Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-01
COX BRANDS HAYS
 STATEMENTS AS TO
 PARTY FUNDS FALSE
Scores Claim That $1,OOO is a
 Limit for COntribu- tors
SOME ARE
 IN EXCESS OF $5,OOO
Nominee in Address at Columbus Fair Grounds Saves Opponents --ROOsevelt Also Is Speaker
 to Large Crowd


 Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 31.-Govern. or James M. Cox, and Dr. Aaron s, Watkins, two of Ohio's presidential candidates, and Franklin D. Roose- welt, Governor Cox's running mate di- vided time in addressing crowd at the Ohio State fair here today.
 Governor Cox, voicing the Demo- cratic party's stand on the league of nations, declared for the league and criticised the plan put forth by Sem ator Harding, Ohio's third presiden- tial candidate in his recent speech.
 MT. Watkins, prohibition candidate criticised both the plans sponsored by his two opponents and also criticised both major parties for not taking stand on prohibition, which he declar. ed to be the paramount issue. Mir. Roosevelt spoke very briefly of agri- cultural progress made by the west. He left tonight for New York.
 Earlier in the day Governor Cox had issued a statement replying to testimony offered by Will H. Hays, chairman of the republican national committee before the senate sub committee Investigating campaign ex- penditures in which the governor de- clared to be absolutely untrue and falSe," Hays alleged assertion that it was the policy of the republicai, committee to hold contributions to ono thousand dollars each. Governor Cox based his assertion on what pur- ported to be an official document is- sued by the republican committed, and which showed that subscriptions were to be sought in excess of 3E,0Oo.
 MT. Cox's statement follows: S
 "I have read Will Hays' testimeny before the Senatorial Committed, fof months he said to the public that ths campaign funds were to be raised through individual subscriptions not exceeding one thousand dollars. 1T other words, it was to be "popu1arH movement. In the face of accumulats ing evidence he admits now that n . number of instances, subscriptionS were made running as high as nih0 thousand dollars, but in the sannG breath he says that it was not thos fixed policy of the national commit. tee to secure the money in allctment1 not exceeding one thousand dollaxs. This is absolutely untrue and afain call into evidence document fton the Republican National committee.
 1.-Two days after Senator Harti1a was nominated communication N69 sent to the men from Chairman une ham himself characterized n tk1 Money Diggers." The document iG# headed Campaign plan, larger cities The very first advice is this:
 "'Secure as chairman for the calIlss3 paign a man widely known and S1 commanding influence. Have him e1 point strong, representative txeeess| tive committee of 1t least twS1yS men. It may require two or thre1s days ot secure such committee, bof it must be hand-picked. Inn the date set for an executive e61s mittee luncheon that will bs kll4s within about three days. At thl1 luncheon an inspirational spA1k@ should awaken this committee to tkG necessities of the situation. This Vif get the sights" of every ono Of t69 committeeman thigh" as to th6 amounts to be asked from hig h6ss mess men. The time has arrivSd when some prospects should bA ask-, ed for subscriptions rangine i'm $5,000 and upwards. In any cass, n II $ absolutely necessary, first Of alll to "sell" to this committee the qpetn and campaign plans"
 "The very preface of the docunelgf shows two things: first, that snl scriptions were to be sought i'm Z five thousand dollars upwards en1 that the "quotar should be sold. III minimum of three hundred thQn6s and dollars in cities the sise Of lS Louis, Cleveland and Detroit, E1q the objective. is shown by . pato~ graph in the document which i6 TT < follows:
 "'In . city the size of St. LopiJ Cleveland or Deroit, guilt sdeo llee S of at least 5000 names should be ee cured. This list should contain 93IXS the names of prospectives able t( contribute from &100 ID. would make at the lowest caleulof $ practically one third of mill M N lars in cities of the given si4es
 the money diggers arc askSA IT cure an estimating committee ~ yisioned financial men, inetxu
 them carefully ss to the hasie
 which to estimate the eoatxl1
 ability of the prospects.
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