Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-10-01
| 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.
THEY WANTED TEN MILLION.
ey WILLIAM HosTEa.

~Cod 10 everything" sang the poet
And this does not even exclude ths
campaign speeches Of Governor Cox
AS q result OF MIR. Cox's allegations
OF a big Republican Campaign Cor
ruptIon Fund. certain definite facts
have been demonstrated by the sworn
testimony OF the leaders OF Governor
Coxs own party. They may be sum
married as follows:
II has been demonstrated that
whereas, In their most sanguine
moods. the Republican managers never
contemplated campaign fund OF
more than 81 100000. the Democratic
party, oil an expense of one-half mill
lion dollars, set up the machinery for
the collection OF a campaign fund OF
SIOOOO.0OO
II has been demonstrated that the
contemplated $10.O00,0OO fund of the
Democrats did not materialize for the
sole reason that there aren't a suf-
ticient number of plain people in the
United States who want a continuance
OF Democratic rule, TO contribute even
one-tenth OF slO.000,000
II has been demonstrated that
whereas, the great body OF the peo-
ple-llterally thousands of them
have willingly contributed from 90
cents to $1,000 10 be rid Of the present
Democratic administration, and to de-
feat Governor Cox; on the other hand
not thousands and not even hundreds
are willing to contribute cents to-
ward a continuance OF wisconsin.
What Records Show.
II has been shown by sworn records
that whereas. In despite OF Mr.. Cox's
outraged feelings over the disposition
OF thousands of ordinary American clti-
zens TO help pay the expenses OF de-
feating him 10 his campaign for the
presidency, MIR. Cox In .9l4 viewed
with complacency the criminal efforts
Of his campaign managers IN Ohio to |
extort from the Civil Service en- !
ployees OF the stale contributions In.
tended TO further his personal politi- |
cal fortunes. II has been shown by |
the testimony OF Mr.. Cox's own cam
paign managers that the 100000 |
which the Republican managers hope |
TO raise for all political purposes this
year Is not more than can legitimately
be expended for this purpose. and that
these frank Democratic managers
would also like 10 have a similar
amount, but don't see any way Of get
ting It.
II has been shown that the common,
ordinary rank and file OF the American
people, for the first time In American
politics. are ready to contribute out Of
their own pockets 70 defeat a candida
cy which represents all that Is repug-
nant and hostile to American institu-
lions. and that this willingness OF the
American people to contribute to the
expense OF defeating the Democracy
. the sole basis OF Governor Cox's
'harge OF a conspiracy TO buy the gov
,rnment OF the United States. Incl.
lentally II required the candidacy OF
ional campaign the doctrine that II
s possible for the people Of the United
states TO buy their own government.
Inless Mr.. Cox unconsciously means
o convey the Idea that In this cam
'aign the people are TO buy back their
government from the autocracy which
as seized II and refuses to let 20.
Finally II has been conclnslvely DEM 5
nstrated that II the Democratic party :,
J TO secure any money TO waste In a
ain effort TO achieve a Democratic :.
ictory that money must come exclu- n
Ively from men OF the Colonel Deeds G
Ype and the Dayton aircraft Plunder
und. and from the Wall street Inter s
ational fnanciers. who alone will 7
ront through the participation OF the
nited States in Wilson's League OF
atoms. v
All Of these conclusions have been o
by sworn testimony be- a.
re the Senate Committee with a
athematical precision which would
i've met the enthusiastic appreciation
the late Mr. Euclid Governor Cox's
eat expose has petered out. It was
false alarm
Let's get back 10 the Issues OF the
mpngn.