Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-04
6, O,P IS SEEKING
TO "NEWBERRY|zE"
COUNTRY, cox SAYS
Defeat the Infamous Plot, is Can
didate's Appeal to Michigan
Voters.
RE ADS GET THE MONEY"
BULLETINS TO CIR OW DIS

gan, where truman IL. NeWDerry WAS
convicted for excessive use OF money In
obtaining his election to the United states
Senate. Governor Cox swept through the
State Yesterday, and in a series OF sixteen
speeches demanded that the voters of
Michigan help save the rest of the nation
from being "Newberryized:
Standing on the steps of the State Capi-
tai at Lansing, he declared that an at
tempt was being made by the Republicans
to multiply the Michigan Senatorial ex.
perience fortv-eight times and IN proof OF
his statements read from the Digging Up
the Money" bulletins of the Republican
national treasurers office, which he ilrst
read in his speech at Pittsburg.
Coming TO the questions of names Cox
took up the Republican campaign prop
aganda which has been ISSUED by WI
liam Barnes of Albany and read from a Inst
OF those who hessaid had signed a pledge
70 give their Financial and moral sup
port to the Republican propaganda under
the Barnes auspices.
Yesterday was the most strenuous OF the
Cox campaigning days and in many ways
apneared to be one of the most successful.
The territory covered, while strongly Re-
publican. is still tinged with the progress
sive ideas of Theodore Roosevelt, and
the response with which CoX's progressive
doctrines were received whether he was
talking about the alleged attempt to buy
the Presidency. the League OF Nations or
his protest against the use of the bayonet
In labor disputes. was always generous
and impressive.
ATTACKS NEwBERRY AND SENATE.
His speaking began at o'clock in the
morning when q group Of railroad men
called him to the rear platform at Toledo.
Ii ended after 10 clock last evening at
Kalamazoo. In between he had made nine
tail end speeches, none less than five min
utes three set speeches IN Lansing ana
two in Battle Creek.
The program was much more extensive
than he had expected. but on learning he
plans that the Michigan committee which
met him AT Toledo had mapped out. he
went To il W it'll a will 4 sample ot the
way he exer ted himself was in Lansing.
where, after plunglng into hotel for a
hurried meal OF corned beef and cabbage.
he appe ared before three audiences within
two hours-the Rotary Club at dinner IN
the hotel. the Good Roads Congress IN the
Auditor ium and before 10000 persons at
the steps Of the State Capitol for the prln-
cipal speech of the day. In Battle Creek
he addressed dinner of the Calhoun
county Democrats and few minutes later
smoke before public gathering
Coming to the home State OF Newberry
be asked What has happened TO America
as the result of Truman Newberry going
70 the Senate" Answering his own queS-
tlon. ne went on: FIRST. Henry Cabot
Lodge could not have been elected chair
man of the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tons II Truman Newberry had not voted.
The Senatorial Ohgarchy could not have
been organized in the Senate II Truman
\cwberry had not voted. The Senatorial
Oligarchv could not have obstructed the
consumation OF the war except for the cleo
ton of Truman Newberrv You have an
opportunity this wear to undo 1t all. Ii
Is up TO YOU to repair the injury that he
has done | appeal to the soldiers. ! APP
peal To the mothers. ! appeal 10 the in
dependent thought and ask If America
in the eyes OF the world Is 10 remain sell
fish and isolated II is time for sll to think
about this We ought 10 remind ourselves
of the necessity for conserving our spiritual
resources.
TELLS OF G. o. p. CREAM LIST.
In many respects the reception he re-
ccived In Lansing was the most spectacu-
lar vet arranged for hun. A group OF
State troopers escorted him 10 and from
the railroad station.
When he got down 10 the subject of
Newberryism the candidate referred TO
the statement OF Senator Borah. who in
moving for the appointment OF the Senate
investigation, characterized as fright
full thing" the attempt TO purchase the
nomination for the Presidency Of the
nlted States.
Il Join with him" Cox went on. ''in
saying that no more frightful thing
save only national defeat national dis
memberment and humiliation could come
to US than the purcha Sc of the Presidency.
lra Oh
bowed yours in shame when the official
life of Michigan was tarnished BY rep
resentative in the Senate from this State
buying his seat Finally the wires brought
the fact that Newberrv had been convict
ed That was a triumph for clean repre-
sentative government. want TO serve
notice of am attempt now being made to
Newberryize the nation. ! submit as
witnesses the official bulletins of the Re-
publicans.
''YOu may have no realization Of the
tremendous organization in Michigan
and other States as well which has been
built up. There was quota assigned for
Michigan. There was quota for every
large city in Michigan and there was a
quota for every county"
Cox read from the bulletin the reports
showing progress in Flint and Grand
Rapids, referred TO the Cream Lists
OF the solicitors as revealed Ia Form
l0l' and repeated the charge denied by
VIII Hays that a quota of more than
Ss,00O,00 had been assessed against
ffty-one cities.
Finally the candidate pulled letter
from his pocket remark ing that he would
now show where his own contributions
were coming from, and he said:
II see by the papers that the special
interests are trying to buy strange
hold on our government ] feel it my duty
TO try and prevent it. Enclosed find my
check for $780, which represents one
days labor for me. Every liberty loving
man and woman in this country who be.
lieves In a square deal for all and specia
privileges for none should do likewise >
The letter which with the check was
received by Cox two days ago bore the
signature of Daniel Compton of Reynolds
burg, Ohio, who designated himself 9
garage laborer."
QUOTES THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Theodore Roosevelt has always been
one of the most popular figures in Michi-
gam politics, and so it was that here
Cox chose to quote the statement which
Roosevelt made in 1914 to the effect that
the one permanent movement for world
peace was the proposal for an agreement