Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-26
Gov. COX WRITES
| SPEECH ON TRAIN
T0BACK CHARGE
Prepares Evidence Promised
| From Private Collection OF
Campaign Reports.

Eyy the Associated Press
! .EN ROUTE WITH GOV. COX. Au-
gust 26.-Gov. COX today was travel
Ing toward Pittsburgh to deliver an
ADDRESS there tonight. in which ne
promises TO disclose ample evidence
proving his charges of republican
corruption fund exceeding Sl5.o0u,-
900.
; No speeches were scheduled by the
dsEnocratic presidential candidate
rifle en- route to Pittsburgh from
EVANSVILLE Ind. where he made three
addresses yesterday. reiterating ana
aTnplifyiug his campaign fund charges
3r6 declaring he had the goods
tokGonsfct every mothers SON OF the
fehubiican leaders.
! On his special car today the gov
erSor planned To prepare tonight s
5d@ress from his breast pocket collec-
Tqn of papers said to contain con-
yikcing proof of his charges Inc
Governor was due at Pittsburgh at
8 30 o'clock this evening. and after
MS address. set for about $3.50 pm
be. was to leave at midnight for New
Haven, Conn. where he will attend
shore dinner tomorrow afternoon and
make another evening address.
Goes Through Several Cities.
The governors route today took him
through Indianapolis. Dayton, his
Home. and Columbus. the Ohio capital.
where additional friends were to join
larging party of the candidate sec
dnd private compartment car was
added to the train.
tAttack on republican campaign
financing was renewed by Gov. Cox.
democratic presidential candidate. in
an address here yesterday and he re-
iterated his promise to expose affairs
tomorrow at Pittsburgh.
Fla bulous sums of money" Gov.
Cox declared. are being contributed
to- the republican cause by selfish.
greedy interests to buy the election.
ss1t is my privilege and it will be
my chief aim" said the governor, ito
expose the senatorial plot and to re-
veal the interests that are a part
of it,"
Large crowds applauded the candi-
date here and at Evansville. where he
had breakfa and a hotel reception
With a parade TO the station. He was
tG speak there tonight This was
Cox day" for the democracy of south
ern Indiana, with visitors also from
kentucky and southern Illinois.
Industrial Problems Topic.
industrial, railroad and agricultural
were the governors main topics here.
He did not enlarge on the question of
republican finances. but again attack
ed the republican Senatorial OIL
isarchy" which. he said. was attempt
i4$ consolidation of the presidency
and the Senate
The campaign this year" he de-
cHred. turns almost exclusively on
the question of whether a small
gtWup of men in the United States
SGeate shall run the country.
hey have delayed the legal end
4 of the war. They have held the
a hirs of civilization up by the heels
~ over year they have disregard
e4S the voice of the rank and file of
t6 republican voters. as expressed
iH2the presidential primaries and they
heSe nominated one of their old
crowd for the presidency. They are
aS far removed from the heart beats
ot:the great mass of the people as was
German military autocracy prior to
the war removed from the vital in
tefests of that country"
FavOrs Farmers ON Board.
In discussing agricultural questions.
befs of the Federal Reserve Board
the Interstate Commerce Commission
and the Tariff Commission. Agricul-
tuIal production, he said. must be in
creased or America will be import
ing foodstuffs within a short time"
Rehabilitation of the railroads, Gov.
Cox declared. is necessary to aid not
only railroad. but AGRICULTURAL, min
ing and other interests.
1--WE hear great deal said from
rsaetionary leaders, he continued,
about operation of the railroads dur
the war. 1 am of the opinion that
federal control enabled US to win the
war The railroads We're on crutches
when the government took them over.
and it behooves the government and
the public to help in the establish
ment of efficiency. both in rolling
stock and in operation.
During long reign of reactionary
policy too many of the railroad sys-
tens were part of political organ
1zations and personal exploitation,
and stockjobbing operations prevent
ed. interest in the public welfare"
Mining troubles. Gov. Cox added
have been caused in many instances
By shortage of cars.
Men have not been enabled to keep
at work. With the miner. it is not
how much he receives an hour, nor a
day, but for a year. 1t is perfectly
apparent that the labor cost on the
tonnage of coal has been high, and
this has not been due to the miner.
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