The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-20
By HUGH W. ROBERTS
 Washington. Bureau The Ass-Hsraid

Washington, July 19-(Special. )-Already
 Of winning the national election this year.
 The republicans declare that the dem-
 oorats will raise the biggest fund that
 has ever been raised. The democrats,
 pointing to the indifference of the repub- licans relative to controversial issues in Senator Harding respecting the desires
 and demands of the women and of or ganized labor, declare that the G. O. r. is depending solely on it's ability to raise
 money in undreamed of sums. ano to
 spend it to the very best advantage.
 Because Governor Cox is not a prohibit
 tionist. the republicans are intimating
 that the liquor interests will pay the bulk
 of the democratic expenses. The demo-
 crats declare this course of activity au
 the part of the republicans is due entirely
 to their determination to hide their own
 operations. It is another case they con
 tend, Of the pot calling the kettle black.
 So rcs;tve are democratic leaders in
 Washington tLat the republicans will
 spend millions in doubtful states. such
 as Ohio. New York, Indiana and Illinois
 that they already predict that before the
 conclusion of the summer a campa Sn
 scandal will have been developed which will make those involving General Wood
 and Governor Lowden pale into insignifi-
 canoe. Regarding the contention of re- , publicans that they will accept no more than S1,000 from each subscriber, demo- crats point out the ease with which cor poration desirous of giving sl00,0OO or more could list enough of it's employees to save the face of the republican claim and boast That such procedure is al-
 ready being practced is the charge.
 As to the activity of the Senate conn
 mlttce which investigates campaign ex- pendtures, the idea obtains that it dis
 charged the real functions for which it was erganized when it's disclosures put
 General Wood and Governor Lowden out
 of the running for the republican nOmi- nation While the handicaps thrown about Wood and Lowden did not result in the nomination of Senator Johnson, as it is believed Senator Kenyon and his ccnferes hoped, it did have a direct bearing on the convention result, Subse- uuent inquiry elicited testimony of an apparently d,sgruntled young lady to the effect that those engaged in reducing the cost of living were also engaged Tn boosting the pre-convention candidacy Of Attorney-General Palmer. disclosure SO inmaterial that its publication fell flat As the pre-convention developments. in comparative sense, all favored democratic candidates to the 'disparagement of re- publicans, and as post st-convention devel- orments would probably result in iden- tical manner, it is not believed in Wash ington that the Senate committee Will continue active unless activity is demand ed. for some specific reason. at some future date.
 Democratic headquarters in Washington publish the fact that the south Is more alert this year than in any recent prev ious campaign year It is pointed out that the south has more at stake. The republican party is apparently exceeding 1 ly anxious to punish the south for hav- | ing Teen lin the saddle" as it charges, {, tI,e last eight years. and there Is little doubt but that if it obtains the reins | Of government it will strenuously try to have a reckoning. There is under way an effort to reduce the representation or