New-York tribune., 1920-08-28
Hays Says Cox
Failed tOPrOvc
Fund Charges
Declares the Democratic
Nominee and Running
Mate Dream in Millions
Through Force of Habit
Should Tell of Own Fund
Sees Inquiry of Senate
Committee as Chance for
Both Sides to Testify

"A VI OCAxdIC
Committee as Chance for
Both Sides to Testify
Will H. Hays, chairman of the Re-
publican National Committee, yester-
day said that Governor Cox in his
speech at Pittsburgh Thursday night
mad failed to prove his charge of a
sl5,ooo,ooo Republican fund "simply
because the charges are false"
Mr.. Hays added that both the Demo-
cratic nominee and his running mate,
Franklin D. Roosevelt, who doubled
the figures used by Governor Cox, say
lrg that the Republican campaign
fund was $3o,Oo0,OOO, "drcam in mil
lions" through force of habit.
The Republican chairman said that
Governor Cox and the Democratic
leaders would have an opportunity at
the hearing before the Senate investi-
eating committee to prove the insult
they offered thousands of good citizens
all over the country who are contribut-
ing to the Republican campaign.
~. incidentally" said Chairman Hays,
.they Will have chance next week to
indicate the source of their own
money"
Cox to Continue Slush Fund Talk
Governor Cox, when his train stopped
here en- route to New Haven, in COM
menting on Chairman Hayss reply,
said:
"The question of campaign funds is
| uh iCh -
a good deal of development. l expect
to keep on talking about slush funds
right up to the I'd of November"
Governor Cox's threat to continue
talking about slush funds" was sec
onded by the Democratic national
chairman, George White, and by f. H.
Moore, Democratic national committee
man from Ohio, who was Governor
Cox's pre-convention campaign man
ager.
Mr.. Moore said that if the Republi-
cans did not reveal the sources of their
funds next week the Democrats would.
Two days before Governor Cox made
his Pittsburgh speech Chairman Hays
said that when he took the stand be-
fore the Senate Committee on Mon
day he would tell the name of "every
single contributor of every single dol
lar" and this he repeated yesterday
oefore he left for Marion, Ohio, where
he will take part tomorrow in the
Indiana celebration.
Chairman Hayss Statement
Chairman Hays in the statement
made after ne had read Governor Cox's
Pittsburgh speech said:
"Of course Candidate Cox fails to
prove, as he has failed to prove and
will fail to prove, his charges. This
is simply because the charges are
false. He says millions have been
paid into the Republican National
Committee by sinister influences to
corrupt the electorate. He first is re-
ported to have said hundred million
then Secretary Roosevelt says thirty
million, then Candidate Cox says fif.
teen million and now Candidate Coz
says eight million.
ing from the official bulletin of the
Ways and Means Committee of the
Republican National Committee, a
pamphlet published every few days
and sent broadcast over the country
to party workers everywhere and to
newspapers, all to instill interest
among the workers, and from an al
legged quota sheet which he claims in
dicates amounts hoped to be raised in
charge was ever adopted or any oper-
alton had hereunder.
"Candidate Cox, himself million
are, has had such intimate knowledge
of the wasting of millions in the air
craft production in his state, and
Secretary Roosevelt has had such an
intimate knowledge of the burning of
billions by the Administration of
which he has been an important part
that these men dream in millions
They will have chance next week in
thousands of good citizens all over the
country who are contributing to the
Republican party. Incidentally, they
will have a chance next week to indi-
cate the source of their own money
both in their National Committee and
other agencies outside of their Ma
tional Committee raising money to try
to aid in Candidate Cox's election"
Chairman Whites Statement
The Democratic national chairman on
reading Chairman Haysss statement
with characteristic Republican agil-
ity, Mr.. Hayes is endeavoring to evade
the issue. He declares that the charges
of Governor Cox are false, and in the
same paragraph he says that the Gov
ernOr is quOtlng from the Onclal Dulle-
tin of the Ways and Means Committee
of the Republican National Committee
According to his own statement, if what
Governor Cox says is false, then the
official bulletin is false. He does not
attempt to deny, however, the state
ments contained in the official bulletin
Governor Cox has shown their quota
for limited number of cities, and this
alone aggregates more than $4,000 900
and he has further shown from their
own official bulletin that other quotas
unnamed, have been assigned to many
other localities, and that these localities
have gone over the top in obtaining
pledges for the Republican campaign
fund. 1t is apparent from these state
ments in the bulletin that if ffty-one
cities named in the easy money list
alone contribute s8,oO0,000, that the re-
mainder of the country has been as
sessed for at least that much more.
Governor Cox has presented the in
dctment. He is sending it to the
Senate investigating committee, ma
jority of whose members are Republi-
cans, and is asking them to investigate
these official bulletin statements. Mr.
Hays says the official bulletin was to
iustill interest among workers. Inter
est in what or to do what? Get the