Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-10-20
COX CUTS LOOSE
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COX CUTS LOOSE
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Massachusetts
1Hpeoon1ng bAlef that q French
aA11orsand- hnmoele4 was Senator
HandIu3's source Of information re-
gardsAgt French sentiment & upon a
fAG1waAeoctA&a3n 0esnAtions. md COM
n5antnng upon. oenAtor HArdfnes let
ar.to President wllsoA. Governor
car. said, sarcasticaily: ''Poor Hard
ilx has been misunderstood again.
It b a pathetic thing that he suffers
% much from the dullness Of the
American people. including newspa-
Per edfforsF and leaders among par
tnaAs and opponents"
League Sole Topic
TAA league WA virtually the ex-
elusive theme today Of Governor Cox
ANA his Boston Common speech to-
ntEAt made . total Of ten speeches.
HI spokA At Springfield, Worcester.
Lowell, Lynn and CambridEe--thel lat
tar at Harvard UnivAfsity--and at
Nashua, N. H. Manchester. N. H.. and
Concord, N. Fl. The Governors de-
nunoaAtion Of Senator Lodge was fol-
lowed BY kissing from his Concord
asid Manchester audiences. In his tour
today the Governor covered SO miles
through a shower OF gorgeous autumn
leaves. from Nashua to Manchester
ana Concord, and from, Lynn here.
Ledge Arch. oonbpirater
The heights OF his attacks upon
senator Lodge were reached by the
Democratic candidate tonight on the
Common. Expressing hlppiness over
speaking on "the first forum Of Amer
icA dedicated to free speech and free
assemblage" Governor Cos said he de-
sired ito remove clouds and confu-
sion" regarding the League. These. the
Governor asserted, WIRE set up In
Partisan politics. instigated and led
BY the arch-conspirator Of the ages,
Henry Cabot Lodge. Of Massachusetts,.
Stating that Governor Coolidge, Re-
publican Vice Presidential nominee.
had introduced Senator Lodge in Bos-
ton As famous everywhere" Governor
Cox continued:
~ have Just completed a pilgrimage
from the Atlantic to the Pacific and
back again, visiting almost every state
in. the Union. can testify to the
truth Of the Governor; statement.
Senator Lodge must be. knew to every
man and woman in every city and
village in the land. for whenever L
have mentioned his name. it has been
rAcoknized-and greeted, mott with
cheers but. with jeers. rot with ap-
plausA but with Kisses ana loud cries
Of Shame shame shame. Judging
from this continuously repeated ex-
perience, I should be disposed to sug-
gAst, even to . Boston audience, that
it would have been moro accurate to
nave said that the Senator is "notori-
ous' everywhere, rather T. an that he
is famous everywhere. r
Now, why have the people OF this
nation risen en- fnasse in condemnation
Of Senator Lodge? The REASON is clear.
Dur people are quick to recognize in
sincerity"
Stabbed Treaty in Back
keiterating that President Wilson.
before returning to Paris in March.
1913. had conferred with senate and
House Foreign Affairs Committee. and
approved League covenant changes,
governor Cox said that Senator Lodge
formed "the base conspiracy to stab
the treaty in the back
''But even before the president had
chance to return to Paris" the gov
eraor continued, "the base conspiracy
and the infamous round robin was
under way. and the r1efarious pledge
had been made to strangle the
treaty to death. From that dark day
until now no means have been too
vile to employ to traduce American
opinion And betfay the confidence OF
the electorate. Senator Lodges
leadership was made possible only by
the vote of Truman H. Newberry,
now under conviction in the state of
Michigan for having purchased his
seat In the senate. : -
And 30 on and So on
Malicious falsehoods have been
scattered like autumn leaves. and
the hypocracy Of Lodge. himself, IL
0AC VI tklS OuI0t0uulA8 UldCh CNShtS
In American history. In the light Of
his earlier recorded pronouncements.
ne has been forced to stultify him.
self over and over again. He has
libAled and slandered no man more
than himself. He is supporting a
candidate who voted for the Knox
resolution for q separate peace with
Germany. and who has since public
~ advocated the same unworthy
act"
Citing Senator Lodges statements
Ia 1913 against q separate peace and
the senator's Union College address
fer world peace. Governor Cox said: :
In view Of the present attitude Of
Senator Lodge as the acknowledged
leader Of treaty wreckers. it is plain
that he has neither honesty Of pur-
p4Se, nor sincerity Of mind. 1t is up
70 the state of Massachusetts right
now to repudiate his leadership and
at the earliest possible moment re-
tire him forever to private life
Here tonight and during other
speeches where time permitted.
questions regarding the league were
sought BY the governor and submit
tea by his audiences, which were
generally warm with applause. His
largest audience in New Hampshire
was OF several thousand persons on
the capitol grounds at Concord,
where no spoke from a stand under a
tree planted BY La Fayette.
Remaining here over night, New
England tomorrow will continue Al
Governor Ccx's battle ground, with