Arizona republican., 1920-08-23
CHAIRMAN HAYS CARRIES MESSAGE OF HARMONY TO REPUBLICAN PARTY

as Of the moment, Last In war, last in peace, gone from the hearts of his countrymen.'
 Tt is for their new leader. now zig zagging back and forth from the sim ister blight of the soloist of the Demo- cratic party to the furtive presence of it's quartette of bosses to make his selection. It matters not to us- Our sole requirement. is that there shall be no restrictions This referendum is going to be more than solemn. It IS going to be great, the most compre- hensive ever known. Before ended, it will have compromised every phase of maladministration and every fleck of Wilsonitis that have brought untold miseries upon a people who have every right to be prosperous and contented
 "The Democratic candidate appeals to both the Wilson and the anti-Wil son factions of his party. To the former he hold forth the preSident's 8 platform. To the latter he exhibits himself as an advocate of complete change of administration. Idealism | for the sentimentalists, patronage for the machinists-that is his motto, and | he offers to the country for foreign use | the Wilson covenant and for domestic l service Tammany Hall. Truly a mar vicious combination of impotence and l ill-repute. Upon the highest authority ! We are 1IlOFUeu IndL llO IIldU can serve two masters, but what of one master and four bosses? Obviously with his | recognized dexterfty the Democratic candidate hopes to be able to hold to both seemingly despised by the one not | loved by the others. What, pray, can
 be deduced from the mental processes
 of one who solemnly defines the Mon roe Doctrine as The very eSsense of
 Article x precicely as with like ac-
 curacy, one might define vaccine as
 the very essence of smallpox? But !
 have no wish to follow the tortous road
 to Trails End-at least not yet.
 Thus far but one of the joint as l severations of the Democratic candi- :
 dates bears directly upon my depart
 ment Speaking in Chicago on August II, Secretary Roosevelt charged that
 the Republican campaign fund would
 exceed S3O.O00, ,00O and added that such
 a sum could not be honestly eXpend-
 edi' Three days later, in Wheeling
 w. Va, according to the New York | Times report, Governor Cox caused a l sensation and brought enthusiastic re- sponse when he charged that certain interests were banded together to buy the presidency, and that millions had been contributed to the campaign fund
 of the Republican party with sinister
 intent
 They want to be the sponsors oi the American government said Gov
 ernor Cox. T assure you that they will
 not, and that the government will be
 sponsor of their activities. Their check books are ready and open, and hundreds of thousands-ye, millions have gone into the Republican treasury | to put an underhold on the govern ment.'
 l "Mr. Roosevelt gave as his authority for his accusation an item he had read in a newspaper MT. Cox sub mitted no evidence, whatever Both these men knew that the Republican national committee had adopted a plan. which I announced more than a year l ago, for financing our campaign by a method of decentalized giving, secur- ] ing small contributions from a great many, with a limit of $1.000 as a max imum for any contribution; that MT | Harding had publicly approved the | plan, and that the committee had re- adopted it after he was nominated. Knowing all this, Mir. Roosevelt as- 1 serted that our campaign fund would reach the colossal sum of $50, ,000, 900.
 and MT. Cox declared, apparently of | his own knowledge, that millions have 1 already gone into the Repu blican 1 treasury from certain interests band | ed together to buy the presidency l They thus deliberately accused MT.
 Harding. your national committee and
 myself of being engaged in a conspir-
 acy to betray our country.
 That, I submit, is serious charge. l If 1t could be substantiated no punish
 ment of those found guilty could be too | severe. It cannot be, of course. for
 the quite simple reason that it is not | true. Do you think MT. Roosevelt be- | lieved it was true? I do not. And yet
 they have the audacity to utter this
 outrageous falsehood, denying the
 truthfulness and reflecting upon the
 honor of fellow citizens, for one of
 whom at least they have professed the fullest respect. Their purpose is plain. They can hardly hope to deceive the | thoughtful but they do mean to i'm i pose upon the credulous. Frankly, l do not believe they can do either My concern at any possible political effect of such defamatory allusions, there fore, even when put forth by authority of men deemed by their fellow par