The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-31
CAMPAIG FUND
OF S1,O17,255
To Be Used i'm Both Nation
al and State Republican
Campaigns
TREASURER UPHAM
GIVES HIS REPORT
This Money Came from 1889 Con-
tributors-Senate Investigating Com
nittee Finds No Trace of Cox's S15,-
100000 Slush Fund.

A
nittee Finds No Trace of Cox's S15,-
100000 Slush Fund.
CHICAGO, Aug. 31-The Republican
national committee received Sl,Ol7,255 IN
contributions for both national and statel
campaigns between June IA and Aug.
26. Fred Upham, Republican national
treasurer. told the senate committee MI
vestigating campaign expenditures today
OF this sum. he said, S6lS,O00 was torl
the national campaign and $399,240 for
state purposes.
With this report he presented to the
committee the names of 1859 contr1bu-
tors who had donated to the fund and
fixed their average contribution at So II. |
Eleven states, Upham said, failed to
raise enough money to care for their
expenses and the difference was iot
warded to them by the national commit,
| Zee In two other states, Nevada ana
| New Hampshire, all money raised IN the
letates had been spent for the state cam cam
ra;or Nevada raised $906.s6 and New
!, Hampshire Sl,6s6.S2-
| seven hundred thousand dollars was
added to the Republican campaign JIese
figures presented by Chairman nay
Yesterday when Mr.. opham ieFeol -'
l3L.4 tho Republican senatorial and cor
aressional campaign committees Ia
,;so ;ndat,endent funds lie testlheu
.iat +ha rational committee had agreed
losn fbe senatorial committee up "
i s5eo oeo and the congressional cominl''fs
,ssa, neo ~ he returned when they cor
~ own finds.
/ An extended examination yesteluas
r W;u TT Hays and Homer ,. Suni
T 2o,,,bf;can and Democratic na,loiiai
fSd;rr,en failed to throw any light on
9 .i,a c1s- 600 600 fund which Governor NoN
c elargea ei,a the Republican party with seeh.
n -. :, raise ssin an attempt TO coTrupl
z tbe American electorate and bus the
a SIsi,a committee also heard Representa- : :
e ,;,.a NJ d Flood of Virginia, chairman ol
e tba Democratic congressional campaign
d committee. and former BepresehtaolNe
: ,Iosepb L. Rhinock of Kentucky, treasui q
/ of the committee. s 60.
y Outstanding points in the maze Oh ny
Il ures through which the committee ST.
u gled were:- 49, tho Re.
Il r,blican national committees budget ioi
Z tnp DreSlueHJlui pas
y. nenditure of s3,O79, ,0372O
II Declaration bv Mr.. Cummings that, al
1r} 1oz-;po for the Increased cost OF printing
IS. clerical hire. rents, transportation ahe
rs ON necessities of a national campaign
10 notionaI committee should be aole 1'
s+aga "a fair. recent and still campaign
as ,,;+b reasonable publicity" for S2eoU,ooo
rt3 with that amount of money, he SAID, th'
~ national chairman need not worry oNe'
finances. p.,,,,1,l;co,
national committee was seeking TO rals'
annroximatelv 81 100000 to be donated
r. state committees for their local com
IT mittees, forming total OF slightly NOR
than s4OOOO0O in the Republican cam
paign chest for all purposes.
! Mr.. Cummings declared he believed I'M
amount was excessive and pointed 10 III
ilgl6 campaign, saying he learned IN n.
home state of Connecticut the Republi
cans spent S250,000 in that year. lie con
a s;dered this was too much for common
,k- wealth of that size.
NO .sIf you let the state committee ru
,ir- wild he said. '.vou get an accumulate
10. expenditure which in itself is an out
9TH standing evidence of corrupt purpose.
cir suooest that this is just what is goln
an 70 happen to the Republicans this year
till A charge by Mr.. Hays that as carr
on las July. 1919, the Democratic commlttt
had installed an elaborate fund -gathe
vas inc organization at Washington, was e.
ged planned by Mr.. Cummings as bureau Il
ed. both propaganda and finance. lie sa
in II s.orew from a hope" but was reduce
yes in size when it was found that the owe
any head charges for maintaining the orga
of ization exceeded the receipts by fro
aid $4,000 to $4,000 month.
The two chairmen agreed that leglsl
ltion looking to federal control OF pres
Dental campaigns was desirable. Sen
tor Pomerene argued that congress w
Re powerless at present, because the
preme court had held that president
electors were state officials.
oek A suggestion that constitution
or amendment might be needed to give &C
nv gress oversight of political campaig
has brought from Mr.. Hays proposal Il
and the parties might unite in an effort
G.. obtain such change in the basic law
ion Earlier in the day Mr.. Hays !
,dav "hoped that this committee will reco
will mend the passage of a bill regulati
The primary election expenditure in natIor
and congressional and senatorial campaign
ock. He also favored having all prim'
erv elections for federal offices held on
ton. single day in every state.
e of Representative Flood estima
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