Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-09-09
The Gold Diggers

r The Gold Diggers
According to the testimony the senate probers OF
campaign sus funds good of the money contributed
or the good of the party paid to professional gold
dggers Henry NJ Blair father of Form 101" and chief
get the money boy for the republican national committee
admits drawing salary of $500 week and and
paying numerous assistants from $3.50 week to $500
week, besides expenses, for "giving the gas.
Form 1O1" set forth campaign plan which called for
subscriptions of $10000 and Mr. Blair states that
while copies distributed the national committee
pigeon-holed the pan Yet the chief Cleveland money
raiser testified that the golddigging was in progress in
Ohio under the plan outlined in Form 101."
Under the plan exposed, before the senate probers,
of standing selected chairman Of state Ways
and Means committees referred to by Governor Cox
shrt-front" charmen They used references by
the professional money designated god-dig
gers in approaching prospective contributors Their chief
service designating Republican sympahzers to
heads Of local finance committees, and in rating the
patriots financially
The actual work getting money was looked after
by parallel organization of practical character under
Blair assistant to the treasurer at salary of
$4,000 year and expenses Blair halls from Marion Ohio
and recommended by Senator Harding "a capable
man. His previous work had been money raiser for
the Roosevelt Memorial Fund.
These "goddiggers called themselves executive sec
retarie to insure audiences with prospective contributors
1t was they who out information regarding the and
city quoos and organized the drives and represented that
they were being pressed by the national committee to go
the top"
Instructions contained in Form 10l" were sent out
June IA the etterhead of the Republican National Com
mlttee IreaSrerS Office 1t instructed the leader to whom
it sent to Secure chairman for the campaign man
widely known and of commanding influence, who was to-
appoint executive committee of at least twelve When
this executive committee met at luncheon inspationa
speaker should awaken this committee the necessities of
the situation for he time has arrived when some prospects
have been asked for subscriptions ranging SIS and
upward In case is absolutely necessary first of all
to sell to this committee the quota of the campaign fund.-
Another paragraph in Form 101", directs that gilt
edge ht OF the 5000 contributors able contribute from
500 should be made in cities After the cards of special
prospects have been reserved for the Executive Committee
the remaining cards should be submitted to the Division
Charmen and they in turn should make selection of ap
proximatey twenty-five cards each for what might be
termed Cream List to be distributed as favor to the
team captains.
Special stress is placed the suggestion that the social
feature OF politics be observed by giving uncheons and din
ners wherever possible in order to get the prospects in the
humor for giving secrecy enoned as follows
mo instructions to team captains or workers should be
printed must be used that nothing left on tables at
cheons dinners which might into the hands of anv
one that might give publicity to such material"
And the official slogans of the goddggers" and shirt
fronts whether the cream list" or SKINNED milk list
was Boys Get the Money" Gve her the gas step on
and similar lofty appeals to the nspiraenal ideas Of
noracy And in appreciation of the god-diggers slush
fund with their quotas and drives for 81 cities Senator
Harding wrote in the official bulletin
Allow sboun h, an 80
with your office in raising campaign fund for
form or national patriotism
every state Therefore, all vour
by - - - "Nepg appreciated