The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-09-07
Governor Cox Quotes From Bulletin
to Show That Chairman Knew
of Quotas-Seven Speeches
In Wisconsin.

OF OuOtaS--SeVeu SPSSSASo
In Wisconsin.
Milwaukee, Sept. 4.-Governor
Cox, Democratic presidential candi-
date, in speech today, charged that
Will H. Hays, Republican national
chairman, had deliberately perpe-
trated a falsehood under oath" IN
Chicago, at the senate committee IN
vestigation of campaign contribu-
ticns.
The governors charges elimination
of bitter partisan controversy Oh
campaign financing was delivered at
the state fair grounds this afternoon
in one of seven speeches he made
during the days tour of Wisconsin.
Existence of the alleged Repubil-
can ssouota" of SS,145,0o0 for 81
large cities, charged by Governor Cox
last Friday at Pittsburgh, was the
basis of today's assertion by the gov
ernor.
ssMr. Hays has denied that there is
any quota" said the governor.
.I charge that there is quota. l
charge, furthermore, that Mr.. Hays
deliberately perpetrated a falsehood
under oath at Chicago when he said
there was not a quota"
Governor Cox followed this decla-
ration with an assertion that con-
ference arranged today at Marion,
Ohio, by Senator Harding, his Repub-
lican opponent, with members OF the
Republican ways and means, or IL
nance committee, had been post
pened, because, the governor de-
clared, he had exposed this plot
to buy the presidency of the United
States" ,s,s,1a<a. ~. :"
League Principal Issue.
The Republican war chest and the
league of nations formed the major
part of nearly all Of Governor Cox's
address here today.
After rear platform speeches at
Kanasha and Racine the governor de-
livered five here. He discussed Ia
Dor problems and the league with an
audience of laboring men shortly
after n; arrival, then made his fair
grounds speec:, roted few hours
at the Milwaukee Athletic club, held
an informal reception at the City
Press club and received Democra-
tic women delegation at dinner and
spoke at banquet. He closed his visit
tonight with public address at
Plankington hall auditorium and an
address to the Elks here for carni-
VAL.
The governor left late tonight for
Chicago where he will rest over Sun
day and on Monday visit Minneapolis
and st. Paul, and make several ad-
dresses, including one of the MINES
sofa state fair.
Besides his charge against MIR.
Hays, Governor Cox in most Of the
addresses here, fayed the ''senate
oligarchy" criticized Senator Hard
ing again as "reactionary" and de-
clared that, if his campaign fund
charges were true, Fred H. Upham,
Republican treasurer, should be
ousted by Chairman Hays.
Upham Admits Quotas.
In his fair grounds speech leading
up to his charge against Mr.. Hays,
Governor Cox declared:
"Mr. Hays says that quotas have
not been established. There is not a
man OF, woman here who does not be-
lieve that quotas are being estab-
lished."
Treasurer, Upham says they are
being established"
81 have here the governor con-
tinued, pulling a bunch of papers
from his breast pocket and waving
them at the crowd, documents is
sued from the national Republican
committee with instructions to the
money diggers' as they themselves
have been called by Treasurer Up
ham, to see to it that no papers left
on tables after luncheons shall be
destroyed in order that nobody know
what is going on"
Producing copies of the Official
Bulletin of the Republican treasury
which he read at Pittsburgh and
other cities recently, and which