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Show Hay's Statements Not True Gov. Cox Asserts; Letters As Evidence! a I , COLL'MBL'S, O., Aug ?1 Governor Cox, Democratic presidential candidate. candi-date. In a statement today declared as "absoluteh untrue and false" statements state-ments attributed to Will H Hays, rhairnian of the Republican national committee, before ihe senate sub-com rrittee investigating campaign eipeDd-Itures, eipeDd-Itures, th.T it was not the policy of the Republican committee to obtain con tributlons In excess of $1000 Governor Cox again referred to what purported to be an official document issued by the Republican committee to prove his assertion. The document referred re-ferred to by the governor Is alleged to have been Issued two days after Senator Harding's nomination at Chl-l cago by Treasurer I'ppham. Contrasting this official document, from the Republican national headquarters. head-quarters. Governor Cox said, "with the 1 statement Mr Hay yesterday made' under oath, I cannot believe a single 1 word he says on the subject. That he has been caught in his own trap is evident " The document, Gocrnor Cox said, showed by Its preface that 6ubscrip lions were lo be sought in excess of $5000, that the "quota"' should be "sold," and that a minimum of 83000 1 was to be sought in cities in the class of SL Louis, Cleveland and Detroit. COX'S STATEMENT. Mr. Cox'e statement In part follows-I follows-I have read Will Hays' testimony before the senatorial. committee. For; months he has said to the public that i the campaign funds were to be raised through individual subscriptions not exceeding $1000 In the face of accu-, mulatlng evidence, he admits now that In a number of instances, subscript ion -were made running as high as $9000,' but In the same breath he says that it was not the fixed policy of Lhe national committee to secure the money in allotments al-lotments exceeding $1000. This is ab solutely untrue and again I cnll Into evidence a document from the Repub- iicau national luuimuifr MONEY DIGGERS. "Two days after Senator Harding was nominated, a communication was sent to the men whom Treasurer Upp-ham Upp-ham himself characterir.es a? the 'money diggers.' The document is headed "Campaign Plan Larger Cities." The very flr3t advice is this " 'Secure as chairman for the cam palgn a man widely known and of commanding influence. Have him ap point a strong, representative execu tivo committee of at leapt 12 men. It may require two or three days to secure se-cure such a committee, but it muet be hand picked . . The time has ar rived when some prospects should be asked for subscriptions ranging from 5000 and upwards. In an case, it la absolutely necessary, first of all, to 'sell' to this committee the quota and the campaign plans ' MUST BE SOLD. "The very preface of the document shows first two things. First, that subscriptions were to be sought from $5000 upwards and that the 'quota' I should be 60ld. " 'In a city the size of St. Louis, Cleveland, or Detroit, a gilt edge list ol at least 3000 names should be secured. se-cured. This list should contain only the names of prospects able to contribute con-tribute from $10o up.' "This would make at the lowest cal- rulation practically one third of a mil lion dollars in cities of the given sure. FURTHER PROOF "Further proof of concealment of lacts is auoraeu Dy tuese orus. 'Large subscriptions might well be reported piece meal claih at the luncheon, lunch-eon, each liberal subscription being reported re-ported without the name of the subscriber' sub-scriber' "That the whole procedure has been an affair intended only for the eye of 'the money digging machine is thor 'oughly established in another precaution precau-tion as to secrecy. It is couched in these terms: " 'No instructions to team captains or workers should be printed as cars mu?t be used that nothing is left on tables at luncheons or dinners thai might fall into the bands of anv one that might give publicity to such ma- teriaJ." "The senatorial committee should summon without delay the state chair man who have been in charge of raiding raid-ing money They should be asked to bring all documents with them and they should be compelled to submit as well the names of chairmen in the Inn: i er cities and the names of the contrib : utors. both principals and dummies I The spotlight should be thrown on the activities oT all political parties and it should be kept there intensiveh until election day. "Enough ir- known now, through rec- urus a ulu m ria o iu luuiuo iu'j public, that as the head of a great or ganlzatlon, he has deceived the people and at an official hearing deiieri Ho-truth Ho-truth Unless the Republican leaders insist upon his retirement at once they must accept the consequences " HAYS REFLTE8 CHICVGO. Aug. 31 "Candidate, Cox Tuns true to form and bis statements state-ments again are false, ' said Will Hays Republican national chairman, when rioernor Cox s statement made at Columbus. The senate committee has the records rec-ords which speak for themselves." Mr Hays said. "These show that there have been 12.389 Individual men and women who have contributed s-ince the convention with an average contribution contribu-tion of $82.11 each Eight of these .are over $1,000 and none over $2 500 During the approximately nine months before the convention there were .-561 .-561 separate contributions " "Of these 18551c ontrlbutors their were 3 9 who gae more than $1,000 After the limit wus suggested two gavc more than $1,000 before the rule was suggested. The average, contribution of the whole 18.551 was $99 13 Thi- makes a total of 30.904 contributions with an average of $92 30 coming from lall stales. Candidate Cox runs true to j form and his statements again are false :" |