The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-08-19
REPEAL THE WAR TAX
High Sounding Utterances from Gov. ;
Cox's Acceptance Speech.

81 thank God | take up the stand
ard of Democracy a free man, unfet-
tered by promises and happy in the
consciousness of untrammeled op-
portunity to render 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 eX-
pediency, is unworthy of the esteem
of his countrymen."
Senator Harding's pledge of for
NAL and effective peace so soon as a
Republican Congress can pass its dec
laration, means but one thing-a sep
arate peace with Germany"
"This would be the most dishearten-
ing event in civilization, since the
Russians made their separate peace
with Germany and infinitely more un-
worthy"
"This plan would not only be a
piece of bungling diplomacy, but
plain, unadulterated dishonesty as
we'll"
"No less an authority than s;ena-
tor Lodge said that to make peace ex-
cept in company with the Allies would
brand us everlastingly with dishonor
and bring ruin to u.s."
"To attempt, after peace is declared
with Germany, To approach Europe
with the view to entering new re-
lationship, as Harding proposed,
would either be regarded as arrant
madness or attempted international
bissism."
"Our Monroe Doctrine Is the very
essence of Article K of the Versailles
covenant. Skeptics viewed Monroe's
mandate with alarm, yet not a
shot has been firec in almost hun
dred years in preserving foreign
rights on this hemisphere
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"
Senator Harding, as Republican
candidate, proposes in plain words
that we remain out of it (the League)
As the Democratic nominee, / 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"
Agreement without injury to the
covenant is now Of pressing impor-
tance. The first duty of the new ad-
ministration clearly will be the rati-
fication of the treaty"
zone of the first things to be done
is the repeal of the war taxes"
Federal taxation must be heavily
reduced, and this will be done at once
if a Democratic administration is
chosen. Annoying consumption taxes,
now unjustified, should. be repealed"
GAS a possible substitute for the
excess profits tax, / suggest a small
tax, probably one to one and one
half per cent on the total business OF
every going concern"
"Public officials who fail to enforce
the law are an enemy both to the
Constitution and to the American
principle of majority rule"
Farming will not inspirt individ-
ual effort unless profits, all things
considered, are equal to those in other
activities"
"Multiply your home owners and
you will make the way of seditious
agitation more difficult"
"I am convinced that the expense
of the government can, without loss
of efficiency. be reduced to maxi
mum of four billion dollars, including
sinking fund and interest on the ma
tjonal debt, with adoption of budg-
ct system"
"Disccnrtesy to the President is an
affair of political intrigue. History
will make it odious. IS well it might
be directed at a wounded soldier of
the war;"
There will he TO attempt in tn >
campaign TO compete in dollars with
our opposition"