The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-04
FORM
101' PART OF
C0x'SPROOF
Copy Of Secret Document
to Be Used as Evidence
Is Published.

Is Published.
Chicago, Sept. 4.-(By the United
Press.) Governor Cox, the Demo-
cratic presidential nominee. dis
cussed the senate "slush fund" in
vestigation here today with E. H.
Moore, his convention manager,
who is scheduled to present new
leads" to the senate committee
next week.
4 Moore talked briefly with Cox in
the governors private car which
remained in Chicago less than two
hours. Together they went over
the information Moore plans to
give the senate committee Tues
day, to help it discover evidence
which Moore says will prove con-
clusively Cox's charge that the Re-
publican national organization set
out to collect a corruption fund"
Of $15,000,000 to buy an underhold
On the government"
Part Of Evidence.
Part of the evidence Moore
plans to give the committee con-
sists of circular known as form
101," said to be the plan for col
lecting large sums in the big cit
les. through secret organization,
which Moore charges was under
direction OF a professional money
raiser.
Cox read from form 101 and an
accompanying quota sheet in his
Pittsburgh speech when he charg-
ed that S8,145,000 was to be raised
in 81 cities in q states.
Copy of ~FOrm 1O1" Secured.
Campaign Plan, Larger Cities, -
is the heading of form 101. a copy
of which was made available to
the United Press here today. The
sheet bears the official address
here of the treasurer of the Repub-
lican national committee and the
date June IA, 1920.
under the heading, "Chairmen
and Executive Committee" the cir
| cular says:
Secure as chairman for the cam
paign a man widely known and OF
commanding influence. Have him
| appoint strong representative ex-
| ecutive committee of at least IL
men. 1t may require two or three
, days to secure such a committee,
but it must be hand-picked."
Then follow innstructions for
arranging for a committee lunch
con, to be addressed by some "in-
spirational speaker" who will "get
the sights of every one Of the
committeeman high as to the
amounts to be asked from big bus
mess men. The time has arrived
when some prospects should be
asked for subscriptions ranging
from $4,000 and upwards"
Deals with prospect List"
Speaking of prospect lists the
circular says:
in a city the size of st. Louis
Cleveland or Detroit, a gilt-edged
list of at least 5000 names should
be secured. This list should con.
tain only the names of prospects
able to give from 800 up"
| Next come instructions for "es
timating" how much ought to bt
contributed by individual pros
pects."
! A cream list" Of good prospect,
is provided for, to be given as "a
special favor to team captains"
Detailed instructions for organ
izing teams Of Republican bust
ness men" under captains, and fol
holding daily luncheons to repor
on progress with the prospects
are contained. The circular con
tinues:
Urges Secrecy.
Arrange a dinner to which al
the prospects shall be invited
The national headquarters viii
furnish speaker of national rep
utation to inform and enthuse
Each Of those attending will b.
privileged to pay for his dinner"
| Under the caption, "Do Not Prin
Instructions" this appears:
No instructions to team captain
should be printed, as care must b.
used that nothing is left on table
at luncheons or dinners that nigh
fall into the hands Of anyone tina
might give publicity to such ma
terial."
Signed BY Blair.
! The circular is signed Harry N
Blair" Blair is assistant treasure
Of the Republican committee.
H According to Moore, form 10
was accompanied by q quota list
for cities. such rs Cox read.
\ Will Hays, Republican chairman
and Fred Upham, treasurer. sal
the plan outlined in form 101 wa
never put into operation. It wa
rejected, they said, in favor Q
Hays "decentralixed" collectio
plan.