Show GOV COXS COX'S S CHARGE LABELED FALSE BY HARDING Statement Anent Fifteen Fifteen- Million-Dollar Million Fund Is Pronounced Ridiculous i MARION 0 Aug Aus 23 Governor 23 Governor Coxs Cox's charge charse of or a 11 Republican campaign fund rund I of or was characterized b by Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor handing Harding Sunday as aH absolutely untrue untrue un un- true and perfectly ridiculous It Declaring he seconded cordially the ch challenge Uen of or Republican National Chairman Chairman Chairman Chair Chair- I man Hays to the Democratic nominee to produce evidence o of or excessive Republican contributions Mr dr Harding said he be watt was not fearful tearful of or the results of any investigation gation gatlon of or the party treasury Wo We court tho the fullest Investigation of ot our funds runds In every respect he said Not Nol only are statements of or excessive e expenditures absolutely untrue but as asa a a. matter of or fact we wo are having difficult difficulty cult culty In producing funds we wO legitimately need to conduct the campaign a as It should b be conducted Stories of or a fund are perfectly ridiculous Senator Harding added that thal the wave of advancing costs and the enfranchisement enfranchise enfranchise- ment mont of women had raised tho legitimate financial requirements of or a a. national campaign cam earn but ho he declared hi his hI party's money chest contained nothing like the total tota named by his hIli D Democratic opponent Asked whether any of the money raised by tho the national committee before the I Chicago convention would be us used d In the I campaign he said it all aU had been expended expended ex ex- by convention time Um and that In making its arrangements at Chicago the I party treasury had been compelled to borrow something like a quarter of a million dollars It RETURNS TO CHICAGO DAYTON 0 O. Aug 23 A A request on en Will win II H. Hays chairman of oC tho the Republican can Con national committee for information regarding Republican campaign campal n funds was made mad last st night by Governor Cox who ho declared that Mr Hays Hays' statement Saturday Saturday Sat t was not a L reply to the governors governor's charges that the Republicans were raising rasing rats rais ras- ras ing log a n fund Cund of oC I I 1 was very much gratified said I Governor Cox that Mr Hays mado made his response but as I 1 read his statement Its Ite I no denial He says tho Irregular prelimInary preliminary prelim prelim- inary mary estimate is That doesn't mean menn anything I want Mr Hays to tellus tell tellus tellus us into how man many v subdivisions the tho countr country country coun coun- tr try was divided by the tho Republican managers man man- agers I want him to tell us how many subdivisions there are aro and what territories territories terri tern tories each covers and Incidentally r want him to tell ten what the quota was W that was imposed on each district lie Ho has spoken publicly often orten about these and the public Is entitled to this thle information Tho senate Investigating Investigating gating pUns committee will Insist on it It and why rot have have- haveit it now The governor said that In Jail this week ho he would deal with the question of oC Republican finances Ho lIe lies has I promised evidence to support hi his charges that was tho the Republican lowmark low lo lowmark mark with the sky lcy apparently tho the limit I |