The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1914-08-28
Governor r'sSpeech
At Convention
At the Democratic State Conven-
ton on Tuesday Gov. Cox delivered
the following spirited address:

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the following spirited address:
join with the delegates Of this con-
vention in the felicitous thought that
in our representative capacities we
ore serving a great political party at
time when 1t has just completed in
the state and nation distinct contri-
button to the progress Of the age. AT
no time has the Democracy been bette"
enabled to return to the people with
an accounting of it's stewardship, with
the consciousness that promises given
have been kept in absolute good faith.
Praises National Administration.
The national administration, under
leadership conspicuous for its state
man-like analysis Of conditions, and
Its courageous correction Of govern
mental ills and inequalities, takes
Sank with the great constructive
regimes Of our history. Whether in
finance or diplomacy, there are ex.
hibited the same elements of poise,
fair dealing and farsightedness that
have yielded so much to the glory Of
the nation and the happiness Of our
people. 1t is doubtful whether there
has ever before been so keen an ap-
probation of the blessings of Ameri-
can citizenship, and this thought,
based primarily upon the obvious ad-
vantage of our glorious isolation and
geographic removal from the war
tossed continent Of Europe, has been
emphasized by the results of a
diplomacy that measures up in dignity
and harmony with the pioneer doc
trlne of Washington with respect to
our relation with other nations. Liv-
ing In absolute peace with every coun-
try, our God-given advantages stand
out in marked contrast with the un-
happy plight of millions of people
across the seas. There, the boundary
lines Of sovereign powers are marked
by a dark scowl of hate-there, the
genius of the age is applied to the
awful purpose Of human destruction
There, homes are desolated and gen.
erations must come and go before the
heartaches of war disappear. And yet
our escape from the same unhappy
conditions abroad is so recent as to
lodge In the public mind a full realiza-
. tion of what might have been, and
inspire at the same time a nations
gratitude for service rendered by the
most commanding figure at this time
in all the world-the man all nations
trust-our great president, Woodrow
Wilson. It behooves our people, in
common appreciation Of his labors in
their behalf to select as the junior
Senator from the state a man COM
mitted to his policies, our candidate,
Mr.. Hogan. He is known by his works,
and his service as attorney general
Of the state has been so conspicuous
for ability and devotion to duty as to
bespeak brilliant career in the SEN
ate with the present member Of the
upper house, Hon. Atlee Pomerene,
whose fidelity to the president has
buttressed him in the confidence and
gratitude of our citizens.
Keeping Mandates Of the People.
In state affairs, 1t Is conceded gen.
orally that great responsibility was
cast upon our party two years ago,
when changes in the constitution car
ried the positive command to the leg.
-islature to pass certain special laws
intended to provide for the social and
industrial changes that have occurred
since 1851 when the preceding con.
;stitutional convention was held in
Ohio. That the mandates issued by
the people have been respected is not
denied. II the laws passed in conse-
quence Of the enlarged legislative
authority are not helpful to the gen.
@rai interests of the state, we await
with eager curiosity to see which ones
the opposition will recommend in the
coming campaign for repeal
An attempt has been made to
create the public belief that the leg!s-
lative program carried out under
Democratic auspices was, in consider
able degree at least, the result Of
some kind Of reform obsession on the
rart Of the leaders, legislative and
otherwise, Of our party. The truth is
so obvious, however, that It is neces.
sary only to remind our critics that
the legislative enactments were, for
the most part, designed to provide
for the new order Of things socially
and industrially, and the work in its
large scope was due to the fact that
the legislature was without the con.
stitntional right, prior to 1912, to deal
with the several subject matters. In
short, the Democracy faced the task
OF providing for the legislative neces.
stiles accruing during a lapse Of al.
most seventy years. For twenty years
many laws that had been passed tC
meet evolutionary changes had been
heclared constituuonslly infirm be
cause under the old charter the right
did not inhere in the legislature tt
make such. enactments, So that the
progressive and humanitarian laws
recently passed were written in tht
hearts Of the people long before thu
constitutional grant was extended Y