Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-08-31
REED INSISTS on
SWORN STATEMENTS.

Senator Reed, Missouri. democratic
member OF the committee. interrupted
Hays statement when the g. O. 2. chair
man began 10 read a newspaper article
telling OF a meeting Of the democratic
executive committee az Atlantic City in
August. 1919, &C which. II was stated. the
| democratic leaders planned TO raise a
100000 fund
HAYS said be was reading the article
as a counter charge against the demo.
Gratis.
Senator Kenyon asked Hays to keep
away from that sort OF evidence as much
| as possible.
Reed insisted that evidence should be
obtained only from sworn witnesses and
Senator Edge asked n he thought the
committee should call GOV. Cox.
If any member OF the committee
wants 10 call him. I'm not obiecting"
Reed said "But I don't think 70 g.
necessary sc this time"
Reed asked Hays II he would charge
under oath. that the democrats set out
10 raise a Si0O0O,o00 fund set forth in
three newspaper articles Hays read into
the evidence.
II charge" said Hays. that amount
was set up for the very purpose set out
in these articles"
Reed and Hays engaged in long
wrangle regarding the sdmlssibilty Of
the articles as evidence.
Hays said he was merely trying 70
give the committee q lead for its in
vesti CATION Of the democratic funds and
was permitted by the committee 20 sub
nit the newspaper articles as that lead"
Il do not claim that the democrats
set out TO raise SiO.0000O0" Hays said.
But ! do say they created money
raising machinery to do thar.
When Hays began reading his charge
about alleged misuse by democrats Of
the governmental agencies in further
ance OF party interests, Reed again broke
IN, demanding that Hays give the names
Of those who had informed him OF the
alleged abuses.
Hays referred Reed to speeches by
Senator Smoot Of Utah in the senate.
Hays named Clarence b. Miller, secre-
tary of the republican national commit
tee, as one informant and said Miller
had been assigned TO find out what the
democrats We're doing and was prepared
! 70 testify concerning what he had
learned.
When Reed asked for samples of dem
ocratic propaganda which Hays charged
was being sent out from government de
partments in Washington, Hays pro
duced a circular letter sent, he said, to
banks generally from the office Of John
SHELTON Williams, controller of the cur
rency, dated July 81, 1920.
From this letter he read a statement
that disturbed financial conditions in the
United States We're due to failure to rat
ify the treaty
That, Hays said, was clearly political
propaganda, because it was an argument
for the league of nations,
Reed moved that Senator Smoot be
called, and the committee took the mo-
ton under Adjustment
George w Bean, member of the re-
publican committee from Florida, fur
nished the information, Hays said, on
which the charge that the democrats
drew drafts on democratic bankers was
based.
Bean said a democratic banker told
him that sight drafts had been drawn
on him." said Hays.
Bean said he was informed by demo-
Gratis that they We're afraid not to honor
the drafts for fear government funds
in the bank would be withdrawn.
Senator Kenyon opened the session
promptly at II 10 a. m, asking that GER
tain extracts from speech made by Gov.
Cox wifhip the last ten days, be made
part of the records.
senator Heea Of Missouri addressed
the committee Immediately after Chair
man Kenyon and stated that IL either
candidates or chairmen had made any
charges It was their duty to find EVERY
dollar collected, aud the purpose TO
which IL was nuf