Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1920-10-08
COX KNOCKED live
HORNETS NEST ON
OWN PARTY'S HEAD
Charge Regarding Campaign
Funds Flares Back and
Singes Democrats.
THEY WANTED TEN MILLION.
People Willing to Contribute to
Get Rid of Democrats, but Not
TO Keep Them in Power.
ev WILLIAM AosTER.

~60u IN every luiu&s saHs l1S p0~A
And this does not even exclude the
campaign speeches OF Governor COL
AS result OF Mr.. Cox's allegations
of a big Republican Campaign Cor
ruption Fund. certain definite facts
have been demonstrated by the sworn
testimony OF the leaders OK Governor
cox's own party. They msy be sum
married. as follows:
II has been demonstrated thai
whereas, In their most sanguins
moods, the Republican managers never
contemplated campaign fund OF
more than S4.000.0O. the Democratic
party, at an expense OF one-half mil-
Hon dollars, set up the niachlpery Tor
the collection of campaign fund OF
| Sl0,o00. 900.
It has been demonstrated that me
contemplated $,000O,0O0 fund OF The
| Democrats did not rnaterialize for ne
sole reason that there aren't . SUI
| ficienf number Of plain people In the
/ United States vino wantsa continuance
OF Democratic rule, to contribute even
one-tenth of S10.0o0,000.
1t has been demonstrated that
whereas, the great body. OF the pec-
ple--literaliy thousands of them
have willingly contributed from %
cents 10 81 900 10 be rid of the present
| Democratic administration, and 10 de-
feat Governor Cox on the other hand
not thousands and not even hundreds
! are willing 10 contribute cents to-
| ward a continuance .Wilsonisln.
What Records Show.
II has been shown by sworn records
/ that whereas, In despite of Mr. Coxs
| outraged feelings over the disposition
| of thousands of ordinary Americas eiti-
zens TO help pay the expenses OF de-
| featInc him IN his campaign for the
presidency. Mr.. Cox N l9l4 viewed
with complacency ths criminal efforts
OF his campaign mana gers In Ohio 10
extort from the Civil Service EN-
ployees of the state contributions In
tended to further his personal politi'
cal fortunes. II has been shown by
the testimony of Mr.. cox's own cam
paipn managers that the S40o.OU
which the Republican managers hope
|
year is not more than can legitimatei,
be expended for this purpose, and thai
these frank Democratic manager!
would also like TO have slmllal
amount. but don't see any way OF get
ting II.
II has been shown that the common
ordinary rank and ile of the American
people, for the flrst time In Ainsrlcai
politics, are ready to contribute cit d
their swn pockets 10 defeat = candids
cy which represents all that 10 repns
sszi sHa Asstiis 10 Asssei'iEsD ;assi::;si
fiens, ard that this willingness OF tn
i Americas people TO contribute 20 TN
sxpesse .sf defeating fhe Democrac.
10 che sois hssis or Governor Cox'
charEs Of . conspiracy to bay the Gss
eramsAs Of the United Sistes. Incl
deEt4iIy n required tile candidacy Q
Gsvernor Cez fe intrednces into . %
tional campaign she ,lsctvina that !
is possible for the peepis Of the Unlse
Statss 10 buy their own g0yerERscnl
ualess Mr.. Cor UnconsciousIy Inasn
to convey NE idea that In this caui
DsiEn the people are 10 buy back theI
government from liz sYfoeracy wbicl
has seized II aud refuses % Ier xv,~.-.
! Finally L has been conelusivsly .lem
cnsirated lhai II The Democratic party
10 10 secure any money to waste IN Z
vain effort 70 achIe,a Democrati,
l.yictQry tha, money must come exc,u
stvely from men Of the Colonel Deeds
| type and the Dayfon aircraft plunder.
bund, and from Ihc Wall Street Inter.
| national finaneiers. who alone viii
profit through the participation OF the
/ United States In Wilson's League OF
Nations.
All OF these conclusions hive been
demonstrated ny sworn testimony be.
fore tie Senate Committee with a
mathematical precision which would
have met the enthusiastic appreciation
/ OF the late MT. Euclid. Governor Cox s
great expose has petered out 1t was
false alarm