Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-10-21
COX'S Statement TO
LABOR PROVED TO Be
GROSSLY INACCURATE:
Claim He Had "Never Pressed a
Soldier Into an industrial
Controversy" Not True.
USED OHIO MILITIA TWICE
Question Not About Merits of
Strike or Need for Military,
but as to TruthfuInesS.
BY WILLIAM ROSTER.

BY WILLIAM HosTER.
Columbus, O.-Govemor James NJ.
Cox's boosted labor record has been
shattered by his own official act.
.Claimlng that ne had never pressed
q s9l,1.3r iutQ an in9gstriof eontrover-
a." tie If'1Ss6r& of his action as gov,
ernor q Mic IN mo1-!.l.z.iag the "a
tione! Ggar9 Of thts state Tor service
IN the Steel strike of 1919 has been
produced in fiat contradiction Of his
assertion.
Not once, but on two occasions was
the Ohio guard, at an. expense Of %23,-
900 to the people of Ohio, called into
service and sent to Akron and held in /
readiness for action in nearby Canton. !
The question is not as to the merits !
of the strike or as TO the necessity for |
+Io yrncnr,o. &c tL- .~.-..-1
r.v-vnsy - NV suur1 Within srfiR'
fng distance Of Canton but concerns |
wholly the truthfulness of Governor |
Cox's statement obviously made to win |
favor among the w9rkingmenn:; The ,
facts as Brotig6t out In The speech Of |
Republican State Chairman George H.
Clark formally opening the campaign
~ C"i nn,hre are as folIowst --~-4'-.-'
T. Ordered Guard 6ut Twice.
After the steel strike had progressed
for some days, with more or less disor.
der. Governor Cox on September %,
1919, suddenly ordered the mobilization
of the guard at Akron. A period OF
quiet followed, and the troops we're
withdrawn. And then again suddenly
, on October rs the guard was once more
modified and sent to Akron, and while
It lay there at that strategic point
awaiting summons into action stafr
officers representing Governor Cox kept
close watch on the situation ia Can
ton.
In his speech at Wheeling, W. Va.
L.. night Of August ~ Governor
Cox said: ..se,.
"For six years have been lii
tive authority in the great Industrial
state of Ohio. During all this time !
have never pressed a soldier into an in-
dustrIsl controversy"
Ih:: question is, did Governor Cox
tell the TRUTH Answering this eyes
IL, chairman Clark in his Columbus
sncech displayed to his audience 2 rh9.
tpcrenbIc copy Of Special Order No p
,ss. I'D frca, the Adjutant Generals de-
pa;,ment OF the State II Ohio, dated
co,umbus, october Is, 1919, which dess'
igpated certain officers for inlmediet e
sctiye service and paragraph a oil
which reads:
Facts Presented.
"In anticipation Of the development
Of rioting condition at Canton, o., thf
eeyernor Of ohio has deemed 1t neces
sary to assemble a sufficient number o.
state troops nj Akron, O., to be held II
yea iiiness to render aid te the civil au
thorities at Canton, o., and has so al
yected the Adjutant General OF Onto
Who. pursuant to such order, direct
Colonel Benson w. Hough to process
without delay to Akron, o., to TAX
command Of all state troops upon nj
rival Mt Akron, O., and to hold them 7
readiness for duty, awaiting furthe
orders"
The order Is signed by the Adjutar
General and counter-signed IN tines
words, "By command Of Governor Cox
Did Governor Cox tell the truth
the workingmen?
Supplementing this documenta'
proof, Mr.. Clark produced photograph
IL copies OF headlines from Canton. c
newspapers Of concurrent date, whtt
read: state troops mobilizingifor du'
here. All available companies are
dered out" And. Governor orde
troops for duty here, Ohio soldiers r
perting to armcries following trouble
Truth shoulS b known.
The surprising thing about i Gl
that Governor Cox In his WheeiI
speech should have made 50 fat an q
sertion when all Of the facts with I
gard to his mobilization Of the qua
we're still fresh in the public mind,
least in Ohio. OF course II is not to
expected that workingmen elsewhe
In the United States would be famili
with the circumstances, and II was
that reason that State Chairman Cha
In his speech stressed the necessity
the people all over the country to
informed that Governor Coxs ASSERT
that he "never pressed soldier II
an Industrial controversy" was alb
lutely at varience with the truth.
Publication of these official facts h
utterly COMPOUNDED the advocates
Governor Cox's election, who have be
making a special plea to the woriil
men on the basil of his West Virgin
speech. The revelations as to
Cox's mobilization of the troops {
being compared with the sworn sta
ments Of liquor league contributions
his gubernatorial campaign fund
refutatiOn Of his statement that 4"
vets have never contributed one dol
to any of my campaigns" In b.
cases the point is made that the is'
Is not as to the merit Of his mobili
ton Of the troops, on the one hand,
hn NJ ,