The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-10
TREASURER
TAKES FULL BLAME FOR
URGING BIG DONATIONS
Says He Favored $40, 600
Contributions but Was
Voted Down.

Chicago, Sept. 10.-Fred w. Cp-t
ham today told the senate commit-i
tee investigating campaign funds
that he took full responsibility for
the proposal to raise the limit OF
Republican campaign contributions I
to $4,000 from $1,000. -.a
Il was voted down by q large
majority at meeting in New York, -
he said. .
He said form 101," the so-called
blair plan" was brought about by
his advocacy of larger contribu-
ton limit and was prepared after
he had told Harry M. Blair. his as-i
sistant, that he believed the $l0.-
900 figure would be adopted after
the national convention had ended
Hoped to Raise LID"
II hoped the lid would be raised
and did recommend $4,000 as :
limit" said Mr.. Upham. Il presentedl
this proposition at a meeting In New
York attended by Will Hays.
Charles Hollis, Alvin T. Hert Of
Kentucky; William Dougherty. Of
Ohio, and Colonel William Boycel
Thompson of New York. y
They voted me down by a bigi
majority and l stepped from the
room and told Mr.. Blair to tele-
graph his men in Chicago not toi
send out form 101.
"Two days later" continued Mr..
Upham, Colonel Thompson went
to Washington and saw Senator
Harding and the candidate gave out
a statement to the Associated
Press that he had instructed thel
Republican national committee not tot
accept contributions Of more than
81 900 each, promising that II any
change was made in the plan. the
public would be notified before IT.
was put into effect"
Denies Writing "Form 1O1."
Mr.. Upham said he did not write
form 1O1 and that 1t contained
some expressions and ideas which !
he would not have approved.
"But form 101 was and is dead,
be added.
II never saw a quota list for Cit
, les or any other quota list except
that for state prepared in my Of
flee" said Mr.. Upham.
"You assume responsibility for
the the Psalm singers" asked Sen-i
ator Pomerene.
Proud of His "Y' Workers.
II do and am proud Of the work
my ex-Y. M. C. A. campaignero are
doing" said Mr.. Upham. Il believe
that on the showing here OF results
l could, as business man. get tho
Job of raising the Democratic cam
paign fund and when they reorgan-
ize their finances l think they will
adopt our system
Mr.. Upham presented figures on
the presidential campaign receipts
and expenditures, his previous tes-
timony being limited to the period
after the national convention. To-
days testimony showed expendi-
lures of more than 100000 for
publicity, headquarters and other
national committee expense be-
tween Dec. /, 1918, and July IL, OF
this year.
Has sChautauqua Bureau.
Mr.. Upham testified that part OF
the pre-convention expense for
speakers was for men sent out to
preach Republican doctrines al
chautauquas. He said the Repub-
lican national committee had a
"chautauqua bureau" under a DR.
. Ellis.
Some prominent Democrats
have appeared on the chautauqua
!. PLATFORM" suggested Senator Ken
l yon.
, "Yes, but not as hired men OF the
: national committee" rejoined Sen.
ator Pomerene.
The chairman then brought out
3 that he understood that there were
) Democratic days" at the chautau-
quas where the Republican bureau
! men were sent.
He Summarizes.
Summarizing ''all this bulge
: : and quota business" into what h
called "a plain business statement,
Mr.. Upham said that the state quots
: list of about $4,000 made up il
: his Office included both the pre-
convention and actual presidentia
campaign periods. He then pointe,
out that more than $l,100,000 o
this total had been raised ant
spent before the present budget o
$3,077 900 was made up.
The senate committee, at tn