Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-30
COX SAYS HARDING
VOTED DRY Twice,
AND WET g TIMES
Governor Declares He Would
Have Voted for Prohibition
in Same Place.
BY the Associated Press.

HUTCHINSON. Kans.. September 80.
Gov. Cox. democratic presidential
candidate. declared here today that he
would have voted dry on prohibition
had he been acting under the same
! circumstances as Senator Harding. his
republican opponent. who the gov
ernor declared had voted thirty-two
times wet and two times dry
He had been asked by person in
! the audience if Senator Harding had
not voted three times in favor of
prohibition.
There were thirty four votes direct
or indirect on the prohibition enforce
ment measure in the Senate. Senator
Harding voted thirty-two times wet
and two times dry Gov. Cox replied.
Under the same circumstances
would you vote dry?" the questioner
demanded.
II would" replied the governor
! Criticising Senator Harding's league
I position. the governor said:
Senator Harding has been speech
! less during the last few weeks on
/ the league. He wants to keep John
son and Borah. who are against the
| league, and he wants to keep Taft and
Wickersham, who are for it,
Urges National Budget.
Gov. Cox made three speeches here
during the forenoon. At chamber
of commerce breakfast he talked
! taxation, urged a federal budget sys-
TEN and adoption of the league Of
! nations covenant. War taxes, espe-
cially the excess profit tax, were said
by the candidate to be the principal
| cause of the high cost of living.
Some of these taxes he declared must
be repealed entirely, and others modi-
| fed.
In urging adoption of federal bud
get system. Gov. Cox said the gov
| ernmental bureaus at Washington had
learned much through contact with
business during the war and saw the
necessity for better system in ham
ding the governments finances.
Tax ON yolume Of Business. -
In place Of the excess profits tax
the candidate recommended tax of
| from to u per cent on the volume
OF business, as going concern.
F.! Addressing an open-air meeting
under the auspices of the First Voters
| League, Gov. Cox declared when for
eigners became citizens of this coun-
try they must render more than lip
serviee-it must be real service to the
Nag - -,
The third address was delivered in
the Auditorium, where the candidate
talked on the league of nations and
farming problems. He left shortly
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Force In League Discussed.
TOPEKA. Kan. September 81
Force as an element of the league of
nations was discussed here yesterday
by Gov. Cox.
| Il believe that the moral influence
viii be sufficient" he declared. but in
dicated that behind moral force it was
| necessary to have armed force and he
| paralleled the case to the country
sheriff. who, he said, is seldom called
upon to use force to carry out decrees,
| but has it if necessary The governor
also said Col. Roosevelt criticised The
| Hague tribunal for lack of force.
Pointing out that in 100 years of its
| existence the Monroe doctrine had
! never required shot for its man
| tenance, Gov. Cox said:
Bear this in mind: First, that mat
| ters must be submitted to discussion
and arbitration, and then If any nation
violates it (the league recommends
tions), they are going to impose the
commercial embargo. It is the judg-
ment of men like Elihu Root and
Judge Taft that the commercial en-
barge will be an effective preventive
| of war. 1t is the. judgment of the
most profound students of the whole
question that the commercial embargo
will be sufficient"
Refers to Baltimore incident.
Arrest of man at Baltimore who in
terrupted Senator Harding's speech
Monday night was subject of criticism
by Gov. Cox in his major speeches. He
said it was not a "trif1fng circum-
stance" but was symptomatic of more
serious conditions, and in this connec-
ton he enlarged on his charges that the
"reactionary press" was ssuppreesihg
democratic news Of the league fight and
buying or. absorbing democratic and in
| dor No Ynay p,xyAH
said:
'If the senatorial oIigarchy. which
now attempts to annex the presidency.
won that place. what sort of an arbi-
trary spirit might be expected after
March 4 if the people give to the sena-
torial oligarchy the control not only of
the Senate but of the presidency? 1t is
an index to what We might expect. l
posed to be careful and prudent and
even conservative in your mental pro-
cesses, as you stand confronted with the
greatest responsibility that any electoral
body has ever been confronted with. TO
reflect upon this; this is an index to the
arbitrary use Of power that We might
expect unless it is halted, unless 1t is
averted by the prudent exercise and
caution of the American voters"
Gov. Cox. in his discussion Of the.
league in Kansas. was asked many ques-
tions concerning its operation.
At Atchison Harry Stubey,. superin-
tendent of schools, led in the question
ing.
Summing up his argument for the
league and in answer to many of the
questions asked, Gov. Cox asserted
that the moral obligations it imposed
upon member nations was sufficient
to make it the instrument for preven-
tion of war. a-
Promises Tax Reduction. -.
Asked about taxes and soldier bonus
plans, the governor replied he was
going to reduce taxes by doing away
with many Oppressive war taxes
and reiterated that he would divert
money now being used for armament
to reclamation of western arid lands,
for "a. home and farm for former
service men.
One of the. largest audiences of his
tour heard the governor here after.
parade A rising ovation. was given
the governor following his introduce
tion. - = -
Progressivism was emphasized by
the governor, who again characterized
Senator Harding as the leader of re
action" and the choice of 1.-The Senate
Nothing would be more dangerous
to the prosperity and tranquility Of
America" the governor declared,
than four years of reactionary adj
.ROund Robin" Conspiracy.
Denouncing republican opposition
to the league, Gov. Cox asserted that
conspiracy to defeat the ratification
of the treaty" The governor stated
that the President called in the SEN
ate foreign relations committee and
the House foreign affairs committee
and had placed in the league cove,