Evening journal., 1920-07-15
To DEFEND COX
AS APACIFIST
Claim Will Be Made He Lost
Alien Vote in Last Cam
paign
BETRAYAL THE
REAL REASON

appearing IN MS OWN newspaper the
Dayton News, during the period lust
prior TO the entry OF the unN"d
si9ies into ihc war. when Germany
coamiitcd a long series OF oulragos
against American honor. will be de-
Teadcd during the campaign by GER
tain Democratic publications Which
themselves took an exactly opposite
stand through that critical period Of
disturbance.
Upon Instructions nom their homo
Offices the correspondents of these
newspapers dug into ihc records for
evidence In am effort % show that the
editorials had no effect Whatever ON
Coxs last campaign for Governor. in
1918. although the attention Of the
VOTERS had been directed 10 them in
much campaign literature
Elaborate tables of votes are be-
Ing prepared 20 prove bat German
symnathizers knitted Cox al the polls,
which l. partly correct. but the in
lentlon is To overlook the real reason
for This action the feeling upon the
part OF these Germans that they had
been betrayed by President Wilson
and Governor Cox, VINO had led them
10 believe they would keep the cOun-
try out OF war
u developed that the campaign of
1918. The result 0f which Is being
held up as am Indication OF public
Telling in this section OF the cOun-
try at least WAS seriously handicap
bed by the nationwide influenza cpi-
dcmic that year. Even Frank B
Wills D0Xs opponent. was stricken
with The disease and was compelled
70 abandon his speaking trip. Public
meetings In many cities We're under
the ban. and many voters were so
Afraid OF falling victim TO the epi-
nemic that they remained away from
the polls
Although the soldier vote was 10 be
considered. the total OF ballots drop
ped from i,itS,9ii. the nufHhor cast
IN 1916 for the heads OF the ticket
10 o60.S62 the number cast FOR the
head OF the ticket In 1918.
The result OF the influenza epidemic
was mat the Republican plan FOR tell
ing the people OF the Stale about the
peciist and prO-German editorials
OF Cox was much curlailed With
most public meetings under the ban
was necessary 20 publish the edl-
iorials in pamphlet form for dlstri-
button. This was late in the cam
baign, and . was impossible 90 get
me pamhleis ont 10 an the voters
As an Introduction the pamphlet
IN that James N. Cox. candidate
Tor Governor OF Ohio for Third
term, was an ultra pacihsl that he
repeatedly and continuously uttered
words OF announcement 10 sympQ-
thlzers with the cause OF The I'M.
perial German government advisln,
his friends how 10 vote 10 best serv,
the cause Of Germany as ranking o.
importance the cause OF America
that ne spoke deprccaiingly OF ihl
patrons that are now our allies. That
his editorial expressions tended lC
dlscouraee enlistment reflected on
ronscrpiion. appealed 90 IA pro.
German vote. suggested an allianc,
nf the German and American naVics
and Whcn war was inevitable. Op-
posed sending an American army Ia
France.
Sew men now in public life have
4 record Of spoken and published at
terances. beginning with the early
rays OF the war Ia Europe and con
pnuing up 30 the time only fiVe days
prior ia our entrance into the war
that from a standpoint OF broad
S'sioncd craftsmanship and patriotic
Americanlsm, now appeal 90 the citi-
rcns or ohio as more humiliatlng. ln-
tycusabc and indefensible than that
0l Mr.. Cox.
50 far as Germany was concerned
his position was one OF sympathy and
encouragement, angling with criticism
NJ the Allies. and his advice. N follow
Id either by the Allies or the United
niatcS. would have meant victory fOi
lhe Imperial German Government"
In addition, there was published IN
q few newspapers. an advertisement
which contained similar statement.
and few OF the editorials. one oil
which printed in the Dayton News
September A, 1916. read
The chances are that Nila Is mo-
such a scoundrel as we infer from
reading about him. The chances ar,
That the Emperor .Of Germany doe,
not say half the things about him
self and God that are quoted Th,
rhapces are the Crown Prince OF Ger
many has more brains than he d
credited with having"
The tieht fix In which Gov Coz
hnds himself, through irving 20 kpe
On friendly terms With President Mi
son while al TIE same time irwin
10 keep sufficiently aloOf from min
10 satisfy those 90 whom he owes hi
selection at san Francisco. was EN-
fhaszed Today In a statement ne /.
Dyed In reply 10 one by Senatar Hard
lng Hardly had this started ont %
The news service wires before Coz
Cox issued another statement Nhic
read very much as II he were iakon
nins at somebody perhaps eve
hr Wilson. although it hardly coul
be imagined by those who are int
mate with him that It had any sue
reference,
This second statement ca,f 20 A
bert II. Griffith OF Fisk. Wis. who
gathering together many siaiemen
about Abraham Lincoln. read.
Il believe that part OF Lincoln
greatness was due 90 the fact "a;
he tried 10 think with the people. n,
Tor Them
Gov Cox's early statement came
response 10 one that appeared frOl
Senator Harding. In This morning
nswspapers. in which Senator Hardin
declared that the COx-R0Osevell COZ
Terence in Columbus Monday. shove
plainly that President Wilson ha
won his point In making the Leagu
- Nations the chief issue Of the can
p6agn.i
II recognize the eargerness OF n
gentlemen % The press who are az
signed bere to develop now COZ
daily,7 Gov CoXs statmcnt read.
have no disposition 20 discOural
hat enierprise but al the very on
ret Il IS well thai We have this ui
uerstanding OF very fundament
phass OF the present situation.
s naior Harding has made ~
definite Announcements. that he n
poses to ha-k back 10 the DAYS
thirty years ago and th8t he "
make his front porch = iisieninx 90,