Show Turn Tum on the Light I CONGRESSIONAL CONGRESSIONAL interest in campaign expenditures expenditures expenditures ex- ex sh should have a wholesome effect on the campaigns of both political parties The charges of excessive expenditures as preferred by Governor Cox of Ohio come early enough in the campaign to permit of a thorough sifting It is necessary that this be do done e in in the interest of all aU concerned If as Governor Cox says the Republicans have a slush fund of the public is entitled to know it it Moreover the public has a aright aright right tight to know where where this money com comes s fr from ni since this source has a 1 direct bearing on the elections On the other hand if if the C Cox x charges are untrue or misleading the public should be bc beso beso so so informed The country has has' reached the stage in its political affairs where candidates should be responsible re responsible responsible re- re for the statements they make before the people Idle charges and slanderous stories unsupported by J evidence have no place in in a campaign before a respectable citizenship No candidate should be permitted to slander another without accepting the full fult responsibility of the situation If he will take this chance he should accept the risk of discovery and be prepared for whatever whatever what what- ever exer injury comes from idle charges revealed as false before the people As yet no one knows what the Chicago investigation will reveal Both sides seem willing wilting and anxious for the airing although Governor Cox shows a disposition to refrain from personal attendance at the sessions He however promises all the information he has relating to the charges he has made This hould suffice since it will serve to establish one of two things either that the charges are well made or that they were not If the information information information tion which Governor Cox will VitI present to the committee is incomplete he should not fail to go before the committee in person As a candidate he expresses a belief that he should be the judge of when and where he will vill reveal information he may have His us philosophy is good so long as the veracity of his statements is unchallenged but when it becomes a matter of a congressional committee seeking the truth the outlook is changed He has a public duty to perform to say nothing of the fulfillment of a personal obligation The public has a right to know and he should feel himself obliged to vindicate any and all of his statements The investigation should go a long ways towar towar to- to war l removing the throwing of mud in the cam cam- There are enough sound issues before the people to prohibit the injection of false ones which can only result in confusion |