The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-20
Irish Cause to League.

The Democratic presidential nominee
covered plenty OF ground in his speech
He pledged himselfto present the cause
of Ireland to the league of nations Il
he should be elected. He said that
money now being spent for battleships
would be spent for a reclamation and
irrigation project, since the league OF
nations would remove the necessity OF
own nomination after "A ballots at San
Francisco with the selection of SEN
ator Harding at Chicago "in smoke
filled room in the early hours of the
morning"
He praised Hiram johnson as a pro-
gressive, and said he believed Hiram s
|%oice may be for Harding but not his
heart.
There was demonstration Of enthu-
siasm when Gov Cox mentioned the
name of President Wilson, who spoke
in the same hall just a year ago last
week. Later on, when Gov. Cox de-
nounced the senatorial oligarchy, which
he said had engaged in a conspiracy
against sick man and had insisted
upon admission to the sick room, the
audience applauded vehemently again,
The Democratic nominee fired the
usual denunciation at the San Francisco
editorial press, which 1t will be recalled
was the occasion for somewhat similar
demonstration of approval in the same
hall two months ago when Senator Pat
Harrison of Mississippi said satirical
things about the San Francisco newspa-
pers as he made the speech seconding
the nomination of Cox.
Reference to the manner in which the
Republicans were alleged to be angling
for the German vote, the Irish vote,
the Italian vote and the ballots of the
foreign-born of Central and South Eu-
rope, were loudly cheered and whenGov.
Cox pledged himself to look out for Cal
ifornia's interests on the Japanese
problem, thus corraling the American
vote, the few Japanese in the audience
looked sheepish and embarrassed.
Il For now that the governor has taken
position somewhat similar to that Of
Senator Harding in promising to pro-
tect California, there is no place for
the Japanese vote, though, doubtless
that if Hot worrying either the Repub-
lican or Democratic parties. for the
number of japanese born in the United
States and eligible to vote is not con-
siderable enough to bother about as
yet.
Gov. Cox repeated that he was willing
TO make any reasonable concession to
get the treaty ratified and the cove
nant perfected to suit the senate. Any
reservations offered in good faith would
be accepted he said. This made a
deep impression, as did the emphatic
statement that the league Of nations
didn't mean sending troops overseas
and that the critics lew it didn't.
His appeal to take the league out of
partisan politics was as eloquent as 1t
was emotional.
AS the crowd filed out compimenta-
ry expressions about the skillfulness of
Gov. Cox as a campaigner were min
gled with remarks about his forceful-
ness by joyous Democrats VINO had new
err heard him speak before. Several
Republicans who heard the Ohio gov
ernor said it was a good Speech" but
didn't say whether they would vote for
him.
1t Yas a fair-sized crowd. The Au-
ditorfum wasn't filled as it was when
Johnson or Wilson spoke, but what
might have been lacking in numbers
was made up in warmth and cordiality.
Were it not for half dozen factors
over which Gov. Cox has no control,
such as, for instance. the prejudices be-
queathed to him by the Wilson cabi
net he would perhaps not even be max
ing such an uphill fight even in Cali
fornia, which four years ago gave its
electoral vote to the Democratic ticket.
Copyright, 1920, by David Lawrence)