New-York tribune., 1920-08-08
Cox $ Speech
Criticized by
Hyarding'sPaper
'Not Dignified Utterance
One Would Expect From
.Aspirant for High Office"
Says s'The Marion Star"
Marred by Its Ton e
Impossible to Reconcile
Governors Statements
With Recent Declarations

MARION, Ohio. Aug. THE accent
ance speech of Governor Cox is "not
the dignised utterance one would ex-
pect from an aspirant for an Office SO
exalted as the Presidency" and is
marred by its tone, according to an edi-
.oral published to-day in "The Marion
Star" Senator Harding's newspaper
The editorial reads:
Governor Cox's speech of acceptance
is not of the high character which
might have been anticipated from one
Of the admitted ability of the Gov
ernor. 1t is neither inspiring nor con-
vincing. The speech is not the digni-
fed utterance one would naturally ex-
pect from an aspirant to an. office SO
exalted as the Presidency. His refer
ences to cons spirators,' plots 'discour-
tesies to the President political in
trigues,' large contributions to the Re-
publican campaign fund for no other
purpose except to buy government
underhold and TO make illegal profits
as the result of preference fabulous
contributions to the present Republi-
can campaign fund and the like are
surprising when found in the accept
ance speech of the Presidential candi-
date Of q great party.
And the same is true of his citation
Ct the declaration of Senator Lodge
regarding separate peace.
Conference of Progressive Thought
"If the Governor has the slightest
sense OF humor, it must have require d
great self-restraint on his part not to
have smiled when. in addressing the
notification committee, he referred to
the message which you bring me from
the great conference of progres ssive
thought assembled under the formal
auspices Of the Democratic party
"And how Boss Murphy and the Hon.
Thomas Taggart must have chuckled
to themselves when the Governor said:
"'It was clear that the Senatorial
oNgarchy had beer given its own way
in the selection of the Presidential
candidate. but 1t was surprising that
j, was able to inject into the party
platform the creed of hate and bitter
ness and the vacillating policy that
possessed It.
At is impossible to reconcile some
Of the Governors utterances at Dayton
to-day with other utterances of very
recent date.
~T thank God. therefore, he says
today. that take up the standard of
Democracy a free man unfettered by
promises Has that Sunday morning
conference in Washington so soon been
forgotten? Have the fetters of the
promises made to Mr.. Wilson and pro-
claimed by the Governor to the world
been broken?
Marred by It's Tone
Governor Cox dwells at great length
on the League of Nations, but his pres
entation of the issue, while it con-
forms to the terms OF his agreement
with the White House, is hardly so
forceful as that OF Mr.. Wilson. and in
the eyes Of the latter must appear con-
siderably weakened by the injection of
the Governors view, printed in a mag
azine some months ago, in which the
Governor suggested reservations in
tended To safeguard our constitutional
rights, which to-day he tells US are
in no way endangered. In effect, the
Governor says:
Having presented your view of the
case, Mr. Wilson, l will now present my
own And he offers no chart to in
dicate which he will follow in the event
Of his election.
There IS much OF merit and thoughts
and suggestions Of good purpose in
the Governors speech, the text of
which is presented in Part II Of this
issue, but the speech as whole, as we
have stated, is marred by its tone