Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-09-08

started to leave the stand, exclaiming
that Senator Spencer, Republican, of
Missouri. had intimated forgery by ques-
tioning the authenticity of the circular
letter which he had offered as furnish
ing lead to further information
No man, even though he be a United
States senator. can make such a charge
as that against me- said Mr. Moore.
Senator Spencers disclaimer of such
a charge brought his Democratic col
league, Senator Reed to his feet with a
protest against 'bullyragging," As he
said the entire incident was '.disgraceful''
and announced that he proposed to see
that the witness was treated like a gem
tleman.
The exchange was the climax of sew
eral similar occurrences and not even
Chairman Kenyon's plant that he could
not keep peace in Missouri served to
settle the atmosphere.
Reed Prepares for War.
Il don't want peace. am preparing
for war pronounced Senator Reed.
Considerable of Mr.. Moore's late tes-
tmony consisted of information cleaned
from the kilograms received from Dem
ocratic state chairmen in western states.
He told Senator Kenyon he had sent for
some Of this information and that other
parts of it had been volunteered.
Don't you expect to give US other
state chairmen? asked Senator Kenyon.
Mr. Moore said the messages were in
tended merely to suggest avenues of in
quiry and he said the paid employees OF
the Republican national committee"
ought 10 be able to furnish the commit
tee with the facts.
Purpose of Testimony.
'gf'he object is to get those men on the
stand here and if they lie prosecute them
declared Mr. Moore.
You must expect to keep the attor-
ney general busy" suggested Senator
Kenyon. "Of course, if perjury is com
nitted before the committee the guilty
should be punished"
Senator Kenyon continued that in
newspaper interviews Mr.. Moore had
criticized the work of the committee and
added; Governor Cox wired Senator
Reed that he would produce the evil
dence that leads to support his charges.
But through You he sends none of this
evidence and you start line of evil
dence which it would take US a year to
run down
What Governor Cox Had.
Senator" replied Mr.. Moore Gov.
ernor Cox had the official bulletins of
the Republican committee showing that
certain quotas existed and that wide
spread plans were being carried out to
collect them Yet thes Republican wit
nesses get on the stand here and tell
us these bulletins were only bull Then
he had copy of what he had every reas-
on TO believe was a true quota list The
day before the list was published the
Republicans said there We're only four
copies of it in existence. Now they tes-
tify that the list never existed. 1t is the
same way with form 101' and we be-
lieYe we have got to get this evidence
if the committee really wants it,
Besides Mr.. Moore there was testl-
mony today also by Walter s. Dickey of
Kansas City and Charles McNider Of
Mason City, Ia. chairmen of the Re
publican ways and means committees for
Wheeling, who holds similar position
for Ohio County. West Virginia. From
Dickey and McNdder the committee
learned of the plans to raise money in
those states. Missouri's share of the ma
tionnl Republican fund being given as
$4,000 and Iowa's as $4,000.
Iowas Goal
Mr.. McNider said that on his own in
itiative he set the Iowa goal at $500 900
believing that the figure asked by the
national committee was too low to cover
state. congressional. district and nation
al ticket needs in his state. He said
tnat A9-,NN nad neen raised. Moore
told the committee he thought this test
tended to support the Democratic ckar-
ges that the S3,0O00 600 budget OF the
Republican national committee was only
a small part of the total that the party
to raise.
Mr.. Paxton's testimony was to the
effect that he had raised s4.2e5 from
II contributors and that james NJ
Saunders had raised S3.a1n more ii the
county. When he said that was MI he
had to offer Senator Kenyon indicated
that he had been subpoeaned at the re-
quest of the Democratic members of the
and thought requiring oar
ney of $50 miles for such Testimony was
rank injustice
well. | don't think so At all inter
posed Senator Reed "If We cannot
get the truth here by wholesale we viii
get it by retail
"Well. you certainly are not going 70
bring in every county chairman i'll the
replied Senator Kenyon
Mr. McNiders testimony also hroughe
a small sensation when Senate" Heed
ibid Fred W. Upham, treasurer Of
Tho Repuhlican national comr1lttee say
~ Won in substance just before Nbu took
the stand that you never got form lo1'
beeause il was never sent ont
The witness said Mr.. Upham asked
him if he had received it and when MIR.
NcNider replied in the negative the
reasurer rejoined:
Il guess not"
Senator Kenyon brought out that
three or four persons" were listening
o the conversation.