Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-10
BLAIR ADMITS LIST |.
| OF CITIES AS FIELD
FOR GOLD D|GGERS
Intensive Campaigns Plan
ned in Sd, Three More
Than Cox Knew OF.
q
G. O. P. MONEY GENERAL is
GRILlED BY SENATOR REED
Confesses Collection Method
Follows Closely That Of
Denied Form 1O1.
QUOTA FOR TOLEDO PROVED
Republican Drive Expert Places
Figures Mt 500. 900. the Amount
Named by Governor.
G. O. P. MONEY GENERAL is
GRILlED BY SENATOR REED
QUOTA FOR TOLEDO PROVED
Republican Drive Expert Places
Figures Mt 100000. the Amount
Named by Governor.

CHICAGO. Sept. "a nine-hour
battle Of wits between United States
Senator Reed. Democrat, and Harry
H. Flair. assistant to Treasurer Fred
w. upham. and admittedly head of
tho Republican money-raisinE ma
chine. ended this afternoon with the
following results:
Admission by Mr.. Blair of a list of
hftyfour cities in which intensive
campaigns for funds were to have
been made. modified by his dcclara-
plan fell down.
Form 10i Comes Tn Handy.
Admission by the witness that
the plans followed out in the collec-
tion OF money followed closely along
the lines of form 101. which the wit
ness declared had never been adopted
with the exception that the witncss
insisted no subscription greater than
Sl.9O0 had been asked. Admission by
Mr. Blair that the forms of campaign.
OF which there were two sent out to
the regional directors. were similar to
FORM l0l In every particular. except
the big money provisions. Demand by
senator Reed and submission by Mr..
blair OF all of the letters, kilograms,
forms, lists, official or otherwise,
used by the money-raising organiza-
tion since he took charge.
In addition. Henry Owon, n paid as
sistant to MIR. Blair and organizer for
Ohio. Kentucky, Tennessee, West Vir-
Sinia and Indiana, testified he had
never heard of any plan to organize
cities as distinctive from the county
organizations. Furthermore, no said, :.
he never saw form 101 and knew
nothing OF It's bclng locked in safe
at Republican headquarters after it
had been rejected.
G. O. II. Follows Stock Plan.
Mr.. Owen told Senator Spenccr the
whole Republican method OF raising
funds was n .'stocl1 plan"
Il can buy 1t for you in printed
form for % cents" he added.
"hercT' asked Senator Reed.
From tho international committee
OF tho Y. NJ. c. A." said tho witness.
Tho plan is known to hundreds OF
men. 1t is 20 years old and anything
but original with this drive"
The committee held another nfrht
session. Chairman Kenyon explaininr
they hoped to wind up the committee
hearings in this city by Saturday
night.
Other developments today Included
testimony by Mr.. Kelly that no fixed
the quotas of Ohio counties at lust
double what he expected to raise. hut
did not inform local chairman of that
fact On that basis, the workers In
mat state were striving to got ST.
100000. instead OF the sS50.O00 which
the national committee wanted.
"o Shot at the moon, hoping 70
MT the treetops." explained Mr..
KcIly.
Mrs. Bertha Baur. of Chicago. ways
and means vice chairman for Illinois.
tod or tho difficulties of raising
money among women voters. I'VE
thought that since women had as
sumed the privileges of the ballot
they ought to assume some OF It's
responsibilities" she said. but her
hsures showed She had collected $685.
S61.57 from only five counties in nli-
nois and all except s326 had come from
COOK County. She said she had tried
to appoint vice-chairmen in each of
the lO1 counties of the State, but had
succeeded in only sixty-two.
One Woman Gave $1,000.
There was one subscription of $4,000
and thirteen of $1,000 in Mrs. Bauers
list. Tho $4,000 was received las,
May from Mrs. John IL Gary. the Wit
ness said.
at the~ start of tho days session
there was evidence that Charles Boes.
chcnstcin, OF Edwardsville, Ill. Demo-
cratic national committeeman for the
State, had sent letters to postmasters
asking voluntary contributions to his
party's campaign fund. Five OF these
addressed to the postmaster Mt Au
gusta. Ill, a rural town in Hancock
County, were given to tho committee
by an emissary OF tho postmaster.
who explained that tho Official womb
be too busy TO como In person until
next week. He also said the post
master was progressive, who had
won appointment by a civil service
examination after the Democratic in
cumbent resigned year ago.
Mr.. Blair was on tho stand the
rest or the morning and at the start
of tho afternoon session. Tho Illi-
nois and Ohio chairmen followed
Mr.. Kinney's testimony being espc.
cially brief.
Mr.. Kelly turned in list showing
the quotas. pledges and payments
from the different counties OF Ohio.
He said that in some ten counties
there were drives 70, additional
funds to bo used for county pur-
poses, and Senator Reed pointed ou.
that in tho case OF Toledo ana
Cleveland these additional drives
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