The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-08-24
Great Sums of Money
For Republican Use
Cox Places Minimum for Campaign at Fifteen Million Dollars
Democratic Candidate Takes Sharp Exception Position
of Senator Harding and Senate Oligarchy

South Bend, Ind, Aug. 19.-
Charges that at least SIS, 5,000,O00 are
being contributed to the Republican
campaign by selfish interests were
made today by Governor Cox, Demo
cratic presidential candidate, during
the course of two addresses opening
the Indiana Democratic campaign:
s'That is it's low mark" he said,
s.and the sky apparently is the limit.
In Ohio $500,000 was raised in the
twinkling of an eye. They have sub
divided America in seven districts
and influential men representing sell
fish and greedy interests are passing
the hat. They are trying to buy a
governmental underholt. 1t is a mere
bagatelle compared with what the
contributors expect to get back" :
Pleas for the league of nations, de-
nunciations of what he said was the
Republican plan for separate peace
with Germany, promises of tax re-
ductions and problems of the high
cost of living were other features OF
Governor Cox's address. He spoke
to crowd of several thousand late
today on the court house square, at
tended banquet Of the Indiana
Democratic Editors association and
tonight addressed another large
crowd at another large public meet
ing in the coliseum.
Plan of Wall Street.
With 3 the Republican campaign
fund special object of the COVER
nor's attack, he declared that Wall
street interests were planning to
emasculate the federal reserve act in
event of Republican victory by pro-
.viding that bankers only shall be eligi-
bic to a federal board membership;
to secure power over credits aid in
terest rates.
Governor Cox also urged federal
relation of packers and other cold
storage concerns with time Limits for
storage of foodstuffs.
To the editors in his audience
comprising about 500, Governor Cox
gave his views on the print paper sit
uation urging reforestration, inveigh-
ing against a print paper combina-
tion and declaring panic had con-
tributed to the paper shortage. He
also took sharp exception to Senator
Harding's depreciation of the disap-
pearance Of political organs. Urging
an independent press Governor
Cox said that Senator Hardings was
"a dangerous proposal suggesting
control of papers by the ''senate
oligarchy."
Tennessee's ratification of the wo-
man suffrage amendment brought
from the candidate dn his discussion
of the league the statement that war
is more unlikely than yesterday.
Women Will Help
Praising women as progressive
and patriotic" Governor Cox con-
tinued:
II think they are going to help
things. Their mother instinct is go
ing to stay the hand of war and that
in itself is sufficient to justify the
cause of woman suffrage"
The league, Governor Cox de-
clared, is necessary to '''keep faith
with the boys who died in France"
and also, he said, involves "the pur-
pose, the home, the happiness and the
self respect of every man, woman
and child
1t is needed, he said, to reduce the
cost of living by decreasing taxes for
armament, and by stabilizing agri-
culture and industry. 1t is the great
transcendant issue of the campaign,
he declared.
Republican arguments that the
league would impair AR Nrican SOW
ereignty were pronounced moon
shine" by the governor, declaring
that if American sovereignty was i'm
paired so would that of 20 other
league members.
"If they all lose it, where DIES it
go?" he asked. "Who gets it?'
Former President Taft Says Cox
is right and Harding wrong" the
governor continued, 'but that he will
vote for Harding. If l am right you
owe it to your conscience to vote for
me.
"The league of nations is the sal