Bisbee daily review., 1920-09-12
CA|NP PA|CN FUND BOARD CLOSES
 SESSION
Money Getter of C. o. P. in Chicago Tells of Quota of $500,000

CHICAGO, Sept. II. - The senate committee Investigating campaign eX- penditures today closed a two weeks inquiry into charges Of Governor Cox that the Republican party is seeking $l5,00000 fund. The sessions here also developed testimony bearing on charges that the Democratic party so- licited campaign contributions from federal office holders and accepted unlimited amounts from other con tributors.
 The committee will meet again Sep tember 2z in either Washington or New York, Chairman Kenyon being empowered to choose the city. Sen ator Kenyon said that if Washin:gton was selected the witnesses who were to have been heard at Pittsburgh would be called there. The committee had planned d meeting al Pittsburgh 10 investigate reports that Pennsylva- liia liquor inte.'ests were taking all active part in he financing of lhe Democratic campai-n.
 Edge ard Kenyon
 The last .!ay'g hearings were con ducted by Cnairn an Kenyon, Hepul li can. and Senators fee6 ard Pclre- rene. Democrats. Senators Spencer and Edge, leDuEliCaIS, were aDsani the latter having left Chicago last night after issuing a statement derid- ing the Cox charges. This attitude drew criticisms from Democratic members of the committee, Senator Reed having characterized the Edge statement as indecent Republican plans for a seven-day drive for funds in Chicago and testi- mOny that the Democrats had assess ed girl employees of the internal reve- nue office at Aberdeen, s. D.. $40 each to help finance the Democratic campaign, were topics today
 Want S5Oo,OOO in Chicago Frederick c. Barber of New York. a professional money raiser in charge of the Chicago Republican drive, tes- i tified he had prepared card index | of about 25.000 prospective contribu- tors including a preferred list of some TOO to 800. each Of whom was believed able to give $1GJ0. Upward of 5000 workers will be engaged in the one weeks drive be said, with $50O.O0 as ] the goal.
 1 Testimony by Caleb Enix, local newspaper man, that the Republican national committee had sent out pub i licity matter giving the Chicago quota as $7O0,00O, led Mr. Barber to say he had heard others make the same ] the same statement but he let them rave" His goal, he emphasized was $500.00O.
 ] Did you ever discuss the amount with Mir Upham, treasurer of the Re publican national committee?" Sena- tor Reed asked.
 1 Yes, sir. that is, there was not an awful lot of discussion about it. Mir Upham would say something and would listen, all the time with my own i plan in mind"
 While you kept in your own mind what you were going to raise. what did MT. Upham say about what you should raise?"
 Upham Wanted More
 MT. Upham is not an easy man to contradict" Mir Barber explained. And l usually found that the easiest way with him was to let him express his opinion and then go ahead with my own plans. MT. Upham, in some talk with me, mentioned $700.000. but l could not be sure whether he men, i toned it for all of Illinois or only for Cook county"
 Miss Eunice Coyne. a newspaper re- porter in Aberdeen. S D.. and Miss Jessie Burchard of Minneapolis, clerk ! in the Aberdeen internal revenu col lector's office. told of the Democratic effort to raise money from girl clerks. Miss Burchard said she had donated $40 from her salary of S12O a month after receiving a letter from 1 a Democratic campaign fund raiser re- questing here to call at his hotel and