Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-09-24

| quota OF the national committee
was $S,145,000, he said. He based
this on the quota list of tifty-one
cities. he explained. These towns
represented twenty-scven states,
he said Republicans, he said, had
denied authenticity of this list but
he minated that they were not
telling the truth.
Managers of campaigns in SIX
cities, he said, had admitted quotas
at the senate investigation exceed
ing a total of 100000. These
did not include New York with a
quota of 100000, he said. The
cities here named were Chicago,
Cincinnati Cleveland, Newark,
Boston and Washington. The ad-
mitted quota of Philadelphia is
$500, 900 and that of Detroit $780,
000, he declared.
"In six cities of fifty-one the
quotas admitted by republican
money diggers is over 100000"
the governor declared. 81 submit
it if this is not an index as to what
was going on"
| Governor Cox declared that the
republicans are raising S1,23O,OOO
in his own state.
Says Big Business Aids G. o. p.
| Governor Cox read fron> letter
purporting to reveal sources of con-
tributions toward expense of the
republican campaign book. Sub
scribers, he said, were the Amerl-
can Tobacco company, John ID.
Rockefeller, Jr., President Wood OF
the American Wooden company.
This, he declared, indicated that
big business interests were backing
the republican candidate.
Regarding "A question as to pro-
hibition, Governor Cox said:
81 challenge you two newspapers
to submit the same question to
their candidate and see II he can
say as much" added.
While the attitude of Governor
Cox while disposing of the ques-
tions put by the Evening Herald
had been such as to indicate tlaI
the questions were not put in good
faith and were inspired by "asents
of VIII Hays" whom he charged
had been preceding him for the
past two weeks and seeking to tel
editors what policy to pursue To-
ward him and minimize publicly
To his addresses, he approached tht
questions submitted by the Morn
| ing Journal with even temper
81 wish to respond" he said,
"to list of questions I'm the
Morning journal, put by its
editor. i'm a gracious and gem
tIemanly manner, and, l nave
: M doubt. In good faitn.
These questions are long
don't care to read them all, but
believe we all will agree that whef
> Won reduce them to their essence
: the editor desires to know three
things: First of all. whether ther'
is anv precedent in the history o,
the world for submitting sacre'
= referendum to the people lnNolN
ing a question of such great mag
I nitude. My response TO thaI Is INA
there has never before beeh any
question submitted to the people u
: to the congress of America Una
$ involved worldwide conditions' ah'
T. second. it never has been necessar!
S to appeal for relief to the Ameri
l can people because never nelor'
l has a senatorial oligarchy dellet
the will of the American peopl'
y and humanity.
"The second question is, Woul'
a Won consider your election as al
T. endorsement of the league OF ma
+ tons" ,h1o III,
defeat of Governor Cox of ONO VII
E mean that the people do not iaNo
= going in. o.,,
i Replying to the question wheth
: err he considers it proper TO SUNNI
D to the people a question involving
so many intricate phases OF inter
national law to the people, Cover
nor Cox said:
"Personally ! am never AFRAID u
t submit any question to the people
: am now submitting this to then
over the head of the senate.
! 81 do not favor submitting
v,rd document. The public want
IN know only If we will go into TN
league and if so on what paSis; IL
j asking people to vote on schoo
bonds you do not have to specll.
the color of paint to be USED on
building" ,aox
Mention of the name of Presiden
Wilson brought great eheerlnl
\ from the audience on several DC
casions but the greatest burst o
onn1ause came when Governor co.
said that the president after eX
aiming the text of the Hltchcoci
resolution, wrote Senator Hitch
I cock: ,1
Il am happy to say that l cal
accept them as they stand.
Governor Cox in turn, AFTER ue
cIaring that he had answered SAT
isfactorily the questions put 10 MN
/ bv the newspapers of Albuquerque
reouested that they tell the peopl
whether or not it is true that wv
1 representatives Of Will Hays, CHAR
man of the republican nationa
committee, had not called on IN
editors and asked that they iiillil
mize publicity given his ADDRESS
refrain from announcements Vi ~.
visit here; whether as result or I'M
plan newspapers IN some town
had not failed to publish account
] of his address. and whether Tn
newspapers of Albuquerque con
= slider this fair.
senator Harding's front pore
campaign" received the customar
attention of the democratic candi
: date. The sovereignty of Americ
1, is in the people and he is gong I
o RI them and not asking them |
i come to his porch, he said.
1t Il predicted that the Haruln
d Dorcb campaign would end by Oc
# tober and / see by press dis
/, matches that the headquarters ar
d soon to be removed from Mario
into the field" ...,,,uo
He also scored the republica
candidate for what he termed nj
- many attitudes on the league O
nations.
Following is the personnel q
the committee of New Mexico clt
liens who met Governor COX
train at Socorro.
j. E. Goodell, Frank BUT an
n