The Glenwood post., 1920-10-16
cOx'S Statement TO !
LABOR PROVED TO Be
GROSSLY INACCURATE
sy WILLIAM nosrsa.

Dy WILLIAM H00T80.
Columbus, o.-0evsrnsr JaDss =
Gers boasted labor record has bssa,
shattered BY his swn omcial 81
Claiming that hs had never pressed
q soldier into AZ Industrial csntrevegsI
~" the record Of his action - eeV.|
srnor Of Ohis in mobilising the Me-
tional Guard Of this state for service,
In the steel strike Of 1919 has beeal
produced in Aat contradiction Of liz
assertion. IT,
Not once, but On TIVE occasions waos
the Ohio guard, at N expense Of IA
900 to the people Of Ohio. called into,
service and sent to Akron and held ii
readiness for action In nearby CaAtsay
The question IL not ~ to the merit1s
Of the strike or a. to the necessity fogl
the presence Of the guard within strih
ing distance Of Canton, but cencsrnG|
wholly tho truthfulnsss Of Gsvsrns1
Cox's statement Obviously made to Will
favor among the workingmen. The
facts ~ brought cut In the speech a
Republican State Chairman George II
Clark, formally opening the campaignI
at Columbus are a. follows:
ordsrsd Guard Out TwIos.
After the steel strike had progressed
for some days, with more or less disor.
der, Governor Cox ON September q,
1919. suddenly ordered the mobilixatisa1
Of the guard at Akron. A period II
quiet followed, and the troops wsru)
withdraw. And then again suddenly
on October % the guard was once morel
mobilized and sent to Akron. and whilo|
It lay there at that strategic point
awaiting summons into action sta2l
ofncers representing Governor Cox kspt|
close watch On the situation in Carl
ton.
on the night Of August IA GSvornS0l
Cox said:
For six years have been in s1scu.
tive authority in the great INDUSTRIAL
state Of Ohio. During all thls time D
have never pressed ssldlsr Int ~ y.
dvstrlal eentrsvsrsy."
The question il, did Gsvsrner Cs1l
tell the TRUTH Answering this auss.
den, Chairman CLARK in his Columbusl
speech displayed to his audience Q PIE.
tegraphic copy Of Special Order Ne a1I
issued frsm the Adjutant Generals =.
partment Of the State Of Ohis. aats4
Columbus, October rs, 1913, which des-
lgnated certain edlcsrs for immediate
active service and paragraph 4 81
which reads:
Paets Prevented.
I'm anticipation Of the deveaoDOano
sf 4 rioting condition at Cantsn, O., H.
Governor sf ohIs has deemed it neeso.
sary to assemble 4 sufficient number -
state troops at Akron, O., to b AsaA b
readiness to render aid to the eivil -.
thoritiss at Canton, O., ana has - -
rected the Adjutant General q oAia.
who, pursuant to such order. directs
Colonel Benson W. Hsugh to prsces1
without delay to Akron. O., - ta1A
command Of all state troops upsa a.
rival at Akron, o., and to held tAso -
readiness for duty, awaiting f1FtAs8
orders"
The order 10 sigHsA ~ tAs AA3utaA1
General and ceunter-signe1 IN tAesa
words, "By command q 0swssNss osxs
DdA Governor Csx tell the truth -
the workingmsat
eupplementing this lscumsatas1
presf. Mr.. Clark produced pAetegrapo.l
ie copies Of headlines from Canton, O.,
newspapers Of concurrent data, HhieA
read: "stats troops msbilixing for duty
here. All available companies are q.
dersd out" And. "Governer orders
troops for duty here. Ohio soldiers n.
porting to armsries following troublAe
Truth Should Dc Known.
The surprising thing about It all -
that Governor Cox In his Wheeling
speech should have made SO nat an -.
sertion when all Of the facts with NJ.
gard to his mobilization OF the guard
were still fresh in the public mind, asl
least In Ohio. OF course II II net to n
expected that workingmsn elsswhseA
In the United States would be familiar
with the circumstances, and It was fee
that reason that State Chairman Olafl1
In his speech stressed the necessity fsR
the people all over the country to 10
informed that Governor Cox's assertion
that he never pressed . soldier Int
an Industrial controversy" was abse.
~ V&NhchNo WIN tAs0 hA0tAs
Publication Of these o6lcial facts -
utterly confounded the advocates q,
Governor Co.'s election. whs have bsen
making 4 special plea to the werkine.
men on the basis Of his West virgfnio
speech. The revelations ~ to An.
Cex's mobilization Of the troops are
being compared with the sworn state-I
ments Of liquor league contributions -
his gubsrnatorial campaign fund tAI
rsfutation of his statement that ''tAal
vets have never contributed one 1ellas
to any ef ny campaigns" n belAl
cases the psint 10 made that tAs i1BooI
. not a. To the merit e1 his meoU1mp
tisa of the troops, on TIE eas hanA 81
- - The status Of tie wet an1 0Eyl
question. On The other hand. ~ 1Aa1j
ths real issu4 y - . tAs deszee e1
truth and accuracy abeeluteay neese
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