Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-10-06
COX KNOCKED live
HORNETS NEST ON
OWN PARTY'S HEAD
Charge Regarding Campaign
Funds Flares Back and
Singes Democrats.
THEY WANTED TEN MILLION.
People Willing to Contribute to
" Get Rid Of Democrats, but Not
to Keep Them in Power.
BY WILLIAM HoSTER.

1
"God in everything" sang the poet
And this does not even exclude the
campaign speeches of Governor Cox.
AS a result of Mr.. Cox's allegations
of big Republican Campaign Cor
ruption' Fund, certain definite facts
have 'been demonstrated by the sworI
| testimony of the leaders Of Governor
Cox's own party. They may be sum
married. as follows:
II has been demonstrated tina,
whereas, in their most sanguine
moods. the Republican managers never
contemplated campaign fund OF
more than $4,000,000, the Democratic
party, at an expense Of one-half mil
lion dollars, set up the machinery for
the collection of campaign fund OF
100000.
1t has been demonstrated that the
contemplated S10,000,OO0 fund of the
Democrats did not materialize for the
sole reason that there aren't suf-
ficient number of plain people In the
United States who want continuance
Of Democratic rule, to contribute even
one-tenth of 100000.
- 1t has been demonstrated that
whereas, the great body Of the pee-
ple---literally thousands Of them
have willingly contributed from 81
cents to 1000 to be rid of the present
Democratic administration, and to de-
feat Governor Cox; on the other hand
not thousands and not even hundreds
are willing to contribute 8 cents to-
ward continuance of wisconsin.
What Records Show.
II has been shown by sworn records
that whereas, in despite of Mr.. Cox's
outraged feelings over the disposition
of thousands of ordinary American citi-
zens TO help pay the expenses of de-
feating him in his campaign for the
with complacency the criminal efforts
Of his campaign managers in Ohio to
extort from the Civil Service en-
ployees of the state contributions in
tended to further his personal politi-
cal fortunes. 1t has been shown by
the testimony of Mr.. Coxs own cam
paign managers that the $4,000,00O
which the Republican managers hope
to raise for all political purposes this
year is not more than can legitimately
be expended for this purpose, and that
these frank Democratic managers
would also like to have a similar
amount, but don't see any way of get
ting II.
II has been shown that the common,
ordinary rank and file Of the American
people, for the first time in American
politics, are ready TO contribute out Of
their own pockets TO defeat a candida
cy which represents all that Is repug-
nant and hostile to American institu-
tons. and that this willingness Of the
American people TO contribute to the
expense Of defeating the Democracy
is the sole basis Of Governor Cox's
charge of conspiracy to buy the gov
eminent Of the United States. Incl
dentally 1t required the candidacy Of
Governor Cox to introduce into ma
tional campaign the doctrine that II
is possible for the people of the United
States to buy their own government,
unless Mr.. Cox unconsciously means
to convey the idea that In this cam
paign the people are to buy back their
government from the autocracy which
has seized II and refuses to let go.
Finally II has been cOnclusively dem
onstrated that IL the Democratic party
is to secure any money to waste In a
vain effort to achieve a Democratic
victory that money must come exclu-
sively from men of the Colonel Deeds
type and the Dayton aircraft Plumber
bund, and from the Wall street inter-
national financiers, who alone will
profit through the participation Of the
United States In Wilson's League OF
Nations.
All Of these conclusions have been
demonstrated BY sworn testimony be-
fore the Senate Committee with
mathematical precision which would
have met the enthusiastic appreciation
Of the late Mr.. Euclid. Governor Cox's
great expose has petered out. II was
a false alarm.
Let's get back to the issues Of the
campaign