The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-13
HARDING ASSUMES
 11TH POSITION ON
 LEAGUE, SAYS COX
Says Neither American People Nor the Nations of the World Can Take Republican
 Candidate Seriously
By Associated Press

Lafayette. Ind. October Ex-Governor Cox, in busy tour of Illinois and Tn- diana. hammered heavily upon the League of Nations announcements of himself and Senator Harding. picturing his republican opponent as "wiggling and wobbling.' The democratic candidate emphasized to IS audiences. that he was for the league with his whole heart and soul"
 Centerng his assault upon Senator Harding's league statement today, Gov ernor Cox declared it "vaccillating," the eleventh position assumed by the senator and at the heels of ''tempest' aroused by MT. Hardne's Des Moines speech That the senator's proposal for 2 new as- sociation Of natiors was held by former President Taft to be Impractical also was stressed by the democratic nominee.
 Referring to today's statement by Sem ator Harding Governor Cox to an aud fence of several thousand persons here tonight on the courthouse piazza, clos ing his strenuous day of league preach ments, said:
 "The vacillating attitude of Senator Harding justifies neither the American people. nor the nations of the world, in taking him seriously It is apparent that he hasn't a single deep-seated conviction upon the subject and that he wobbles about from one day to the other in the aimless hope that this group or that group of voters can be pleased It is the most pitiable spectacle in the polit- teal history of America. I can under stand why the sentiment of wiggling and wobbling has been emblazoned over the billboards of America with tho picture O.; the senator The candidate of the senatorial oligarchy has a monopoly on that process, and he ought to be priv leged to advertise it.
 Although the governor confined his long string of speeches today principally to the league. he repeated charges of a conspiracy of silence by the reactionary press'' aeainst the democratic campaign. Big hltsineee'' was alec flowed foe.
 LEAGUE IS NECESSARY
 Religious tone to the governors league plea increased and, presenting what he termed "practical' business reasons, he declared that If we don't go into the league I look for constantly increasing g trend toward business recession" The league is necessary, he argued, to restore foreign credit and purchasing power. He expressed belief that America would be in the league within few months and that no large nation would be outside within a year or possibly six months.
  league statement. Governor Cox declared his own had been and would continue unchanged.
 'T ask you" he said. whether yor have followed the vaciIlating positions of the candidate of the senatorial olig- archy? He made changes on the front porch, then, when we took him off the front porch and he arrived in Des Moines he said he was going to turn t~;< boo olx ba lea uvifb Cr vpffn out reservations.
 There came tempest all over the land and republicans that were for the league announced their position and the'r intention of voting for me When he reached the front porch again yesterday he changed again, and said he was for a new association of natiTns Ex-Presi- dent Taft. who is attemDt:rg to keep tiin steady, say that the new association of nations is not practical: that it won { tContinued Page Thre~)