River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-09-02

pectedly present, and told the gather
ing: 81 am an FISHERMAN. and I'll
stand by Ulster, but | am with you
in toto. Have patience with Ulster
and We'll bring her to the point of
self-government as a part of united
Ireland" Other Belfast leaders said
much the same. 1t was believed this
conference was long step toward
Irish unity and the settlement of the
islands troubles.
Meantime Terrence MacSweney,
lord mayor of Cork. was dying of self
imposed hunger in British prison, and
Irishmen appealed to King George to
save him, and to President Wilson and
| the heads of all European states, COM
pairing his case TO that of the burgo-
| master of Brussels whom the Germans
| imprisoned Mr. Lloyd George said
| that, whatever the consequences, the
| government could not take the respon-
sibility of freeing MacSweney. The
| Sim Fein leaders feared his death
| would lead to an outbreak that would
| play into the hands of the British.
| Efforts of the anti-suffragists tv pre-
| vent or delay the PRONUNCIATION of
| the ratification of the suffrage amend
/ ment were foiled. and on Thursday
Secretary of State Colby, receiving off,
/ cial notification of the action of the
! Tennessee legislature. signed and is
| sued the proclamation. The District
/ of Columbia refused to issue a re-
| straining order to Secretary Colby,
| so now the only hope remaining of the
| foes of suffrage is that the United
/ States Supreme court will declare the
| Tennessee ratification illegal.
1t is interesting TO read the opin.
! ion of the venerable Cardinal Glib
bons, who has been a consistent OPP
/ ponent of woman suffrage. He says:
81 regret very much that the'women
have taken the plunge into the deep.
I would much prefer that things had
remained as they were. | am. how
| ever, of the opinion that after the first
| election or so only small percentage
| of the women of the country will
avail themselves of the privilege Of
| voting"
Governor Cox reused the Repub-
! licans by asserting that they are
raising minimum fund of S15,OO0,0O0
| for the campaign. National Chair
| man VIII Hays and his associates at
| once denied the truth of the statement
and both they and, the Democratic
/ leaders demanded that the senate COM
mittee on campaign expenditures i'm
| vestigate the charge. The committee,
which is in session in Chicago sub
| poenaed National Chairmen Hays and
White and Congressional Chairmen
Tess and Doremus, and invited" Gov
ernor Cox also to appear before it and
present such evidence as he might
| have to substantiate his statements.
| The Democratic candidate said he
would furnish what information he
had in due time, and meanwhile he
went ahead with his speaking tour.
repeating his accusations. When he
reached Pittsburgh, Thursday night,
he opened up and made public the al
legged facts upon which he based his
charge that the Republicans are Try
| ing to buy the presidency"
The expose" really was not so SEN
sational as might have been expected.
Cox read list of 81 cities and the
amount which the Republican national
committee proposed to raise in each,
the total being $S,145,000 This figure,
/ he asserted, had nothing to do with
"the large amounts being collected In
hundreds of smaller cities, towns and
rural communities" He gave no names
of contributors, saying the Republic
| cans could produce those. The gov
ernor also read documents which he
said proved that Senator Harding had
detailed knowledge of the financing Of
his campaign.
Republican Treasurer Upham, who
had previously told something of the
quota list, says the quotas are vastly
larger than the actual amount called
for by the budget, and asserted that
the national committee had collected.
to date, only $696,977.S2.
A rather weak comeback was the
charge made by Congressman Fred
Britten, that the British parliament
had appropriated Ss7,500 in favor Of
the British ambassador at Washington
for entertainment purposes" and that
this fund had already found its way
to the Democratic national committee.
This was, OF course, denounced as alb
surd by both Ambassador Geddes
and Democratic Chairman White. Gov
ernor Cox said the charge was ''too
silly for words"