Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-02
Senate Committee Ad.
journs Campaign Slush-
Fund Hearing.
MOORE ON HAND
WITH ALLEGED FACTS
Says H0 '' Prepared to Prove That
Republican Managers Announced
Last January That They Planned
to Raise Fund of s1s,00o,ooo-
Treasurer Jameson Admits Law
Evasion In Soliciting Offieeholders.
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
Chicago, Sept. 2.-The senate COM
mittee investigating campaign ex-
penditures adjourned shortly after
noon without having heard Edmond
Moore, Of Ohio, Governor Cox's per-
sonal representatives.
Chairman Kenyon announced that
the committee would meet in Chicago
next Tuesday. Sept. I. to hear Moore
and other witnesses.
Senator Kenyon said the decision
to recess until Tuesday was reached
to permit several members of the
committee to keep engagements else
where Saturday and on Labor Day.
Mr.. Moore. who was present thru
out the session, was requested to
come back Tuesday with the evidence
OF an alleged republican plan to
raise s152oo,ooo.
Mr. Moore told newspaper men that
he was prepared to prove that the
republican leaders announced pub
licly last January that they expected
to raise s16.ooO.0oO campaign fund.
They have changed Lincoln's
aphorism from "A government by the
people to Government buy the
people. Mr.. Moore said.
Jameson Admits Law Evasion.
Further investigation into the re-
publican year book being prepared
by William Barnes, Of the Albany
Evening Journal. will be undertaken
oy the committee next week In Pitts
burgh. 1t was announced today by
senator Kenyon. The committee
ther9 VIII devote particular attan-
ton 60 charges that liquor interests
nave contributed to various cam
paign funds, Senator Kenyon said.
Senator Kenyon quizzed w. d.
JAMESON financial director of the
democratic national committee, about
ietters sent by the democratic com
mlttee to federal officeholders solicit
ing campaign subscriptions.
Jameson said he had sent special
delivery letters to the homes of those
ne knew were federal officeholders.
ana did not send them letter direct
because he wanted to be wholly with
IN the law"
Poindexter Tells of Finances.
Miles J. Poindexter, of Washing
ton, recent candidate for the repub-
lican presidential nomination, and
chairman of the republican senator
1al committee, told the investigators
that the $4,000 which his committee
sent e. 0. Weller republican candi-
date for the senate from Maryland
was not an example of the general
practice of the committee
There is no fixed rule or system
by which candidates are helped" ex-
planned Senator Poindexter. eve
supply funds for campaign activities
upon which we have agreed with the
candidate or his campaign organiza-
tion.''
Senator Kenyon brought out that
the senatorial committee had an ar
rangement by which the, formers S
maximum campaign fund of 100000
was guaranteed by the national COM
mittee. In return all moneys COL
lected by the senatorial committee
are turned back to the national
treasury Of the party, Senator Poin-
dexter said. He added that Senator
Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey, Is
chairman of subcommittee in
charge Of collecting funds and that
he in return had originated an aux
iliary committee headed by Elliot
Wadsworth, of New York.
'"They have not raised any money
to speak Of" said Senator Poin-
dexter, and Senator Reed, Of the in-
vestigatng committee, supplemented
this with the remark, mot yet"
Small Sum to Divide.
Senator Pomecene had the witness
state that the 100000, If divided
equally among the thirty-two states
in which senatorial elections are to
be held this fall would average
s6,25O to the state, and.he then called
attention to the federal statute linn
fting campaign expenses of a sena-
torial candidate to $4,000, except in
states where lower limit had been
set by statute.
"Now, in view Of the $4,000 eX-
pended in Michigan for nomination,
did your committee think that $780,
900 was a reasonable sum for all the
senatorial elections?" asked the Ohio
senator.
'It was fairly reasonable so far as
the purposes of our committee were
concerned,' said Senator Poindexter.
He agreed with Senator Pomerene
that organizations within the state
would probably spend some money
of their own.
Senators Reed and Poindexter
agreed that there had been some
moral improvement in politics in the
last eight years, the former assign
ing as the reason that "the courts
have been in action in some cases"
would you regard the existence
Of campaign fund of s15 100000 as
a menace?" asked Senator Reed.
IT would" said the witness, and
added that fund Of s5,000,O ,O00
would be an abuse"
How about a fund of $4,000, ,000?"