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Show Moore Tells Probers TheyVe Not Seeking Best Slush Evidence Pre-Convention Campaign Manager of Governor Cox Carries Mass of Documents in Portfolio; Grows Warm When Answeiing First Question Put to Him CHICAG. .Sept. 7 The senatorial committee Investigating campaign expenditures ex-penditures Is not seek in a the best evidence" to prove Governor fox's charges against the Republican partv . Edmund H. Moore, Toungatown, the governor's personal representative told the committee on the stand today. Moore told Senator Kenyon there were men better able to tell of the Republican plans than either he or Governor Cox. and asked why Colonel William Boyce Thompson, of New-York, New-York, chairman of the Republican vv.is ami means committee, and "the sixty men of the paid organization." were not called. MO. RE H AS Y. IDENOl Governor Cox has no evidence In support of his charges outside of what Mooie brought to Chicago with him. the witness said. As he spoke he unfolded un-folded i massive brief case and took a stack of papers that apparently numbered several hundred sheets. Governor Cox sent him to Chicago Mr Moore said, to "givS the committee commit-tee the list from whom the senators could get the information to support the governor's charges." He mentlon- 1 Harry M Blair, first assistant to I rr, V Ppham. Kepuhllean national treasurer, ami .-vcrai other employes Of I pham's office. "Governor Cox has no evidence outside out-side what jou have brought to us.'" Senator Kenyon asked. "I think not." MOORE GROWS W ARM Signs of friction developed when Chairman Kenyon questioned Mr. Mooro about an Interview he gave newspaper correspondents last Thursday Thurs-day The chairman asked Mr. Moore If he h oi 1 1 . that the commute, was afraid to call him to the stand, and if he had said the committee was not seeking seek-ing tho evidence to prove Governor Cox's charges. 'I did not!" the witness exclaimed. "You don't need to get angry," Senator Kenyon 9ald "I am not getting angy What I said was that you were not seeking the bent evidence. And I 6av it again You are not!" Mr Moore said he was sure that Fred W. Upham, treasurer of the Republican Re-publican national committee, would not testify to untruths, but he was equally sure that the Republican official offi-cial was a victim of either mistakes or bad bookkeeplns when he testified concerning the quotas assigned various stales. OHIO FIND Plsi lSSKP In answering Senator Kenvon s direct di-rect question for najnes of men who knew ibout the Ohio fund, Mr Moore v.eut into a long explanation of hi( understanding of the Reoubilcan campaign cam-paign fund organization. He said ft v. as beaded bj Colonel Thompson and had as state chairman, men whom the Republican bulletin described as "of commanding influence" The witness reiterated the charges that specific quotas were assessed against local committees and then said: "But these local organizations were largel 'scenery ' Th real workers for funds were paid men heatled by Harrv M Blair, assistant to Mr. I pham MOM Y GETTERS He said Blair had under him certain cer-tain "divisional directors" in Charge of sections f the countn and that two of them were C. W. Lee and Henry P Owens "Thc-so are the professional money raisers." said Mr. Moore ' That Is not the man." Interjected Mr Upham, "To the public these paid directors are camouflaged as 'executive secretaries secre-taries of the ways and means committees," com-mittees," said the witness M( IPPKRS VP" A battalion of moppers-up" Is also a part of the Republican finance organization, or-ganization, according to Mr. Moore, lb said these men went In after llv-organisation llv-organisation headed by Colonei Thompson had collected from the cream list " Mr. Moore said that Chester C. Hamilton, of Colorado had raised $ 103,000 In that state. To support his statement that Governor Gov-ernor ("ox had no "scoop" when he said the Republicans planned to raise a fund of lE,O0Q,00Q the witness introduced in-troduced a signed article taken from the Brooklyn Bagle of January 11, 1520 whb h article, he said, gave Will Hays, chairman of the national Republican Re-publican committee. and Colonel Thompson as authorities for a similar statement. He suggested that C- C. Bralnerd writer of the article be sub-poenaed sub-poenaed and wai told thai this had already been done HUGE M M R USED Mr Moore also r;avi the committee ,i telegram sent to Governor Cox by Frederick W Bnwrlght, a publisher oi Lvnn. Mass., In which It was sal.l that J30.000 had be. n raised there at a dinner of manufacturers addressed' bj Senator Lodge! Several days ai;n, he said. Charles. Heir, was in charge of a drive to raise 1700.000 and he Introduced a clipping from the Chicago rribunc of August 12 which gave this figure. Moore quottd a letter trom Samuel 1". Amnion of Kansas, to the effect 'that Wichita's quota was 112,000 I Senator Kenyon brought out thai Anildon Is Democratic state chairman I n Kansas. FIGURES ON UTAH Mr. Moore said he had read that Mr. Upham had testified that tl,S36 had been sent to I'tah and he said thai v n n this statement was made to the 'committee there was on file with the 'secretary of state of Utah a sworn I statement by Ernest Bamberger, Republican Re-publican national committeeman that he had received $5000 from the Re-1 Re-1 publican national commit;''' Mr I pham interrupted Mr Moore, ' saying he had testified that he had sent $500 to Utah which was $1.S3 5 more than he had received from that I state. The witness apologized and explained ex-plained he had not access to the com-, com-, mittee's records. Si nator Kenyon asked for more j about the alleged Ohio quota ' Governor Cox says thut $50u,000 was raised In the twinkling of an '-ye, Ihe senator said, quoting from the gov-lcrnoT'3 gov-lcrnoT'3 Wheeling, W. Va . address. ' es, I have heard it was more than I that," Mr. Moore retorted and named several dilo Republicans who he said could give Information. Fred W Upham. Republican na-, na-, tlonal treasurer who was an interested ! spectator, Interrupted to tell Mr. , Moore that Ohio had raised $178,900 I before the convention and $190,225 since then This started a spirited ex-I ex-I Change with Mr. Upham while Senator Kenyon vainly sought to restore or- l-der. TSTT tm ItWOVLTV Senator Kenyon asked about Governor Gov-ernor Cox's charges that Republican contributois planned to use bayonets in putting down labor troubles and endeavored en-deavored Without SUCCeSB to cither ' learn the names of some of the men who contributed with that idea, or falling fall-ing that, to have Mr Moore admit that I the charge was a 'wild flight of the ' Imagination " "So far as I know every man who I contributed to the $80,000 raised In Youngstown was Ither the president, secretary or a stockholder in a steel I company," Mr. Moore declared. "I can't say, of course, whether they were planning to use bayonets. I only say I that they have used the bayonet, not 'under Governor Cox, but under his ' predecessor-" "Well, give ns their names, " Sena- . lor Kenyon asked. I Yes. I can give them to you if you Insist, but these men are my friends. I meet them dally In the club and bear their views and I don't believe you should force me to name thei)l. 1 can do it. though if necessary," DOESN'T GET NAMES Senator Kenvon dropped the line of questioning without getting the names. Walter S. Dickey, of Kansas City. ; followed Mr. Moore on the stand and testified he was chairman of tho Republican Re-publican ways und means committee I for Missouri. He said his Instructions j wero to raise a campaign fund in Mis 'souri, getting the directions orally fiom Fred W I pham, treasurer of the national Republican committee, and from Colonel Boyce Thompson, chairman chair-man of tho party's national ways and 1 pjeans committee. Mr. Dickey said the first proposal on the subject was made to him last vv Inter. Senator Reed asked hots the state was divided and learned P was by I congressional districts Mr. Dickey said he knew of no other organization Concerned in raising money in Missouri but i hat w , wring, of Oakland, Cal., b io visited the state on missions connected con-nected with the fund raising cam-; cam-; paign. ' Was he oiip of tho 'executive sec-' sec-' retarles' of the ways and means com-Kilttee?" com-Kilttee?" asked Senator Reed "I don f know." said Mr Dickey, j ' What quote was assigned to Kansas Kan-sas City and Jackson county?'' 'There was no such thing," said .Mr Dickey. |