The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1920-09-21
COX KNOCKED LIVE
HORNETS NEST on
OWN PARTY'S HEAD
Charge Regarding Campaign
Funds Flares Back and
Singes Democrats.
THEY WANTED TEN MILLION.
ME- Willing to Contribute TO
RotSRid Of Democrats, but Not
10. Keep Them III Power.
~ WILLIAM HosTER.

~ "flca In everything sang the roefl
And this does not even exclude the
campaign speeches Of Governor Cox.
Al II result of Mr.. Coxs allegations
of big Republican Campaign Cor
ruption Fand, certain definite facts
hare heen demonstrated by the sworn
testimony Of the leaders Of Governor
Cox's own party. They may be sum
married. az follows
It has been demonstrated that
whereas, In their most sanguine
moods. the Republican managers never
contemplated Il campaign fund OF
more than $4,0O000o. the Democratic
party, al an expense Of sne-half mil
lion dollars, set up the machinery for
the collection OF campaign fund Of
s10,00O,OOO.
II has been demonstrated that the
contemplated $100000W fund Of the
Democrats did not materialize for the
sole reason that there aren't suf-
hcient number Of plain people In the
United States who want continuance
Of Democratic rule, to contribute even
one-tenth Of s10.000,00O.
II has been demonstrated that
whereas, the great body of the peo-
plc--literally thousands OF them
hare willingly contributed from 30
cents to $l,000sto be rid Of the present
Democratic administration, and to de-
feat Governor Cox !; on the other hand
not thousands and not even hundreds
are willing to contribute 8 cents to-
ward 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 citi-
zens to help pay the expenses Of de-
feating him In his campaign for the
presidency, Mr. Cox In 1914 viewed
with complacency the criminal efforts
Of his campaign managers In Ohio to
extort from the Civil Service EN-.
ployees Of the state contributions In
tended to further his personal polti
cal fortunes. II has been shown by
tho testimony Of Mr.. Cox's own cam
paign managers that the S4000000
which the Republican managers hope
to raise for all political purposes this
year Is not more than can legitimately
be expended for this purpose, and that
thee frank Democratic managers
w8dld also like to have similar
amount, but don't see any way Of get
ting II.
II has been shown mat the common,
ordinary rank and file Of the American
people, for the first time In American
politics. are ready 10 contribute out Of
their own pockets to defeat candida
cy which represents all that Is repug
nant and hostile to American instltu-
lions, and that this willingness OF the
American people to contribute to the
expense OF defeating the Democracy
Ii the sole basis of Governor Coxs
charge ~ conspiracy to buy the gov
eminent Of the United States. Incl
dentally II required the candidacy OF
Governor Cox 10 Introduce into a ma
fional campaign the doctrine that II
Ia possible for the people Of the United
States to buy their own government,
unless Mr.. Cox unconsciously means
to convey the Idea that In this cam
paign the people are to buy back their
government from the autocracy which
has seized II and refuses to let go.
Finally II has been conclusively dem
onstrated that II the Democratic party
II to secure any money to waste In
vain effort to achieve Z Democratic
victory that money must come excIu-
sively from men Of the Colonel Deeds
type and the Dayton aircraft Plumber
bund. and from the Wall street inter-
national flnanciers, who alone will
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 n
mathematical precision which would
have met the enthusiastic appreciation
OF the late Mr., Euclid. Governor Cox's |
great expose has petered out. 1t was
4 false alarm.
Let's get back to the issues Of the
eanpsiEn.