The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-08-29
McAdoo, Introducing Candidate,
Refers to Upham and Hays
as 'Gold Dust Twins"
COX REPEATS CHARGE
Democratic Leader Is Warmly
Greeted By New York Throngs
On First Official Visit.
tey Associated Press.)


ades, receptions. luncheon at a promi-
nent hotel, review of police field day
games, where crowd estimated at
100000 was addressed, and a dinner
party tonight, gave Governor Cox the
busiest day of his campaign. Thou
sands of persons saw and heard the
nominee as he shunted about in the
turmoil of events with a constant bat
terry of motion picture and other pho
tographers in action today. In his
luncheon address the governor reiter-
ated that a fifteen million dollar cam
paign corruption fund is being COL
lected by Republican leaders and
promised further revelations.
World peace by Americas entrance
into the league of nations, industrial
problems and pleas for the Americani-
zation of foreign born citizens, also
featured his addresses. In all, he
predicted a Democratic victory next
fall.
Governor Smith and William G.
McAdoo, who introduced Cox at the
luncheon, also assailed Republican
financing. Smith referred to Cox as
the hope of democracy throughout the
world.
Republican efforts to raise presi-
Dental campaign funds were declared
by Governor Cox to be bold, brazen
or foolish"
On his first official visit to New
York since receiving the Democratic
nomination for the presidency, Gov
ernor Cox received a tumultous well
come on his arrival and then delivered
two addresses in which he dealt with
of nations and Americanization. The
first address was given at a luncheon
at the National Democratic club and
the second at the police field day meet
at Gravesend.
The governor. who in his addresses,
declared the Republican leadership
has simply gone mad" spoke at the
club before several hundred promi-
nent Democrats, both men and wo-
men.
At Gravesend, Mr.. C selected as
his theme Americanizat..n. In both
addresses, Governor Cox chastised the
Senatorial oligarchy" frequently and
declared it's abuse" had been direct
ed at President Wilson.
Governor Cox charging that instead
of making the presidential campaign
a pure thing" Republicans had pc'o-
cured large sums of money in order TO
stir up racial groups and keep alive
emotions aroused by the war.
Instead of helping to allay the af-
fairs of world civilization. they sought
to bring confusion into the communi-
ties of Amreica," said Governor Cox,
''to multiply in short the woes of man
kind and charged it all to the admin
istration in power in order that the
spoils of office might be gained.
1T is high time that this sort of
thing was exposed and it shall be my
duty until November End to keep the
senatorial oligarchy in the view and
thought of the nation"
William G.. McAdoo, former mem
Der of President Wilson's cabinet and
a rival of Governor Cox in the Demo-
cratic national convention at San
Francisco, who presided at the lunch
con rendered Governor Cox here to-
day, was praised by the presidential
nominee for his administration of the
treasury and management Of the rail-
roads during the war
Leaving the National Democratic
club, Governor Cox headed a process
sion of more than $500 men and wo-
men admirers. who escorted him back
to the hotel for the luncheon to be
rendered him by the club.
Thousands of persons lined Fifth
avenue. cheering the presidential NOM
inee. At the hotel another cheering
crowd greeted the governor, who i'm
mediately was escorted to the ban
quent room for the luncheon.
At the luncheon MIR. McAdoo in
troduced the presidential nominee.
Mr. McAdoo. in an address, ex-
pressed his belief in the @presumptive
truth Of Governor Cox's charges that
the Republicans were raising a S15,-
000, ,000 campaign fund. Referring to
Chairman Will H. Hays and Treas
urer Upham of the Republican ma
tionaI committee as the gold dust
twins" the speaker declared that If
Governor Cox's charges are true that
~the war profiteers and others" are
to buy the presidency
the end of the republic is in sight"
Referring to his charges that Re
publicans Were conspiring to buy the
presidency. and information bearing
on the subject to Republican cam
paign funds which had been made
public. Governor Cox said:
a'If it were not that the documents