New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-21
Democratic Chiefs
Can't Prove Cox's
Slush Fund Charge
White, Marsh and Others
Unable to Give Figures to
Subsiantiate Republican
SIS, 100000 War Chest

george White, chairman of the Demo-
cratic National Committee; Wilbur w.
MARSH, treasurer of the committee, and
William d. Jameson, the committee's
director of finance, in turn Yesterday
admitted that they had no figures to
substantiate the charge made bv Gov
efnor Cox in Indiana on Thursday that
the Republican campaign managers are
raising campaign fund of $4,000 900.
treasurer Marsh said that tho
Democratic campaign managers would
consider that if they raised from $780,
600 to 100000 they would nave 1argo
fund, and that with this sum he was
confident of the election Of Cox and
Roosevelt
we DO not need so much money as
we mad four years ago." said Mr.. Marsh.
as our management is more efficient.
we know from evidence that we have
run across in numberless instances
where we have solicited funds that the
Mepubllcans are raising huge fund,
Moreover, the wealthy people of the
country are generally Republicans.
ohalrman Hayss talk about limiting
campaign contributions to 81 900 ner,
son IS camouhage. If we can have an
adequate campaign fund we can elect
Cox without any question, as public
sentiment is with us"
when Mr.. Jameson was asked about
MS plan, announced year ago this
month at the Holland House. to collect
from $5,000,000 to $1O,OOOOOO for this
years campaign his face assumed a
somewhat blank and panied expression
and he said that he could not have
announced any such plan.
Chairman White was equally at a
loss to furnish concrete proof of Gov
ernor Cox's assertion about a Republi-
can slush fund of $15,OO0,OOO.
II haven't any concrete figures"
SAID ne, but from what we know about
the Ncwberry 81 100000 fund in Michi-
gan, the S1,50O,0OO that the Wood men
spent and the 100000 that What's
His-Name spent we know that Gov
ernor Cox is speaking within bounds
when he says that the Republicans are
raising $15,0OO,OO0"
Chairman White, after saving this.
made a rush to catch the Fall River
boat so as to spend his forty eighth
birthday to-day with his family at
Martha's Vineyard.
When Chairman Hays of the Re
publican National Committee was
ASKED last night ABOUT Governor COXS
charge concerning the $15,0OO,O0O cam
paign fund, he said that he would COM
ment on the matter in the speech
which he will make at Augusta this
afternoon.
One of the sore spots in the ex-
perience of the money collectors for
the Democratic National Committee
tn year is the breakdown of the
chain-letter money raising machinery
at the Washington headquarters. Mr..
Jameson at one time had more than
300 clerks at work sending out beg
gng letters to Democratic officehold-
ers and Republicans who were
supposed to be friendly to the Wilson
Administration. 1t was said in Wash
lngton last month that the national
committee spent 100000 in this work
and then gave up the scheme as a
bad job, as box receipts but little more
than paid for the postage.
National Treasurer Marsh said YES
terday that the ratification Of the
suffrage amendment by the Tennessee
Legislature meant that Cox would be
elected