The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-04
DEMOCRATSSURE
COX CAN DELIVER
Fear That Fund Charge Had
"Fizzled" Turned Into Sem
satlonaI Promise.
10y DAVID LAWRENcEA

Chicago, Sept. 4.-(Copyright To-
The Chattanooga News.)-Confidenc
that Gov. Cox will prove his charg,
that the republican party was raisin,
campaign fund of SIS, ZOO, 900 seem,
to have developed suddenly in IN,
democratic camp.
IL is no secret that friends of IN,
democratic nominee have been waver.
ing. but the arrival OF Ed Moore, pre-.
convention manager'for Gov. Cox, put
HE into the democratic case.
Mr.. Moore came here aching to BIZ
y called by the committee. which, in
stead, took a recess until Tuesday
the decision being unanimous, because
certain members had engagements
over Labor day. Undoubtedly he will
have an opportunity next week Mr.
Moore insists that all the republican
state finance directors be summoned
TO the witness stand and that some OF
them will surely substantiate the Cox
charges.
Atlanta Case Cited.
lie sail he was ready not only to
11oVe that Fred w. Upham, national
II easurer, had testified mistakenly
with regard to various quotas, but
that in the case in particular he was
ready tosgive the name of the man
who had contributed all of the At
lanta quota-something like $4,000.
, Mr.. Upham testified that only $2,06S
had been raised in Georgia. Mr.. Moore
gives the impression that If he can
show wherein the republicans have
~ led to admit the size Of their quotas
in one or two cases the inference will
hc conveyed to the public~that Gov.
Cox is right about the other quotas,
toe.
1t had truly begun to appear as IL
the bottom had dropped out Of the in
Nestigation when Senator Reed. with
his characteristic vigor, brought out
on cross Elimination of Herman
Henke, the treasurer Of the National
Young Mems Republican league, that
It had planned to raise 100000.
Chairman Kenyon had just disposed
of the witness by asking him how
much money had been raised-about
$1,900-and everybody got the impress
sion that 1t was an insignificant Or
sanization. The members of the re-
publican national committee have
claimed, moreover, that all these in
dependent organizations were outside
Nof the republican national campaign
organization, while Wilbur Marsh, the
democratic national treasurer, in
sisted that several of these independ-
ent organizations were doing work
which national committee should
, do and thus were relieving the ma
tional organization of just such ex-
pense.
William Barnes Book.
The democrats had proved that Will
barnes former rpDllhllpnn state
chairman, had successfully solicited
funds from many big corporations and
individuals, such as John d. Rookie
Teller, and that a campaign book was
planned with the use of that money.
The republican officials have Indignantly
denied that they had any connection
with the book, but Senator Reed has
made the point that the effort is Con
current" with that Of the republican ma
tional committee. and must be con-
sidered part of the whole republican
campaign for the presidency. In the
same way the Missouri senator used
the National Young Mems Republican
league as an illustration of an indie
pcndently organized institution which
had set for itself an admitted quota of
100000 and provided for state finance
committees. Mr.. Reed developed more
first talked over their finances and plans
with Chairman VIII Hays, of the re-
publican national committee.
Sensation Is Promised.
The efforts Of Senator Reed, together
with the revelations promised by Ed
Moore, who appears to have been en-
trusted with the data possessed by Gov.
Cox when he made his Pittsburgh
speech, have turned what had seemed
to be hopeless case for the democrats
into one of sensational promise. Evil
IDENTIFY impressed with the poor show
ing the democrats lad made during the
past week, and with the convincing eff
feet of the indignant denials by the re-
publicans, the democratic leaders have
decided to push the matter with all the
vlgor they possess.
Hints of Jail sentences for those who