Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-10
COX STRIKES HOME.

made a decided impression through
out the country. Even the stand
pat Republican newspapers have
had to give him credit for rot mine
ing words. We had thought sena-
tor Harding, in his speech of &C
c~eptance, made an impressive pre-
s~entation Of the issues. ven though
we could not agree with his pussy
| footing on the League of Nations.
but Governor Cox has come out even
more decidedly than his Republican
opponent did and has taken such an
aggressive position that it is not
surprising that we read that the
| Republican leaders are alarmed and
see the necessity of a prompt come
back on the part of their candidate.
There is no doubt as to where
Governor Cox stands. He does not
try to please two factions. He has
no vague notions of a world court
of some kind not yet devised that
will preserve peace. He sees all the
civilized nations already in a league
for the advancement Of civilization.
He believes in the United States
"going in too. Whether n agrees
with Governor Cox in this respect
or not one must give him credit for
stating definitely where he stands
and what he proposes to do should
he be elected. He would have the
United States sit with the forward
looking nations of the world. He
is not foolish enough to believe that
after all the leading countries have
formed a league and have put it
in operation they will abandon their
league to join one that the United
States might draw UP to suit itself
alone. Nations, like individuals,
must harmonize; they must compro-
mise their differences if they are to
get along together. No n of them
can have everything exactly as It
wants it while the others conform
thereto.
Governor Cox has shown by his
speech of acceptance that he is not
afraid Of the League of Nations
issue. Why should he be? Did not
all the colleges, all the churches, all
the Chambers of Commerce and
business associations. all the labor
unions petition the senate to ratify
the peace treaty with the covenant
Of the League of Nations contained
therein? The sentiment of the
country. by an overwhelming ma
jority, was in favor of joining the
League of Nations. True. many
favored some reservations and Pres
ident Wilson gladly agreed to GER
tain interpretive resolutions that
might tend to make Americas posi-
ton clearer. The point is, the vast
majority of the country favored the
United States joining the other civil
lied nations in a league for the
f~urtherance of peace on earth. The
American public resents being
classified with Russia. Turkey. and
Mexico
On other matters Governor Cox is
equally clear. He tells the people
what he proposes to do. Senator
Harding was liberal in stating what
ought to be done. but he failed to
say how he would attempt TO do it.
Both candidates agreed that the ex-
cess profits tai ought to be removed,
but the Republican candidate did
not point out how he was going TO
make up the loss that would thus be
sustained to the government. Yet
he knew that the government has
got TO have the money to meet the
obligations that will hang over for
many years to come.
Governor Cox, on the other hand,
boldly stated thai he would place a
tax on gross sales. Agree with the
idea or not as you may. the fact re-
mains Governor Cox told exactly
what be proposed to do.