The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-08
MONEY
DIGGING
EVIDENCE
Moore Continues His Charges
That Republicans are
Raising Great
Fund.
COMMITTEE HEARING
COMMITTEE HEARING
Asks That Republicans be Called In to
Tell That They are Collecting
Money for Cam
paign.
IBy L. c. Martin, United Press Staff
Correspondent

IBy l.. c.. Martin, United Press Staff
Correspondent
CHICAGO, Sept. S.--A democratic
dragnet has been spread over the
whole country for evidence Of repub
lican money digging
The catch in this net is SO great
according to Edwin H Moore, star
witness for Governor Cox, that he
said today:
"I1l have lot more evidence to-
day than had yesterday, and tomor
row I'll have lot more than l have
today"
Moore has sent scores of telegrams
to democratic state chairmen ant
others in many states, asking for In
formation to support 7Cox's charge
that the republicans set out to gather
a "slush fund" of s15,000,000, or, as
Moore says, $16,O00,000. The re
sponses to these messages Moore has
begun laying before the senate com
mittee investigating Cox's charges.
Moore has adopted these tactics IN
an effort to convince the republican
members of the committee that they
can get evidence backing up Coxs
assertions if they want to. Their in
yestigations, he proposes to show
need not be limited for lack Of wit
nesses.
Another stormy setto was in pros
pect today, when Moore was sched
uled to resume his testimony before
the committee. Republican members
criticized Moore yesterday all
through his testimony for offering
what they said was hearsay evidence
Moore at one point in the hearing
prepared to pack his papers and
leave, because, he said. the rspub
licans were unwilling to let him give
them leads. ..
Moore managed to submit to the
committee the names of men in a
dozen or more states who, he said
could tell about the alleged dual plan
of republican money raising, one fea'
ture of which he alleged was a Sc
cret organization under direction OF
Harry M. Blair, assistant republican
treasurer. ..
Raising Money in Ohio.
CHICAGO, Sept. determination
of the republican money raising sys-
fem in Ohio was described to the
senate SluSll III SotieShtSAS u
today by Dudley S. Blossom, of Cleve-
land.
Blossom was one or two divisional
leaders, in Cuyahoga county, where
Cleveland is situated. He told the
committee the county's quota was
100000 Governor Cox said in his
pittsburgh speech that was Cleve'
lands quota.
Blossom said he and T. G. Brooks
the other divisional leader. organized
forty teams of six men each, to cover
the county.
A list of 5000 known republicans
in the county was made up, Blossom
said, and these prospects were as
signed to the teams.
Money raising began August 16
Blossom said.
The money raising plan outlined by
Blossom was that provided for IN
form 1O1, the blair plan"
Blossom said he didn't know how
the 5000 names were obtained, nor
by whom. -"
A certain number of the 5000 pros
poets was assessed definite sums
which, Blossom said, it was thought
they should be able to pay.
Daily luncheon meetings were held
as provided for in the plan outlined
in form 101 and the money raising
project was inaugurated at big
dinner
Blossom said $4,000 had been
raised by the teams up to Monday.
HAS the work been abandoned?' p
questioned Senator Reed.
l,-S nc
Senator Reed read to Blossom the
Blair plan as outlined in form 10l
and asked if it had not been closely
followed. Reed, in reading the form
brought out that it called for an
executive committee of twelve men