The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-11

ncine III Oukianu, Gal, ana udten aug
%. Senator Reed questioned the vIt-
ness on the following paragraph:
I'VE have all hoped that tho popular
campaign would be continued during
September and October, bat certain cir =
cumstances have come up in the ma
tlcDal committee whereby all our plans
have been thrown in the discard"
Mr.. Leo said the sentence referred TO
meeting of the republican national
committee in New York. where II was
deoiaea to abandon the popular cam
paign. he said the decision was reached
for the reason testified TO yesterday by
his chief, Harry NJ. Blair, who said Col.
William b. Thompson would not release
seven eastern states to the jurisdiction
of the Chicago headquarters.
Didn't you pull In your horns be-
cause charges were beginning to be
made about the republican fund ard
this investigation was In sight?" Sea-
ator Reed asked.
That had nothing to do with it," said
Mr.. Lee, and Senator Spencer brought
out that the decision was roachcd be-
fore the Cox charges we're published.
letter From Memphis.
Another letter from Mr.. Lee to r. a.
Garrison, a field worker at Memphis.
called attention to paragraph n SEN
ator Harding's speech of acceptance
dealing with the Acknowledgement OF
reaction" which might be observed In
the south. The letter added:
This paragraph was, Of course. in
tended as sop to the voters in indus
tria, centers."
The witness said this expression was
purely PERSONAL ana that the Harding
paragraph caused no reaction"
No Word Too Strong.
language too -srfuny~ YoF ideserfbe This
sort Of conduct I don't know it." Ken
yon said. Miss Coyne testified that she
Internal revenue once and that she
knew, they were getting $3.50 a month
and that they We're entirely dependent
on that salary Living in Aberdeen, she
said, took all the money the girls could
earn. sa
When she first heard that the girls
had received letters asking them to
meet the democratic, fund collector
Miss Copne said, she trailed the story
down and wrote 1t for the newspapers.
Waterburys s nv.ation she sspS safd s tx
agreed to give $40 contribution. The
other six did not contribute. Miss
Burchard told the committee frankly.
when She took the stand after, Miss
democrat; that at the hotel meeting
with Waterbury the latter had "sug-
gcsted" $40 apiece would be about right,
and that she, being a good democrat,
had paid with post dated checks, one
taking the date of Sept. 1 and the other
No Other Income.
Have you any source OF income out
side of your salary of $3.50 a month";"
asked Senator Kenyon. The girl replied
that she had none
"Then this contribution came directly
out of the salary paid you by the gov
ernment?" Kenyon asked, and the wit
ness said that II did
Before she left the stand Miss Coync
clerk, William Young. was authority
for the statement that the room in the
hotel 10 which the young women wcre
called was the democratic headquarters
for that city Miss Coyne said that
many Of the girls at the meeting told
her that Waterbury had said that these
contributions were voluntary, but that
their jobs depended on the political
status Of the county.
70 Teams Of Solicitors.
Before calling the South Dakota riils
The committee heard Frederick {. Bar
bour. $500 a week director Of the Chi
cago drive for republican campaign
funds. Barbour told In detail Of the
division of the city and the list Of the
$4,000 citizens who were TO be solicited
by some seventy teams OF solicitors:
He said there was n special list Of
men who could pay, If they wished,
81 900
That's your cream list" Senator
Reed said. Barbour denied that they
Called Il that.
"If n man who can pay $1,000 to the
campaign fund is not on the cream
list he is at least half and half" re-
marked senator Reed.
Senator Reed endeaVored to get Bar
hour to admit that ChicaCo's quota was
100000 instead Of 100000 as an
nounccd, but Barbour said he never
had heard of the 500, 900 figure.
Resume Hearings Sept az.
The testimony OF the South Dakota
girls ended the hearings here and the
committee adjourned subject to the
call Of the chairman. It was an
nounced that Gov. Cox would not be
called to testify personally regarding
his charges Of $i5.OOO.o00 republican
fund TO buy the presidency Mem
bers Of the committee expressed ~"
belief that Edmund H. Moore, VINO
came as Gov CoX's personal repre-,
sentative. had given the committee AL
the evidence the governor had.
II is expected that the committee
will resume it's hearings at Pittsburgh
on Sept. 20.