The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-16
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
GIVEN OVAT|ONS BOTR
IN WEST VIRGINIA AND
home OF PRESIDENTS"

HOME Of PRESIDENTS"
Wheeling, w. Va, Aug. lG.-Gover-
nor Cox threw his force into the
presidential campaign with five
speeches here and through Ohio, de.
iivered Saturday all flaying what he
termed the republican reactionary can.
didate and leaders, and supporting
the league of nations as the premier
Democratic cause
The Democratic candidate stormed
the republican position, attacked the
senatorial oligarchy, which, he said
was trying to add the presidency to
its domination. denounced proposals for
Il separate peace with Germany, as
perfidy, and charged that "A few men
we're banded together trying to buy
the presidency. Millions upon mil
lions of dollars, Governor Cox added,
are being taken into the republican
campaign fund.
That Senator Harding, the republl-
can nominee, is surrounded by Il sena-
torial ring was asserted by Governor
Cox. The Democratic nominee added
that he could not be kept muzzled
on his front porch by any ring.
1t was the first big day of cam
paigning by the Democratic candi'
date. Motoring from Columbus eaily
in the morning, he made three Driei
addresses en- route. at GAINESVILLE,
Cambridge and st. Clairville, Ohio,
addressed the West Virginia Demo
cratic convention late in the day and
a big public meeting at night on the
river front.
All through Ohio he was given in
formal receptions, waving at groups
gathered at almost every village, many
gay with flags and shaking hands with
hundreds.
The league was foremost IN ali of the
governors addresses. The Republic
can leaders, he charged, are behind
a smoke screen of hypocrisy-lor enc
thing pure and simple, administra'
ton spoils. He aiso stressed villa he
declared was the fight between re-
dictionary republicanism and progress
i've democracy. and predicted his eiec
ton. All of the governors references
Ito the league won high place in pa
p%lause.
"The one outstanding question e the
campaign he said to the state con-
vention. lis whether we are or are
not going to keep faith with the boys
who died in France
Declaring that the league Is a
pledge to those who died, Governor
Cox told OF his recent visit with Pres
ident Wilson.
q wish every American coull have
been with me-" he said. "The pres
ident's whole thought is thai he gave
a promise to the mothers OF the ma
ton when he asked them 70" their
boys and he wants TO live long enough
to see the faith kept and the pledge
fulfilled.
The governor declared the league
also was a pledge which will make
war impossible. or practically So.
The republican leadership, he said
was acting in partisan bad faith In
opposing it. Governor Cox added that
he had the highest personal regard
for enato Harding, but was against
the partyism.
Governor Cox named Senator Lodge
Of Massachusetts, as the head of the
senatorial oligarchy. When the Massa'
chusetts senator proposed compromis'
ing the treaty reservation, Governor
Cox said, Senator Borah of Idaho
and Johnson of California served no
tice, that they would bring about a
rupture of the Republican party. The
Republican platform, therefore. GOV
ernor Cox asserted was ambiguous
and meaningless. In cudgling the pro
posal for a separate peace with Ger
many Governor Cox said it came dl
rectly from Senator Harding, adding
But he will never be given an OPP
p~ortunity to make a separate peace
with Germany. There will be none
because | will not make one.
IF you are for peace, with o
les by reduction in great ornaments
he continued. support the governor
of Ohio. If you are for war and want
expenses for armament to continue
vote for the senator from Ohio
Peace or war, economy or contln
ued expense" was the slogan ne
gave.
Governor Cox also charged the
state convention that plans ALREADY
have been laid to emasculate the
federal reserve act, which he inter
iected. the republican leaders for
Wall street.