The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-10-14
COTS STATEMENT TO
LABOR PROVED To Be
GROSSLY INACCURATE
Claim he Had Never Pressed a
Soldier Into an Industrial
Controversy" Not True.
USED OHIO MILITIA TWICE
Question Not About Merits OF
Strike or Need for Military,
but as 10 Truthfulness.
81 WILLIAM ROSTER.

Co.'s boosted labor record has been
shattered 10y bis own official act
Claiming that he had never pressed
soldier into al Industrial eontroyer-
sy the record OF bis action AS gov
ernor OF Ohio In mobllizing the Ma
| tloual Guard Of this state for service
i 10 the steel strike OF 1919 has been
] produced Ia Hat contradiction OF his
assertion
! Not Sace. but on two occasions was
the Ohio guard, at 40 expense OF s23,-
900 TO the people OF Ohio. called into
service aud sent 10 Akron and held In
readiness for action In nearby Canton.
The question is not as TO the merits
/ OF the strike or rs 10 the necessity for
the presence Of the guard within strlk.
ing distance OF Canton. but concerns
wholly the truthfulnesS OF Governor
CoIs statement, obviously made to win
/ favor among the workingmen. The
| facts as brought out 10 the speech OF
] Republican State Chairman George H.
/ Clark, formally opening the campaign
at Columbus, are as follows:
Ordered Guard Out Twice
After the steel strike had progressed
for some days, with more or less disor-
| der, Governor Cox on September %.
| 1919. suddenly ordered the mobilization
| OF the guard at Akron. A period OF
| quiet followed. and the troops were
Withdrawn. And then again suddenly
on October % the guard was once more
modified and sent TO Akron, and while
Il Icy there at that strategic point
awaiting a summons into action STAFF
officers representing Governor Cox kept
close watch on the situation In Can
ton
In his speech at Wheeling, W. Va.
on the night Of August IA Governor
Cox said
For six years have been in execu-
tive authority In the great Industrial
state OF Ohio During all this time !
have never pressed soldier into an in
dustrlal controversy"
The question is. did Governor Cox
tell the TRUTH Answering this guess.
tion, Chairman Clark 10 his Columbus
speech displayed to his audience pho.
tographic copy Of Special order No. ~
issued from the Adjutant Generals de
partment OF the State OF ohio. dated
Columbus. October -, 1919. which des-
lgnated certain officers for immediate
active service and paragraph 4 OF
which reads:
Facts Presented.
"In anticipation OF the development
OF a rioting condition at Canton, o., the |
Governor OF Ohio has deemed IL neces-
ssry TO assemble a sufficient number OF /
state troops At Akron, o., 10 be held In |
readiness TO render aid 10 the civil au-
thorities at Canton. o., and has so d.
rected the AdJutant General OF Ohio.
who, pursuant 10 such order, directs |
Colonel Benson w Hough 10 proceed |
without delay TO Akron. o., to take
command OF all state troops upon ar
rival at Akron, o.. and TO hold them In |
readiness for duty, awaiting further
orders"
The order is signed BY the Adjutant /
General and counter-slgned in these
words, by command Of Governor Cox"
Did Governor Cox tell the truth to
the workingmen7
Supplementing this documentary
proof, Mr. Clark produced photograph /
ic copies OF headlines from Canton, o..
newspapers OF concurrent date, which
read state troops mobilizing for duty
here. All available companies are or
dered out" And. Governor orders
troops for duty here. Ohio soldiers re-
porting 10 srmories following trouble"
Truth should Be Known.
The surprising thing about II all IL
that Governor Cor In his Wheeling
speech should have made 80 fat an as
serfion when all Of the facts with re-
gard 10 his mobilization OF the guard
we're still fresh In the public mind. at
least in Ohio OF course u Is not 20 Re
expected that wOrkingmen elsewhere
in the United States would be familiar
with the circumstances. and Il was for
that reason that State Chairman Clark
In his speech stressed the necessity for
the people all over the country 20 he
that he never pressed a soldier into
an Industrial controversy" was absO-
lutely ~ varience with the truth
Publication Of these Official facts has
utterly confounded the advocates OF
Governor Cor's election. who have been
making e special plea 70 the working /
men on the bssi o. bis West Virginia :
speech. The revelations a. 70 Mr..
Cor's mobilization % the troops are
being compared With the sworn state
ments o. liquor league contributions 20
his EubernHtoriAl campaign fund In
REPUTATION o. his statement that the
vets have never contributed one dollar
70 any Of my cAmpalgus- In both
cases the point Is made that the issue |
I. not as 70 tn. merit Of his nobllira- /;
rio1 % N. troops. on the one hand. or
az 70 the status Of the vet and dry (
questios. 90 the other hand. but that
ne real i.sus II ss - The degree Of
truth and accuracy absolutely nscss-
ary N zoe vhe s~sks % - prs<itsaf
q ia Csi,st Stas<s