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Show !CQX TO 'PROVE' FUND CHARGES j Revelation of Republicans' "Misdoings" Promised on Thursday Night Dayton, Aug 2. Governor Cox, Democratic presidential candidate to- day grave out a statement declaring that he would "prove" his chnrgen regarding re-garding magnitude of Republican campaign funds. He stated that he would present his Information In his I address next Thursday night at PlttS- i burg The statement of Governor Cox follows. fol-lows. "Senator Harding denies my charges about the campaign fund whkh the senatorial oligarch Is raising I "I am prepared to believe that he 'knows nothing about .1 lot of things .that arc going on around him This reveals the ver dangerous symptom which I have hcen discussing. In my Pittsburg speech thlH week I will advise ad-vise the country as to matters of which the seqator claims to be Ignorant and I will prove my ohargSI ASKKI) FOR DKTAIIS Developments In connection with hi.-i charge that a "slush fund,' of $15, ; 000,0(10 was being raised for the Republican Re-publican campaign and personal affairs af-fairs yesterday engaged Governor Cox. Hi' received . message from Benatoi Kenyon, Republican, Iowa, chairman of the senate campaign fund Investigating Investi-gating committee, requesting Information Informa-tion No reply was madf by the governor as he had sent Senator Reed of Missouri, Mis-souri, Democratic member of the committer-, a message premising to transmit trans-mit Information soon In addition to the information to be given the committee. Governor Cox said that he would make public other farts In future addresos. Declaring that he did not expect to testif before the senate committee, Governor Com said. 1 1 1 . 1 n nr. i 1 v 1 iim ' I will send matter to the eommitte.' later. All of the Information I have will be given to the public and, therefore, there-fore, I don't see any use In going before be-fore the committee. I think also, (hat the committee will recognize that as h candidate I should give it out in such a manner as I see fit, but 1 have no disposition, of course, to conceal an-thlng an-thlng from them that I hove myself 'I will give out my Information ns I think the public lntere.it demands and I think I should be the Judge as to when It Is to be given." 1 The governor added that no re-1 re-1 sponse had come from Will Hays, I chairman of the Republican national committee to his request yesterday for Information regarding alleged division divi-sion of the country by the Republicans Republi-cans Into sub-dlv Islons and Imposition of contribution quotas upon each subdivision. sub-division. Governor Cox spent some time posing pos-ing for a moving pieturc Organisation I Accompanied by Mrs. Cox, he drove his automobile to Jackburg, Ohio, to spend last night on his farm |