The spectator., 1920-08-13

Arkansas, chairman at the San Fran cisco convention, of It's choice.
 In a speech bristling with attack, direct and sarcastic, he denounced Senator Hardings proposals for et- fecting peace as "disheartening" "un- worthy" 'bungling diplomacy and 'unadulaterated dishonesty"
 Extracts which featured Governor Cox's speech of acceptance:
 T thank God I take up the stand ard of Democracy free man, unfet- tered by promises and happy in the consciousness sof untrammeled oppor- tunity to render a service"
 He who turns away from the trag- edies and obligations of the war. not consecrated to a sense of honor and of duty which resists every base sug- gestion of personal or political exped iency, is unworthy of the esteem of his countrymen."
 Senator Harding's pledge of flor nal and effective peace so soon as 8 Republican Congress can pass its de- claration, means but one thing-a SC parate peace with Germany"
 This would be the most disheart- ening event in civilization since tho Russians made their separate peace with Germany and infinitely moro un- worthy"
 The discourtesy to the president is an affair of political intrigue. His tory will make it odious. AS well might it be directed at wounded soldier of the war"
 No less an authority than Senator Lodge said that to make peace ex- cept in company with the allies would brand us everlastingly with dishonor and bring ruin to us."
 To attempt, after peace Is declar- ed with Germany, to approach Flu rope with the view to entering "a new relationship" as Harding propos- ed, would either be regarded as ar rant madness or attempted interna- tional bosssm."
 Every High School youngster in the land knows that no treaty can override our constitution which re- serves to Congress alone the power to declare war"
 Morals cannot easily be produced by statute. The writ Of injunction should not be abused. We need definite and precise statement of pol Icy as to what business men and working men may do and may not do by way of combination and collective action. Neither labor nor capital should at any time take action that would put in jeopardy the public wel- fare"
 Senator Harding, as the Republi- can candidate, proposes in plain words that we remain out of 1t (the league). As the Democratic nominee. l favor going in The matter should be ap- preached without thought of the bit terness of the past We hear it said that interpretations are unnecessary. but they will at least be reas- suring to many of our citizens" .T am convinced that the expense of the government can without loss of efficiency be reduced to max mum of four billion dollars, including sinking fund and interest on the na- tional debt" with adoption of budg- ct system"
 Multiply your home-owners and you will make the way of seditious agitation more difficult"
 There will be no attempt in this campaign to compete by dollars with our opposition"
 "As a possible substitute for the ex- cess profits tax I suggest a small tax, probably one to one and onehalf per cent on the total business of every going concern"
 Farming will not inspire individual effort unless profits, all things con sidered, are equal to those in other | activities
 | "The public official who fails to enforce the law is an enemy both to the constitution and to the American arinciple of majority rule"