Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-28
GOVERNOR cox TO
KEEP HAMMER|NG
HUGE SLUSH FUND
Declares 1t Is Sore Spot;
and He Will Continue
to Rub. Is
"GOLD DlGGERS" TO GET NO y
RESPITE UNTIL NOVEMBER q
Replies to Fred w. Upham's;
Charge That Quota Lists
Presented Are "Phoney."
NAMES ARE EASY TO sECUREI
Nominee Makes What Audience
Regards rs Reference to Irish
Freedom Cause.
"GOLD DIGGERS" TO GET NO
RESPITE UNTIL NOvEMBER32 2
NAMES ARE EASY TO SECURE
Nominee Makes What Audiences
Regards rs Reference to Irish sa
Freedom Cause. 5ts
IRy Associated Prera.l

tBy Associated Prcss.] 7lt
NEW HAVEN, CONN. August a7.3g
Attack on Republican campaign CONS
tributions was renewed hero todaylS
by Governor James NJ. Cox, Demoss
cratic presidential candidate. in al
number of addresses opening his New
England campaign. s
He asserted that he had proved his
charges, in his Pittsburgh address,
last night, of the assembling of Il 4
Si5.0oo.o0O Corruption fund" by the%s
Republicans and he also declared fa
would contWue rubbing that sores
spot" until election day. He WITH
held, however, any further evidence 3
in support OF his charges.
Flags Separate Peace.
Tho first break in the Republican,
line Governor Cox declared in one
of four speeches here. was tho Re-
publican proposal for separate,8 81
peace with Germany.
The second break In the lines
came last night at Pittsburgh" he ii
continued. They have been going
along gathering the largest campaign
fund ever known in the history SIS
government in all the world No one 4
ever dreamed OF getting such a sum. X
RMS year the chairman of the Rev
publican campaign committee has setSS
To work great force OF men, Staten
3hairmen. local chairmen and work.
ers that he desiEnates as the 'moneysS
disgers of the Republican party.''i
Governor Cox said that VIII Fl.
Hays, Republican national chairman. q
had denied the charges OF a S15,ooo.s
600 fund and declared that the our
would be only s3,O00.O00. while a 4 I
DAYS later. the Governor said, FRI
w. upham. Republican treasurer.T
multiplied Mr.. Hays by two and ones
half times" by stating that the fund u
would be s7.ooo.OoO.
I'm my Pittsburgh speech lastM
night" the candidate added, .I have
demonstrated To the satisfaction OF T.
every unprcjudiced voter In the
country that we were justified In 4
multiplying Mr.. Upham's figures bySs
two. Az
Repeats Corruption Charge.
repeat that the Republican fund 81
the corruption fund-will be NOT &
less than $4,000, 900 We will notg'
attempt to matEn their dollars" "a
Governor Cox also made state.
nent commenting on Mr.. Upham's =
oehial OF his charges. After read Vi
ms statement from Mr.. Upham that s
Il gf -
presented by the candidate at pitts
ourgh was 'phoney." Governor co..
said: -sFF:
The Senate committee can nnd ont i
perfectly we'll who attended thia
meeting at which these lists were
distributed by the Republican lead
ers' IL is matter than can be EotSs
at IN perfectly simple way. 3
Another thing that don't under
S,a"u Is why Mr.. Harding and Mr.
rays are not coming forward with N
so'ne explanation OF why this quota.
list was kept secret" 81
Governor Cox made four addrsssea s;
and in all but one-that to so,5,er
pa'ients at the Public Health Ser
vice tuberculosis Hospital at Al-
iins'o"n--he denounced the Republic
can campaign. He addressed a hoteI
meeting OF the First Voters League. s.
."e soldier boys n Democratic "rati.s5
"."'on oinner at savin Rock, a
Long Island Sound shore re-
sur ana a large public meeting at
d theater tonight. at all he was reSsss
ceiNed with enthusiasm
Resides his criticism of ma
publican contributions. tho Coy.r,a
urged ttie entrance OF America into
the league OF nations, and To hia
au"iehce at Savin Rock he made what n
ms auditors regarded as n references
20 the question of irish freedom thal5S.
hrst OF his campaign.
III pleading for the league. thaBgts
Governor said that it was put for-
ward by President Wilson in tho #
'atters delineation of the ''fourtee y az
points one OF which was self.deter.
mination OF free peoples"
Pleads for Small Nations.
me league OF nations" the Cow
ernor continued. does not aoridra ss
the right OF any racial entity to do.
termine It's own destiny. The league e
was never Intended to be, and. I'm
der its administration. 1t never win
ne' an agency that will restrain ORD
discourage the Same kind OF emotions e
o. any peopie--emotions like those IS
'hat stirred tho coionists to achieve
their independence in 177s."
The statement was cheered at
length by the audience, many oe A
whom. it was said. wero of irish Fl
blood ss9s
The Irish question also entered Sst
INTO the arrangements for the speak.
ing program Of the Governor. An II;
announcement that Professor Iryinxsg y;
Fisher. OF yale University,ta strong .s:y
league advocate md 0nn