Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27
G0X'S FIGURES CUT
G.O.P.FUND| IN HALF
oo,a Presented In Pittsburgh
speech Shows Total Of
Only $s,145,ooo
us "EvIDENcE" PRESENTED

pittsburgh, Aug. 27.--Before a par.
.,,or audience. Governor Cox. Demo-
.rotic presidential candidate, last night
!, SYRIA Mosque read from typewrit-
A., list n mass Of figures to support his
.s.roe that the Republican National
Comm;ttce is raising fund of S15, ,000,-
NM, to buylthe presidency of the United
States. zee.
More than 5000 persons. including
large sprinkling of women. listened
,tteptively while the Democratic can
s,aoto basing his assertions on
aSnonments said to have been sent out
S.om the Republican National Commit
tao's headouarters. attempted to show
Not quotas totaling $S,145 900 had
hsen sought from fifty one Of the larger
cities in the country.
Governor Cox charged that the
bankers of the country are contributing
Seely to the Republican fund. Their
obiect. according to his statement, is to
hiring about the repeal Of the Federal
Reserve law. in the event Of the Re-
nublcan party winning at the polls next
November.
Reads Cities Quotas
As he read the list of cities reported
ouotas, Governor Cox. coming to the
S8O,OOO set opposite Dayton, o., his
Soms interpreted: "It will take sixty
times $50. 900 to carry Dayton"
The governor also predicted that he
would carry Ohio.
The governor appeared in splendid
health, and his quick. snappy style took
the crowd with his first few words.
After a few introductory remarks he
said: II am here to make great
charge against the controlled Senate.
the controlled interests of the United
States, who are attempting to annex
the presidency Of the United States.
This charge is made in words that have
been measured" -
Holding in hisN hand a bundle Of
papers, Governor Cox referred to his
charge that the Republican party was
"raisng n stupendous fund.- to elect
Senator Harding President and with
an emphatic ring in his voice the Demo-
cratic presidential nominee said he pro-
posed to prove these charges with Re-
publican recorS.'
Governor Cox, in naming what he
termed quick and easy money marks
for quick assets-said that Pittsburgh
was asked for S400. 900. A voice from
the gallery said, "Babcock gave that" ("
Covernor Cov's data consisted almost
entirely Of matter taken from the off :
cial bulletin of Fred w. Upham. of
Chicago, treasurer Of the Republican
Nptiona' Commitep. but his chief ex-
hbt was typewriter list purporting
to show Republican campaign quotas
/ imposed in fifty one principal cities in
twenty seven states, aggregating SS,-
$4,000.
Names of local subscribers. Governor
Cox said were ordered kent secret.
These quotas. given as $4,000 900 for
New York City. $3.50. 900 for Chicago,
$500 1000 for Philadelphia and ranging
down to S25 900 for smaller cities like
Albany and Atlanta. were said by Gov
ernor Cox to have been announced about
the middle of July.
Announcement of the SIS, las 900
metropolitan quotas. Governor Cox
said was made by Harry NJ. Blair, as .
sistant to Treasurer Upham. There was
meeting in Chicago, Governor Cox
said, at which Hays "spoke his bless :
ings."
The governor charged that typewrit-
ten sheets bearing the fifty one cities
quotas were distributed to those as
sembled," and he produced one Of the
alleged quota lists. but did not state
how or where it was acquired. The
quota plan, he said. was carried out
like that of the Liberty Loan cam
paigns.
That the reputed attempt to raise
SS,l45,000 from fifty one cities in
twenty seven of the forty eight states
Is fair evidence that the totai national
fund will-be much larger, was declared
by Governor Cox, who said big business
men were prominent on the Republi-
can ways and means committee and
that the raising of funds was on bust
ness ''salesmanship" basis.
Calling attention TO Chairman Hays s
statement that $1,000. 900 was being
raised, Governor Cox said yesterday :
papers carried statement from
Treasurer Upham that the Republican
total would be about $500, ,000..
From the evidence which VIC shall