Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-07

Witness Advises Committee to
Summon Col. Thompson
to Testify.
B! the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, September THE
senatorial committee Investigating
campaign expenditures "is not seek
ing the best evidence" to prove Gov
Cox's charges against the republican
party. Edmund H. Moore. Youngs.
town. the governors personal repre-
sentative, told the committee on the
stand today.
He told Senator Kenyon there were
men better able to tell of the repub.
llcan plans than either he or Gov
Coz. and asked why Col. William
Boyce Thompson of New York. chair
man of the republican ways and
means committee. and ''the sixty men
of the paid organisation" were not
called.
Gov. Cox sent him to Chicago, Mr.
Moore said. to "give the committee
the lists from whom the senators
could get the information to support
toned Harry NJ Blair. first assistant
TO Fred w. Upham. republican ma
tiona1 treasurer. and several other
employees of Upham's Office.
Not Sure He Had All Leads.
Have you all the leads Gov. Cox
( has" Senator Kenyon asked:
Il couldn't say as to that
He didn't ask you to give US just
part of his information?"
Certainly not But the republican
bulletins and the republican papers
furnish all the leads necessary"
what you have brought to us?" Sena-
tor Kenyon continued.
Il think not"
Signs Of Friction.
Signs of friction developed when
Senator Kenyon questioned MI. Moore
about an interview he e., gave Ts,,nsSvs news
when he appeared to testify, but was
The chairman asked Mr.. Moore If
had said that Ait; the te spa ntaes snd
if he had said the committee was not
seeking the evidence TO prove Gov.
Cox's charges.
aYou don't need to get. angry, !.
Senator Kenyon said.
II am not getting angry: What I
said was that you were not seeking
You are not"
Moore Brings All Cox Had.
Gov. Coz has no evidence in sup
port of his charges outside OF what
Moore brought to Chicago with him,
the witness said. AS he spoke he un-
folded a massive brief case and took
outa stack of papers that apparently
numbered several hundred sheets
Did you say II the cSmmittee Snna zee
will prove the falsity or truth OF Gov
Cox's charges in forty-eight hours
asked Senator Kenyon
well. IL / did not say it then, I
say it now," responded Mr.. Moore.
Upham Victim Of Mistake.
Mr.. Moore said he was sure that
Fred w. Upham. treasurer of the
republican national committee. would
not testify to untruths. but he was
equally sure that the repuoi1can ON
cial was victim of either mistakes
or bad bookkeeping when he testified
concerning the quotas assigned Vari-
Gus states.
senator Reed Protests.
Senator Reed protested that Sen
ator Kenyon was seeking what the
witness did not know rather than
what He knew.
:sYou can question him in your own
way when your turn comes" retorted
the Iowa senator, and he then read
charges from Gov. Cox's Wheeling
speech1o the effect that powerful
interes(1 were scheming to buy gov
ernment control. and from the South
Bend speech that. SO far as republi-
can contributions were concerned,
the sky is the limit
He also read Cox statement that
$500o00 had been raised in Ohio 'in
the twinkling of an eye
In answering Senator kenyons d.
rect question for names of men who
knew about the Ohio fund. Mr.. Moore
went into a long explanation of his un-
derstanding of the republican campaign
fund organizat ton. He said II was
headed by Col. Thompson. and had as
state chairmen men whom the repub-
lican bulletin described as "of COM
manding influence
He said Fred Miller of Columbus was
chairman in Ohio, and that, like other
state chairmen. he had appointed chair
tees.
Il found that usually in Ohio these
local chairmen were manufacturers"
said Mr.. Moore.
Reiterntes "Quotao Charge.
The witness reiterated the charge
that specific quotas were assessed
against local communities. and then
said:
But these local organizations were
largely scenery The real workers
for the funds were paid men headed
by Harry NJ. Blair. assistant to Mr.
jUpham.'
He said Blair had under him certain
divisional directors" in charge OF
sections Of the country and that two
of them were c. w. Lee and Henry
E. Owens.
These are the professional money
raisers. In Iowa the paid director is
living Norwood of Davenport saiG
,Mr. Moore.
Jpham Interjects.
''That is not the man." interjectet
Mr.. Upham. who from the side line:
was an interested listener.
We'll. Mr.. Upham. can give you the
name of the Iowa director" said Mr.
Moore. He then named John Kelley
Ohio: Carl Fritsche. Michigan. ant
Charles x. Mavity, West Virginia, a.
other paid directors.
ITO the public. these paid director.
are camoufaged as executive secre.
,taries of the ways and means com
mittees.' said the witness.
Battalion of .Moppers-Up.-
A battalion of moppers-up'' is also
part of the republican finance organiza
tion. according to Mr. Moore He saie
these men went in after the organization
headed by Col Thompson had collected
from 'tthe cream list
Mr. Moore safd that one of thes,
''moppers-up'' was A. A. Protzman o
the Holland Hotel, Cleveland, and tina
spother. Edmund Silyerbrand o
youngstown, had left town after he hat
heard that a request had been filed TO
subpoena calling him before the com
mittee. He said that Chester c. Ham
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