The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-08-15
Cox Supports League as
Chief Democratic Cause
Whole Force of Candidate Is
Thrown Into Campaign With
Speeches Through Ohio.
STORM REPUBLICAN STAND
Senatorial Obligarchy Would
Add Presidency to It's Dom
inatiOn," Speaker Charges.
(The Associated Press.l

ernor Cox today threw his force into
| the presidential campaign with five
| speeches here and through Ohio, all
flaying what he termed the "Republi
can reactionary candidate and lead
ers," and supporting the league of ma
] tions as the premier Democratic
! cause.
| Cox stormed the Republican posi-
/ ton, attacked the Senatorial oIigar-
! chy," which he said was trying to add
the presidency to its domination. He
| denounced proposals for a separate
peace with Germany and charged that
a few men have banded together try
| ing to buy the presidency He said
| millions upon millions of dollars are
being taken in the Republican cam
paign fund.
| Cox charged that Senator Harding
is surrounded by the senatorial
ring. Cox added in his fling at Hard
ing's front porch campaign that he
could not be kept muzzled on his front
porch by any ring.
Motoring from Columbus early to-
day, Cox made addresses enroute here
at zanesyille, Cambridge and st.
Gainesville, Ohio. All through Ohio
he was given informal receptions by
groups gathered at almost every VIII
lage.
The league was foremost in all of
Cox's addresses. He charged that
Republican leaders are a screen of
hypocrisy, for one thing pure and sim
Decentralization spoils.'' He also
stressed what he declared was a fight
between ''reactionary Republicanism"
and progressive Democracy" and pre-
dicted his election.
IF you are for peace with economies
by reduction in great armaments"
Cox said, support the governor of
Ohio. If you are for war and want
expense for armament to continue,
vote for the senator from Ohio"
Cox also pointed to his own labor
record and said never, during his ad-
ministration, had a soldier fired a
shot to settle a strike. Rights of both
capital and labor and lives and prop
erty were protected, too, he said
Although advocacy of the league of
nations. which the governor declared
was '.the greatest movement of right
eousness in the history of the world"
was the main theme of the Democratic
candidates address, he also attacked
again the Republican Senatorial
oligarchy"
SAdNS rests with
the Democratic party" said Gov. Cox.
Through its policies and conduct it
must render good faith in behalf of
the nation, of the soldiers of the war
and to our allies who helped to achieve
victory. It is not partisan affair. The
campaign this year is not a contest
for the triumph of political party. 1t
is purely a matter of concluding a duty
to civilization and doing it as quickly
as prudent consideration of our coun-
try's interests suggests.
'The circumstances in the last 1SI
months convict the Republican leader
ship with attempted trickery with the
American people. Under one pretext
after another they prevented Nthe re-
adjustment of national conditions
They proposed certain reservations to
the league of nations. and then they
were abandoned. to be followed by
nothing more definite than the an
nouncement of hope that an en-
tirely new arrangement might be
made in world affairs. What method
they have in mind, if it is concretely
in any ones mind, the people do not
know. No unprejudiced person can
deny that the consequence of abandon
ing the league and attempting an en-
tirely new project. will be long de-
layed. If the voters of the republic
without regard to party, desire action,
and prompt action. along lines that
are now clearly understood, they will
render verdict so overwhelmingly
expressive of public indignation that
scheming politicians for years to
come will not forget.
Declaring for square dealing be-
Il
Gov. Cox warned against |
distortion of the basic principles of |
the government and added:
"A powerful combination of inter- |
ests is now attempting to buy govern |
mental control. They are raising mil |
lions and millions of dollars into a |
fund. Just how it will be |
used the future alone can tell. We
do know it is being employed now to
arouse racial discomfort, to breed un-
rest and to befog the public mind /
The movement is based upon greed !
and selfshness, and if successful will
result in an extreme reaction and a /
society. Rather than make /
these groups of men the sponsors of /
government they must be made to de-
mean themselves under the vigilant I
eye of a governmental poll
icy based upon the golden rule. They
have their own notions about the set
Element of industrial disputes and /
would enforce them with their puppets
in office. They would continue pro-
iteering and re-establish the rule Of
government by the few. They would
establish a class telling and make
fair and honest adjustment impossi-
ole."