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Show G. 0. P. TREASURER AGAIN FACES PROBERS I UPHAM PROUO I OF WORK DONE 10 RAISE FUND 1 Treasurer Says His Proposition Proposi-tion to Raise Limit Was Voted Down I I CHICAf'.O. Sept. 10. The senate H 1 committee at the noon recess an- H I nounced that the investigation of tho , charges by Governor Cox would be J completed here tomorrow and th 1 committee would then recess to meet ( m some eastern city on September 22. M CHICAGO. Sept. 10. Prod W. Up- H ham today told the senate committee investigating campaign funds that he took full responsibility for tho pro- H posal to raise the limit of Republican 1 tmpaign contributions to 110,000 H "I was voted uo.vn by a large ma- H 1 at s meeting m New York," he He said "form 101," the so-called H Blair plan." was hrougr.. about by H his advocacy of a larger contribution H .limit and was prepared after he had H il.n y M. Blair, his assistant, that H 'he believed the $lo : figure would adopted after the national conven- H "1 Loped fhe lid would be raised H j and I did recommend 110.000 as a H limit," sal Mr Upham. "I presented oposiu.ii iio.-ei mg in New- H Vork attended by Will Hays, Charles H Mollis. Mvin Hen of Kentucky; William Dougherty, of Ohio, and Colo- H nei William Royce Thompson, of New H VOTED HIM DOWN. They voted me down hy a big ma- H Jorlty and I staepped from the room H ltd told Ml to tcb graph his H men in Chicago not to send out form H Pwo continued Mr up- K m. "Colonel Thompson went to H Washington add saw Senator Harding H Kiel the cahdid&te gave out a state- H ment to The Associated Press that he l ad instructed the Republican national comniittet not to accept contrlbutk ; - of more than 1000 each, promising change was made In tho HH plan, the public would be notified be- H lore 11 was pui Into effect." H 1 ORM KM Is PK.I. .Mi. 1 ph.iiu said he did not writ form lu 1 and that it contained some pxpri 1 l idea which he would H have approved. 'Rut 10:111 101 was and is dead." he Furthermore, tho substitute H town 103 was not presented at the H the Union League club In H 1 icago and i was there throughout conference." "1 uevot saw a quota list for cities or any 01 Her quota list except that for H prepared In my office," said Mr. "You assume responsibility for the 'psalm singers'.'' asked Senator' pom- JH "I do ami am proud of the work my H .M C. A. campaigners are doing." H Mr Upham. "I believe that on H showing here of results I could, as a ' ih- Jul. of raising Chi Democratic campaign fund and wh-n the y re-organise their finances I think they will adopt our system." H in siM ss ,t MMED I P. S immarislng all this budget and H quota business' what he called jH "a plain business statement," Mr Up- H ham said that the state quota list of H about $4,800,001) made up In his office H Included both the pre-convcntion and H actual campaign periods. He then H pointed out that more than $1,100,000 of this total had been raised and spent H before the present budget of $3,07.- H up. H He said thai since the Chicago con- H Ventlpn he had raised about a million H and a quarter dollars of which aboiit H 1 lii-ii.'hlrrlM HI r, not le l Me r t'nn nn. SBSBSh tlonal committee, the balance being H returned to States which had a joint J fund campaign with the national com- H He estimated lhat with the stale and national committee funds and m H loans of $400,0110 to the congressional and 1300,000 to the senatorial com-mlttees com-mlttees of the party, there would pass H through his hands a total of $4. ?$!,- THAI is MY JOB." "That Is the limit of my job, ' Mr. I'pham said. "If the states raise more than the quotas 1 have assigned H them 1 will not accept it What they do after I hey hav e raised what H 1 saked for Is none of my business." Senator Kenyon called Mr. Moore to the stand and questioned him about Democratic campaign fund plans and particularly help that may have been B received from tho liquor Interests. Mr Moore Bald the Democrats had not formed a campaign plan and had H only $1,400,000 In the national treas-ury treas-ury two weeks ago Wilbur M Marsh, national treasurer, and James W. Oerurd. former ambassador to Oerjnany and now chairman of the Democratic finance comimttee, could give full details, he said FORCED Tt I. WD DIXON. HI . Sept 10. Three mall planes were forced to land In thevlcin- J ity of Dixon this morning by tno heavy fog which delayed them until nearly noon The Chicago-Omaha plane". Pilot A L. Jewett. and a plnno being "ferried" through from New H York to S;in Francisco In charge, of ffH lilol Huklngs for use In the trans-continental trans-continental service, met a few miles west of Dixon and were forced to land In a pasture. Another mail Plane being ' ferried" through to Cheyenne in charge of Pilot Linge, was forced to the ground east of this city All off noun 11-rRoniHITIOMSTS. Senator Kenyon asked Mr Moore about the Association Opposed to N ,-llonal ,-llonal Prohibition, and read a pro -pectus which listed Moore and Rudolph Hynleka. Republl, an llonal committee from Ohio members. Mr. Moore said he was not Bssoclated with the organisation in any waj and suggested his nam? and that of Mr. Hynleka had for years been known .u nrohlbltmn." 1 I |
