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vate assurance to both sren. then his
declarations are 50 ambiguous that
Taft interprets them one way and
Johnson another. It il the duty Of
Senator Harding to advise the Ameri-
can people frankly who 10 right
Johnson or Taft. II he fails to dc
it. he may be regarded ss an i'm
poster, deliberately seeking to deceive
the American people"
The League here ana also at Will
minston. Del. where the Governor
made his only other address today,
virtually was his sole topic.
His Wilmington audience Kissed the
names of Senator Harding when he
referred to the Republican nominee
signature to the round robin" and
Senator Lodge of +. Massachusetts,
whom the Governor dencminated
again as "the greatest conspirator
- . in history"
Large crowds at both Wilmington
and Baltimore, cheered the Democratic
campaigner.
Referring to yesterdays speeches
by Mr.. Taft and Senator johnson,
Gov. Cox told his audience tonight
that today's papers carried headline
regarding the California Senator's
address as follows:
S'Insists Harding rejected the
League" That over Judge Taft's the
Governor read: Harding favors
League. says Taft"
Senator Johnson and senator b.
rah are men of independent mind and
independent Of action" said the Gov.
ernor. They are against any asso-
citation Of nations and they are sup.
porting Senator Harding because they
know with hfs election the League OF
Nations or any League can never be
ratified.
ut is amazing that men like Eliht
Root and; william Howard Taft ant
their associates among the pro.
League Republicans, can longer JUS
tify their support of Senator Hard
ing int he fact of the facts unless they
will frankly say they will put party
obligations ahead of their duty tt
conscience"
That Senator Harding, with hh
speech yesterday, now had taker
fourteen different league positions
was asserted by Gov. Cox. catalogu.
ing thirteen he has named previously
The Senator yesterday, his opponen'
4, declared, now re-states his position
as that of the day on which he &C
cepted the n0npinAtion on the platform
which said The League has signally
failed"
1.-THE answer. to that" the governor
continued, lis that there are alread,
a. nations members of the League
and that it iS an organization nov
tfunctioning."
Referring to Senator Harding's Of
fer of q reward" to any one demon
strating that ne had taken varian
League positions, Governor Cox sait
he was present Ito show how he has
attempted to wiggle and wobble hi:
way into the presidency and to claim
that reward not for myself but for tn
people of America" Senator Harding
the governor declared. ironically. wal
complaining because he was misun'
derstood ,...-- e.. ,..
Declaring that the senator's lates
announcement seemed clear to Sen
ator johnson and that the Californian
insisted that Mr.. Harding stool
against the League. the governor con
tinued: <rf +! nl1pNkFI ;f}T
This ought to define the issue il
this campaign"
Everyone who Is against I'M
League Of Nations Is against me
That is one thing about which thcr'
can be no doubt. A few days ago a
/ Columbus / called the roll of TIT
groups which had been arrayed undel
the reactionary banner and dennet
the prejudices which had been played
upon in an attempt to divide TIT
| friends of peace. Among them w
have a group of Republicans. eminen
men. who in their hearts and by thei
voice approve the League OF Nations
and who still try to justify their sup
] port of the candidate who reiterale'
the statement that the League hal
s,gra,lv failed and of whom Senato
Tohnson saws: He has put the League
h.h;rd him he is for out
right rejection.
Governor Cox will leave here earl!
tomorrow for q day of campaigning II
| Nav Jersey. He will speak at Tren
ton and Princeton tomorrow mornint
with afternoon and night meetings d
Newark and jersey City.
| During an automobile drlVe III.
.ttarnonn Governor Cox called upor
CARDINAL Gibbons and Bishop Muir
rav of the Methodist Episcopal do
cese Of Maryland. In the Washingtor
delegation here to hear the govern ra.
or were Joseph p. Tumulty, secre.
tarv IN president Wilson, Robert w
Wooley, Interstate Commerce com.
missioner and Assistant Secretary o.
the Navy woodbury.. Secretary Iu'
nulty had a conference with GOV.
ernor Cox before the candidate wen
into the armory.
Phenomenon Caused Alarm.
It is recorded in the Gentlemen
Magazine that on January ., 17o6. a