The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-20
AMERICA RESENTS CROOKED POLITICS,
 ROOSEVELT STATES
Says Mask of Deception Has Been Torn From Face of Partisans, Insuring the
 Triumph of Honesty
Rr Associated press

Dayton, Ohio, October lg.-Republi-
 can campaign methods were severely condemned by Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an address before an audience winch filled Eagles hsll here tonight. As an example of what he termec 'the deliberately unfair attitude of certain republican managers and of g section of the republican press" he declared local republican newspa oers as well as several others throughout the state and country had intention ally given little space or none at all in
 their news columns to his speeches md
 those of Goveror Cox and had played
 up those of the opposition.
 They have over-Dlayed their hand '' he said. In an attempt to help their
 candidate, they have made assertions which the average voter knows are Iclear and direct misrepresentation. and they have failed to print the ther side of the question. except meagerly or in distorted form
 Without doubt. thousands of voters who at first were inclined to sup port the republican ticket have been lriveo away by the campaign methods used
 America Mixes fight, but only .air flight
 She resents crookedness in politics as she does in baseball. am wholly willing to agree that two months az. a sufficient number Of voters had been deceived to insure the election of Mir. Harding but the campaign has been of sufficient length to, drag the wool from the eyes Of the voters to ear the mask of deception from the face or the partisans and 10 insure the Ire
 umph of honesty, plain English and high moral principle in November< A VERITABLE CRIME It is workable crime.' he said that the League of Nations had heen made the football of politics He again denied that Governor Cox and himself insisted on ratification of the league without any changes. and added We are willing to have stated in the instrument of ratification itself Il a, nothing contained herein shall in any way weaken or lessen our rights Inder
 the Constitution or the rights of our Congress to declare war and send cur boys overseas"
 And yet" he continued, day after
 day you will find republican candidates. Senator Harding included. going around the country and telling the citi- zens that Cox and want to go ir.to
 that league, and insist on going in MitHoHt reservation or anne endm an f {. just the same way they tell you Presi-
 dent Wilson declined to change the crossing of 3 "t" or the dotting of an "L and the man who does that is ,oIIr- icslly dishonest"
 MT. Roosevelt came here from Lima. Ohio. where he delivered a non partf :
 san address at luncheon of the Kf- wanis Club and then spoke a a polit:- cal rally in Memorial hafl. He charged 1 there that Senator Harding, either bv accident or by design tried to fool the
 American people into believing that France is ready 10 negotiaate new League of Nations
 The vice presidential candidate and
 his party will spend tomorrow in Claye | land. Mir. Roosevelt will address inc City Club at noon and speak at a large
 political rally in the evening Henry
 Morgenthau. American am bassador to
 Mexico Joined the party at Lima today
 and will speak at both meetings to-
 morrow