Bisbee daily review., 1920-09-10
Friday Morning, September 10, 1920
told of the difficulties of raising mon ey among women voters.
 Women Slow Pay

ey among women voters.
 Women Slow Pay
 We thought that since women has assumed the privileges of the ballot they ought Nl assume some of it's re- responsibilities" she said, but her fig ures showed that sine had collected S35, ,36757 from only five counties in Illinois and that all except $326 had come from Cook county.
 There was one subscription of s200O and 13 of 5000 in Mrs. Baur's list. The 5000 was received last May from Mrs. John H. aGry, the witness said, and she explained that it was divided between two fiscal years "in accordance with what then understood was a general plan" Did you have any sinister purpose in raising these funds" queried Sen ator Kenyon, asking stock question.
 No, sir. Ii was for the best pur- pose in the world replied Mrs. Baur, and she then smilingly assured Sen ator POmeren that the remark was not d reflection upon us Democrats" At the start of the session there was evidence that Charles BOeschen- stein of Edwardsville, H.. Democratic national committeeman for the state, had sent letters to postmasters ask ing voluntary contributions to his party's campaign fund. Five of these addressed to the postmaster at Au- gusta, H., rural town in Hancock county, were given to the committee by an emissary of the postmaster who explained that the official would be toto busy to come in person until next week. He also said the post master was a progressive who ap- pointment by civil service examina- ton after the Democratic incumbent resigned year ago.
 MT. Kelly turned in a list showing the quotas, pledges and payments from the different counties of Ohio. He said that in some ten counties there were drives for additional funds to be used for country purposes. and Senator Reed pointed out that in the case of Toledo and Cleveland these additional drives brought the total to s100,000 and $400,000 respectively, the amounts named for those places in the Pittsburgh speech of Governor Cox.
 Senator Poerene asked whether contributors would be reimbursed if the Ohio total went beyond the fig ures set by the national committee. Mr. Kelly said hi sduties were conrfn- ed to collecting and transmitting money to the national treasurer.
 MT Owens testimony brought first chuckles, then gales of laughter from the committee and audience. He be gan byidentifying himself to Senator Reed as a professional money dig ger and said he had been. engaged in that work for 20 years. He was asked at once about the substitute for form 101 but would not acknowl- edge original knowledge of it. Finally he told Senator Reed he might have made suggestions about every para graph in the document but knew noth- ing about it in it's completed state
 He identified several paragraphs as orthodox" but diclaimed knowledge of every one referring to city quotas, campaigns and chairmen. He said he had attended meeting in Chicago at which the document was supposea 70 have been discussed, but left after lis tening to speeches by MT. Upham and Will Hays.
 MT. Owen said he had spent about five months in organization work. in the five states he supervised. about half that time being spent in Ohio. He was asked to describe his duties and said he visited county chairmen and state directors and looked over" the field.
 Didn't you make suggestions to them?" was one query.
 No. sir, very seldom. I have been told my look is better than my word was the enigmatic reply.
 The witness declared he did not know the quotas of the various towns he visited.
 R. K. Thompson, Cincinnati news peper man is Republican financial di- rector for Illinois, and Carl Fitzche. executive secretary of the Michigan ways and means committee, testified at the night session. Mir, Fitzche said the Michigan quota was $250000 for the Republican national committee and $100,000 for state purposes. Tn dividing the quota among the con- gressional districts figures were boosted. he said. on the theory that l it was necessary to ask for more than they expected to get. He asked for $3SS, 400, to get $25OOOO for the na- tional committee.
 ! Another case of expanded truth. %. Senator Pomerenc remarked. | Mir. Fitzche said he asked for $2O0.- GOO in Wayne county. including the cit yor Detroit. or this sum $69.53S had hCpn raised mn to last Saturday