Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-10
UPHAM SAYS HE URGED
RAISING LIMIT TO $4,000

his district committees for about
S45O.000. He explained that this total
included 100000 which he was trying
to raise for the state central commit
tee, and that under the Indiana cor
rupt practices law subscriptions IN
tended for the state treasury could
not go to the national committee
4 'Of course. you can't raise that much
money in Indiana" he added, and then
stated that to date S3s,942 had been
| raised for both the state and national
funds. There was one subscription for
$4,000 in his list, this amount coming
from William Irwin, banker at Co
lumbus. Ind.
Illinois Limit Ability.
Charles Boeschenstein, democratic
| national committeeman for Illinois,
said there was no Embarrassing or
ganiZation of his party in this state.
| He said he was just starting to get
FUND together. the limit being the
ability and willingness of the men
! who contribute"
Mr.. Boeschenstein said a letter cam
palgn was in prospect and that he
hoped to get county chairmen in most
of the counties.
There are some counties in Illinois
! where you can't find two democrats
willing to work." he said.
| The witness told Senator Kenyon he
this year, and was. in fact. bit dis
| couraged over the outlook. He knew
nothing of any other organization
! trying to raise democratic funds in
| the state.
| Il sent out letters to twenty men
asking them to cooperate with me.
| but have not had one reply" he said.
| Cant you find some y. NJ. c. "A.
secretaries to help you?" asked Sena-
| tor Pomerene. "
/ Trh
| suggested Senator Kenyon.
Yes, we were talking about that
this morning" responded the witness.
Senator Kenyon learned that Mr..
Boeschenstein hoped to raise all the
! money he could get.
! But as matter of fact, when we
get that much we have barely enough
10 meet necessary expenses" said Mr..
Boeschenstein.
No List of Office Holders.
The witness was asked about letters
sent to Joseph Coffman. the Augusta,
ILL.,. postmaster. and given to the
| committee yesterday. He said he had
| no list of federal Office holders and
none of postmasters, but suspected
he had sent some letters to post
| masters. He assumed responsibility
| for the letters.
The envelope stamped Deliver at
home address only was shown him,
and he said he frequently used that
stamp to call attention to the letter.
! He said the practice was not confined
to letters sent to federal office holders.
| Can you produce a single envelope
| so stamped and not addressed to fed
eral officials?" asked Senator Kenyon.
| How can get the envelopes?" re-
| torted the witness. Emphaticaliy.
however, l say, Yes. l did use that
others"
| rs it not true that you are trying
to get funds from federal officers in
I1llinois?" queried Senator Kenyon.
| Positively not" said Mr.. Boeschen-
| stein. He explained that federal laws
prevented solicitation, and it was too
much trouble to go to the men as
merely party members.
/ How then do you get your money!?
| asked the Iowa senator.
| Il don't know. We manage to get
by and pay our rent" said the wit
ness. I'm the last state campaign we
used less than $4,000 throughout IL
linois"
Mr.. Boeschenstein said he was a
national committee membe- in 1912
and 1916, but could not recall the
amounts or circumstances of contri-
buttons totaling $1,000 from Thomas
D. Jones. H. T. Crane and members Of
their families. He thought they might
have been made in New York. SEN
ator Kenyon finally concluded that in
Illinois both major parties tried to
get as much as possible and spread
it around as effectively as circum- :
stances permitted.
Says They "ShOt mt the MOon.7
In explaining an alleged quota of
Isl. 300, 900 for Ohio, John A Kelly.
state ways and means head in that
Estate, yesterday said. we shot at the
moon. hoping to hit the treetops.' .
HE said quotas were assigned state
directors and they in turn assigned
[auotas to city or county directors,
who often increased or doubled them
in order to get the original amount
desired. The actual sum wanted in
lOhio, it was brought out by Senator
lPomerene of that state. was S650,000.
| Don't you think they rather bun
koed the people of our state by
doubling their quotas"' inquired the
isenator.
iting all the candidates for Presi
dent" interposed Senator Kenyon of
Iowa.
Carl D. Fritsche, executive secre-
itary of the Michigan republican ways
land means committee, said he booste
Figures for Detroit. when he subdi-
vided the state quotas, he boosted De-
troit's quota to 100000 an increase OF
so to so per cent. An assistant, A. r.
iStrine, in charge of Detroit, then sent
knowledge, announcing the Detroit
quota as 100000. or $4,000 more
THAN was sought in the entire state.
! On Saturday the committee will hear
Miss Jessie Burchard of Minneapolis
Miss Eunice Coyne of Aberdeen. S. D.,
and other girl members of the inter-
national revenue Office force in Aber-
deem, where democrats were said to
have solicited $40 subscriptions from
the girl clerks.
The committee will complete the
Chicago end of the inquiry tomorrow
but the question of where the next
session will be held has caused a
split in the ranks of the senators con-
Quoting the hearing.
The republican members, Senators
Edge Spencer and Kenyon, have de-
clared that the evidence brought by
Mr.. Moore to support Gov. Cox's
charges has proved nothing. and they
propose to drop the charges and move
on to Pittsburgh to investigate re-
ports that the liquor interests were
expanding vast sums of money in the
|, interests of Gov. Cox's candidacy
The liquor charges involved William
, Barnes, compiler of the republican
year book of 1920 and publisher OF
the Albany Journal
The democratic members, Senators
Pomerene and Reed, however. are
! holding out to stage the next session