Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-10
MORE TESTIMONY
ON "FORM 1O1"


out by the Republican national COM
mittee was elected at today's session
of the Senate committee investigating
campaign funds. While Harry NJ.
Blair, assistant to Fred W. Upham,
national Republican treasurer, was on
the stand a document was introduced
which the witness identified as a sub
stitute for Form 101." the campaign
plan which Blair drew up but which
was rejected by the national executive
committee. This substitute document
stated that an intensive campaign was
to be undertaken in 81 cities; and it also
indicated that the nationa, treasurer
was to appoint city chairmen of the
ways and means committee
| John A. Kelly and G. DeForrest
Kinney. state ways and means heads
for Ohio and Illinois respectively. lat
err said that they appointed the local
| chairmen themselves and that The ma
| tional treasurer had not hing to do
with these selections or with fixing the
county quotas. MIR. Kinney also stat
ed that he was concerned only with the
campaign outside Chicago and Cook
county
In addition Henry Owen. a paid as
sistant to Mr.. Blair and organizer for
Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Viz
ginia and Indiana, testified that he
had never heard of any plan to organize
cities as distinctive from the county
! organizations. He said furthermore
that he never saw Form 101' and
| knew nothing of its being locked in
safe at Republican headquarters after
it had been rejected.
| Mr.. Owen told Senator Spencer that
the whole Republican method of rails
ing funds was a stock PLAN
Il can buy it for you in printed
form for 25 cents" he added. -.
| "Where?' asked Senator Reed.
, From the international committee
of the 7. NJ c. A." said the witness.
The plan is known to hundreds of
men. 1t is Is years old and anything
but original with this drive"
The committee held another night
session. Chairman Kenyon explaining
that they hoped to wind up. the COM
mittee hearings in this city by Satur-
day night.
Other developments TO-DAY included
testimony by Mr.. Kelly that he fixed
the quotas of Ohio counties at just
double what he expected to raise but
did not inform local chairmen of that
fact. On that basis the workers Of
that state, it was brought out by SEN
ator Pomerene, were striving to get
$1,000 900 instead of the $3.50, 900
which the national committee wanted
I'VE shot at the moon hoping to hit
the tree tops" explained Mr.. Kelly.
Mrs. Bertha Baur of Chicago. ways
and means committee vice chairman
for Illinois. told of the difficulties Of
raising money among women voters.
I'VE thought that since women had
assumedthe privileges of the ballot
they ought to assume some of it's re-
sponsibilities." she said bu, her figures
showed that she had collected $35,367.-
81 from only five counties in Illinois
and that all except $S26 had come
from Cook county. She said she had
tried to appoint vice chairmen in each
of the 1o1 counties of the state but had
succeeded in only 81.
There was one subscription Of $4,000
and 10 of $1,000 in Mrs. Baur's list The
$4,000 was received. last May from Mrs
John H. Cary, the witness said. and
she explained that it was divided be-
tween two fiscal years "in accordance
with what l then understood was
general plan"
Did you have any sinister purpose
in raising these funds" asked Senator
Kenyon. asking a stock question.
mo. sir; it was for the best purpose
in the world" replied Mrs. Baur. and
she then smilingly assuI ed Senator
Pomerene that the remark was not a
reflection upon "us Democrats"
At the start of the days session
there was evidence that Charles Boes-
chsnstein Of Edwards Vile. ILL.,. Dem
ocratic national committeeman for the
state. had sent letters to postmasters
asking voluntary contributions to his
partys campaign fund Five Of these,
addressed to the postmaster at Angus
ia, ILL.,, a rural town in Hancock
county. were given to the committee
by an emissary of the postmaster. who |
busy to come in person until next
week. ne also sdlu tne postmaster /
was a Progressive who had won ap- |
pointment by a civil service examina-
tion after the Democratic incumbent
resigned year ago. pc
Mr.. Blair was on the stand Tthe
rest of the morning and at the start |
of the afternoon session. The Illinois |
and Ohio chairmen followed, Mr.. Kin
ney's testimony being especially brief. !
Mr.. Kelly turned in a list showing
the quotas, pledged and payments |
from the different counties Of Ohio |
He said that in some ten counties
there were drives for additional |
funds to be used for county purposes
and Senator Reed pointed out that |
in the case Of Toledo and Cleveland !
these additional drives brought the
totals to 100000 and $500, 900, respec.
lively. the amounts named for those |
places in the Pittsburgh speech Ct |
Governor Cox.
Senator Pomerene asked whether !
contributors would be reimbursed IL
the Ohio total went beyond the figure |
set by the National Committee. Mr..
Kelly said his duties were confined