The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-02
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No Proof Given That Re-
.publicans, Planned Larg-
:: er Campaign Fund
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REED WANTS TO CALL
STATE CHAIRMEN
Believes Evidence of More Money for
Republicans Could Be Found There
Democrats Are Distressingly Short

Republicans Could Be Found There
Democrats Are Distressingly Short
of Money.
Especial Despatch to The Reformer
Copyright 1920
CHICAGO, H., Sept. Ex-Governor Cox
saws Will Hays's statements are false
and VIII Hays says Governor Cox's
charges are false
Anr that's about as far as the sena-
toriai investigation has gone toward set
Ting the controversy about a Sl5,00o,0O0
,lush fund though careful examination
Of all the testimony thus far win show
hat the burden of proof now rests with
tho Democratic nominee. The Republican
trcusitrer Fred w Upham, has admitted
on the stand that the Republican goal
was about s. ,065 900 though he didn't
expect to raise much more than half of
t. Mr.. Upham further says he has no
knowledge of what the several states
NAV have set for themselves as quotas.
Governor Cox insists that there's where
the difference would be made up between
the s. ,665.000 admitted as goal and
the $sO00000 which he claims was once
fixed as the Republican quota by state
and national committees.
But the Democratic nominee has as
vet furnished no proof to warrant the
assumption that larger fund was being
planned beyond typewriter list of
quotas the authenticity of which is de-
nied by the Republicans. Senator Reed,
who has capacity for interrogation and
sharp cross -examination uneXcelled in the
AMERICAN senate, is trying TO support
Governor Cox's case by calling all the
state chairmen and field workers in the
country who have anything to do with
| the Republican finances. The Republic
| cans naturally don't like this for, de-
claring their confidence, that it is a wild
goose chase, they argue that it takes
many valuable men away from Their
work in the midst of the campaign.
| On the other hand, if there is anything
to Governor Cox's charges that's about
the only way any evidence can be col
lected on the subject-by prying into the
| finances of the state committees Fol-
the national committee officers claim
| innocence of what the state committees
are raising. The Democrats know the
burden rests upon them and they show
40 signs of winding up the investigation
incidentally they are in financial straits
| While the Republicans have already
raised more than 81 100000 and are con
tident of getting their budget of So,
l076,000, the truth is the Democrats hav,
raised about 100000 thus far and Their,
is no sign OF. much more, The campaign
lis half over and unless Democrati,
finances change for the better quickly
or at least something like this investiga
ton puts the brakes on Republican
financial effort the Democrats will truly
be in bad way.
But if one can say the honors wer,
leven in the battle of wits on the stand
the one side seeking to support tn,
charge of an immense campaign funt
and the other trying to prove that the,
tried to get only one-third of what tn,
Democratic nominee claims was thei
goal, so might it be said that dishonor
/ were even, too.