Evening journal., 1920-09-15
COXG. O.P.FUND
NOW 80 MILLION
Nominee Adds $1 a 0
in Fresh Charge%oime did
Borah's State
AGAIN FOR
NATIONS EEAGUE

BOISE, Idaho. Sept. i5-Gov Cox
made another plunge toward the
realms ofhigher mathematics yes
lerday during his tour OF Idaho and
eastern Oregon and added from Si0.z
100000 to Si5 100000 TO the fund
which he charges the Republicans are
raising TO insure his defeat in NO
vember.
Heretofore the Governor has kepi
fairly close to The original figures OF
Si5,OO0OO0, but in a speech from the
second story Veranda OF a Namla
hotel this afternoon he declared tha'
fund Of from S250O0OO0 TO S3OOO0,-
600 is being raised TO defeat him. He
made the charge in response TO an in4
quiry from his audience asking how
he expected to return conditions to
normal when per cent. OF the
wealth is held by ? per cent. OF the
people"
"if so per cent. Of the people will
forget their politics. replied Gov.
Cox, "and help me lick the peT
cent. that is raising a fund oi from,
sos 900 900 TO S3O.OO0OOO 10 beat me,
we will make government an agency
for the 400 per cent. and not the p
The Governor delivered eight
speeches during the day, most OF
which dealt with the Democratic
doctrines Of peace and progress,
and closed the days campaigning
with a speech before a large meeting
here last night at Cody Athletic
Park He believes his attack Of
throat trouble is on the wane.
Despite cordial receptions through
out the State. it is not believed here
he can hope TO win Idaho away from
I the strong grip Of Senator William
T. Borah who, by way Of coincidence
was speaking tonight in Gov. COX's
home town Of Dayton at the same
| time the Governor was speaking in
Boise, which is Senator Borah's home
! town.
The League Of Notions is the big
issue in this Stale. and the uncom-
promising tight waged by Senator
Borah against it as leader OF the
"bilter enders" has made it so.
Nothing else matters very much-in
political Idaho it is merely question
/ Of prO-league and anti-league, with
not much talk Of prohibition prog
ress against reaction and campaign
slush funds
senator Borah always has held and
| there is no reason TO doubt that he
holds today the electorate OF Idaho in
the palm OF his hand. So popular is
he that politicians declare, mo mat
| ter what happens. they come out OF
The high hills on snowshoes TO vote
| for Borah."
The Democratic party in Idaho is
! flirting with the non-partisan league,
newly organized in the State, with the
result that there has been a renewed
determination on the part OF the Re
publlcans TO retain control so that
/ the Republican organization is in bet
ter shape now than in many years.
Idaho, with a voting strength Of
10000, is normally Republican by be
tween 1900 and 10000, although
Woodrow Wilson carried il four
years ago on the kept-us-out-of-war
record, by 1900, the Western land
slide.
Against these odds Gov Cox trav-
elled through the State. attracting un-
usually large crowds and winning
considerable applause. There were
upward OF 10000 in Cody Park to-
night 10 greet him. and the speeches
in Weiser and Nampa brought farm
ers for many miles around to pack
The theatres. The other towns in
which he spoke. from the platform
OF his car were Payetie, Caldwell and
Meridian Idaho, and Huntington ana
Ontario, Ore.
Throughout the speeches Gov. Cox
accepted the League OF Nations as
the issue. giving a twist 10 his argu-
ment which he has touched upon in
other sections OF the Northwest, that
of using the money ordinarily speat
for battleships in the exlention Of re-
clamation and irrigation projects.
He argued repeatedly that the cost
OF one bstllfship would restore 25O,-
600 acres OF land.
Senator John F. Nugent. who ac-
companicd Gov. Cox on the tour, is
, against reservations in the Senate and
is making his fight for the league.