Arizona republican., 1920-09-02
DEMO CAMP PAIGN OFFICIALS TESTIFY 1916 DEMOCRATIC
 VICTORY COST g, 300, 900
Campaign Fund Probe May Uncover Additional Con- tributions to Both Sides in National Fight
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 CHICAGO, Sept. 1.-Officials of the Democratic national committee testl- fled today before the senatorial com mittee Investigating campaign expenses that they brought no evidence from Governor James M. Cox to sustain fhS charges of a Republican corruption, Chairman White and Wilbur Marsh, its treasurer, both backed their candidates assertion and in addition MT. Marsh produced photographic copies of sub scription lists to a Republican book published by William Barnes of the Albany (N. Y.) Evening Journal, which, he said, indicated a violation of the federal statutes forbidding political subscriptions from corporations.
 MT. Marsh told Senator Kenyons chairman of the Investigating commit tee, that the original lists were either in the hands of Governor Cox or the department of justice" Asked why they had not been turned over at once to the attorney generals office as basis for possible prosecution, he replied; We considered them an excellent campaign document. Besides we have had them only about two weeks"
 well" said Senator Kenyon, eff any of the signers of these lists have vio~ lated the law, they ought to be jailed no matter whether they are Republ- cans or Democrats
 Labor Candidate Testifies
 Other witnesses today were Farley F. Christensen, presidential nominee of the Farmer-Labor party; Guy T. Scotts treasurer of the Republican congress lsional and senatorial campaign commit tees, and w. D. Jamieson, hold-over financial director of the Democratic national organization. MT. Jamieson appeared at a night session which wac ordered in an effort to speed up the 1 hearings.
 Messers White and Marsh agreed that 1 the Democratic coffers were practically empty but both hoped for better con- ditions soon. They said that the party as yet had no campaign committed no finance committee. and Mir. Marsh 1 added that the heads or bureaus had not yet been appointed
 1 They agreed also that there was nott~ I ing in the budget of $3079.o00 pre- sented on Monday by will H. Hays chairman Of the Republican national committee that was in itself evidence | of desire to corrupt the American electorate Mir. Marsh thought the amount named was not excessive for Republican campaign but he said it would be fare more than was neces- sary for a Democratic effort
 Democrats Estimate Cost
 The officials differed as to the amount needed for this years Demo- 1 cratic campaign. Mir. White made a l strictly personal estimate" of s2.000,- 900, but Mir Marsh said this was too high and that in the two months re- maining before election, as good a cam paign as the 1916 effort could be con ducted for ST, z00.0 900. He said he would 1 tbe very happy with that amount at the disposal Of the national committee 1 The evidence confirmed previous asser- tions that the 1918 campaign cost the Democrats $2. 300 GOO.
 The Barnes book received con siderable attention. Mir. March ex- plained that to his mind the subscrfp- l ton list indicated a plan to collect l large campaign funds independently of the Republican machinery He said there were several organizations en- gagged in the similar work and at the behest of Senator Kenyon. he men toned the National Young Mems Re- publican League the Southern Pro- 1 tective Tariff Association. The Com
 mittee of American Business Men, the American Defense Society and the Republican Publicity Association.
 As he mentioned each organization. the witness submitted a letter from his headquarters which he said bore out his assertions. He protested that he did not consider the Young Mems League reprehensibl in itself that he though the idea of such an organiZa- tion was a good one and that the Democrats had one of their own and hoped to revive it.
 But we financed our league through the national committee and what ever it collected was turned in to the ! committee" he said.
 The American Defense Society was similarly endorsed. but he added that it was spending money to help elect Harding. and he thought that fact was pertinent to the inquiry.
 CamoufIaqed Democrats Found
 There was a deal of discussion about the Southern Protective Tariff asso- citation. The letter submitted from 1 this OrganiZa ton announced that $20.- eco be collected in Texas alone and notations indicated that four Demo- crats and eight Republicans already had given 5000 each to the associa- tion. MT Marsh said any one contrib uting to a Protective Tariff associa- ton should be classed as Republican and used the term "camouflaged Democrats in this connection.
 Senator Kenyon wanted to know if MT Marsh thought the Republicans , l had any reason to spend money in southern states, and the latter retorted that he had heard that the Republicans expected to carry North Carolina and , lon very hopeful days" extended this 1 hone to Texas.
 Senator Kenyon asked if the League to Enforce Peace was not spending considera ble money in advocacy of the | league of nations and whether the
 witness thought the Democratic na- tional committee ought to do that l work instead.
 i "If you mean the organization of
 which William II. Taft is the head. sec no reason why we should under
 take work that Mir. Taft is doing so
 well for us" replied the Democratic official
 The chairman suggested that large expenditures would not in themselves indicate corruption if the work itself . was legitimate. and when Mir. Marsh reiterated his opinion that what seemed reasonable to Republican was enormous in the sight of a Demo crat. the Iowa senator said:
 Well the Democrats have an advau- tage at the start in that they do not : have to campaign in doezn southern r states"
 You have the same advantage in