Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-08-30
Democratic Nominee Gives
Sudden Close Of War as
AIibi for Extravaganza in
His Department.
1000 PEOPLE ATTEND
AUDITORIUM MEETING
Candidate Repeats Charges of
$15,000,0 900 Campaign Fund
For G. 0. P. TiCket-CIaims
Montana Speech Misquoted.

An open and admitted appeal to
progressive republicans to vote for
the democratic national candidates,
was the keynote of Franklin d.
Roosevelt, democratic candidate for
vice president. i'll his speech at the
Auditorium Saturday night. The five
minute speakers who preceded him,
including the chairman, w. Fl.
Thompson of Grand Island, who is
national committeeman, Mayor
Smith and James O'Hara, candidate
for congress, all called the attention
OF the audience to the similarity of
names. Theodore Roosevelt was
eulogized, and at times it was dif-
hcult to determine whether the
meeting was one of democrats or
republicans.
Mr.. Roosevelt devoted the main
part of his speech to repeating the
charges of a $15,00O,UOO campaign
fund which Governor Cox has al
legged is being sought by the republi-
can committee. He declared he knew
of the plan for districting the nation
and assigning quotas months ago.
s"lt'ca never be too soon to make
of this sort of thing one of the
principal issues to be passed OH by
the verdict of the voters of the ma
tioh," he declared. Governor Cox
has rendered a national service in
dragging this foul thing into the
light | feel very certain that Ameri-
ca will not be cynical about it. Very
few people will say. oh, we'll, this is
just the usual campaign stuff We
have got past that kind of attitude
of mind.
Attacks Old Guard.
The exposure of Will Hays and
his old guard clique is of far more
moment than mere partisan at
tack. 1t affects the foundations Of
our system of government. 1t is Of
far more moment than the election
of Governor Cox and myself; it
brings up the immediate issue of
how to eradicate known and
proven sore in our body polite.
"An immediate remedy is needed.
Senator Harding holds that remedy
if he will only use it. He should dis
charge at once Mr.. Will Hays, his
rational chairman; Mr.. Upham, his
treasurer, and all Others connected
with raising this unholy fund. He
should put in their places men who
have ideals-men who will see to il
that his campaign is conducted
throughout OIL high American prin-
ciples and that money is raised and
expended only in ways which are
beyond criticism"
An audience of 1000 people at
tended the meeting, which formally
opened the national campaign in
Omaha. The youthful appearance of
Mr. Roosevelt was striking. His ac-
cert had i'll it a bit of the down
east" twists that tended to weaken
his attitude OF being one thoroughly
at home west of New York.
Attacks The Bee.
Il. wish Mr.. Harding and Mr..
Coolidge would just come once west
OF, the Mississippi river" he said, in
declaring that the one big question
was that of progress against reac-
ton. He frequently predicted that
the west would repudiate the men at
the head of the republican party as
when Theodore Roosevelt ran i'll
1912.
In explaining and defending his at
titude on the league of nations, the
candidate denounced The Omaha
Bee for printing the story of his
speech in Montana where the press
associations announced that he had
said that the United States controlled
the votes Of dozen Latin-Amer-
lean neighbors. He also called
Congressman Britten of Illinois "a
little whipper-snapper, ward heeler
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