Evening star., 1922-06-11

Plans of the republican national
committee to raise a campaign fund
of $1,000 900 to create public sentiment
favorable to the return of a republi-
can Congress in the November cleo
tion were detailed to President Hard
ing yesterday by Fred w. Cpham.
treasurer Of the national committee.
Raising Of such campaign fund
was finally decided on at the. meet
ing here Thursday of number OF
republican leaders at the call of John
T. Adams. chairman ct :he national
committee.
Mr.. Upham said on leaving the
White House that the activity of
ing campaign would not be directed
toward the election of individuals,
but would be devoted to getting be-
fore the people the real record of
what has been done congressionally y
since 1920"
Republican plans with respect to
the campaign as formulated at the
meeting here. together with the de-
cision OF party leaders as 10 funds.
furnished Senator Harrison. demo-
craL Mississippi, with a theme for a
speech in the Senate during the day.
Harrison to indicate that republican n
leaders were going out again to buy
an election
Mccormick Replies.
Senator Mccormick of Illinois,
chairman of the republican senatorial
campaign committee, replying to the
mississippi senator. said participation
in the meeting could constitute no
offense against good citizenship.
The Mississippi senator. continuing.
said the voters were not forgetting
the significance of the many White
House dinners and their possible
connection with legislation. all of
perpetuation OF the Harding politi-
cal machine" He added that eating
at dinners such as the party heads
had here during their conference
must cost several thousand dollars
q plate"
tions to the republican campaign
fund again this year." Mr.. Harrison
continued. Anything big goes. OF
course. they then will place a tariff
on cash registers SO that contribu-
tions may come from that direction
SO that more money can come from
there. It's all fixed. all set
Recalls Tax Reduction.
"Oh. we'll, the American people are
not forgetting that republicans re-
duced taxes" retorted Mr.. McCor-
mick. They are not forgetting that
the small taxpayer had half of his
income tax taken OF and that in
stead Of spending six billion dollars
this year. like the government spent
the last year of democratic rule, we
will spend only three and a half
billion.
"Then. also. suppose Mr.. Chandler
and Charles r. Crane and Bernard
Baruch will be ready soon to supply
the democratic committee with
money. 1 suppose also that the Amer
lean people have not forgotten how
the democratic committee assessed
Cleveland Lodge to pay back what
they had taken from Cyrus McCor-
mick-a contribution that was all
right until 1t became known"
Hits at "Wild Charger"
Senator Mccormick said that the
sky seemed to be the limit for wild
charges and obstructionist tactics by
the democrats" and asserted that the
republican party had successfully
cleaned up 1.-The administrative an
archy and economic chaos" of the last
democratic regime. He predicted that
by winter there would be few idle
men In the country, because the coun-
try has assurance that the govern
ment will be properly rum"
Senator Harrison concluded the COL
loquy by saying it appeared that the
senator from Illinois is nursing a
sore toe because he had been un-
horsed from actual direction of the
coming campaign. The campaign, Mr..
Harrison added. would be managed
largely by the republican national
committee. and he added that he was
not surprised that Mr.. Mccormick
was agErieved at being relegated to