The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-02
DELAY MOORE'S
HEARING UNTIL
next TUESDAY
Governor Cox's Representa-
tive Doesn't Get to Testify
at Committee Meeting
Bicker Back and Forth.
FIGHT IN 20 STATES
fBy Associated Press)

committee investigating campaign ex-
penditures adjourned shortly after
noon without having heard E. H.
Moore, of Ohio, Governor Cox's per
| sonal representative. Chairman Ken
! yon announced the committee would
meet in Chicago next Tuesday to hear
Mr.. Moore.
| He said the decision to recess until
: Tuesday was reached to permit sew
| eral members of the committee to
keep engagements elsewhere and on
Labor day.
| Mr.. Moore. who was present through
out the session, was asked to come
back Tuesday with the evidence of an
| alleged Republican plan to raise s15,-
| 100000. He told newspaper men that
he was prepared to prove that the
Republican leaders announced last
February that they expected to raise
| S16,000,000.
Now Government "Buy."
"They have changed the aphorism
from government by a people to
government buy" he said.
The mornings session was devoted
to testimony by Senator Poindexter,
of Washington. chairman of the Re
publican senatorial committee, and
Herman NJ. Hanke, treasurer of the
National Young Mems Republican
club. Senator Poindexter said his
committee planned to raise $500. 900
for senatorial campaigns and expected
to make fight in 20 states.
Mr.. Hanke said his organization has
raised about $1,000.
See A Moral Improvement.
Senators Reed and Poindexter
agreed that there had been some
moral improvement in politics in the
last eight years, the former assigning
! as the reason that the courts have
been in action in some cases"
Would you regard the existence of
q campaign fund of $15,000,000 as a
menace?" asked Senator Reed.
: Il would" said the western senator
! and added that "a fund of $4,000. 900
would be abuse"
: How about fund Of $4,300,000
was the next question.
That is too large in my personal
opinion" replied Senator Poindexter.
Refers to Democratic Fund.
Senator Kenyon referred to the
Democratic expenses of $2,3O0.000 in
1916 and the probable doubling OF
costs since then and obtained from
Senator Poindexter a promise that he
would let the committee know any
thing he found out about the 15,000,-
900 fund.
Senators Reed and Pomerene ques-
, toned Senator Poindexter at length
as to Republican plans and developed
there were about 90 states in which
the party expected to make fight for
! the senatorial elections.
After much questioning, Senator
, Reed said that after the Republican
senatorial committee had paid for its
own expenses and work that an aver
, age of $4,000 of its funds would be
. available for direct campaign use in
each of the 90 states.
oI Senator Poindexter remarked that
e the Missouri senator's use of the word
$ average" covered a wide range but
f he would not agree that some states
s would receive as much at $4,000.
Not Possible to Buy 1t.
There has been a good deal of
sneering at the idea of it's being pos
sible to buy the American electorate"
said Senator Reed. do you believe
that money can be corruptly used in
such a fashion as to change the result
of the election?"
THAT opens a wide field of specula-
} tion," said Senator Poindexter but so
! far as national campaigns are con-
q cerned, the vigilance exercised by both
v parties would make it very likely that
: defeat would come to any party try
$ ing corruption"
Further investigation into the Re-
J. publican year book, being prepared
l., by William Barnes of the Albany Eve
r ming Journal, will be undertaken by
O the committee next week in Pitts
d burgh. it was announced today by Sen
ator Kenyon.
g Will Probe Liquor Charges
l. The committee there will devote
~ particular attention to charges that
liquor interests have contributed to
various campaign funds, Senator Ken
9 yon said. Mr.. Barnes. whose book
= was mentioned yesterday by Demo
= cratic Chairman George White and
= Marsh as an example of sinister in
: terests" supporting the Republican
party, will be subpoenaed to appear
c at the Pittsburgh meetings, it was an
: nounced.
j. The Barnes yearbook and photo
# graphic copies of pledge to assist
t. the Republican campaign, signed by a
number of prominent men, was the
5 chief subject of the committee in
r quiry yesterday.
= Senator Kenyon quizzed w. d.
n Jameson, financial director of the
Democratic national committee. about
e letters sent by the committee to fed
: eral officeholders soliciting campaign
z subscriptions.
It Jameson said he had sent special
d delivery letters to those he knew were
d federal officeholders and did not send
>, them a letter direct because he
e wanted to be wholly within the law"
ri NEW YORK, Sept. 2.-The Scan.
dinavian bureau of Democratic ma.
tional headquarters was without a
head today as result of the dismis.
1t sal of Professor John o. Hall. who
n Senator New disclosed at the investi.