Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-16
COX ATTACKS PLEA
OF 81 PR0-LtAGUERS
Quotes Harding's Des Moines
Speech as Reason Why lhey
Should Not Support Latter.

no,,o;t Mich. Oct. 16.-Governor
rax came here last night after day oi
camnaiening in Ohio before large ana
.n,bns;astic audiences, and answered at
,ncc the statement issued IN New 10TH
Thursday night by thirty-one pro,Leag''c
Renublicans, including koot, fiooseI
W,ckersham and Strauss, VINO eAp'aiie'
their support Of Senator iaroine'
Covernor Cox declared the posltion OF
,bcsc Republicans astonishing. ne
h.ld that if Harding was not teiiine
H. ruth IN asserting that he was against
r. I Icagpe the signers of the statement
sho,,IJ rs matter of ethics, refuse TO
.,,,,rort him and If they believed MN,
T.aYcrnor Cox added, he did not see how
,ho,, Gould support Harding IN the lace
Of the world Crisis. .bo
T'bo Goverkor in his answer to the
thrrtv-one signers SAID: - =
.1The gentlemen say the question Is
ubether we shall join an agreement, 0ui'-
tanning the exact provisions, nego'iateI y
President Wilson. or an agrceIheh' VIM, u
om,ts or modifies some oi the proNisloi'
I, e 10 he inferred that anyone, VINO
stands for the covenant, as auopo1uu, ~,
LII or without reservations, Is iriehuiy
40 the League. and that anyone VINO rs
.c,;rs, the covenant, with or WITHOUT
ressrvst,ons. is clearly opposed TO 'he
Senator Harding in his Des MONIES
.,v.Dcb said Governor Cox tavors going
INTO the League and | favor staying OUT
IA i NOT INTERPRETATION. but REJECTION am
seeking. .. do
.;de the casp lust as these gentlemen
have nrescnted it | submit IN answer
N, .I,olen words of Senator HardlhG
II thssp gentlemen do not accept Wlia'
he-has said TO the American people Inei
II Is past my understanding now tney
can. as matter OF ethics, advocate ili'
candidacy. IL, on the other hand. tnes
do ars,ept m good faith VIVA, ne na' na'
.sa1d, then i cannot see DO" uney 'an
'.s friends of the League, advocate ms
"Thev attempt to Justify their mos
...on,sbinc rs,sitron on the theory tina
prcS,dent Wilson Was unbendmg N hr
atsIt,rhe on the League. On the subject
fhev say. MIR. Wilson insisted upon TN
~~cYy,.,rt absolutely unchanged hes
-n.,er,en upon reflection, must realiz'
N.t tins p not justified by the facts
rSena.nr Hitchcock proposed reserva
<.ns To TIE covenant a, follows:
Yra-Thc night Of any member natiol
a, n, the sole Judge As to whether it
nRR,r,xlocn. on retirement from IN
'Xc,cre- have been performed
Scr,pd-The exemption from the con
s,dcrailon Of the League Of any niaVtt
s,nssdr1rd n international law .fOrheS'
ruseSt,cn az one retatlng 10 It's mternal Q
cna:dwr~s affairs.
Tb;r,-NothIne m the League Is To
construed rs impairlng the pflhcil'ie
the Monroe Doctrine.
4x-Rr
,;cIe \ rs merely advice which eac
r,ernl,,r nation IS free TO accept or reject
and IN the United States this advice ca
only 10 accepted by action OF Oongres
under our Constitution.
Fifth-The equalization OF the SIX
one vote in the Assembly, which W.
intended to reassure our people
President Wilson, under date OF RET
mary : 1920. in a letter to SenatorHltct
cock said Z am happy to add, therefor
I have once more gone over the reserv'
mons proposed by yourself, the copy,
which | return herewith, and | am ga
IL ssv that ! can accept them as the
stand
In the face of this, how IS II Posslh,
Tor any group Of men 70 say that u
President insisted upon me asleeliioH
absolutely unchanged
''If things continue as they nave Dee
going for the last ten days, 1t viii be
dif1r,,lt matter to determine whether Il
rople are more amused at Senator Hsr
nc himself or at the desperation OF 7
roonsors. frantic effort Is beng ma
No stem the tide Of resentment. 1t
ficuIng In every community
THE Senatorial oligarchy has apparen,t
drawn on ITS last reserves, and yet N
Root, pre-eminent and distinguished as ,
IS (and no one places higher estimate on
.tasernanlike qualities than DO IS u
Able to bolster up the wlgging and Wo
bling candidate.
~After a long period OF vacllatlon' |
people have taken HIM at his spoken "o "o
Al Des MONIES, and upon tins the cal
paign Will be fought from now on. oena'
Harding Is against the League with
without reservations Upon that we
usrltpp tn rest our case.