Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-29
100000 HEAR COX
REPEAT CHARGE Of
'CORRUPT|O FUND
Nominee Spends Busiest Day
of His Campaign in
New York.
FIRE is CONCENTRATED
ON FINANCES OF G. O. P.
World Peace by Americas En-
trance Into League Features
His Addresses.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August eS.-Gov. Cox
spent today hustling through a long
program of events.
Speeches, parades, receptions, luhcn-
con at a prominent hotel, a view OF
police field day games at GraVeseno
race track, where crowd estHnateo
.t eoo 200 was addressed and dinner
with party leaders tonight gave the
depocratic candidate the busiest Gay
of his campaign.
Thousands of persons saw ana
heard the nominee as he was shunteo
about in the turmoil of events Win
a constant battery of motion picture
and other photographers
speech Is Cut Short.
The governors principal aooress
was at the democratic luncheon al
tended by hundreds of party notaDies.
AT Gravesend this afternoon the gov
a-nor was compelled, for several rea-
sons, to cut short his remarks ai'ei
a fifteen-minute speech cordialiy re-
ceived.
Another brief address was delivered
tn a crowd at the Public Library. Wnere
he stopped en- route to Graveseno
In his luncheon address Gov. COX
reiterated his charges that contrl-
buttons were being collected by re-
n,hl;can leaders toward $l5,ooo'ooo
corruption fund" and promised iur
ther revelations, but did not give any
additional information today.
World peace, by Americas entrance
into the league of nations, industrial
problems and pleas for Amerlcani-
.a+;on of foreign-born citizens also
featured the candidates addresses In
ALI he predicted democratic victory
next fall.
Accomuanfed by Leaders.
During his visit here, the governor
was ACCOMPANIED by scores of prom
inant democrats. including Gov. Smith
of New York, Mayor Hyland, Chair-
man White and Senator Harrison OIL
the democratic national organization.
Tonight he was the guest OF hohor
at a dinner given at former Repre-
sentative John j. Fitzgeralds home
and will remain over Sunday, plan-
ming to attend church and confer on
campaign affairs with many demo-
cratic chieftains before leaving for
Columbus, Ohio, tomorrow evening.
Fire of Gov. Cox and also other
speeches of democratic leaders was
concentrated on the republican cam
Tha
cheered loudly as he reiterated that
the contributions Involved an attempt
to purchase the presidency.
The enemy has sought to deny my
charges" he said. but none of them
makes the same kind of denial. Hays
saws the fund is s3,00o,O00; Upham
said it was about $S,000,0O0.
We have not yet started in the
revelations which will be made to
the public
AssaiI Republican Financing.
Gov. Smith and William G. McAdoo.
who introduced Gov. Cox at the demo-
Gratis luncheon, also assailed the re-
publican financing. The latter re-
ferred to Chairman Hays and Treas
urer Upham of the republican ma
tional committee as ''the gold dust
twins"
Il want to express my unqualified
admiration of Gov. Cox for bringing
this so forcibly to the attention of
the public" said Mr.. McAdoo.
Gov. Smith referred to the candidate
-. ..ho bopa Of democracy throughout
the world" and declared that New
York liked "a good. clean fight. out
from the shoulder"
Gov. Cox commended Gov. Smith and
MIR. McAdoo and, to his audience at
the Public Library, urged the de-
feat of Senator Wadsworth. republi-
can, of New York.
Completes With Games.
Many conditions caused Gov. Cox to
curtail his address at Gravesend. Ar
riving there from the democratic
luncheon. after a whirlwind automo-
bile ride of sixteen miles through
streets swept clear of all traffic. near
ly an hour late, the governor was
forced to compete with popular at
fractions of the police games.
Airplanes roared over his head, fore
ing him to stop frequently, and a
sound simplifying device over the
speakers stand gave his voice a
raucous tone and also, apparently
failed to carry it to the vast crowd
which was waiting for the field
events.
After urging world peace and dis
cussine industrial and Americaniza.
ton problems briefly, the governor
gave up.
Il am just as anxious as you are.'
he said to the crowd, "to see the
athletic contests that are awaiting
US. / hope you sense my dscom
future as I stand between this grea
crowd and the athletic treat which
row awaits you, and l will show yo,
that / am sensible of the prophetic:
by closing my address, in view of tn,
fact that we arrived here one hou
late"
Cox AppIauds Athletes.
The governor remained for an hour
watching and applauding the ath
letic contests of the policemen, whom
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