Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-07

DAYTON. Ohio. August Gov. Cox
in his speech accepting the democratic
nomination for President, spoke as fol-
lows:
Chairman Robinson and members of
the notification committee: The mes
sage which you bring from the great
conference of progressive thought as
sembled under the formal auspices of
the democratic party inspires within
me pride and an appreciation which
/ canQet yoi1a, ~ the same time
am mindful Aof the responsibility
which this function now officially
places upon me. AS I measure my own
limitations the task ahead of us
should be approached with more than
a feeling of diffidence if l were not
strengthened and reassured by the
faith that one has only to practice
true fidelity to conscience. 1t is not
the difficult thing to know what we
ought to|do: the sense OF right and
wrong has been given with Divine
equality. The mistakes of history are
the result of weak1ess in the face of
tempting interests. I thank God.
therefore, that I take up the stand
ard of democracy a free man. un-
fettered by promises ndshappy in the
consciousness Of untrammeled oppor-
tunity to render service in the name
of government that will hold for 1t
the confidence which 1t deserves:
We are in a time which calls for
straight thinking, straight talking
and straight acting. This is no time
for wobbIing. Never in all our. his
tory has more been done for govern
ment. Never was sacrifice more sub
lime. The most precious things OF
heart and home Were given up in a
spirit which guarantees the per-
petuity of our linstitutions-if the
faith is kept with those who served
and suffered. The altar of our re-
| public is drenched in blood and tears,
and he who turns away from the
not consecrated to sense -of honor
and of duty which resists every base
=, suggestion of personal -orepolitical
| expediency, is unworthy of the esteem
of his countrymen.
Platform Clear
| In Its Conditions.
The men and women who by ex-
/ pressed policy at the San Francisco
| convention charted our course in the
! open seas of the future sensed the
| spirit of the hour. and phrased it with
IL
sary to read and reread the demo-
| cratic platform to know it's meaning.
| 1t is document clear in it's analysis
of conditions and plain in the pledge
of service made to the public. 1t
| carries honesty of word and intent.
Proud of the leadership and achieve
ment OF the party in war. democracy
faces unafraid the problems of peace.
Indeed, its pronouncement has but
to be read along with the platform
/ framed by republican leaders in order
That both spirit and purpose as they
| dominate the opposing Organizations
; may be 'contrasted. On the. one hand
We see pride expressed in the ma
tons glory and promise Of service
easily understood. On the other a
captious, unhappy spirit and the
treatment of subjects vital to the
present and the future in terms that
have completely confused. the public
| mind. 1t was clear that the sena-
torial oligarchy had been given ats
own way in the selection of the presi-
| Dental candidate. but it was sur
prising that it was able to fasten
into the party platform the creed of
hate and bitterness and the vacil-
lating policy that possesses it.
senatorial cabal. led by Senators
Lodge. Penrose and Smoot. was form
ed. Superficial evidence of loyalty to
the President was deliberate in order
that theS great rank and file of then
i party, faithful and patriotic to the
very core might not be offended. But
underneath this misleading exterior
conspirators planned and plotted, with
bigoted zeaE With victory to our
arms they delayed and obstructed the
works of peace. II deemed useful to
the work in hand no artif1ce for in
terxering with sour constitutional
peace-making authority was rejected
Before the country knew.~yea. before
these men themselves knew the de-
tails of the composite plan. formed al
the peace table, they declared theiI
opposition TO it. Before the treaty
was submitted to the Senate in the
manner the Constitution provides
they violated every custom and every
consideration Of decency by present
ing copy of the document. procured
unbiushingly from enemy hands. and
passed it into the printed record OF
senatorial proceedings. From thai
hour dated the enterprise of throwing
the whole subject into a technfcaItdis-
cussion, in order that the public
might be confused. The plan has
Snever changed in its objective. but the