New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-02
Politics, Says
Frelinghuysen
OF Cox Charges
Assertion That Republicans
Seek to Buy Presidency
Is Beneath Contempt.
Jersey Senator Declares
Explains Need of Funds
Declares Governor Makes
Cowardly Retreat From
Issue of Article X

<ne charge made by Governor Cox
Republican slush funds to buy the
Presidency and bayonets to fight labor
is only politics and beneath CONTEMPT. "
said Senator Joseph S. Frelinghuysen
yesterday.
This Characterization Of the charges
made by the Ohio Governor was voiced
by the Senator from New Jersey dur
ing the course Of denial of the most
recent accusation by the Democrats.
that the Senatorial campaign commit
tee. OF which he is secretary. had a
$500, 900 campaign fund. Senator Ere
linghuysen said that the fund was hut
500. 900. wac '1'
Just \ Smoke Screen
Let us do away with hypocrisyl" ex-
claimed Senator Frelinghuysen. "No
one is going to debauch the electorate
Governor Cox's charges are smoke
screens-a cowardly retreat from the
true issue of Article X of theeLeague
OF Nations, which commits the boys Of
America to protect European boun-
daries and which Mr.. Cox has swal-
lowed In one gulp from President Will
son, and which issue he fears.
blind the American people,"
Speaking directly Of the most recent
charge Of the Democrats, Senator Ere
Nnghuysen said:
THE statement has been made that
the Senatorial Campaign Committee is
70 have . fund of 100000. This is
untrue. The Senate committee decided
70 ask for $500, 1000 to cover the neces-
sary expenses for the Senatorial cam
paign In thirty-two states. feel that
We should have more than this to COM
pile and send the legislative record of
the candidates to the voters of the
cided on 100000. Postage, printing
and publicity are very costly. It takes
forty pages Of typewritten matter to
cover the six-year voting record of the
most inactive Senator. 1t would take
$4,000 in postage alone to send q cir
cular to all voters in New York State,
leaving out the cost of paper and
printing. 1t would cost $4,000 to
send circular informing the voters
OF the record of one candidate. The
direct election of the Senators by the
people makes the campaign very costly
II the voters are to be informed Of the
public record Of their candidates.
we are dealing with system of
publicity that has been in vogue year
after year by the political parties.
Nowadays every movement for popular
reform has been supported by volun-
tary contributors, who believe in the
cause, otherwise the public could not
be educated in regard to the question.
The propaganda for woman suffrage,
for prohibition and for other move
ments has necessitated the expenditure
Of large sums which are never oues-
toned. 1t is the modern method of
arouslng the people to the support of
public and moral issues.
Needs More Than 100000
"ln view of the fact that the govern.
ment does not defray the expenses Of
the political parties in the campaign. it
becomes imperative that both parties
rely on those who believe in the party
cause to subscribe to legitimate ex-
penses. This is big country, and
there Will be nearly sixty million
voters this year with woman suffrage.
al Of whom should be informed about
their candidates. Both parties have
spent and will spend considerable
money to inform the people of the com
plete and official records Of the candi-
dates in order that the voter may Sc
lect intelligent representatives. Until
some other method Of publicity to in
form the electorate is provided the
system OF voluntary subscription must
be continued. The defeat Of any pro-
gram Of publicity will compel the
voters to cast their ballots in Ignorance
of the candidates and be detrimental to
the best interests of the country.
sBoth parties must spend large sums
for this purpose, and every one knows
1t, and until such time as the govern
ment sees fit to pay the expenses Of
election the public must pay.
Il wish we could have moro than