Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-08


 d. -,ersonai representative of Governor Gov today presented 10 the senate com r,ittee investigating campaign eXpendl- turss mart or the documents and lhior- --..io, mon which the democratic presi- d.,ttai candidate based his charges of republican plan to raise a campaign f,sd of Sl5.000. 900. The testimony was not finished. hut it's presentation caused a stormy session Of the commit lee. .
 Senatorial traditions as to courtesy -r.rs strained Co the breaking point on -.v.-.f occasions as republican and dem ---,ttc members wranEled over the ,,iu. of the evidence and at one stage 4,et before adjournment MT MooFo +,--sd to leave the stand exclalming ,rst Senator Spencer. republican or Ms sourl. had intimated forgery by ques- tiorinr the authenticity of crcu'ar letter which he had offered as turnlshlns a lead 70 further information.
 aSco man. even though he be Cniteo e.,-.r senator. can make such charge a, .hst against me" said Mir. Moore.
 Senator spencer's disclaimer of such --.--. b-ourht his democratic colleague Senator Reed. 70 his feet with protest .rainst "hully-raErinE.' He said the en- t5-. incident was "disErsceful' and an -ou,ced that he proposed 10 see that Inc witness was treated like gentle man" u.,,,- The exchange was the climax to seVe- -.f similar occurrences and not even e.bairnan Kenyons plaint that he could -., t.co peacs iu Missouri served to settle the atmosphere.
 .T don't want peace; l am preparing fo- var pronounced Senator Reed.
 ,-o,sider,.hic Of Mir. Moore's late testi- -,,,v consisted Of information gleaned f-,r, -eisrrarns received from democratic rfate chairmcn in western states iie tod Senator Kenyon he had sent TOT some of this information and that othef parts of it had been Nolunleereu. ,- ..Don.t you expect to give us other ,..as besides teIecraus from democratic ..,te rhairnen7" asked Senator kenyon w- Moore said the messages were lh- ..,aed merely 10 suggest avenues or h- -.f-v and said ;he paid employees CT the rsouh'ican national committed ought lo h. ah1. .o furnish the committee witn . facts. FRB"
 "ul- iect Is to get those men on 'ne .tand here and If they lie prosecute tbrn declared Mir. Moore
 -vou must expect 10 keep the attorney general busy" suggested Senator Ken yon -Of course if perjury is committed befo-s this committee the guilty should be punished ,. ,. -.,rq,ap.r interviews Mir. Moore had crit i-ized the work of the committee ah' added
 .C.ovs--or Cox wired Senator Reed tha hs would produce the evidence and leaa' fo support his charges. But throusi vou he sends Zone of thS evidence sh' vou start a line of evidence which would take US a year 10 run down. o,--- -senator" replied Mir Moore. "Gov .-nor Cox had the official bulletins o th. republican committee showing tha ..-.sin uuotes existed and that wlpe thread plans were being carried out t .ou,~t them Yet the republican wit ,..ses get on the stand here and tell shess bulletins were only bull Thel h~ had a copy of what he had ever reason Co believe was true quota Ils' The day before the list was puhlishe Inc renuhIicans said there were onl four copies of it in existence. Now the testify that the list never existed. It Tho same way with form l0I and " believe We have got 10 get this evidenc w Inc committee really wants it.
 Resides Mir Moore there was testimon t,a,v also by Walter <. Dickey of kar u,s C,itv and Charles McNider of Maso Citv. Iowa, chairman of the republica ways and means committee for the srafss. and by A. B. Paxton or Wheelnl ,.s,o holds a similar position for Ohi county. West Virginia. From Messr utckev and McNidcr the committt learned Of plans Co raise money in tho' sfates N-ssouri's share of the nations ~epublican fund being given os S90.oC republican fund being given as S9o,Ol said that on his own initiative he set 1T Iowa goal at s20o.o0o. Believing th' the figure asked by the national con n.ttes was too low. He said that s0- eco had been raised.
 Wr. Moore told the committee thought this testimony tended 10 suppo me democratic charges that the S3,OoC oN0 budget Of the republican nation committee was only a small part of u total that the party proposed 10 raise.
 MT. Paxton's testimony was 10 the C gr-t that he had raised s4,se5 from -o~trihutors and that James Saunders had raised $3.91o more in | county. When he said that was all had Co offer. Senator Kenyon indicat that he had been subpOenaed at the T quest of democratic members of the coi rniitee and that requiring journey $50 miles for such testimony was Ira iniusiics"
 well I don't think so at all," intt posed Senator Reed. ''if we cannot 2 the truth here by wholesale we will 2 it by retail"
 "WelL you certainly are not going bring ln every county chairman in county" replied Senator Kenyon.
 Mr Moore was the first and also last witness of the day When he eumed the stand in the afternoon safd. Much Of my information will use,-ss and the whole investigation W he also. if the committee thinks tf Governor Cox's charge is a criticism fhe method and plan of the republic drive for funds. l think the plan sr-ardinr the contributions over { country Is excellent. but if there is ing raised a fund that is S10,00o.o0 sfz.n0o more than the republican natiC al chairman itself thinks is sufficie you will agree with me that 1t woul db' lad thing for America, no matter how is raised"
 eve all agree on that" sena Kenyon said.
 Senator Spencer tried 10 learn sources Of Mr. Moore's information a drew fire from Senator Reed. who D tested against what he termed were ternpts Go learn of testimony in vance "so that the evidence can be pat cd up before it Is presented here"
 Mr. Moore next offered the circu letter which started a rumpus that ne ly terminated the session. The do' uert vas addressed 10 women voters Lenawee County. Michigan. printed a national republican committee lett