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te pe a me ae eat IN i ee ee Se Inqui States Democracy. EIGHT GIFTS OF MORE THAN] National Bank, Chieago, $50,000. , Republican, ssked Lacoste’ $1,000, SAYS UPHAM. Chase National Bank, New otieg ane ae eee ersuia|, Mf Upham denied that there had] York, $75,000. Possible legislation Owl4) been any case of subterfuge in con- Crocker National Bank; San elections and he indicated that wouldn't teke him and Will Hays to draft such proposals based on _yespective experiences. Xe. {Cama oo paaggere ed nd eet to eight gifts of more than $1,000 but ‘Ytrom him frank answers concerning ‘the limitations of campaign funds in 1 and State organizations. first place, Mr. Cummings saw ing wrong with Will Hays’ bud- get of the three million dollars, but he belleved anything much be- that would be ‘manifestly ex- He would not agree to Sen- Edge's suggestion seconded by ll Hays that everything had prac- doubied in cost since the 1916 n, and that if both Democrats and Republicans spent two and a million dolla: ‘would not be excessive if they needed ‘auch more than that this time. Mr, Cummings said that he be- an addition of $500,000 this to the Democratic fund pf $2,- | in 1916 would be an adequate le of 1920 for either party, for his line of reasoning, the Higederatic leader brousht out aig-| cre Durpones, Putte.ens et. tly that in advertising and in other in the last weeks of a which if contracted for |ator Kenyon. by competent persons would | economy of a quarter of a mill- ive.” Ah 4 tg 1 ED NEW LAWS | FT SUP SiS -) CANN FUND Sica bar Party Leaders Would Welcome Statute to End the Practice. By Dovid Lawrence. ‘P(Special Staff Farredeccnont of The Evening World.) CHICAGO, Aug. 31 ‘1820).—Adout all that the Investica- of campaign finance by the Senate has revealed far—and probably all that it will revea! -is that the laws of ‘United, States and the individual do not adequately protect the can people against corruption. “Both the Republican and Demo- leaders who have testified at clear that there is no way telling just how much money \s Inside the States for National J eitiier by organizations os- tensibly independent of the regularly political committee of of the Union, euch as the alliances of 1916 or the Anti- League or the liquor dealers’ ons or any other institu. interested in electing or defeat- the candidates of the different * Neither Homer 8. Cummings, re- National Chairman of the C Committee, nor Will the Republican Chairman, was to impute motives of corrup- to his respective political foes, while there was an occasional juy that seemed for the moment the best of feeling and good ture characterized the investiga- One <lmost got the impression the Republicans and Democrats organized the campaigns would fon dollars, He implied that eMcien- cy and the benefits of experience —— mah than make up in eoun- he rise in costs of sup- prey Caer would entail. Senator Reed, just back into the Rereterhe party sents crons-exani- eases from the viewpoint of or. on For \astasion, he compelled Will Hays to admit that while the tere National Committee hid hing to do either directly or indi- wetly with the publication by Will- am Barnes of Now York, of a Re- publican campaign book, neverthe- legs, that yolume, for which some of the largest corporations in the United States had subscribed liberal sums of money, was a “ooncurregt” effort that helped the Republican campaign just as any other political prova- ganda. » But Republican Senators Tappen on the Democratic side with- od . Senator Reed, cross examining Mr. Pee Roe muh Anventernrive ° | Upham, brought out that money ad- In a nutshell, if Gov. Cox wanted to | Vanced the two committees was on Gea eeen ereiies ats straight loans, and was not included pu simply) in the budget of approximately oe ae oem cratlure tus tar ine | $4,000,000 which Chairman Hays told wicceed, but so far as proving | of yesterday. corruption, actual or intended, “Where will they get the money to Pay back these loans?’ Senator Reed sked. “From Republicans.” “That means they will raise that best platform written by a new voter! came up, Mr. Upham atating that the money had been recsived by him and paid out according to the deci- sion of the judges. Senator Reed raised a laugh by Inquiring whether the committee gave that amount for the platform adopted by the Chicago convention and asking whether this would not constitute “a clear demon- stration that money contributed to politichl committees is wasted.” Mr. Upham rejoined that as Treas- urer he had merely received and ac- counted for the money and “did not award the prize.” Mr, Upham explained that only 600,000 of these loans could actually be spent in the 1920 campaign, as the Senatorial Committee was to get only $400,000 before Nov. 2. The other $100,000 is to be used to finance fu- ture campaigns, into the effect of the purposes, Mr, fund they could ralse. (Copyright, tributed,’ he explained. ator Reed. ten. inaccessibility of State fund records, _— Committees ever saw, , Dyckey, $25,000. Fred W. Upham, $10,000, Senators Kenyon and & joint arrange- ment campaign whereby certain State organizations agreed to raise their | funds under aueploes of the National Committee and receive back a fixed proportion of the money for Upham agreed with Senator Reed that in States where there was no such arrangement there was noth. ing to prevent the State and county committees from collecting any size ‘The witness maintained, that in the United States, where the joint arrangement was in use, addi- tional cotfections would be so difficult as to be pragtically prohibitive. “I think no one could go over that territory again and raise funds be- cause every man approached would say, ‘I have been seen and have con- “That \# nonsense,” rejoined Sen- “They do not see one in I undertake to say that more money has heen raised and expended in every fight you have had in the city of Chicago than the National That will be true this fall not on! out In other centres.” man from * said se one has many Hall in Senator Spencer. went] a spending ew York,” end of the city, either,” ator Reed. State ‘quota sheet," however, purpones. : ing: AMOUNTS COLLECTED in this eity “There certainly js no way to stop stop Tam- interject ‘No, nor Wall Street at the other rejoined Sen- On demand of Senator Reed the committee sent Mr. Upham to his of- ¥ fice to produce the much discussed showing the amount leach State was asked to raise for oth national and State campaign Senator Reed also instructed the treasurer to produce all records show- ‘The items making up the aggre- gate 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 ad- vertising and contracts for advertis- ing in foreign language newspapers. STATE AND NATIONAL FUND. ‘A sheet read nto the record by Mr. Upham showed, he said, the amount collected in each State for State and National campaigns, with the State ‘__ THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY. AUGUST 81, ed Todiaun Towa Miantaatppt Missouri FOR NY CONTRBUTED $205,282 106.0. FUND, SAYS UPA (Continued From First Page.) raise and return it to you?” “Yeu” “There will be just that much more added to your campaign fund.” “Not to our fund.’ “We need not equivocate. You know and I know, Mr. Upham, that when money is put into any can- paign fund it 48 put there to help all the candidat TWO BANKS IN NEW YORK CON- ‘TRIBUTE TO MONEY BORROW. Two banks in New York, one in Chicago, one in oston and one in San Francisco, as well as two individuals have contributed to the $360,000 bor- rowed by the Republican National Committee, Mr. Upham told Senator Reed. The loans were made on a’ thority of the Party Executive Com- mittee and do not constitute a legal obligation on which the lenders could gue the committee members, the wit- ness said. ‘The lenders and the amount they (=) the being conducted among people who ‘want to put down labor disputes with the bayonet?’ " was asked. “No, aif.” “Have you inquiréd the price) of bayonets?” Genator Reed interjected, “Yes, they are very cheap.” Seven hundred thousand dollars waa added to the Republican cam- paign chest figures presented by Chairman Hays yesterday when Mr. Upham revealed that the Republican Senatorial and Congressional cam- paign committees are to raise inde- ee et he a a sigh of relief if laws were pendent funds, Ho testified that the loaned the committee are: embracing to prevent independent F-|octional committee had agreed to| | Liberty National Bank, New Da: tions from doing things whieh |ioan the Senatorial Committee up to| Yerk, 125,000. Lamps. gg Abgermmmeng dah Mes '*Y | $500,000 and the Congressional Com-| First National Bank, Boston, to prevent being one] ities $200,000, to ibe returned when| Boston, $60,000. in the name of Republicanism | 14.) coliect their own funds, Continental and Commercial Indeed, Senator nection with the limitation of Indi- money in addition to the budget you AG STORE OPEN 9 A. M. TOG P. M. MecGibbon & Co. 1 AND 3 WEST 37TH ST. ONE DOOR FROM FIFTH AVENUE CURTAINS (Made in our own workroom) Interesting Prices Our attractive line in Marquisette, Grenadine, Filet Net, Etamine, made with hem and edge, also with insertion and edge. ALSO ALL THE ABOVE GOODS BY THE YARD. WILLOW FURNITURE Remaining pieces from the Season’s selling, tt Beds, Chaise Longues, Tables, Desks Arm and Side Chairs, Atless than usual prices. totals as 1920. B follow 37.413.50 | have failed to raise enough money to 225.9200) care tor thelr expenses and the dif- 7 to.ar295| ference hus been forwarded to them jby the National Committee. In two other States, Nevada and New Hampshite, all money raised in the State has been spent for the State 95,890.07 TOLL OG 1.626,4 To tates #144 94 26.72.90 ory 1.603,18 350.00 hasta ria.as ana) it knit 4,297.00 | campaign. Nevada raised $900.86 and 16.808.05 pidotbey New Hampshire $1,68 8,708.14 sich elipitascs Sa084T 1188.08 3,040.00 1,055. peaihea cance ne Woman Killed by Leaking Gan. 24,175.06 92,087.14 wasess akeinge| Jennie Artego, thirty-five, of No, 431 ahead} - - —| Mast 187th Street, was asphyxiated at 1,796.07 22,964.05 — 19,198.20 2,104.80 1,140.00 ther residence this mornjng by tluminat- Phllippings % Bleven States, NARADA A: — 19,000.50 Upham said, 88 n a kofective Jet ing gas leaking fre Mi Hil HF ULM We Connection With Any Other Establishment in the World WOoORTH THIRTY-FOURTH STREET OPEN ALL DAY SATURDAY BROADWAY- FIFTH AVENUE New Autumn Frocw For WomeEN AND Misses HAT REFLECT WITH A TRUE SENSE OF ECONOMY THE SPIRIT OF THE TIME’ WITHOUT DETRACTING FROM THE HIGH WORTH STANDARD OF QUALITY vidual compaign contributions to $1,000. He told Senator Kenyon, who brought wp the topic, that there were that none of these exceeded $2,500, “I know of several cases in which husband and wife have each given 1,000, but there is no subterfuge in that,” said the Republican Treasurer. “Sihce the women have been given the ballot they have evinced great interest in the campaign.” Mr. Upham said the upyaid pledges n hand last Thursday totalled $291,- 565.38 and he told Senator Reed that about $200,000 of this would be avatl- able for National Committee use, the balance being allocated to various States in which the money was raised, The Missouri Senator then had the witness state that the committee had (Wwherited $296,621.27 and debts of ap- proximately $100,000 when 4t took | charge of party affairs on June 14. 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