Arizona republican., 1920-09-10
COX GIVES WORD
 TO PRESENT THE IRISH CAUSE TO NATION $ LEAGUE
Labor and Irish Questions Discussed By Democratic Nominee at Montana Meet
Republican A. p. Leased WIrel

l BUTTE, Mont, sept 9.-A ueI1nlte
 pledge to present the Irish cause" to the league of nations in event of his
 election, and further vigorous attacks
 on Republican leaders and that party's
 contributions were made here tonight 1 by Governor Cox of Ohio, in closing his Montana campaign
 In three extensive speeches today at Helena, Anaconda and Butte, and in half dozen rear platform talks enroute, the Democratic presidential candidate concluding the first week of his west ern tour, hammered the league, the Republican corruption fund.- and la bor issues into his audiences. The Irish question developed at the gov ernor's meeting here in front Of the court house lawn.
 sTt would be my duty,' he said, land very quickly availed of as a friend of peace, asserting the friendly right of l any member of the league to present the Irish cause to the attention of the league under the authority given by article II and give to Ireland or any other aggrieved people the opportunity 1 to plead their cause before the bar of
 civilized opinion"
 1 Dealing with testimony before the
 senatorial Investigating committee at l Chicago, Governor Cox made fresh as saults upon Will H. Hays, Republican
 
 and his assistant, Harry NJ. Blair. The governor declared that the Chicago testimony had confirmed his "slush 1 fund" charges on the heels of denials 1 by MT. Hays and other Republican 1 officials.
 Attacks Big Business His fund of arguments on the league
 settlement of strikes by the golden rule 1 instead of bayonets, and progressiyism
 were given by the governor. He also
 reiterated attacks upon Senator Hard l ing, his Republican opponent, the "sen-
 atorial oligarchy" and "big business" In discussing the league. the gover-
 nor presented local questions in Ana conda and Butte, with their large la boring populations of many racial
 sources and their copper interests. At Helena he also urged reclamation de- velopment- Through the league. the
 candidate said, material prosperity would be had by cre>s ing foreign mar
 kets for copper and. otner products Of
 mine farm and labor, when European conditions become stabilized.
 The Irish question, Governor Cox said needs settlement to promote peace between the English speaking
 races Reading article II of the league covenant, providing for consideration by the league council or assembly of any international question whatever, which threatens to disturb either the peace or the good understanding be- tween nations. Governor Cox said that question could not be presented ito the bar of public opinion
 sUnder the league it can,' he con- tinued We have four times as many people of Gaelic blood in the United States as there are in Ireland, and
 then natural feelings not only figure in our domestic relations but also stand like granite between the stretch ing hands of England and America. So long. therefore as the Irish question remaons unsettled. there will be some
 conflict in America with the idea of
 world wide cooperation between the
 English speaking nations.
 Champion Small Peoples
 ssIt must not be forgotten that when
 we took up arms, the thing that gave
 us unity and great enthusiasm was the declaration that we fought to end the
 rule of might, that We were champions of the rights of small peoples, that we
 stood for the reign of law based upon the consent of the governed. As have
 said before the league contemplates
 enduring peace. There cannot be peace without happiness. There will not be l happiness without justice. You can- not take mountains nor rivers, nor
 other physical characteristics and by 1 their natural lines create governmental
 
 hand. racial groups will form better 1 guarantee of peace. This is not only fundamental common sense but it touches the basic principleof the armi-
 stice and league itself. Therefore, | contend that the league of nations
 will be helpful to the civilization of the
 world, because it will be creative of | a new life, national and otherwise, for racial groups, which have for generations fostered the same aims 1 and hopes and aspirations that in 1 spired the founders of our republic" Governor Cox was introduced here by Judge J. J. Lynch and by Cover nor Stewart of Montana, all of which gave hearty receptions. Admirers at Helena, where he spoke before going to Anconda for a six o'clock theater meeting and returning to Butte this evening, put aboard the governors train a quarter of elk for a game din- ner tomorrow. The governors sched-
 ule called for his departure from Butte tonight and his arrival at Spokane Wash, early tomorrow to deliver an address at the interstate lair. Another address planned there was to the young voters league.
 The governor will tour eastern Washington tomorrow, and on Satur- day Bellingha, Tacoma and Seattle. were to be the principal points reached. Governor Cox arrived here at S:30. an hour late. A great roar greeted the candidate as he stepped to the rostrum after an automobile ride from the sta ton. A company of regular infantry was an escort. Opposite the court l house spectators sat on tops of houses and stores and several thousand were packed in the street below.
 Governor Cox started his address by telling of progressive legislation in Ohio and stating that Senator Harding led the ~reactionary" fight there as in the
 nation Scattering applause was given. Discussing progressivism. Governor Cox said that "as progressive as Ohio 1 is. Pennsylvania is just as reaction ary"
 The candidate was applauded when
 he said that 'radicaliSm always was the result of governmental abuse, oppres- sion and injustice" Apparently refer