Arizona republican., 1920-09-01
POLITICIANS HAVE BUSY SESSION AT
 OHIO STATE FAIR

COLUMBUS. O., Aug. Ex-Governor l. NJ Cox and Dr. Aaron s. Watkins, two of Ohios presidential candidates. and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Governor Cox's running mate, divided time in addressing q crowd at the Ohio state fair heEe today
 Governor Cox, voicing the Demo- cratic party's stand on the league of nations, declared for the league and criticised the plan put forth by Sem ator Harding, Ohios third presidential candidate. in his recent speech.
 MT. Watkins. prohibition presidential candidate, criticlsed both the plans sponsored by his two opponents and also criticised both the Republican and Democratic parties for not taking q stand on proh hitlog. which he declared te De the para 7cssssr issue.
 Mir. Roosevelt spoke very briefly Of agricultural progress made by the west. He left tonight for New York
 Earlier in the day Governor Cox had issued q statement replying to testi mony offered as Will II. Hays, chair man of the Republican national com mittee, before the seIate sub-commit- tee Investigating campaign expendi- lures in which the governor declared as absolutely untrue and false Hays alleged assertion that it was the policy of the Republican committee to hold campaign contributions 70 S1,000 each. Governor Cox based his assertion on what purported to be an official docu- ment issued by the Republican com mittee, and which, he stated, showed that subscriptions was to be sought in excess of $5,00o.
 In his discussion of the league of na- tions in his state fair speech, Governor Cox made reference to approval of the plan recently announced by Senator Harding, by Viscount Grey, former foreign secretary of England.
 Well the governor said, we are rot going to permit Niscount Grey or any other English statesman to write our agreement We are not for an English league. We are for world league of nations.'
 Previously Governor Cox had spoken of the suffering and misery in Russia. Germany, Austria and other European nations, asserting that things Would start toward normal as soon as a defi- mite indemnity had been fixed for Ger many to pay. England and France, he asserted, were divided on the amount of indemnity and it would require the voice of America to decide the contro- versy.
 'I may surprise you," Governor Cox said, when I say that the people all over Germany are hoping and praying that the voice of America will be asserted in the international affairs of the world and that America will cast the deciding vote and determine what that indemnity ought to be-"
 Dr. Watkins declared the league of nations should not have been made part of the peace treaty, but, he assert ed, the time is at hand for d real, not nominal nor pretended league of na tions."
 Ee declared there will be league of nations and that the United States will be a party to it, adding: Tt only remains a question of what kind of league and what shall be our attitude towards it, but the league when it takes it's final form, will be made in time of peace and will not be used as a club to be waved over the heads of legislatures to compel action on a treaty designed to end present condi- tions and bring peace for the time being"