Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-26
Cox Promises to Sit
Down With Senate and
Aqree on Reservations

HUNTINGTON. W. Va. October 60
Gov. Cox announced yesterday that II
elected President he would 'sit down
with the Senate and make an agree
ment" upon the league of nations and
that his agreemet should be deter
mined by the senatorial elections.
The executive WILL" the democratic
preside initial candidate said, should not
control, and it Is "unthinkable," he
declared, that American membership
in the league should be postponed two
years, when the next senatorial cleo
tions would be held. American mem
kership, he indicated, was the pri-
mary consideration. That he favored
American participation With clarity
ing" reservations was reiterated by
the governor.
Hailed by members of the governors
party as one of the most important Of
campaign developments, the candi-
dates announcement was in response
TO an open letter sent today to Gov.
Cox and his republican opponent, SEN
ator Harding. by fifty of their sup
porters. urging them to accept what
ever revision of the Lodge reserva-
tions two-thirds of the next Senate
might approve.
Explains Position ON Reservations.
The governors statement, issued
during rushing West Virginia tour
today. read:
The situation is this: I favor go-
ing into the existing league with cIari-
flying reservations. Senator Harding
has said that he was not interested in
clarifcation. but in rejection. 1 have
every expectation that after November
2 much Of the partisan spirit that has
been visited upon discussion of the
league will have subsided. One-third
of the seats of the Senate are to be
filled this year. The people understand
the issue, and we will accept their ex-
preston at face value. 1 will, there
fore, sit down with the Senate and
reach an agreement about our going
into this league. There is no other
way. and any talk of a new association
is but idle phrase.
The important thing is to get a
start and help to stabilize world con-
ditions. which vitality affect the inter-
est and welfare of America. For US to
remain out of the league for two years
or until another election could be held
would be unthinkable.
IF too much has to be given in
compromise now. in order to insure
our entrance into the league, the peo-
pie themselves will have an oppor.
tunity to modify and correct later. II
cannot be a matter of the exercise OF
merely the executive will. The popu.
lar will, as voiced at the polls, mus
control. The sort of agreement which
i
determined lv the senatorial elec.
tions."
Refutes Roots Claim.
The governors announcement fol.
lowed upon the heels of his statement
in his Madison Square Garden speech
last Saturday in New York, that he
would compromise" the reservations
controversy. Attention also was call
ed to the circumstance that it fol
lowed Elihu Roots statement tina,
Gov. Cox was as "unyielding" regard
ing article Y as President Wilson
More than a dozen speeches were
made through the West Virginia
mountain country today by Gov Cox
and the state gave him one of tn,
most enthusiastic receptions of tn,
campaign. Miners, railroad men ant
other toilers were prominent amonf
the thousands which cheered the can
date vociferously.