The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-10
'UPHAM WOULD
TAKE $4,000
GIFTS, He SAYS
Says He Wanted To Raise
Contribution Limit From
ST. 900 to $l0,0O0-Was
Refused by Committee.
OHIO QUOTA $1,3oO,OOO
(By Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Sept 10.-Fred ". Up
ham today told the senate committee
| investigating campaign funds that he
took full responsibility for the pro-
| posal to raise the limit Of Republican
campaign contributions to $4,000
from $1,000.
Il was voted down by a large major
ity at a meeting in New York." he
said
Two days later" continued Mr.. Up
ham, Colonel Thompson went to
Washington and saw Senator Harding
and the candidate gave out a state
| ment to the American Press that he
had instructed the Republican national
committee not to accept contributions
of more than $1,000 each, promising
| that II any change was made in the
| plan, the public would be notified be-
fore it was put into effect.
Mr.. Upham presented figures and
preconvention receipts and expendit-
rres, his previous testimony being
| limited to the period after the national
; convention.
Today's testimony showed expendi-
| lures of more than 81 ZOO, 900 for pub
licity headquarters and other national
committee expenses, between Decem-
Der, 1918, and July IL, of this year.
There was no campaign on in that
period" said Senator Pomerene.
There is always a campaign on
where VIII Hays is in charge" said
Mr.. Upham. can hour after he was
elected Republican national chairman,
he telephoned me by long distance.
| and asked me to try and raise some
money"
Republicans at chautauqua.
Mr.. Upham testified that parts of
the preconvention expenses for speak
| ers, was for men sent out to preach
Republican doctrine at chautauqua.
He said the Republican national
committee had "chautauQua bureau
! under Dr. Ellis, and that the salaries
and expenses of the speakers were
| paid for out of the national treasury.
Some prominent democrats have
appeared on the PLATFORM" suggest
| ed Senator Kenyon.
| "Yes. but not as hired men of the
| ator Pomerene.
The men then brought out that Mr..
Upham understood that there were
Democratic Days" at the chautau-
quas where the Republican bureau
| speakers were sent
81 never saw a quota list for cities,
| or any other quota list except that
( for state, prepared in my office, said
Upham.
You assume responsibility for the
| Psalm singers?" asked Senator Pom
creme.
Proud Of Their Work
81 do, and am proud of the work
| my Y. NJ. c. A. campaigners are do
ing" said Mr.. Upham.
Il believe that on the showing
here of results, could as business,
get the job of raising the Democratic
campaign fund. and when they reor-
ganize their finances, think they will
| adopt our system"
| Summarizing all the budget and
! quota business Into what he called"
a plain business statement" Mr.
| Upham said that the state quota list
of $4.S00,0 900 made up in his office in
cluded both the pre-convention and
actual presidential campaign period
expenses. He then pointed out that
more $1,100,00O Of this total had been
raised and spent. before the present
budget of s3,079.000 was made up.
| He said that since the Chicago con-
vention he had raised about S1.250,000,
of which about two-thirds was ap-
the balance being returned to states
| which had a joint fund with the ma
tiopal committee.
Reviewing the results of the cam
paign, he said:
Hitherto the east has always paid
the bills for both parties, but up to
date two-thirds of our funds have
come from what New York considers
| the west
THAT fact, I think. is a pretty COM
plete argument that we are really get
ting away from what is called sinister
Wall street influences and about
which we have heard so much here"
$1,000, 900 Quota for Ohio
In explaining an alleged quota Of
$1,300,000 for Ohio, John A. Kelly.
state ways and means head in that
state, yesterday said: I'VE shot at
the moon, hoping to hit the tree tops"
He said quotas were assigned state
directors and they in turn assigned
quotas to city or county directors.
who often increased or doubled them
in order to get the original amount
desired. The actual sum wanted in
Ohio. it was brought out by Senator
| Pomerene, Of that state, was $3.50. 200.
| Don't you think they rather bum
koed the people of our state by doub-
ling their quotas?" inquired the SEN
ator.
"Ohio bunkoed the country by get
ting all the candida tes for president"
| interposed Senator Kenyon, of Iowa
| Carl D. Fritsche, executive secre-
| tary of the Michigan Republican ways
and means committee, said he boosted
| figures for Detroit when he sub-di-
vided the state ouotas eco IN s61 per
cent" to 100000. An assistant, A r.
Strine. in charge of Detroit, then sent
out letters, he said without his knowl-
edge, announcing the Detroit quota as
100000. or $4,000 more than was
sought in the entire state.
| VIII Hear Girl Clerks.
On Saturday the committee will
hear Miss Jessie Burchard of Min.
neapolis, Miss Eunice Coyne of Aber-
deem s. D., and other girl members
the internal revenue office force in
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