The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14
REPUBLICANS IGNORE
 1COX'S SLUSH CHARGES


 Washington. September 1S.-CSpeciaL) The most noticeable effect of the ex- poses of Governor Cox relative to the hope of the republicans that they will be able to buy the presidency, which exposes have been sustained by repuo lican witnesses, are two in number. Leaders Of the party, in the first place have been busy issuing interviews in Washington attacking the League of Ma tions-this probably to divert attention And, in the second place, Senator HaT- ding is slipping off his front porch
 Democratic politicians are elated. They believe that the peopel will resent the effort of republicans to buy the most exalted office in the world. Republicans contend that the exposes of Cox have amounted to nothing, and that re- cent elections in various parts of the country give assurance that the people are thinking exclusively of the League of Nations-and showing their resent nent to the league
 SOUTHLAND CERTAIN Ex-Senator George Sutherland of Utah has come to Washington with an inter view. He declares the west opposed to the league and will vote the republican | ticket. He apparently tried to brush away l all so-called extraneous issues-these in- cluding the money issue-by state ment to the effect that the republicans, i in normal days, are stronger than the | democrats.
 rWhen the republican party is solid, he said. .'it has from 100000 to 100000 more votes than the democratic party. We are united this year. The most eA- 1 treme progressive and the most stauncn defender of the conservative element are i working hand in hand. The outcome | can be nothing other than republican victory"
 Senator Sutherland declared himself well posted on conditions in the west ,I He gave it as his honest opinion that l that section would roll up large ma jority for Harding and Coolidge.
 POINDEXTER DOUBTFUL
 Senator Poindexter of Washington IS another republican who dismisses recent testimony before the senatorial investi- | gatinc committee with a flambouyant wave of his hand.
 The important matter" he sald' IS l that the people everywhere are repu- diating the league. Even the people or your southern state of Georgla nave nominated Thomas E. Watson, who ad- 1 vertised in all the papers his unaNer- able opposition to the league. senator | Moses has been nominated in New U. | nominated without opposition in Con necticut And thus it goes.
 1 Were it possible to expose the detects and dangers of the league to all the l voters. it would be repudiated by the largest majority ever cast against a -sia- gle issue in the United States.
 And Senator Lodge came to Washing ion Correspondents tried to interview him. He said nothing about money scandals. But he, did proceed in very strong language against the league
 FLETCHER'S POINT l Democrats, while not as active in de- lending the league as republicans Ill getting their anti-league propaganda oe- fore the public, they are on the Jop when called upon. senator fletener oa l Florida. for instance, simply laugneo when reminded that republicans contend that recent elections indicate the league s unpopularity
 .9In New Hampshire and Georgia he | said. the league might have been of'- cussed. But it was not the main issue. To all practical purposes, 1t was merely a side issue. In local fights iocal con ditions and the personality of the candl- dates-and their records-comprise the issue"
 Senator Pat Harrison of Mississinpi chairman of the speakers bureau under the national democratic committee, de- ! clareS simply that the cdnpdlSH s " excellent shape.
 HARRISON PLEASED
 "Cox has got them on the run, he said. "He has proved by republican | witnesses that the republicans did pre- pare to raise gigantic slush fund TOT the purpose of winning the country. sen ator Harding is about to slip off his porch in hope of stemming the tide Strategists of the G. o. P. are desper- ate. h | "Nothing was more unseemly than the | statement of Senator Harding in his re- cent address that he favored the opera ton of the farm loan banks. He refused, as a matter of fact, to assist democrats in their programme for the preservation of the institutions.
 1 "All this and all other things will come out. And Cox will carry the day CENSUS FIGURES
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