Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-08
1HARD|NC'S PAPER OPENS
! SINGING CAMPAIGN
Publishes Editorial Attacking Motif
fcotfon Address of Democratic
Nominee In Dayton.
SAYS SPEECH is UNIDENTIFIED
Declares Election of Cox Would
Mean -Four Years More Of One
Man Government Under Which
Nation Has Long Suffered.
Lpy unn.ersnl scrylce

MARION. ONO, August THE
electiDp 81 Governor James NJ Cox,
1 tShocraWc nominee for President,
means -Four years more OF one-man
! government, of the autocracy under
!. which the government has suffered
I for the past seven years" ii was de-
clared in an editorial. appearing to-
/. da! in the Marion Star. the news
Q paper or Senator Warren q. Hard
Ting, Republican nominee for i'resi-
/; dent; The editorial was caustic
criticism OF Governor coN's speech OF
!. acceptance earlier in the day at Day
: ton. Among other things the cdi-
torial says. The speech Is not The
9 d gnited uttcrance one would natur-
( ally expect from an asp.rant 10 an
: Office so exalted as the presidency.
: Ills references TO 'ccnspira;ors,'
2 pilots" "discourtesics To the rrcsi-
. dent" political !ntrigucs,' .irge
. contributions TO the Republican cam
paign fund for no other purpose eX-
] ccp; TO buy government and hold
I. and 20 make illegal profits as the
, result OF preference" fabulous con-
tribut!ons to the present Republican
. campaign fund" and the like. are sur
I prisiug whom found in the acceptance
speech OF tUt IN eSITSt''HI 'hh''HA'S
OF a great party
Says Governor I.ncks lIumor.
. EFF the Governor has the sliGhtcs;
sense OF humor it must have required
Erea; self restraint on his part not
TO have smiled when. in addressing
she notification committee, he re-
ferrcd to the messaEe> which YOU
bring me from the great conference
Of.
der the formal auspices OF the Demo
cratic party
"And how Boss Murphy and the
Mon. Thomas Taggart must have
chuckled TO themselves when the
Governor said: 1t was clear that the
Senatorial oIlgarchy had been given
its own way IN the selection OF the
presidential candidate. hut il WAS sur
prising tina; II aas able 10 injec, into
the party platform the creed OF hate
und bitterness and the rac!llat!nS
policy That possessed it,"
again il il Impossible TO recon
cile somc of the Governors utter
ances at Dayton today with other ut
terances or very recent date. i nnk
Cod, therefore, he says toda? that
take UP the standard OF democracy
free man, unicttcred by promises
, Has that sunday morning confer
ence in Washington so soon been for
gotten? Have the letters Of The
hprom!scs made to MIR. wilson and pro-
fclaimed by the Governor TO the world
been broken?
Refers 10. League Issue.
"Govcrnor Cox dwclls AZ great
Z length on the league of nations, but
= his presentation OF the issue while
q, 1t conforms TO the terms of his agree
a ment with the White House is hardly
y so forccful as that OF Mr.. Wilson. and
y in the eyes OF the latter must ap-
e pear considerably weakened by The
. infection Of the Governors view.
I, printed in magazine some months
y ago, in which the Governor suggested
2 observations intended to safeguard
!. our constitutional rights which to-
q day lie tells as are In no way en-
n danGcrcd, in effect Tho Governor says:
= rPutiing Il thoroughly fair inter-
e probation on his own words, 10 quote
2, the Governor. Governor CoN's con
J. ccption OF the presidency is that OF
Il Mr.. Wilson. As matter of fact,
Z: later on his speech he frankly add
:. mits il. and he can hardly hold IL un-
g fan for the country 10 anticipate, in
.the event of Democratic success in
u NoTcmhcr al least four years more
3 OF ;onc-man government, of the auto
y crazy under which the country has
= suffered .nr the past seven years,