The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-09-01
WANT WORLD LEAGUE
SAYS GOVERNOR COX
Declares Entry of America Nould
Help Everyone.
SPEAKS TO OHIO FARMERS
Ia'is Hays Statement on Finances
Absolutely Untrue and
False"

puS' onlo, Aug. 31.-GoVernOr
James M. Cox and DR.. Aaron S. Wat.
kins, two of Ohio's Presidential can
dldates, and Franklin d. Roosevelt.
Governor Cox's running mate, divided
time in addressing crowd ot +be
ohlo State Fair here today.
Governor Cox, voicing the Demo-
cratlc party's stand on the league of
nations, declared for the league and
criticized the plan put forth bv Sen.
ator Harding, Ohio's third Presiden-
tlai candidate in his recent speech.
Mr. Watkins, Prohibition Presidential
candidate, criticized both the nlans
sponsored by his two opponents and
also criticized both the Rcpublican
and Democratic parties for not taxi
ing stand on prohibition which he
declared to be the paramount issue
Mr.. Roosevelt spoke very briefly of
agriculture in the West. He left to-
night for New York.
Earlier in the day Governor Gov
had issued statement replying to
testimony offered by Will H. Havs
rhalrman of the Republican national
committee, before the Senate sub.
committee investigating campaign cx.
pcnditures, in which the Governor do
clared as absolutely untrue and false,
| Hays alleged assertion that it was
the policy fthe Republican commit
tee to hold campaign contributions to
one thousand dollars each.
| Governor Cox based hi: assertion m
what purported to be an official docu-
mem \ sued By thc Republics. ,,r1-
mites unI which he stated showed
that subscriptions vas to be s9uyht
IN excess of $4,000
IN his discussion Of the ic;,a"o of
Eat!ons in his STATE fair speech, Gov.
ernor Cc% made reference to ara.oval
OF the plan recently announced bv
Senator Harding, his Republican on
poncnt, by Niscomt Grey, forne. for
eIgn secretary of r.nl,!und. "ITelln
the Governor said, "wc are not eoipp
TO permit Niscount Grey or any other
English statesman to write our agree
ment. We are not ror an English
league" We are for world league
Of nations"
Previous to his declaration on the
| league Of nations, Governor Cox had
spoken of the suffering and misery
IN Russia, Germany, Austria and other
European nations and sal dthat things
| would start toward normal as soon
as definite indemnity had been fixed
Tor Germany to pay. England and
France, he asserted, were divided
upon the amount Of indemnity and it
would require the votes Of America to
rcide the controversy.
| Il may surprise you," Governor Cox
sad, when | say thai the people all
Over Germany are hoping and praying
that the voice Of America will be as.
serted IN the international affairs OF
the world and that America viii cast
the deciding vote and determine what
the indemnity ought to be-"
DR.. Watkins declared the league of
nations should not have been made
part OF the peace treaty, but, he
asserted, "thc time is ut hand for !,
real, not nominal nor pretended league
OF nations" He declared there will
be a league of nations ana that the
United states will be party to it, add
ing, mark that prophccy-ana the
! politlcianS cannot prevent 1t. 1t only
| remains question Of what kind OF
league and what shall be our .ttitlrdc
towards it; but the league when if
takes It's final form, will be made in
time Of peace, and not be used az .
club to be waved over the heads Of
Legislators to compel action ON :, trcatv
designed to end present conditions ana
BRING peace for the time being"
Governor Cox's declaration regard
lng the league follows in part:
IT mas been proposed that the ma
tions OF the earth take a PLEDGE. Why
| remember when | was mere hnv
we used to take pledge and wear =
lltt'e blue ribbon. The pledge bccam,
a moral restraint and il was helpful
Ihere isn't a person in nv presence
put who knows that if thccr had been
delay Of the hot flash Of temper al
inc beginning Of 1914, there would moi
nave been world war at all. We
are not for an English Iro,,un VIZ