Evening journal., 1920-08-07
WILSON,
GOODENOUGH
FOR GOV. COX
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that a basis for agreement must be
reached and that interpretations
would be "reassuring to many Of our
citizens who feel that in signing the
treaty ther should be no mental
/ reservations not expressed in plain
words"
He showed plainly that his position
would be with those desiring to get
the treaty ratified so long as the
agreement for such ratification did
not iniure the covenant.
The greatest thought In the gov
ernor's speech obviously was devoted
to hts treatment OF the league issue.
There was nONmentiOn in the address
Of the prohibition question. The only
statement that might be construed as
reference TO the subject being his
declaration that "the public official
who fails TO enforce the law is an
enemy both to the constitution and
to the American principle Of majority
rule. II would seem quite unneces-
sary," he added, for any candidate
for the presidency to say that he
does not Intend 10 violate his oath Of
office"
In problems OF readiustment the
candidate declared "one Of the first
things to be done is the repeal Of war
taxes" He criticized the last Repub-
can Congress for mot passing a sin
gle law to lift load OF war taxation
that cannot be tolerated in time of
peace" He promised II elected, a re-
duction tOtaling more than S2OOO-
10000 annually in federal taxes.
Annoying consumption taxes now
unjustihed should be repealed" he
said. Incomes from war-made for
tunes, those OF nOn-producers and
those derived from industries that
exist by unfair privilege might be
| taxed as now, Cox declared, but taxes
on the earnings of laborers. salaried
and professional men, agricultural pro-
ducers and small tradesmen should
be sharply modified"
! He suggested in place OF the present
graduated excess profits tax a levy
Of from one TO one and one-half per
cent. on the total business of every
going concern.
In advocating a budget system, Cox
said that through it he could hold
annual government expenses down 10
lS4OOO'OOOOO0, including a sinking fund
and interest on the war debt.
To meet high cost Of living prob
proportion between fair profits 10
business and fair prices 10 the con-
sumer. He emphasized the necessity
for greater production and to this end
warned that both labor and the farm
er must get a more equitable share, the
former through better understand
ing with capital and the latter
through assurance OF profits equal 10
those in other activities. Cox sun
ported the principle OF collective bar
gaining, but added that 1--WE need A
definite and precise statement of pol
10y as 10 what business men and
working men may do and may not do
by way OF combination and collective
action"
More home building and greater
Americanization work was advocated
BY the governor as a means OF com
batting seditious agitation.
Despite concern among some Demo-
cratic leaders that Cox would be
guided too much by the White House
there was little in the address fo in
dicate Wilson domination. He men
TONED the Presidents name but three
times, once in an attack on Repub-
llcan "disoourtesy TO the President -
which he branded as "an affair OF DO
litlcal intrigue"
History ne said. "will make il
edious. AS we'll might it be directed
at a wounded soldier Of the war. one
! fell In the trench: the strength Of
the other was broken in the enor-
nous labofs Of his Office"
Governor Cox said in part:
Chairman Robinson and members
/ or the Notification Committee: The
message which you bring from the
| great conference of progressive
| thought assembled under the formal
auspices Of the Democratic party in
spires within me a pride and an ap-
preciation which / cannot voice. At
/ The same time / am mindful Of the
responsibility which this function
now officially places upon me. As l
! measure my own limitations the
task ahead Of us should be approach
| ed with more than a feeling OF dif-
/ ference il | were not strengthened
and reassured by the faith that one
has only TO practices true fidelity to
conscience. II is not the difficult
thing to know what we ought 10 do
the sense OF right and wrong has
! been given with Divine equality. The
mistakes OF history are the result OF
weakness in the face Of tempting
interests. ] thank God, therefore.
that ! take up the standard OF Democ-
racy a free man, unfettered by prom
ises and happy in the consciousness
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