The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-03
Charges Oil Interests, Steel,
Electrical, Coal Mining In
dustrieS Are Backing
G. 0. P. Fight.
MLLI0NAIRES ON THE LIST
lWrigley, Mcneil, Rockefeller
Mentioned-Boyce Thomp-
sons Name Hidden
4 Among Others.

lansing, Mich, Sept. s.-NamIns
names for the first time since he
accused republican leaders Of rails.
ING q $1S,ooo.ooo fund to buy the
presidency OF the United States,
Gov. James M. Cox, democratic
presidential nominee, In a speech
here today, charged that the oil In.
terests, the steel, electrical and coal
mining Industries. as we'll as
group OF Wall street bankers, are
among the subscribers to the alleged
republican propaganda, Barnes boot
fund. Well see who some Of these
subscribers Of Boss Barnes are"
said the governor;
First Of ALL" said the governor,
"are all Of those whose dealings
with the delegates at the Chicago,
convention are fresh In political and
financial history. We find also VIII
liam Wrlaley OF Chicago and A..
Mcneil Of New York, nillonalres,
whose huge subscriptions to con.
vention candidates were brought out
by the senatorial committee. The
names OF these gentlemen are to be
found sprlnkled all through the off,
oIal report Of the investigators.
who are next in the array? John
ID. Rosckefeller and his son and their
Of the STANDARD Oil COMPANY They
are oiing the machines. Then, too,
there is the American Tobacco COM
pany. so call 1t the tobacco trust.
believe. Further along we encounter
the steel industry, represented by 4
Leonard Replogle and John A. Topping.
names as familiar as Carnegie and
Frick once were, The gigantic General
Electric company has through its re-
snective Office made it's contribution.
and so have the Berwind- White and the
Hudson Coal companies Of Pennsyl4
vania and New York. Among the banks
tbat We're generous we find the Guar
anty Trust company of New York. one
of the biggest of the so-called Wall
street group. Neatly tucked away amid
them all Is William Boyce THOMPSON
of New York, the chairman of the
republican ways and means committee,
which began its operations in 1919 as
a money raising machine.
Senator Hiram Johnson. coming
homo to California, said that he was
thankful that he was defeated and not
the candidate of a small group of men
a. m. We'll in the list we find the
name of Senator James Wadsworth of
New York, who did not go to bed until
at least 3 a, M, together with the names
of the others who formed the back room
conference"
Has Eye on Probe.
Gov. Cox served notice that he had
''his eye on the senatorial investigation
at Chicago.
II know that it could. when it wished.
put the brand on certain candidates in
Chicago" said the governor.
Mothers will tell you" the governor
told station crowd at Leslie, that
there are $1,000 reasons why they are
for the league--S1, 600 American patriots
who sleep in France"
The subscription list TO the republic
can handbook of William Barnes, Jr,
Of New York. given to the senate COM
mittee was read by Gov. Cox to a crowd
estimated at 5000 on the Michigan
capitol grounds. He said It was proof
ri contributions by big business" to
the republican fund.
"You will find most of the reports of
big business everywhere in New York"
said Gov. Cox Of the Barnes subscrip-
ton.
Producing a letter and check for
$3.50 from David Compton, Reyn-
oldsburg, o., garage worker, Gov.
Cox said II was his only contrlbu-
tIon, and he declared he would not
receive contributions from the In
terests represented In the alleged
q Barnes list.