Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-10-20
SAYS COX ENTERED
TRAP He HAD SET
FOR c. D. P. LEADER
REpuBlLCAN HEADQu ARTERs DE-.
NIES CANDIDATE EvER SAW
DE kODRt.
ISSUE FORMAL STATEMENT
Harding Declines 20 Make ANY Furihe,
Siatrntrnt As 10 SpOlsrSmen Tor
France Who interviewed
Him.
by Associsisd rtess.


M.\ElON o.. Oct ig.-An unsuc.
DSrul attempt by Governor Cox 60
trap Senator Harding WAS charged IN
u statement issued from Harding head
quarters here tonight IN response tu
Agg-siiUns by the democratic nominee
that Mr.. Harding had conferred with
Maurc" II" k0bta, q Frcurh iuutna'
Isl. rrgtirding the French attitude t..
ward the league ui nations
xhr statement. issued over the sgn1
turc of Juds,n e. Wrllivrr h"aduuait
ciS director ui publicity said that Senl
toe Harding never hld heard m -
kObra, until today. although IN. l,t
ter had made AN unsuccessful effort o.
~" him IN indianapolis last FRIDAY
senator Harding himself declined g.
discuss the governor references O.
DE kubra. Ur 10 say anything further
IN regard 10 his utt"ianc" ~ Green
Castle. ~" indicated that with his
reply to 20 President Wilson'S letter nii
the subject last night. h. was inclined
10 regard the incident closed. and th1i
he dli not intend 90 reveal the identify
Cf his iniorniants. ur any other details
Of the Informal ad,i,es hc received
from them.
Mr Wclliycr's statement follows:
Wslliyer's Statement.
In his speech ~ Rochester y Y.
last evening. Governor Cox N quote /
as saying IN reference 20 senator Hard.
ing'a statement that spok"smcn oC
France had informally asked that
America should lead the way tot an
association VI nations.
IL dare senator Harding &" tell
America publicly whether ~ not th"
representative 81 Frame was Mauric"
pv kobra II Paris. n this De tue d.
and have strong reasons for b"licy'
ins u H.. I wish tu remind YOU ot Scnr-
tpr HSrdinas atrcpcoicd assurance
that hc intended 10 iaAc counsel alwa's
with others.
I'VE have here an instance of the
kind " counsel hc will seek IN Cunnec'
tiuu Nth international affairs. Mon
u.r Do kobra appears to b. u line
sNnllclnsn but he "A a buinorisi and -
hts Uvn behalf. ! doubt he would SlY
no ie ptoiund la international affairs
Governor Cox has fallen into ncI,
lr,lc trap that had been SGT Tor Sru1.
tor lIar,iing. senator Harding never
saw ~ pr kobra aud never heard 81
hin, until today. The facts about ,h.'
pl~,sant little conspiracy are biicilS
these.
Sought Interview.
ON Friday evening last, a few mir
ui,s after senator itaIding's train ha !
arrived at indianapolis, NJ. DE kobia
came to mc NJ the SEVERN Hotel ~
trUiuclns himrli as the correspond
en-, u Ia lIbcrtc of Paris and ask"l
that ar, audience with senator liaIdins
bn atran;Nd. declined. and VI d.
n iua al lla mid nft
had locn iliVclling with Governor
cux's PARTY. and having secured the
Cox viewpoint On international mat
tees. he was now drsirous ut an inter
,iaw with senator Harding In order
that hr might present the republican
side uf the matter. lie Vas very inSi'.
tont upon e"clng Senator Harding ali
scclng him Immediately. finally tvld
him II waa impossible
M De kUbra did not at that tim,
ur any Uihrr. even speak to esnai Z
iIardlns senator Harding was not In
formed uf NJ H. kobra's impotiuniiic q.
indeed. never saw or met him ~ any
time. Monsieur De kobra Mas rv'
IDENTIFY eNn,-.ted hy Governor COX 'o -
cure an interview with Senator Hare
ing and la SAY CERTAIN things iu hiri.
Therefore when senator Harding. on
the next dJN ~ trcch tdStl'' lhul'U' .
made his casual observation abor'
France having sent spokesman '.
him informally. Governor Cox assumed
that III. H. kobrl mission h1d been
successful and that Senator Nirdins
had taken IN" bait. tt" governor n1
,c,.lcd t. expose his own prti u, dhr
ing senator Harding ~ saN wn"th"f
his French information was l'r kubrd.
Guvcinor cox has merely uv"rtrtch'd
himself In his attempt {" trap sem.
tor Harding.
CHEAP Methods"
The incident IL peculiarly illumiuat
inR. a. L. the methods d ih' d"n'
cratic combination. hut the iuNr n g..
Governor Cox, who has thus exposed
the chcap methods hts campaign u "ih
ploying."
senator Harding will leave Marion ~
t,aO tomnrro wmorning on his last
speaking trip outside his own state
travelling on special train he "
reach jackson, ohio. IN time &" max
an afternoon speech at rvpnh'', az
barbecue there and on III" iollnwint
day VIII spcnk at Rochester and Eu'
illo y. Y.