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Show 'COX DELIVERS EIGHT SPEECHES IN IDAHO CITIES Democratic Nominee Declares $30,000,000 Being Raised to Beat Him , BOISE. Idaho. fJept 14 A fund of from Ss,000 BOO to 130. von 000 is be- I Ing raised to defeat him. Governor Cox of Ohio. Democratic presidential sndldate declared today durln his ; tour of Idaho and eastern Oregon Although the governor's charges here-ofore here-ofore were that the tots' opposition ,'und would be not lens ihxn lla.vnn,-000, lla.vnn,-000, h rained that figure mday. The governor' statement v mnde during n hour's speech from the second sec-ond ?!orv veranda of Nnmpa. Idaho, hotel. (nd In response to a question from his audience Hiking how he expected ex-pected to return i-ondltons to nnrmal. umn mv i" nwni in? vrenun IS h"ld hy two pnr rent of the people.'' HOW TO no IT If SO per cent of the people will rr'ge? their politics." the governor re-I re-I plied, and help me lick the two per cent that 1 raising a fund of from 106,000000 to $30,000,000 to beat me. we will make goernment an agencv for the one hundred per com and ! not the two per cent Eight speeches, dealing mainly with I the Democratic doctrine of p aca and prngrejs." were delivered today by Governor "ojc. j Disregarding his physician's orders i banning outdoor speeches, the gover-j gover-j nor. believing his attack of speaker-' larnglt!s on the wane, delivered i t string of fear platform and other open-air addresses and cloerl his da with a speech to a lere meeting here tonight at Cody Athleuc Park VOICE STIM, HOARSE. His voice still wa quite ho.irse. hut he weathered another stre;rious da of campaigning in good shape, he r.t' At Huntington. Ore. early tms ' morning the candidate began work,' and cn route here made addresses at Ontario, Oro., and Welser Payettr, Caldwell Mercian and N'ampo. Idaho The league of nations was preached by the governor in all and was em- phaslzed here in the home city of Senator Sen-ator Borah, Republican Irreconclla- I hie." foe or the league. By a coincidence. coin-cidence. Senator Borah was said to be 'speaking tonight at Dayton, Ohio, Gov i Cox's home. Governor Cox told his audience that opposition to the league eras a political politi-cal plot." against America, as well as world civilization, designed to continue con-tinue disorder." to increase feeling against the "Wilson administration" and to win the present election 'History will write it S the most reprehensible In all time." he aald. Disarmament provisions of the 1 league also were weighed upon by th" candidate as a means of reducing tuxes, as well as precluding war. Stop building battleships." he said, and we will use that money In the main for reclaiming arid land 1 REP1 BLICAN8 PLATED i .. governor denounced making a separate peace with Germany and the j I senatorial oligan hy. - I'rglng inde. ! i pendent, non-pnrtisnn action In No-' j vembor. he flayed the Republican; l leaders and emphasized former Presl- I I dent Roosevelt's fight in 191.' against' whai. the gocrnor a:d. was the "earns crowd today." The candldats repeated his charges and evidence In their support regard-lng regard-lng Republican campaign contrlbu ;iun Referring to alleged promises by William M. Wood, president of! , the American Woolen company to the I Republican campaign handbook enterprise enter-prise of William liarnes. Jr.. of New , York Governor Cox said he observed I by today's papers that the corpora- I I lion's mills had been ordered re-1 opened. The goirnor said he war ' too modest" to discuss the incident 1 further, except to recount his recent! attacks on the corporation and Mr. Wood whom he i harged with seeking!, to depress wool prices. In the face of Increased demand and to force em- ' ployes to accept lower wages. In this 1 connection the governor again de- ( nounced big busim -ss." and charged 1 It with con'r, bmlng toward "purchase of the presldencj." Gocrnor Cox was accompanied on his tour through Idaho by Senator Nugent, Democrat who is seeking reelection re-election former Governor J. H. Haw-ley, Haw-ley, and T. A. Walters. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Referring to repeal of the Idaho prim.iry law. Governor Cox said that It whs a mistake, adding "You can trust the people and when you repeal the primary law and take the power from the people ycu are presupposing that the people can not be trusted either in their Judgment or In their partlotism and that Is a slander upon the citizenship of anv state." In arguing for the league here tonight to-night Governor Cox. in answer to a uuestlon. dealt again with the Irish question, reiterating his promise ts call It to the attention of the league I council If he should be elected IRHLAVD UNHEARD. "Its not necessary for a league to tart Justice over there." the goer-nor's goer-nor's questioner declared, but the candidate can-didate replied that Ireland could not now get a hearing "even a squire's court " "I'nder the league." the goernor added. It can he carried to the bar of public opinion of the world." Citing article n of the league co -enan. providing for bringing before the council any matter threatening In-ternatlonal In-ternatlonal peace. Gov Cov continue. 1 "The cause of Ireland appeals o many people, and It la Important that English peaking people shall live In harmony It Is an Irritant and will continue to he ntii the present order." hr said promising to bring to the council any matter "Interfering with the right of self-determination of peoples, . whether In China. Turke. Ireland or anywhere else." " Governor Cox also reiterated the charge that a "corruption fund." was being used "to impose on people having hav-ing deep racial prejudices or feelings." feel-ings." to arouse sentiment against the present administration. Repeating his charges regarding Re. publican campaign funds, the candl- i date stated that a 'reactionary readjustment read-justment would not have public confidence." confi-dence." You can't raise a campaign fund ' of llS.voo.000.' he said, "to buy an administration that's going to ltV4 The governor declared that statesmen states-men who criticise the league without offering anv "ubrtltute toward world peace shojld "stand aside and permit America to try out the only thing proposed." pro-posed." Senator Harding, the Democratic candidate stated, had commented on the Mlne election to the effect that i Maine bad oted to preserve lbs Constitution " The governor said that' the American liar Association had given an opinion that no provision ofi the league Violated the constitution nor trespassed on American soisrslgnty. Governor Cox spoke nearly two hours to his Bols audience, standing bareheaded In the baseball park, and 1 was applauded frequently 1 |