The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-31

heard OF or ordered made nm the
various cities as charged by Gov.
flttsburgh, was made today by FIR
publican national committee in te
mittee investigating campaign expel
mittee, called attention to the /
$8,OOO,OOO.
The first time l ever saw t
day after the Cox Speech" said M
my office made up such list with
Mr.. Upham also denied fatty that the
ott1clal bulletins issued from his Of
tice to field workers engaged in rails
ing the Republican campaign fund,
We're secret or counseled secrecy He
pointed out that the only prohibition
IN that respect referred to publishing
lists OF contributors in local news
papers.
Such a list was published in one
CITY," he said, land several persons OBJ
1ected to seeing their names in print"
On demand of Senator Reed the COM
Wittee sent Mr. Upham back. to his
btfice to produce the much discussed
quota sheet" showing the amount each
r state was asked to raise for both ma
tlonal and state campaign purposes.
Senator Reed also instructed the
treasurer to produce all records show
The items making up the aggregate
sums of the national budget.
The names of all speakers who are
to be paid, with the amounts they are
to receive.
Contracts for billboard advertising.
Contracts for advertising in foreign
language newspapers.
Mr.. Upham was instructed to be back
at o'clock with the evidence demand
ed. and Representative S. D. Fess,
chairman of the Republican congress
sional campaign committee, was called
to the stand. -ts. -. g.,
Two banks in New York, one in Chi
cago, one in Boston and one in San
Francisco, as well as two individuals
have contributed to the $360,000 bor-
roved by the Republican national COM
mittee, Mr., Upham told Senator Reed.
The loans were made on authority of
the party executive committee and do
not constitute a legal obligation on
which the lenders could sue the com
mittee members, the witness said.
The lenders, and the amount they
loaned the committee are: Liberty Ma
tional bank, New York, $125, 200; First
mental and Commercial National bank,
Chicago, $4,000; Chase National bank.
New York, $4,000; Crocker National
bank San Francisco, $4,000; Walter S.
Dickey, $4,000; Fred w. Upham; $780,
600.
Hays Figures Raised.
Seven hundred thousand dollars was
added to the figures presented by Chair
man Hays yesterday when Mr.. Upham
revealed that the Republican senatorial
and congressional campaign commit
tees are to raise Independent funds.
He testified that the national COM.
mittee had agreed to lend the senatorial
committee up TO $5OO,00O, and the con-
gressional committee 100000, to be re-
turned when they collect their own
funds.
Senator Reed, cross-examining Mr.
Upham, brought out that money ad-
vanced the two committees was on,
the budget Ct approximately $4,000 O00
which Chairman Hays told of yester-
day.
'Where will they get the money TO
pay back the loans?' Senator Reed
From Republicans"
"That means they will raise that
money in addition to the. budget you
raise, and return it to your
There will be just that much more
mot to our fund"
I'VE need not equivocate. You know
and l know, Mr.. Upham, that when
money is put into any campaign fund
il is put there to help all the eandi-
dates" .''.'''-
Before leaving the stand. Mr., Upham.
questioned by Senator Kenyon, entered
n CdJeSOrlCdl upiIdI TO lEONtTuOf NOA y
charges that special interests" were
financing the Republican campaign.
Are persons favorng a protective
tariff being especially solicited?" Sem
ator Kenyon asked. ,...
mot that l know Of"
Are banking interests being asked
to, contribute as a class?"
rs any campaign being made among
those who seek to control the federal
reserve bank?" ...-.N ...... 20.
rs any campaign to raise money
being conducted among people who
want to put down labor disputes with
the bayonet?
mo, SIR
bayonets?" Senator Reed 'ET interjected. rtect
'Yes; they are very cheap -. ..
Subterfuge Denied. .... ..
Early in his examination Mr.. Upham
denied that there had been any cases
of subterfuge ip connection with the
limitation of individual campaign con-
tributions to $1,000. He said that there
but that none of these exceeded S2,5OO.
II know of several cases in which
husband and wife have each given
$1,000, but there is no subterfuge in
that" said Upham.
Mr.. Upham said the unpaid pledges
on hand last Thursday totaied $29i,-
565.33 and that about 100000 of this
would be available for national COM
mittee use, the balance being allocated
to various states in which the money
was raised. Senator Reed then had the
witness state that the committee in
herited 1895, ,612.27 and debts of app
proXimately 100000 when it took charge
Of party affairs on June IA. Since then
it had borrowed $36O,00O from banks
and Mr. Upham made the total receipts
Of the committee for, its own purpose
1874, ,634S1.
was there any element of under
writing in those loans?" asked Senator
Kenyon.
mot penny" replied Mr.. Upham.
The Beals prize of $4,000 for the
best platform written by a new voter
came up, Mr.. Upham stating that the
money had been received by him and
paid out according to the decision of
the judges
Senator Reed raised laugh by in
quiring whether the committee gave
that amount for the platform adopted
by the Chicago convention.
81, OFT, ,255.32 Collected.
The Republican national committee
received $1,0l725532 in contributions
for both national and state campaigns
between June IA and Aug. 26, Mr.. Up
he took the stand, OF this sum, he
said S61S,013.54 was for the national
campaign and $685., rs for state pur-
poses. With this report Mr.. Upham
presented to the committee the names
of 1859 contributors who had donated
to the fund and fixed their average con-
tributions at $S2.l1.
Mr.. Upham also presented a budget
showing the committee had planned to
spent 49, 079, 03720'
A sheet read into the record by Mr.,
Upham showed, he said, the amount
collected in each state for state and ma
tional campaigns.
The list follows Todd cents omitted)