The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-01
Under Oath Hays, Upham and
Others Are GrilIed Before
Senate Quiz Committee.
BIG FUND is EVIDENCED
Committee Leads Directed To-
ward Democratic Golfers
Offered By Witnesses.
tsy Associated Press.)


were again under scrutiny before the
senate committee today, when Will
HAYS. Fred Upham and other party
leaders found occasion for furtherfng
their denial of Cox's charges that a
fifteen million fund is being raised.
They also took occasion to offer the
committee leads directed toward the
democratic Golfers. Upham was ques-
toned at great length by Seniors
Pomerene and Reed, who brought out
information that congressional and
senatorial committees of the party lad
budgets totalling seven hundred thou
sand in addition to the nearly four
million budget Hays testified about.
Questions did not shake Upham's dc
nial that he had knowledge of city
quota lists
Reed argued there is no way to limit
amounts that might be collected IN any
state, but Upham retOrted that he would
stop them before they got TO three
millions Upham turned over the com
plete file of the treasurer's official bull
letins to which Cox had referred.
Questioning by Reed finally led to a
point where Upham said he did not
know much of the various state quotas
was assigned to particular localities.
He said he knew Of only two city fl
nancial directors of the party in the
country, one each in Chicago and New
York, but he hoped there would be
lot more" Upham said he never saw
the quota for any city in the country,
that he assigned only state quotas.
Denial under oath that he had ever
seen, heard of or ordered made up the
list of campaign quotas assigned to
various cities, as charged by Governor
Cox in the IatterS recent speech at
Pttsburg, was made by Mr.. Upham.
Chairman Kenyon of the committee
called attention TO the list. saying it
totalled more than S8,000,000.
THE first time | ever saw the list
was in the newspapers the day after
the. Cox speech" said Mr.. Upham.
Furthermore, no one in my office
made up such a list with my knowl-
edge or consent
Mr.. Upham also denied flatiy that the
official bulletins issued from his office
to field workers engaged in raising the
republican campaign fund were secret
or counseled secrecy. He pointed out
that the only prohibition in that re
spect referred to republishing lists Of
contributors in local newspapers.
On demand of Senator Reed, the com
mittee sent Mr.. Upham back to his Of
flee to produce the much discussed
quota sheet" showing the amount each
state was asked to raise for both ma
tional and state campaign purposes
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 forel gn
language ne, spa lerS
Before leaving the stand Mr.. Upham,
questioned by Senator Kenyon, entered
categorical denial to Governor COXs
charges that special interests" were
financing the republican campaign.
Are persons favOring a protective
tariff being especially solicited?" sen
atOr Kenyon asked.
Not that | know of"
Are banking interests being asked
TO contribute as a class ,"
NO"
rs any campaign being made among
reserve bank ?"
NO"
Are you canVassing the profiteers %
Senator Kenyon continued adding that
"of course, it is very hard to raise
money nowadays without hitting a
profiteer somewhere"
mo, sir" Mr.. Upham replied.
Have the books been opened and
are millions being raised to buy an
underhoId ON the presidency as Gov.
Cox has said?"
1T must be by some other treasur-
er. 1 haven't heard of it
How was that quota list prepared ?"
asked Senator Reed.
In the hope that so percent might
be realized"
Mr.. Upham denied ewes having
made a statement attributed to him
in an interview in a New York news
paper which quoted shin as saying
that the Republican campaign fund
would be approximately $1,000, 900.
Fred A. Britten, Illinois congress-
man, failed to produce any evidence
to support his recent charge that $S7,-
90 appropriated by the British gov
ernment for entertainment purposes
the British embassy in Washing
n had found it's way into the Demo-
cratic national committees funds.
Under a grilling examination by
Senators Reed and Pomerene, Demo-
Gratis, Mr.. Britten admitted he had
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