Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-09-01
HAYS AND UPHAM
MAKE DENIAL Of
COLLECTING BIC
CAMP PA|CN FUND
They Not Only Assert That
Cox'S Charges Are Untrue
But Offer [ eadS Directed
To Democratic Golfers,
TREASURER SUBJECTED
TO A GRlLLlNG QUIZ
Tells Inquisitors He Has No
Hope of Collecting More
Than S3,000,000; Has
Never Seen a City Quota,

tsS MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wisel
Chicago, Aug. 31-Republican
finances were again under scrutiny
of the senate committee investiga-
ting campaign expenditures today.
WIN Hays. Fred Upham and other
party leaders found occasion for
further denial of Governor James
NJ. Cox's charges that a $4,000, ,006
fund, was being raised and also Of
fered the committee leads directed
toward the democratic Golfers.
Mr. Upham, as treasurer of the
republican national committee, was
questioned at great length by Sen
ators Pomerene and Reed, demo-
Gratis, who ELECTED from him infor-
nation that the congressional and
senatorial campaign committees OF
the party had budgets totalling
100000, in addition to the more
than $3,000.G00 budget appearing
in Chairman Hays testimony yes
terday. At Senator Reeds request,
Mr.. Upham read table of state
quotas which the witness said he
made up fourteen months before
Senator Harding was nominated,
This table totaled $4,491,500, but
Mr.. Upham explained that he had
no hope or desire to collect more
than the $3,000,000 of this amount.
Reed Is Persistent.
Senator Reed delved deeply into
the amounts assigned counties,
cities, and other local sub divisions
of the party organization but did
not shake Mr.. Upham's declaration
that he had no knowledge of the
city quota list which Governor Cox
read in a recent speech at Pitts
burgh. The questioning by the
Missouri senator finally led to the
point where Mr.. Upham said he did
not know how much of the various
state quotas was assigned to par
ticular localities. He said he knew
of only two city financial directors
of the party, one each in Chicago
and New York, but he chopped
there were lot more"
Il never saw quota for any
city In the United States" said Mr.,
Upham. II assigned only the states
quotas and how these were sub
divided by the state organizations
was none of my affair"
mo, but you are responsible for
them in law, fact and conscience SO
long as these subdivisions We're
made by agents of your committee
and so long as these agents did
nothing criminal in carrying out
your SYSTEM" rejoined Senator
Reed.
No Way to Limit Amounts.
Senator Reed then argued that
there was no way to limit the
amounts that might be collected IN
any one state and Mr.. Upham re-
torted that he would stop them
before they got to $4,000, 900"
Mr., Upham agreed with Senator
Pomerene that 1t was both possible
and probable that large sums
would be raised in industrial GEN.
ters by either party of which the
national officers of the party would
have no knowledge. The witness
said no one knew what amounts
would be expended by county or
ganizations and then, reverting to
the list of fifty-one cities which
Governor Cox used, he sa d he had
never heard a statement that only
four copies OF this list We're made.
"JuSJ IIhiIl DuUs
Mr.. Upham turned over COM i
plete file of the treasurer's official ,
bulletins, to which Governor Cox
also referred. Senator Reed point
ed out discrepancies between some
items in the bulletin and the list
of state receipts given the commit
tee by Mr.. Upham. The latter
opined that the language of the
bulletin, which, he said, was de-
signed to encourage the fleld
workers. might be taken as man.
Hesitation of good salesmanship,
over enthusiasm, or "just plain
bull"
Under questioning by Chairman
Kenyon, republican of Iowa, Mr..
Upham said that the list of more
than 10000 contributors which he
turned over to the committee rep
resented the double purpose to
popularize the campaign fund and
ait the same time get many stock |
holders, knowing that stockholders
would vote the ticket" He said
there had been no contributions
from large interests and when the
1904 situation was recalled by Sem
ator Kenyon. he remembered that
Messrs. Ryan and Belmont of New
York were supposed to have given |
about 100000 each to the demo-
cratic campaign fund of that year. |
Best People In Country.
e.Do you think that the numer-
orc farmers and small business |