The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-24
COX READY
TO PROVE
CHARGES
Democratic Candidate Says He
Will Tell ALI About Those
Alleged Campaign
Gifts.
REPLIES TO HARDING
Expects to Advise Country About
Many Things Republican Can
didate is Ignorant
Of.
REPLIES TO HARDING
[By Herbert W. Walker, United Press
Staff CorreSnoudent.l

Staff Correspondent
DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. 24.-Governor
James M. Cox today declared that he
would prove his charges that the re-
publicans are seeking a campaign
fund of $15,00O,0OO when he speaks
at Pittsburgh next Thursday night.
In sharp statement. Cox referring
to Senator Harding's denial of the
campaign fund allegation, said he be-
lieved the republican candidate
knows nothing about lot of things
that are going on around him."
The governor then promised that
at Pittsburgh he would advise the
country as to matters of which the
senator claims to be ignorant"
1t. was understood that Cox plans
to make the Pittsburgh speech his
answer to the senate campaign ex-
penditures committee, which yester.
day asked for all details of his
charge.
Cox statement follows:
Senator Harding denies my charge
about the campaign fund which the
senatorial oligarchy is raising. l al,
prepared to believe the senator
knows nothing about lot of things
that are going on around him. This
reveals the very dangerous symptom
which l have been discussing. In my
Pittsburgh speech this week l will
advise the country as to matters Of
which the senator claims to be ignor.
ant, and I will prove my charges
Cox will leave tonight on a whirl-
wind stump invasion of four states.
His tour will be from southeastern
Indiana to the Atlantic coast, with
a visit to New York City Saturday as
the climax of the week. After two
speeches in Columbus, Ohio, next
week, he will begin his big Swing
around the circle
In New York Saturday, Cox will
confer with George White, chairman
of the democratic national commit
tee. and other national leaders of his
party 1t is probable that plans to
have White or some other campaign
head formally present to the COM
mittee the detailed information which
Cox claims to have will be made at
that time.
Today the governor was busy on
the five speeches of the week which
will be delivered at Princeton, Ind,
Evansville, Pittsburgh, New Haven
and New York.
Force Cox to Tell.
CHICAGO, Aug Ex-Governor Cox,
democratic presidential candidate,
NAV be forced to appear before the
senate committee on campaign expen-
ditures to tell what he knows Of the
alleged republican s15,00O,000 cam
paign fund, party leaders here indi-
Gated today.
Congressman Simeon D. Fess, chair
man of the republican congressional
committee, in a statement today Urged
that the committee insist that Cox ap-
pear before it.
1.-THE investigation is timely and
7 am glad the senatorial committee
has taken this step to clear up the
financial charges" said Fess Such
loose talk as is indulged in by Cover
nor Cox will not be taken so seriously
in Ohio where he is known but it
is too serious to go unchallenged.
governor Cox can make no valid
excuse for not personally appearing
before the committee and testifying
under cath just as other witnesses
will testify. The committee should
insist upon this.
"The campaign of vituperation and
misstatements Of Governor Cox and
Franklin D. Roosevelt carries its ,wn
condemnation. 1t confesses it's in
herent weakness and signifies its GER
tain defeat. Whom the Gods destroy
they first made mad was never more
truly applied. Republicans are and
will continue to appeal to the intelli-
gence of the American electorate
upon the issues before the country.
perfectly willing to leave the decision
with them. Let the committee in this
proper manner, and at this early