Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-09-15

fray the expenses OF the campaign, he
and Treasurer Upham at once pro-
nounced Gov. Cox's accusations false.
Testifying on oath before the Senate
committee at Chicago on August 30th,
Mr.. Hays admitted that tentative
quotas may have been prepared by
some of his money-grabbers, but de-
MED that the National Committee had
any part in the matter. It's only bud
get called for$3, 079,037, which was to
be raised by popular subscription in
the most publicSmanner, no more than
1000 to be received from any one.
On the following day Treasurer Up
ham swore that no quotas had been
assessed against cities as charged,
but finally admitted that the National
Committee had levied upon the vari-
GUS states for the sum OF $685., 500,
and produced the list. In the course
of cross examination he acknowled
that $700,0OO in addition to Chairman
Hays's- budget was to be raised for
| the exclusive use of the National Con-
gressional Committee. If
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We now come to the operations Of
some Of the highly paid sgold-diggers..
who were doing the work Of which
the Republican Chairman and Treas
urer protested ignorance. In their
Plan OF Campaign for Larger Cities,
bearing out Gov Cox's charge, the
"boys" who were to "get the money"
were told how to work. They were
to invite the prospects" to luncheons
and dinners, at which "inspirational
speakers" should impress big business
men with "the necessities Of the situ-
alton" and there was to be no hesita-
ton in asking for subscriptions
ranging from $4,000 upward"
There was to be "a cream list" made
up of easy marks. To keep up Chair
man Hays's pretense Of a great pop
ular outpouring OF small donations, it
was urged that large subscriptions
might well be reported piecemeai."
But in fragrant disregard Of his more
| or less sincere insistence upon pub
llcity everybody was warned that
scare must be used that nothing is
left on tables at luncheons and din
ners that might fall into the hands OF
any one that might give publicity to
such material" All this evidence Of
a far=reaching conspiracy. officially
denied under oath, is from documents
prepared at Republican headquarters.
There is also the testimony Of Upham
that the collection Of this RepublicaA
slush fund began as long ago as De-l
cember |, 1918. as.S EitNNs7 vi
When Gov. Cox said the quota Of
Cleveland, o., was 100000 and OF At
lanta, Ga, s25, 900 it was charged that
he had made the blgnder Qfbattribu-
ting to cities assessments made
against, states Dudley s. Blossom, in /
charge of the orgy at Cleveland end
C. w. Mcclure, similarly employed at
Atlanta, testify that the Governors
list is correct. Henry M. Blair, as
sistant to Treasurer UphaIn e. profesf
sional money-raiser and author Of the
phrase ..2ut boys get the moneyn'a'
frankly admitted the quota which,
Hays and Upham had at first denied
and added three cities to Cow Cox
list OF fifty-one. Moreover, he swore
that Chairman Hays had prepared all
ideal budget'' exclusively for the Ma
tional Committee Of $4,000, 900, and it
was upon this that he and the boys
were working when they were called
as witnesses. Every State director.
every city director" was urged from
Treasurer Upham's office ito do as
Kelly did-get the right man to see
the right people--and do it quickly
and Systematically" The Kelly re-
ferred to is gold-digger in Ohio who
on the stand admitted that he was
working on quota: that in some
cases he had. doubled the assessment
and that the amounts levied upon
Cincinnati and Youngstown, $260,0c0
and $4,000 respectively, were exactly
as stated in Gov. Cox's list
Thus from the mouths Of Republic
cans and their agents we have proof
not only Of the truth of the charge
made at Pittsburg but OF the equivo-
cation, not to say falsehood, OF. the
denials. It Is to be hoped that the
National Committee is only one OF the
Party's money-spending
agencies There are subsidiary or
masquerading under nom
partisan names. There are State and
County Committees. There are the
Congressional Committee and the Sem
atorial Committee, which are bent up
on electing safe and sane House ana
Senate at any cost, all Of them with
budgets. II the National Committee
alone must have. $4,000, 900. Gov. Cox'si
estimate Of $f5,0Qe,O0o as the total
fund is by no means extrav-
agant.
Former Senator John w. Weeks OF
Chairman Of the Re-
publican National Ways and Means
Committee, told a select assemblage
of "shirt-fronted prospects in New
ark the other day that the defeat OF
the present Democratic Administers
ton would be cheap at $15,00O,000.J
"You can afford it," he exclaimed,
"and it would be a good investment
When a representative Republican
financier proudly takes his stand on
this proposition with the gold-diggers
in the Office Of Treasurer Upham, who
is a survivor of the Lorimer machine
in Chicago. the case, already proved,
may as we'll be regarded as closed in
spite of the shocking efforts of Re-
publican Senators to smother the in
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