The evening world., 1920-08-30
HAYS SAYS COXS
FUND CHARGES ARE
FALSE AND. .LIBELOUS
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dustrial controversies, they can have
the bayonet TO enforce their VIII.
That statement is also false.
STATEMENT OF $15,ooo,oo0 Fund
CALLED FALSE.
That millions have been contrib
utea by corrupt source in further
ance of a Republican conspiracy to
buy an underhold on the Presidency:
that the Republican funds, not 4
campaign, but a cOrrupting fund whl
not be less than $l5,000,000.' That
statement is false.
That a quota fixing OF assessments :
tC be raised by certain cities, amount
ing to over $S.000,00O was adopted at
meeting at which Treasurer Upham
and l were present That charge Is
also false. No such quotas were ever
adopted at any such meeting or at
any other time or place and no opera
tion had under any such quotas.
"He has shade other statements
charging "A slush fund for corruption
purposes, subscribed in the names OF
dummy contributors; TO be used to
corrupt the electorate. These state
ments are also false,
Il now say that each and all OF
these, several charges are absolutely
false in what they say and libelous In
their purpose"
ALLEGED MISUSE OF GOVERN
MENT INSTRUMENTS CHARGED.
| Countefing GOV. CoX's charges. Mr.
/ Hays asserted Republican leaders have
''been advised Of the alleged misuse OF
governmental instruments and func-
| tions by the Democratic organization
! for political purposes; sending oul
thousands OF tons of propaganda by
the Democratic Administration during
the paper shortage. while limiting thS
use OF paper by the press, and tha'
a large part of II was Democratic po
| itlcal propaganda. all paid for by tax
payers money and were Informed
too. that the Democratic committed
even resorted to drawing drafts or
bankers in whose banks Governmen
funds were deposited. wiring sucl
bankers they already had drawn sucl
drafts"
Mr.. Hays put into the records ar
ticles from leading Demacratac news
papers telling of Democratic plans T.
raise $4,000, 600 for the Presidential
campaign. Republican fund raisinl
activities. he sald were influenced b.
the reputed size Of the Democrati
fund
I'VE, OF course welcome the oppor
tunity further fully to set forth tn
effort OF the Republican National Com
mIttee to pOpularize the giving o
money for campaign purposes by get
ting small contributions from IA grea
many men and women rather tha
large contributions from small mum
Der, thus forever eliminating any pos
, able opportunity for Sinister influ
/ ences in connection witHmoney I'm pol
: itics.
"Thls plan for the raising OF none
> through small contributions grew OF
of two primary causes;
- "The real desire to work a real re
Q form in the elimination of any possib
3 | improper obligation.
u "Out OF the experience in come,
n ton with raising funds for war pun
3 poses these popular drives have b,
c come familiar activities and II seema
7 possible at this time to undertake tn;
y kind Of action by political organizi
ton. We particularly hoped that IN
. activity would Increase the politics
interest
1T was then the purpose and il hl
. been since the purpose 10 endeav'
a TO lint the contribution 20 a maXimu
r for any individual or thousand do
a lars before the nominating conventio
n and thousand dollars after. "
e have all tried 10 adhere to that plan
" After explaining the machinei
q through which, the plan was put iA
sffect, Mr., Hays produced the s., ,00C