The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-10-14
COX IN new LINE
ATTACK ON TAFT
His Election on Platform Fa-
voring League Will Amount
to Referendum.
CAN'T SCRAP GOVERNMENT
American People Will See
Institu = Upheld, De-
cl s Nominee.

Van Wey 4 oct. 1i--A new line OF
attack uU : rmer President Taft's
position he league OF nations was
made h9 Syay by Gov. Cox In OPEN
IN TN Z Ns' campaign in his home
RofG to Judge rans statement
even In ent OF Gov. CoNs election.
there ~o>-id remain enough republican
senators to defeat the treaty, the DEM
ocratic presidential candidate here to-
day declared this indicated plan to
disregard decision in the league
referendum"
This can mean only one thing" said
Gov. Cox. that when | am elected on
a straightforward platform favoriny the
league. IT Is the purpose of the brazen
conspirators in the senate to treat the
mandate of the people with contempt
and turn their backs on the expressed
will Of the electorate. This, in tho first
place, Is unthinHable. and in the second
place, viii not be permitted: for, after
All, thlS is democracy and the win of
the people is triumphant
What Would Borah Say7
"On the otheS hand" the governor
continued, III the candidate of the sena-
torial oligarchy were to be elected be-
cause he favors staying out of the
league and then after his assumption of
office, We're to turn about face and pro-
pose entering the league, what about
the popular mandate and the referen-
dum then? What would Borah and
Johnson say, and what would the vot-
ers OF the country think about such re-
pudiation of their Will? The time is now
for us to remind ourselves and think
81 nf hn
ment of the United States is govern
mont by the people. Senator Harding
may be willing to scrap the league, but
the American people are not ready to
nave their government scrapped by
deceitful band of political frcobooters."
Gov. Cox reiterated that he favored
going into the league of nations with
the Hitchcock reservations or any other
that are offered in good faith to fur
ther clarity or reassure and that do not
have the purpose OF dcstruction."
Getting Sick and Tired.
1T has been apparent" the governor
continued, that the entire purpose OF
the senatorial clique has been uestruc-
ton of the league and reputation OF
the purposes for which we entered the
war.
America has 40, 900 600 voters who are
getting sick ana tired Of the purposely
now demand to know whether senator
Harding intends, as X-President Taft
has implied to rcpudiate the result OF
the solemn referendum In the forthcom-
ing election on the greatest issue that
has ever been before the pople.
In very state and city and town and
village from the Atlantic to the spa-
CHIC, the people OF this country are
holding Indignation meetings to show
their resentment against the Clique and
against the candidates that have shown
their Willingness to sacrifice the honor
Of the nation to win partisan victory
Mt the polls. Here we have the pro-
posal by Senator Harding and the ap-
ploNal OF eX-President TAFT that we
play fast and loose with fundamental
rights of American citizens and that |
we even disregard their definite de-
cision of purpose as expressed In cleo
ton"
After closing his fourth Indiana visit |
last night at Fort Wayne, Gov. Cox |
brought his league Of nations and other |
causes to central Ohio with engage |
mchts at Van Weri, Delphos, Lima. |
Wapakoneta, Sidney, PiQua Urbana and |
'olumbus. the state capital The gov
'rnHr Is billed for addresses at Della |
v are, Marion, the home OF Senator |
Harding, Upper Sandusltv, Carey, Fos-
ora and Bowling Green. on route to |
Detroit ON Saturday he speaks at |
SanduSkV, Elvria and Cleveland