New-York tribune., 1920-08-30

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this morning and he and Fred W. Up
ham, treasurer of the committee, were
in conference until late tonight. I'm
der their supervision copies Of the
partys books and records were made
containing the name of every contrib
utor to the campaign fund and the
amount given, the party's campaign
budget and the quotas assigned dis
tricts. Another statement prepared is
said to show the expenditures of the
party in the campaign.
ut will all be given to the commit
tee Tomorrow" said Mr.. Upham. at
will show that there is no corruption,
no slush fund. and that Governor Cox's
statements are absolutely untrue"
Counter Attack Promised
Previous statements by Mr.. Hays and
MIR. upham that the Republican party
would not be content with defending
itself from Governor Cox's charges, but
would present evidence concerning the
Democratic campaign fund were re-
iterated tonight
We will fight fire with fire." said
Mr.. Hays. eve will not only make
public everything connected with our
campaign, but we will force the Demo-
Gratis to do the same We warned them
at the start that we would not take
their aspersions lying down and we are
going to back up that statement"
Senator Walter K. Edge, Republican,
Of New Jersey, arrived unexpectedly
to-day and will take part in the hear
lngs. Senator Edge, member of the
Senate committee, has been in Europe
and has not attended any of the hear
ings since the conventions. He called
closeted with Mr.. Hays and Mr.. Upham
few minutes, but said that the meet
ing had no official significance.
Senator Kenyon, Republican, of Iowa,
chairman of the committee, arrived late
tonight, and Senator Pomerene, Demo-
crat, of Ohio, and the other members
are expected early tomorrow.
Senator Miles Pondexter, of Wash
ington, and many other Republican
leaders also either are here or ex-
pected.
Democrats Show No Activity
On the Democratic side there was
little activity. No one was officially
authorized to speak for them in con-
nection with the hearing. Wilbur
Marsh, treasurer of the Democratic
National Committee, and George White,
chairman, are expected tomorrow
So far rs could be learned, no word
had been received from Governor Cox
as to any evidence he might send or
saying whether he expected to attend
He was invited to do so week ago,
but replied he felt his presence should
not be demanded
At Republican headquarters It was
said that the party leaders probably
would not insist that Governor Cox
be forced to attend, but that every effort
would be made to obtain all evidence
he might have. 1t was indicated that
the Republicans might ask the COM
mittee to go to Governor Cox if it
felt that a subpoena would interfere
with his campaign plans or tend to
humiliatc him.
Mr.. Hays and Mr. Upham saw no one
throughout the day but party leaders,
except for a thirty minute interview
given newspaper men by the National
Committed chairman in which he issued
formal statement again denying
Governor Cox's charges.
Bayonet Charge Resented
Candidate Cox has charged that
lican National Committee by sinister
influences to buy the Presidency" said
the statement. yesterday he is re-
ported to have said in New York that
many men are making contributions to
the Republican campaign fund for the
purpose Of using the bayonet to set
tie industrial difficulties. Candidate
Cox will have to prove these charges,
but this he cannot do because they are
absolutely false. His declarations are
an insult to the thousands of citizens
q ir1cr NC Will, en-, oil contributions opJ
we will publicly prove them false by
making public the name of every con-
tributor, the amount and the purpose
for which it is spent.
Incidentally Candidate Cox will
have to explain the source of his
funds collected by his own national
committee and by the agencies outside
his national committee for his benefit" ;"
While neither Mr.. Hays nor Mr.. Up
ham would anticipate testimony by
saying exactly what figures would be
that the national campaign budget,
which it was said would be presented d
to the committee, would total $780,
0OO
Concerning the list of quotas, it was
said that it was entirely different
from the list Governor Cox used in his
Pittsburgh speech" and that evidence
concerning it would be introduced to
show that more than 10000 persons
had contributed to the fund, which now
totaled somewhat more than S1,00O,O00
Representative Fred A. Britten, of
Illinois. has been subpen@d in con-
nection with his charges that money
appropriated by Great Britain for en-
tertalnment at the Washington en-
bassy had found its way to the Demo
cratic National Committee" and the
investigating committee also has sew
eral other matters on its docket. The
Senatorial primaries in Oklahoma, in
which Senator Gore was defeated, and