Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-28
G. o. p. "sLUsH" FUND.


charges an Insult" but the fact remains
that they are supported by documentary
evidence that came from the Republican
National Committee itself.
As part Of his proof Gov. Cox submits a
list prepared IN the Office OF the treasurer
reof the committee giving the campaign fund
quotas Of 80 cities of II States. This list
alone provides for more than xS,DO,ODO,
beginning with the tribute Of 81, ,OOO,OO
levied on New York In addition Gov.
Cox cites the official bulletin Of the Re-
publican Committee as evidence IN re-
spect to the sums Of money collected in
other cities not on the list,
II is not worth while arguing whether
sl5,00O,0O0 or xs,OO0OCO can be legiti-
mately expended In a national campaign.
~ cannot be, nor can IL be legtirnately
collected. No such sums can be spent
without debauching the sources Of popular
government, nor can they be raised with
out the direct or implied promise Of
privilege. What they mean in American
politics is the barter and sale Of govern
ment to private bidders. That is what
they have always meant and that il what
they. always will mean.--New York
World
It's plain that Governor Cox has made q
hiRhly-efective speech. IL viii be ex-
ceedingly damaging TO the Republicans.
/ The reason is that the confidential party
documents Of which the governor has got
hold are stamped all over with the com
mercial spirit. They are pervaded by the
tone OF the most vulgar craftsmanship.
Poloni1s could not have been more in
sistent upon the advice, put money in thy
4 - 1.
| candidates, but, boys, get the money"
The platform is Just what IL should be.
but, boyT, get the money" That
| phrase will surely haunt the Republican
managers, and give them many night
mare. IL will be Of no use for them 10
/ draw up elaborate tables to prove that
/ Governor Cox's figures are wrong. II is
now not so much question Of figures as
| Of methods and attitude Those official
| circulars sent out by the Republican
| Committee are exactly Of the cast Of the
/ exhortation Of a busting and not too
| scrupulous soap manufacturer, bidding his
| agents "go after the stuff New York
/ Times.
He has, that Is, shown that the Re-
/ publican committee is making strenuous
| efforts TO collect huge campaign fund.
Z tttib atS stlVfb- HTE Dt1flk uiFFEFtl EItAGtF
| towards business men, and that they are
| IN fair way Of being sIccessfu. Almost
| all Of his evidence consists Of quotations
and. statements taken from the official
| bulletin Of the treasIrer's office Of the
| Republican National Committee THIS
| viii make il difficult for his opponents to
| refute his assertions; but on the other
! hand, II weakens the charge that the
/ action Of the Republican committee is
| something in the nature Of a conspiracy.
| You cannot conepire in the open. Pub
| lieity and conspiracy do not 20 together
/ The thing may be foolish and il may be
wrong. but il is not secret or undeThand-
/ ed.-Baltimore Sun.
Candidate Cox having fred the bomb he
has been feverishly mounting a Big
Bertha to discharge, has the proiectilc
| exploded with damaging force or has il
arrived as a harmless "dud'? Nav the
Republicans laugh as did the Parisians
when an official cornmunique grqvely re-
ported the casualties suffered By bunch
of chickens?
A good way TO answer these questions
Is 20 set out without color or comment
exactly what evidence the candidate has
offered to establish his charge that sinister
buy" the election. The ''proof." after
ten days Of war-Ehooping advertisement,
is spread before the public.-New York
Tribune.
Governor Cox has alleged the existence
of corruption fund OF $1,000, 900 in the
han dis Of the Republican campaign man
ayers. His associate on the Democratic
tick et had alleged corruption fund twice
as large. Governor Cox at Pittsburg came
down from S15,000,0O0 to IS, I45, 600,
maintsining, however, that this was only
part of the iniquitous whole. He IS al
leglng secret quotas covering about
one-half of his 5000. 900, and is inferring
the rest OF the SIS, 200, 600 from the ratio
OF the population III scheduled territory
10 the entire population OF the country.
And MS figure of S, l45, 600 is reached,
not by the presentation of any evidence
that such a sum has actually been col
lected, or that it IS now in the treasury Of
the Republican organization. or that the
whole or any part OF 1t l3 20 be expended IN
manner abhorrent TO law and morality,
but on the strength OF +ypewritten copy
of the regional quota or levies OF sn alleg-
ed drive after the fashion Of those drives
which have become IN recent years 50
painfully familiar 20 the American people.
New York Sun-Herald.
Governor Cox has emphatically made
good III his promise to substantiate his
charge that the Republicans are planning
10 raise campaign fund OF not less than
$4,000, 600 with which 10 buy the Presi-
dency for Senator Harding. The revela-
tions in his Pittsburg speech, based on
figures and statements taken from the
official bulletin of the Republican National
Committee, and showing that in 81 cities
alone il was expected to raise IS, $4,000,
are complete verihcation OF all that he
has said on this subject. 1t is idle for Re
pubhcans to say that this IS only a ten
tative list, and that sS,l45.O00 is a very
different thing from sl5,000,000, etc. The
fact that only % States are included in the
list produced by Governor Cox shows that
plans had been perfected for only a por-
tion of the country, and that sufficient
territory remained unplotted 70 raise
easily the remaining millions. In Penn
sylvania only three cities were named
Philadelphia, Pittsblrg and Scranton.
Does any one suppose that Joe Grundy
and his fat-friers are going TO let the Re
publicans in the rest cf the State 60 scot