The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-08
COX LAUNCHES
FIGHT ON COP.
/. In SOLID SOUTH
Stumps Kentucky and Ten
! nessee to Stem Republi-
can Sentiment.
MAKES MANY TALKS
Den0unces Harding's Des
Moines Speech, Attacking
League Attitude.
USES WILSON PHRASES
Sentimental as Well as Eco
nomic Benefits for Cove +
nant Cited.
MAKES MANY TALKS
USES WILSON PHRASES
by stat, Correspondent Of THE HERALD.

BY q staff Correspondent Of THE HERALD
NASHVILLE. Oct. Tt Is virtually an
unheard OF thing for Democratic Ioresi-
Genital nominee to gu stumping in
ntucky and Tennessee, but Gov. Cox
, f. tGd /: necessary to do so to-day in an
X e..ast to stem the growing tide of Repub-
Icanism in these States of the solid
south." Resuming his speaking tour
Y IN Increased vigor. after three days OF
rsst In Ohio. he travelled through this
1 nd of tobacco, cotton and Colonies. adj
herring closely TO the new Democratic de-
terminat ton of making the League OF
y atoms the exclusise Issue OF the cam
paisn.
Referring to the Senator's Des Moines
speech to-day denouncing the present
league. Gov Gov. declared
Now he y against the league. I'm for
the leagie."
Democracy. in soft black hats and with
significant bulges in the vicinity of the
right hip pocket. turned out in count
less hundreds at every town where the
campaign train stopped, and the stops
we're innumerable. There were large set
meetings in E;lizabethtown Ky. in to-
bacco warehouse in Bowling Green, KY.
where the open air platform broke just
as the nc minec had finished his speech.
and In Nashville tonight in the Taber-
nacle
Uses OF Wilson Phrases.
Gov Cox developed both the economic
and sentimental aspects OF the League
of Nations, falling hack on arguments
similar in tone to those put forward by
President Wilson in various appeals for
ratification of the covenant. There was
talk of the dawn OF new day." of the
pilgrimage" he Is making to insure the
new order In the world" and then the
League Of Nations was referred TO as
the League of Friendship"
II predict" Gov. Cox said, that
emerging from the great war, with 49,,
10000 lives lost. with $500. 900, 0o0.0 0c
spent, wrecked homes. hopes and FL
lures, there will be this larger League
of Friendship the great charter of
world peace. the brotherhood OF man
kind: that from II will flow to the PEG
pies OF the world benefits as great as
those which have come to our own peo-
pie from our own Constitution. Unless
we enter the League of Nations there
can DC no anuinB peace OF permanent
prosperity"
Gov. Cox declared that next year. II
the United States enters the League of
Nations. s465, 000. 900 can be saved on the
navy alone. He said this saving would
pay for retaining 23,ooo,oo0 acres Of
arid land in the West.
II favor stopping the building OF bat
tleshlps and reclaining arid lands" he
said, "and OF giving every soldier boy
q farm and a home OF his own, II he
wants to try It out there in that great
promising country. II he doesn't want
that, then l am In favor of the four
fold plan. which was recommended by
the American Legion"
Following his conference last night
with Glenn z. Plumb. author OF the
Plumb" plan for Government purchase
OF the railroads and their operation on a
basis where the employees would share
IN the profts. Gov. Cox touched upon