepped frorn Tho rom snd
told Mr. Blair - Telegraph bro non in
Chicago not ~ send ont form l0l
Two days later continued Mr. IT.
ham. Colonel II hOrnr~0r went - WarN.
ington and saw Sens.or Harding and the
candidate gave out n Ffateuent to De
Associated Press that b. had in~'rurfed
the Repubhcan National COMMITTEE no.
% accept contributions ~ rnorr .hsn 81
600 each promising tha, 4 any change
was made m tho plan the pubic would -
notified before i was puf into effrct
Mr.. Upharn sad he did rot write form
IOl and that ID contained sor-. .rT~essiars
and IDEAS which be would not have ar-
proved
but fo~rn I0i p-s ard = d~~~d ~
adder ffF,Irfh~-rno~~ tho sss,~ss'm's form
IO2 was not presented Al The lunch~on in
the lower room a The Union Is-asr@ in
Chicago and I wss there througnon, thai
conference.
II never ssw a anos~ li-f fa~ cities ~
any other quota list except thai fpr S'si's
prepared In nv ofh~c sasd Nr iphsm
You assume responsibility Tor the
I Psalm singers ?" assed senator Pomcrenc
n do and am proud "a the work my
Z er-N NJ. G.. A. csmpaigncrS are DONG.
u said Mr.. Upharn. Il believe that 90 the
/ showing here of results ] could. as n h1lSi-
ness man. get the loh of rassInr tho h-ru-
oeratic campaign fund and when f,cv ore-
organize their hnanos ! thlnx they vail
I adopt our svvfern.
Mr.. Upham presented frif- on 70
convention rcceipts and expenditures
previous testimony beng United 20 ~
I period sitter the NATIONAL eonvrntion
7 TodAy's testimony showed expendifurre
! ~ more than 81 600 COO for pubhcity
I headarlarters and other national cnm-
\ mfttee expenses between Dcecrnbcr
4 1918. and July y of tins year.
There was no campaign % IN that
I period" suggested Senator Kenyon.
I There n always a campaign on where
Y Will HAYS Is m charge. aAsd Mr.. Upham
\ can hour after be was eit-rred Republican
national chairman he teiepooned me BY
I ong distance and asked me % try and
raise some money.
Charles Boeschenstein. D~rnocratlc M
I tional committeeman for limos. zlid
! there was no fund-ralsIng organization oi
I ms party in this state. 10 sad BE- <as
Just starting 10 get a fund tnerther. tne
/ limit being "the ability aud willingness Of
/ the men who contribute.
There are some countess n lliinol
I where YOU can Z ind tso Democrata
willing to work, he sad.
He said the witness Wa.s &sSed about
/ letters sent 20 Joseph COfiuan, the Au-
/ ClIsta. III. postmaster, and gwen % the
/ committee Yesterday. he sad he hsd
not list OF fe,ierAl Office holders aud none
I Of pOstmasters, but suspected he haa
/ sent some letters 20 postmaster. ne a.
\ sumed responsibility for the letters.
Theenveloped stamped deliver at hon
! ddress only was shown ham and he zlid
/ the practice was not confined % letter.
sent 70 Federal Office h0lcers.
Mr.. Uphsm testified that part Of The
: pre-convention expense for speakers vas
1 for men sent out 20 preach kepublcan
[ doctrines at ChatauQuas. Tie sad me
I Republican National Cummlttee hed "a
1 "Chautauqua Bureau under a Dr. tiis
and that the salaries and eXpcnses Of the
speakers were paid for out uf the nationa
/ treasury.
Some prominent Democrats have
appeared on the Chataugua platform,
/ suggested senator Kenyon.
"les, but not as hirVd men Of the na-
tional committee" rcloined senator
4 pomerene.
The chairman then brought out that
/ Mr.. Upham understood that there Wcre
/ Democratic DAYS" az the Chautauquas
where the Republican bureau men were
sent.
! Summarizing "all this budget sod
/ quota business" INTO what he called "a
/ plain business statement, Mr.. lphau'
! Said that the State quota list Of ahuu.
/ s4.SOO.OOO made up in his oihce include,
I both the pre-convcntion and actual prc
Continued on pasc is