The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-04

Especial Despatch to The Re1ormer
Copyright 1920
CHICAGO, Ill, Sept. 4.-Confdence
hat Governor Cox will prove his charge
that the Republican party was raising
a campaign fund OF $l5,OOO,OOO seems to
lave developed suddenly in the Demo
'ratjc camp. 1t is no secret that friends
Of the Democratic nominee have been
wayering, but the arrival of Ed Moore,
convention manager for Governor
Cox, put life into the Democratic case.
Mr. Moore came here aching to be
called by the committee which, instead.
took Il recess until Tuesday, the decision
being unanimous. however, because GER
tain members had engagements over
Labor day Undoubtedly he viii have
an opportunity next week. Mr.. Moore
insists chat all the state finance directors
be summoned to the witness stand and
that some OF them viii surely substan-
tiate the Cox charges. Mr. Moore said
he was ready not only to prove that Fred
W. Cpham. national treasurer, had testi-
fed mistakenly with respect to various
quotas. but that in one case in particu-
lar he was ready 10 give the name of the
man who had contributed all Of the At
tanta understanding like $4,000. Mr..
Dpham testified that only S2,0Ss had
been raised in Georgia. Mr. Moore
gives tho impression that if he can show
wherein the Republicans have failed to
admit the size of their quotas in one or.
two eases. the inference will be CON
yeyed to the public that Governor Cox
is right about the other quotas, too.
1t had truly begun to appear as If the
bottom had dropped out of the investi-
eating when Senator Reed. with his
characteristic vigor, brought out on
cross examination of Herman Henke. the
treasurerF'of the National Young Mems
Republican league, that it had planned
to raise 100000 Chairman Kenyon had
lust disposed of the witness by asking
him how much money had been raised
about Sl,900-and everybody got the inn
preston that it was an insignificant or
ganization. The members of the Repub-
lican national committee have claimed,
moreover, that all these independent or
CARNATIONS were outside of the Republi-
can national campaign organization,
while Wilbur Marsh. the Democratic ma
tional treasurer, insisted that several of
these independent organizations were
c0EnfDlIt0p
should do and thus relieving the national
organization Of Just such expense. The
Democrats had proved that William
Barnes, former Republican state chair.
man, had successfully solicited funds
from many big corporations and individ- |
uals such as John ID. Rockefeller and that
a campaign book was planned with the
use of that money. The Republican Off |
Gals have Indignantly denied that they
bad any connection with the book. but |
Senator Reed has made the point that
the effort is concurrent" with that of |
the Republican national committee and |
must be considered part of the whole Re- |
publican campaign for the presidency. In |
the same way the Missouri senator used |
the National Young Mems Republican
league as an illustration of an independ-
emily organized institution which had set
for itself an admitted quota of 100000 /
and had provided for state finance com
mittees. Mr.. Reed developed, moreover.
hat the organizers of the league first
saiked over their finances and plans with
chairman Will Hays of the Republican
national committee
he efforts Of Senator Reed together
with the revelations promised by Ed
Moore, who appears to have been en-
rusted with the data possessed by Gov
lrnor Cox when he made his Pittsburgh
speech, has turned what had seemed to
1e a hopeless case for the Democrats into
me OF sensational promise. Evidently
impressed with the poor showing the
Democrats had made during the past
week and with the convincing effect of
he indignant denials by the Republicans,
ne Democratic leaders have decided to