Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-09-23
Uncle Ted's Bedtime Story
Goverornor Cox Proves He is One
Lung Candidate


picture showing Governor Cox
making speech in Minnesota,
81 saw Governor Cox in the
movies tonight and there wasn't
a hand clap in the place, except
one fellow way over IN. dark
corner who hit his hands toget-
her as if he was afraid somebody
would hear it. Maybe they
we're all Republicans except him,
but it seemed funny and it
made me wonder if the people
everywhere act that way"
'Well, jack answered his
Uncle, what you witnessed at
the movies may have been be-
cause Of the fact that people ap-
plaud moving pictures much less
than they did during the war,
but it opens up a thought | have
had ever since Governor Cox
started on his speaking tour.
In every big political campaign
many things are said back and
forth that would never be said
by the same men were it not for
the fact that they were battling
for office, but in most presiden-
tial battles we have seen that
the men were BIG enough to be
above the petty, cheap and
mean things of politics, so that
no matter which man might be
elected the country would be
fairly safe in believing that
either man would make strong
guiding hand at the head of the
nation. But Mr.. Cox has shown
that he is NOT a BIG man be-
cause his speeches have been full
to overlooking of the pettiest
and cheapest statements a man
could possibly make. The only
thing he seems to be able to do
is to state over and over again
that those who oppose him are
telling things that are not true,
and he uses the words Tie and
falsehood" with no apparent re-
gard for what the result may be.
Governor Cox charged over
and over again that the man
ayers of the Republican cam
paign have raised or are trying
to raise. fund of SIS, 100000
with which to buy an underhold
on the Government. He alone
is responsible for these state
ments, for all of his managers
say they know nothing about it.
They say they believe he will
make good in proving his
charges. He has not made good
yet and he has not appeared be-
fore the Senate committee that
: is investigating these charges in
Chicago. Instead of proving his
charges, he goes right on and
continues to reveal his small
mind and the petty tactics he is
compelled to use in his fight for
the Presidency"
"Why dosen't he talk about
something else?" asked Ruth.
"That is the question hun
dreds of thinking Americans are
asking themselves these days
/ Ruth. If Governor Cox had any
real argument in favor of his
stand for the World Club he
would certainly be telling the
people about it. If the world
Club plan is such a fine thing
: for the United States, as he says
} it is after talking with Wood
row Wilson, why dosen't he
: prove it to the people? He cant
do it. That is the answer. He
7 can't do it. He knows just as
? we'll as do we, that Article x OF
7 the World Club plan means thai
f in every war in Europe the U
: S. would have to do the fighting
: and furnish the money. Ht
knows that it would mean the
= maintaining of an army by the
= United States to fight the bat
r ties for European diplomats
3 with no thought as to the caus,
e or the nation the army might b.
8 fighting for, or how many Amer
: leans might be killed or manned
for life. Governor Cox cam
s answer that sort of thing AM
s he KNOWS 1T, and that is tn
i main reason he has tried to ge
: the attention of the people on al
S unproven charge that the Re
r publicans are spending NOR
e money than they should.''
: what is Senator Harding do
e ing about it?" asked Ruth.
h "I'm glad you asked that
a Ruth. Senator Harding is show
n ing himself to be the really BIZ
d man he is, the man fitted for tn
e highest office the people of tn