Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-09-10
Managers Of Both Parties Are
Raising Big HulabaIoo Over
Campaign Funds.
Law VIOLATIONS CHARGED
G1npers ksks Union Labor TO Sup
part c1<-Nors Trouble IN Mining
FIele@Polss Destroy s91en-
rye Ped Army in Gsiie5s.
81 EDWARD ". pIcKARD.


Candidate Cox and the managers Of
both the Democratic and the Eepub-
ilcsa campaigns have created q deal
IL n0ise and fury with their charges.
and counter-charges relating 70 the
campaign funds. Accusations and re-
t0rfs, denials and admissions have
been flying thick and probably viii not
cease for some time. The senatorial
Investigating committee seemingly IL
determined 70 get st the truth with
Ont fear 81 favor. and II certain Of
the charges are sustained, legal pro-
ceedings are likely To result.
Republican managers assert that
COz's charges that they had consplred
to buy the presidency with huge sums
81 money have been completely dis
proved Homer Cummings, former
DefaOcratic national Chairman, tOidShe
senators he could find no Evidence Of
corruption in the Republican plan for
raising campaign funds, and added
that his own party organization was
trying to raise fuDds By the same
method used by the Republicans. But,
he complained, the latter had been the
more successful. Neither Mr.. Cum
miDgs nor any other witness heard by
the committee was willing to admit
that the presidency could be bought"
Mr.. Cox elaborated bis statements
by making public a document entitled
Campaign Plan in Larger Cities"
which he said proved the Repub-
Hcan national committee was seek
ing to raise sums ranging from
5000 to $4,000. Treasurer Up
ham disposed Of this BY explain
ing that the plan outlined In the
document was not ratified, but on the
contrary was vetoed almost without
discussion because the national com
mittee was determined to try out the
81 200 limit plan. How closely this
was adhered to was told the senators
by National Chairman Hays. He said :
During the period from June ii, 1920,
70 August 70, 1920. there were 12,:3S9
roen and women contributors TO both
the national committee and to state
committees through the joint collect
ing organization, an average Of 1921.
OF these one have been over the thou
s%and-dollar rule except eight, which
eight have given a total Of 1880, an
average Of s1,Gs7.50. The highest of
these was $500"
On Tuesday Mr.. Upham supplements
cd this by submitting the full list Of
contributors to the Harding fund.
Fewer than n dozen. he said, had
given more than 81, 900 and two sub
scriptIons of $1,000 each were the
largest received to date. The quotas
for the national fund, Mr.. Upham said,
totaled S4,SS7.000 approximately, with
$4,000 additional quotas for special
state funds, but that 1t was a case Of
go per cent off for cash" He said
the glowing "bulletins' sent out to
Republican fund workers and quoted
extensively by Governor Cox were
"bull' and craftsmanship" The Re
publican budget. he insisted, was for
slightly more than 100000.
But the Democrats were not out of
ammunition, by any means. The next
thing they brought to the attention Of
the senatorial committee was the "de
luxe book, "Republlcanlsm in 1920
which William Barnes Of New York
was said to be getting put The sena-
tors were shown a list Of wealthy men
who had pledged some $37, 900 for this
Barnes effort, and Wilbur Marsh,
Democratic treasurer, said that to his
mind 1t Indicated q plan to collect
large campaign funds Independently OF
the regular Republican machinery. He
named a number of organizations that
he said, were engaged in similar eff
forts, mentioning the National Young
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