The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1920-10-28
.COyS 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 to TruthfuIness.
BY WILLIAM HosTEa.

Columbus. O.--Governol James M
ECoxs boasted labor record has been
shattered by his own official act
Claiming thai he had never pressed
soldier into an industrial contro,er-
sy." the record OF his action as gov.
ernor of Ohio In mobilizing the Ma.
uonal Guard of this state for service
In che steel strike of 1919 has been
produced In fiat contradiction OF his
assertion.
Not once, but on two occasions was
the Ohio guard, AT an expense of S23.
900 to the people of Ohio called into
service and sent to Akron and held IN
readiness for action In nearby Canton
The question Is not as to the merits
OF the strike or as to the necessity for
the presence OF the guard within strik.
Ing distance of Canton, but concerns
wholly the truthfulness Of Governor
Cox's statement obviously made TO win
favor among the workingmen. The
facts as brought out in 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 80
1919. suddenly ordered the mobilization
OF the guard at Akron. period of
quiet followed, and the troops we're
withdrawn. And then again suddenly
on October rs the guard was once more
modified and sent to Akron, and while
1t lay there at that strategic point
awaiting 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 I
have never pressed soldier into an In
dustrlaI controversy"
The question is did Governor Cox
tell the TRUTH Answering this cues
ton, Chairman Clark In. his Columbus
speech displayed to his audience pho
tographic copy OF Special Order No. So
issued from the Adjutant Generals de-
partment Of the State of Ohio dated |
Columbus. October %. 1919, which des-
ignated certain officers for immediate
active service and paragraph 4 Of !
which reads:
Facts Presented.
I'm anticipation of the development
of rioting condition at Canton, o.. the
Governor Of Ohio has deemed 1t neces-
sary to assemble sufficient number of |
state troops at Akron o. TO be held In
readiness to render aid to the civil au- |
thorities at Canton. o., and has so d.
rected the Adjutant General OF Ohio,
who, pursuant to such order, directs |
Colonel Benson w Hough to 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 Adjutanf
General and counter-signed in these
words. SPY 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 snobilIzing for duty |
here. All available companies are or
dered out" And. Governor orders
troops for duty here, Ohio soldiers re-
norting to armories following trouble
Truth Should Be Known.
The surprising thing about II all 10
that Governor Cox In his Wheeling
speech should have made SO fat an as
sertion when all Of the facts with re-
gard to his mobilization Of the guard
were still fresh 10 the public mind, at
least In Ohio. o., course II is not to re
expected that workingnen elsewhere
In the United States would be familiar
with the circumstances. and II was for
that reason that State Chairman Clark
In his speech stressed the necessity for
the people all over the country to be
informed that Governor Cox's assertion
that he never pressed soldier into I
an Industrial controversy" was abso-
lutely at variense with the truth.
Publication OF these sf7icial facts has I
utterly COMPOUNDED the advocates Of |,
Governor Cox's election. who have heen
making special plea to the working
men on the basi Of his west Virginia
speech. The revelations as to Mr..
Cox's mobilization OF the troops are
being compared with thf sworn state
ments OF liquor league contributions to
his gubernatorial campaign fund in
refutation Of his Siafefnent thai "fha
vets have never contributed one dollar
to any Of my campaigns" In both
cases the point is made that the issue
is not as to the merit OF his mobiliza-
ton Of the troops. on the one hand or
as to the status OF the wet and dry
question. on the other hand. but that
the real issue Il as 10 rho degree Of
truth and accuracy Absolutely necas-