Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-04
SATURDAY EVENING. SEPT. ..
EVENTS OF WEEK.

EVENTS ORA WEEK.
Political Interest. during the week
has centered. around the senate COM
mtttee investigation Of the collectaon
and use Of campaign funds. The par
ticular incident which gave this d.
rection to public thought at this time
was the making by Governor Cox OF
q series of charges that he Repub-
lican national committee was engaged
in the raising of funds in improper
amounts, in an improper manner, to
be used for improper purposes. Loose
talk some weeks ago of a Republican
fund Of one hundred millions expend-
ed itself, and the changes, by a
process Of fermentation n evapora-
ton simmered down to the statement
that the fund amounted to eight mill
lion, hats being made at intermedi-
ate points for refreshments. Cover
nor Cox offered to furnish proof of
eight per cent of the original state
ment. w.
&Hs a.s . r.
Thus Tar Mr.. Cox has not made
good. His party associates who have
been questioned by the committee
have declared that they knew 10th
ing about the facts. They credited
the charges because the governor had
made them, and they supposed he
had something on Which to base
them. Chairman Hays and Treasurer
Upham, Of the Republican committee,
have both been examined by the In
vestigating committee and have an
swered with apparent candor all
questions put to them. They have
denied. generally and specifically the
charges which the Democratic can
didate has made. and the controversy
has been marked by the passing of
direct charges Of falsehood between
Governop Cox and Mr.. Hays.
Governor Cox has started on his
western speech-making tour. and has
left a personal representative 10 ap-
ear before the committee with all
the data which he has bearing on the
case. The committee has not sub
poenaed Governor Cox, being unwtll-
ing to interfere with his campaign
arrangements by requiring his per-
sonal presence in support of his per-
sonal accusations. The committee is
acting with courtesy and propriety.
AS much cannot be said for Governor
Cox. who has sought to use for his
own benefit in the campaign charges
which he has made in person and dig
nihed with the prestige of his candi-
dacy and which he now proposes
to support by the second hand testi-
+ mony Of a substitute.
Senator Harding has continued the
! campaign methods which he adopted
at the outset. He has made few set
speeches and many informal ones. He
has been visited by several delega-
tons from distant sections of the
country, and has conferred regularly
with party leaders. Adopting a policy
directly in contrast with that OF, his
opponent, he has confined his ad-
dresses to discussions of national
sneeds and national policies, and has
studiously avoided comment on the
details of the management OF the
Democratic campaign.
The legal tangle in regard to the
suffrage amendment remains still a.
tangle, although there is nothing in
the present status which will affect
the right of women to vote in Novem-
Der. The fugitive members of the
Tennessee house returned to the state
capital and the house. by a vote OF
AZ to "a, resolved to reconsider the
vote by which the suffrage amend
ment was approved in that body.
The Tennessee authorities appear to
be 8on! SKIES and sevens as to the eff
feet Of this action, but inasmuch as
the ratification vote of Tennessee has
been certified to Washington by the
governor, and Secretary Colby has is
sued the proclamation called for. the
amendment must stand unless some
federal our ~intervenes to stay pro-
ceedings. Thus far court action has
favored the SURFACE element.
There has been no marked chanxe
In the ROlish-Russian situation since
= veek ago. The Poles have made
good their defensive ~counter-stroke
# practically every point, and the
arnnfns -ha~h -. NIL