Arizona republican., 1920-08-31
PARTY CHA|RMEN N ADD NOTHING TO CHARGES IF COX
Democratic Congressman Admits Government Print ing Office Supplied Cam paign Propaganda
LRepubIican A. p. Leased wireI

CHICAGO, Aug 30-An extended examination today of Will H. Hays. Republican national chairman. and Homer s. Cummings, until recently Democratic national chairman. by the senate committee Investigating cam paign expenditures failed to throw any light on the $15,000,0 ,00c fund which Governor Cox charged the Republican party was seeking in an attempt to corrupt the American electorate and buy the presidency"
 The committee also heard Represent tative NJ. D. Flood of Virginia, chair man of the Democratic congressional campaign committee and former Rep resentatlve J. l.. Rhinock of Kentucky, treasurer of the committee. The out standing points in the maize of figures through which the committee struggled were
 Testimony by MT. Hays that the Re- publican national committees budget for the presidential campaign called for expenditure of $3.079, ,e37.70. Decla- ration by MT. Cummings that, allowing for the increased cost of printing. cIer- teal hire, rents, transportation and all the necessities of a national campaign, a national committee should be able to stage a fair, decent and stiff campaign with reasonable publicity" for $3,- poo .00O
 Nf the national chairman need not worry over finances
 Hays Says Quota $4,ooo,ooo
 MT. Hays also testified the Repub- ican national committee was seeking ko raise approximately $1,000. 900 to be donated to the various state commit tees for their local campaigns. making a total of slightly more than $4.000,000 in the Republican campaign chest for all purposes.
 Mr. Cummings. declared he believed tllis araoatB ss' excessive and pointed 10 the 19d6 campaign saying that he ssearned fn his home state of Connecti- cut. the Republicans spent $250. .000 in that year. He considered this was too much for a commnwealth of that size. If you let. the state committee run wild, he said, you get an accumu- lated expenditure which in itself is an outstanding evidence of corrupt pur- poses I suggest that this is just what is going to happen with the Republi- cans this year."
 Has either party any monopoly in this practice2" asked Senator Edge.
 There is no monopoly upon the sys- tenn" rejoined Mir Cummings, but there is no doubt about the Republican success in that directionv
 Both Mr. Hays and MT. Cunmfngs refused to discuss details of their com mittee financing, asserting that as -ndlIlPn they flau OnIy genera knowledge of such subjects and tha. the books and records of the commit tee treasurers would have to be relied 1pon in that respect.
 Limit Gifts to $1,oo0
 Neither chairman knew of any larg, individual contributions and Mir. Hay was rather positive that the Repub lican plan to limit individual gifts {, b1, 900 was being carried out success s4fuIIy. He knew of 3S exceptions to tn, ~. the largest being for $9.000, tw' for S5,000 each and the other 35 fo essex amounts.
 Mir. c innings explained that the or yanization of which he was chairma' was poverty stricken when he assume that office and that he left 10 his sue sessor S651 in cash and a net indebted ness of slightly more than $10O.00( charge by MT. Hays that as early a July, 1919, the Democratic committe had installed an elaborate fund gather ing organization in the Bond building Washington, was explained by Mi Cummings as a bureau for both propa ganda and finance. He said that ssgrew from a hope but was reduce n size when it. was found that tn overhead charges for maintaining tn
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