Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-11
MOORE is CALLED
TO STAND BY REED;
cox INDICATED
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who contribute"
"Ther care some counties in I'LL
nois where you can't find two Dem
ocrats willing to work. he said.
The witness told Senator kenyon
he had no hopes of raising large
fund this year and was, in fact, BIZ
| discouraged over the outlook.
Letters to Postmasters
He knew nothing of any other or
| ganiLa ton trying to raise Democratic
| funus in the state.
Cant you find some Y. NJ, C
A. secretaries to help you?" asked
| Senator Pomerene.
| Mr.. Upham may loan you some,
suggested Senator Kenyon.
Senator Kenyon learned that Mr.
Boeschenstein hoped to raise all thu
money he could get.
But as d matter of fact WheI
we get that much we have barrel!
| enough to meet necessary expenses,
said Mr.. Boeschenstein.
The witness was asked about let
| tiers sent to Joseph Coffman, thu
Augusta, ILL.,, postmaster, and give1
he had not list of federal office
holders and none of postmasters, bu
| suspected" he had sent some letter:
! to postmasters. He assumed respOn
sibility for the letters.
The envelope stamped deliver
! and he said he frequently used tina
stamp to call attention to the letter
He said the practice was not con
fined to letters sent to federal of
| ficeholders.
us it not true that you are trying
| to get funds from federal officehold
ers in Illinois?" queried Senator Ken
| yon.
Positively not" said Mr.. Bosch
enstein.
Senator Kenyon finally. CONCLUDED
| that in Illinois both major partle:
| tried to get as much as possible ant
spread it around as effectively az
circumstances permitted.
Uphsm Takes Responsibility
Fred w. Upham today told the
senate committee investigating cam
paign funds that he took full respon'
limit of Republican campaign con
| tributions to $4,000 from $1,000.
Il was voted down by a large ma
jority at a meeting in New York
he said.
He said form 101," the so-callet
his advocacy of larger contributor
limit and was prepared, after ne hat
| told Harry M. Blair, his assistant
that he believed the $4,000 figur'
would be adopted after the natlona
convention had ended.
and / did recommend $4,000 as 8
limit" said Mr.: Upham. u preseniL !,
ed this proposition at meeting II
New York attended by VIII Hays
| Charles Hollis, Alvin 7. Hert, OF Ken
lucky; William Daugherty. Of Ohio
ana Colonel William Boyce Iholhp
son, of New York. D.,
"Thev voted me down by a big ma
iority and l stepped from the room
and told Mr.. Blair to telegraph nj:
men ne, in Chicago not to SEND out hoFn
Two days later. continued, Mr.. Up
ham, Colonel Thompson went t
Washington and saw Senator Hard
ing and the candidate gave out
statement to the Assoclate1 ILeH'
that he. had instruc eittae tn net nt to &C
cent contributions of more than ~,
900 each. promising that II an ths
| efange was made in the plan. TN
public would be notified pelore
was put in to effect. h,aoa+ anf
quota business, !" into what he ;, cal nfr
ia plain business statement I Mr
Ifnham said that the state quota us
Of about s4,SO0.000 made up In nl'
office included both the pre-conven
nainn neriods. He then pointed gu
That more than $1,100,O00 of tins
total had been raised and spent 81 nj pc ne
fore the present budget of $3'o79'oo'
was made up. s+.,a
| He estimated that with the stat
land national committee funds am
the loans to the congressional, ant
5000 600 to the senatorial commiL
tees of the party there would pas
through his hands total OF S4'o'S'
Senator Kenyon called Edmond =
Moora Governor Cox's representa-
tive. to the stand and questlone'
hi mabout Democratic campaign fun'
plans and particularly help that ma!
have been received from the 1quo
" Mr.. Moore said he first heard 0
the Association Opposed to Natlona
Prohibition when his attention wa
called to an interview by Wayn
Wheeler, lone of the Republ1cal
heads Of the Anti-Saloon league,
Republican organization.
"Mr. Bryan is one of the promi
uent heads also, isn't he?" asked Sen
ator Kenyon.
Mr.. Moore retorted. .,xl ten,
He is a Democrat, though ism
he?" the chairman protested.
$50 l have heard.
From the league prospectus, Sena
tor Kenyon read the names OF sew
eral Democrats, including Balm
| bridge Colby, SeCIeldly VI
Bourke Cochran and Joseph "
Bailey of Texas who w nrob bdYeI
Mr.. Moore hoped the questioning
of the Republican members of tn
committee was not IAN attempt t
inject wet and dry issue into tn
presidential campaign"
"The fact that 1 am known as
strong anti-prohibitionist is of o
! more significance than the fact tina
) George White, chairman of the Dem
ocratic national committee, advicat
ed and voted for prohibition in con
gress," he said.
The committee at the noon recess
announced that the investigation O
, the charges by Governor Cox woul
: be completed here tomorrow. an
that the committee would then re
cess to meet in some eastern cit
on September %.
NAVAL STORES
: SAVANNAH, Ga, Sept; 1O.mTurpentin
, 729; shipments, So; stocks, 12,161.
Rosin, firm; sales us; receipts, LAT