Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-27
CHARGES BY COX
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AROUSE FRENZY
'HVylI lii IN M
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Of ENTHUSIASM
Hi L. II LIN iii
Il Il III
Democratic Nominee Given a
Z Striking Reception at
Pittsburgh Meeting.
BY DAVID LAW RENEE.

: fftical meetings may come and go.
but there have been few like that
which Gov. Cox addressed here.
Thousands of people listened eagerly
: 10 the charges made by the demo
cratic nominee of = huge fund Ito
purchase the presidency" and liter
@aily went into frenzy OF enthusiasm
las the governor produced documents
- from republican headquarters tend
! ing TO show that at least sS.00e.oOo is
!. being raised in ffty-one cities or
twenty seven states from communi-
;, ties totaiine e5.GoH,o00 population. and
:, that efforts are being continued to
: raise funds in cities other than those
:. mentioned in the sS.o0o,no0 quota.
) Sensation after sensation was pro-
: duced by Gov. Cox, and the crowd
gave him demonstration OF approval
THAT was more like the demonstra-
: tons Theodore Roosevelt used to get.
!. more like the enthusiasm Hiram
I, johnson commanded. and more like
1.-THE spirit of joy that one witnesses
in an athletic contest as the bleachers
rise to cheer piece of good play.
:, This is republican stronghold. but
: II made no difference. the crowd just
:, raised the roof
: People Like Hot Shots.
: There is no doubt about 1.-THE
American people love a contest. They
'.ltke to hear candidates swat each
:. other with hot shots and sarcastic
:. thrusts Gov. Cox got more real en-
:. thusiasm out of the crowd at Pitts
thurgh than Woodrow Wilson got here
in all his speeches put together.
+. Perhaps it was the extraordinary
= character of the occasion. 1t had been
well advertised in advance because
OF the governors announcement that
he would present proofs of his sensa-
.tional charges. The big auditorium
was packed to the doors. A large
overflow crowd was addressed out of
doors.
: The people appeared convinced that
:. Gov. Cox had proved his case. One
skeptic answered a rhetorical question
!. by saving he didn't believe the govern
f; or had named a single corporation or
!. individual that had paid a cent. and Mr.
:. Cox, who appears to enjoy h"ckiing, said
the senatorial investigating committee,
). dominated by republicans, had the power
. TO call in Chairman Hays and Treasurer
Z Gpham and either dsprove the cha ses
. or get the names of the persons who had
: contributed the quotas.
]. Reads FrOm Manuscript.
: %Fhe governor read his manuscript
: Gre fully and frequently Haunted aloft.
:. so that everybody could see them. print
ed copies of the Official Bulletin which
was published privately and for conf
.dential use by the republican national
'iiHcHCS ORGANIZATIONS. MI Lon evoked
much amusement as he read some of
,the slogans from the official bulletin
ssnd as he Doaed fun at Senator Hard
ing for saying he didn't know of these
things when the Bulletin contains a
letter of Endorsement from the republic
..can candidate h.mself.
OF course. crowds do not analyZe
speeches carefully. They go by i'm
preston and the information of voices
and emphasis of speakers. Editorial
evidence and the senatorial Investigate
ing committee also will examine it
carefully and the republicans named
lin the documents still have an op-
portunity to explain their side of the
case. But this much Gov. Cox did do
he created a suspicion in the minds
of his audience that if SS.000,000 was
being raised in twenty-seven states
from 25.000.000 people. the final totals
could easily more than double-or,
teen million dollars" He also spoke
SO often of quotas being oversub-
scribed in cities not mentioned in the
list covering the first sS,000,000 as to
create the impression that second
list of quotas was made up for sddi-
tional sums.
If Gov. Cox has that second list, he
gave no hint of it in his speech here.
Circumstantially he built up the sec
ond part of his case on inference and
OF disprovlnS the existence OF a iarg-
er fund than at least Ss.000000 be
placed upon his opponents.
There is talk that Gov. Cox has
other documents and that he wants
10 draw the fir, of his opponents by
publishing it in separate speeches.
hut new spaper men here have Tbs i'm
pl cssion that il the governor had any
more substantial proof than ne pre-
scented TO show the pans for the re-
manning s'.00o.0o0. he would have
produced il in Pittsburgh.
Ii is admitted that he established
his case for the first eight million,
but that the remainder rests upon in
ferences drawn from various refer
ences in the Official Bulletin TO cities
and states not mentioned in the orig
inal list of quotas.
discrepancy Is Recognized
This much can be said-the audience
crepancy between the statement at
lributed to Will Hays that he had
estimated the republican campaign
fund at s3.000.000 and the admission
Of Treasurer Upham that at least
S!,0OO,000 would cover the expense
TOR national and state and local cleo
tinn purposes.
-GnQueStionably the quotas given by
Gov. Cox will be admitted as having
been an estimate for state and county
work as well the presidential ticket
in'various cities. but before the sena-
torIal investigating committee next
week the republicans will have their
opportunity to show how they intend
sd to dfferentiate between the fed
erai and state expenditures.