Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-08-23
CHARGE Of COX
ABOUT c. D. P.
SLUSH FUND IS
BRANDED UNTRUE
Republicans Not Raising
$15,000,000 for Cam
paign, Harding DecIaresi
Statement Is ridiculous"
ASKS DEMOCRATS TO
PRODUCE EVIDENCE
Court Fullest Investigation
In Every Respect Having.
Trouble Producing Money
LegitimateIy Needed,


Marion, o., Aug. Ex-Governor
Cox's charge of a republican cam
paign fund of SIS 5,0O0,0 was char
acterized by Senator Harding today
as absolutely untrue" and per
fectly ridiculous"
Declaring he seconded cordially
the challenge of republican Ma
| tional Chairman Hays to the dem
ocratic nominee to produce evil
dence of excessive republican con-
tributions. Mr.. Harding said he was
mot fearful of the results of any in
/ vestigation of the party treasury.
1--WE court the fullest investiga-
tion of our funds. in every re-
spect," he said mot only are the
statements of unnecessary expendi-
lures absolutely untrue. but as
matter of fact we are having diff
Guilty in producing funds we legiti-
mately need to conduct the cam
paign as it should be conducted.
Stories of a $15,000.000 fund are
perfectly ridiculous"
Campaign Expenses Higher.
Senator Harding added that the
wave Of advancing costs and the
enfranchisement of women had
raised the legitimate financial re-
quirements of a national cam
paign, but he declared his party's.
money chest contained nothing
like" the total named by his demo-
cratic opponent. Asked whether
any of the money raised by the ma
tional committee before the Chi
cago convention would be used in
the campaign, he said 1t all had
been expended by convention time
and that in making its arrange
ments at Chicago the party treas
ury had been compelled to borrow
something like quarter of mill
| lion dollars"
The senator's attention was call
ed to Governor CoX's charges that
! the $1,000 limit fixed by republican
managers had been evaded by
dummy" contributions. He again
| declared he would welcome any
| proof of the assertion and when he
was asked whether the party
would return money found to have
been given through dummy" con-
tributions. he replied:
| 81 think that is rather far
fetched hypothesis"
In discussing the added expenses
of carrying the campaign to the
newly enfranchised women, the
candidate said his party would not
change its campaign machinery
materially on that account Per-
sonally, he said, he expected to
make mo particular appeal for the
votes of the women"
No Appeals to Sex.
II do not believe" said Senator
Harding, "in making distinction
by appealing to either sex or to
any class as such. My campaign
will be directed to the citizenry of
the United States and l take the
view that women come into that
citizenry on the same basis as
men,"
The nominee declared he did not
expect enfranchisement of women
to change the political complexion
of any state"
Senator Harding did not say
Whetner he would make more
formal reply to the charges. He
suggested, however. that he con-
sidered the next move should come
flom Governor Cox in reply to the
challenge for proof Of his asser-
tions.
The first of the senator's
speeches this week will be deliver
ed Tuesday to a group of promi-
nent theatrical folk representing
the Harding and Coolidge Theatri-
cal league. Senator Harding is ex-
pected to recount a one-night the
atrical experience of his own when
as boy he decided to be an actor
and joined a troupe IN a little Ohio
town just twenty-four hours be-
fore it suspended performances.