The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-09-30
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.
BY WILLIAM HosTER.

"GOd In everything, sang tne poet.
And this does not even exclude tho
campaign speeches Of Governor Coz
As result Of Mr. Cox's allegations
Of a big Republican Campaign Cor
ruptiop Fund. certain definite facts
have been demonstrated by the sworn
testimony of the leaders OF Governor
Coxs own party. They may be SUM
marlzed as follows
Il has been demonstrated thnt
whereas, In their most sangu ne
moods, the Republican managers never
contemplated campaign fund OF
more than $0Oe,000, the Democratic
party, at an expense Of one-half mil
lion dollars, set up the machinery for
the collection OF campaign fund Of
Sl0,00O0O0.
II has been demonstrated that the
contemplated Sl0000,00O fund OF the
Democrats did not materIallze for the
sole reason that there aren't G suf-
ticient number OF plain people In the
United States who waat a continuance
Of Democratic rule, 20 contribute even
one-lenth Of Sl0000,GO0.
It has been demonstrated that
whereas, the great body Of the peo.
ple-llterally thousands OF them
have Willingly contributed from 30
cents to $1,000 to be rid of the present
Democratic administration, md to de-
feat Governor Cox; on the other hand
not thousands and not even hundreds
are willing to contribute o cents to-
ward q 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.
gens to help pay the expenses OF de.
feating him D his campaign for the
presidency, MIR. Cox In 1914 viewed
with complacency the criminal efforts
Of his campaign managers In Ohio to
extort from the Civil Service em-
ployees of the state contributions In.
tended to further his personal polti.
cal fortunes. 1t has been shown by
the testimony OF Mr.. COX's own cam-
palgn managers that the Si,0O0000
which the Republican managers hope
TO raise for all political purposes this
year Is not more than can lcgltmately
be expended for this purpose. and that
these frank Democratic managers
would also like to have 0 similar
amount, but don't see any way Of get
ting IL.
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 ot
their own pockets to defeat a caudida-
cy which represents all that Is rtpas-
nnnt and hostile TO American lnstitu-
lions. and that this willingness Of lie
American people TO contribute to the
expense Of defeating the Democracy
s tho sole basis Of Governor Cox's
charge Of conspiracy TO buy the gov
erument Of the United States. Incl
dentally II required the candidacy Of
Governor Cox to Introduce into m.
iiOnal campaign the doctrine thai It
is possible for the people Of the United
States to buy their own government.
unless Mr.. Cox unconsclOusv means
TO convey the idea that IN this cam
pnlgn the people are to buy back thclr
government from the autOCracy which
has seized II and refuses to let gn.
Finally II has been conclusively defa-
onstrated that II the Democratic party
is to secure any money to waste In n
vain effort to achieve a Democratic
victory that money must come cxclu.
slvely from men OF the Colonel Deeds
type and the Dayton aircraft Plunder-
bund. and from the Wall street inter-
national fnanciers, who alone win
profit through the participation Of the
United States In Wilson's League OF
Nations
All Of these conclusions have been
demonstrated by sworn testimony be.
fore the Senate Committee with
mathematical precision which would
hare met the enthusiastic appreciation
Of the late Mr. Euclid. Governor Cox's
great expose has petered out. It was
a false alarm.
Let's set back to the issues Of ths
sampalgn. .ss.A4