Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-10-21

oCANASO Az tlC R<18l CQulR6 tuCkH COT
pecially as advisers In this work. You
know and know full well that Senator
Harding very recently said, I am not
interested in clarification: / am in
terested in rejection AS have stat
ed at the beginning. am placing .
charitable construction upon your
statement that perhaps your partis-
anship has prevented your reading my
addresses and your prejudice has pre-
vented You from realising the de-
attitude of your own can
didate; but you have made . state
ment concerning me which the rec
ords show is false. and / firmly but
respectfully call upon you to correct
this statement at once. Mr.. Root, you
have arrived at honorable station in
life. Many people trust you. You
have no right to deceive them. They
want the truth in this campaign.
Your conscience will tell you that
duty to it should be superior to duty
to your party.
(Signed) JAMES N. cox"
Governor Cox's statement COM
menting upon the Root message said::.
Il am today addressing telegram
to Elihu Root calling upon him for
an immediate retraction of q mis-
statement in his New York address az
to my position towards securing rati-
fcation Of this, treaty and the league.
Il am doing this because it is now
apparent to me at least that Mr.. Root
and tho 80 eminent Republicans who
iotA 81 vxrith
him in statement issued to secure
support for Senator Harding. whom
they know by his own words is against
the League. = are attempting
to deceive the voters. They are per-
hitting their partisanshi2 to rise
above their patriotism and trusting
perhaps that the last woi.ble of Sen
ater Harding may be In their dfrec-
ton. 1 am trying to be charitable
to these men in view of tie fact that
in their partisanship they may not
be reading my public addresses, IN
which ! have invariably said that 1t
would be my purpose tn accept any
helpful reservations that will make
certain the ratification of the treaty
and the league; and that my election
would be expressive Of the desire OF
the American people for going into
the League; whereas the election or
Senator Harding upon his own state
ment. upon the statements of John
son and Borah would be Endorsement
for staying out of the T. esgue. ! am
asking the newspapers 10 carry this
statement and a copy of TIE telegram
sent to Mr. Root as matter OF fair
play because the. Association Of Pro-
League Republicans led by him are
not giving the facts to the people.
Only last night DR.. Charles Eliot; who
has been one of Americas foremost
educators for more than forty years
called attention to this very thing to
a group OF student voters at HAr-
ward. in my presence. and pointed out
that in the statement signed by 81
men, all Of whom he knows, and with
most of whom he has been associated
they have RECOMMENDED their coan-
trymen to put Ninto the presidency
man who rejects the only League OF
Nations which has been actually
brought into existence and is func-
tioning. They advise voting for the
man selected by the very group or
Republican leaders who have brought
the present disgrace upon the repab-
lie DR.. Eliot also said that many
parts of the statement issued do not
conform to the well-known facts. that
they are misleading and that clear
expressions of Senator Hardings stane
are suppressed. The 81 sieners. Dr.
Eliot further said. are all honorable
men. How they signed such paper
is mystery. Let all YOU voters.
women voters. Independents and Re-
publicans. who are in doubt. consider
whether this statement of 81 eminent
Republicans is candid. whether its
fundamental promises are true or
false. whether it's reasoning is sound
or specieus. whether it's conclusion IS
sane and patriotic OF intndici0us. dam
rerous for the country and at the
bottom immoral Nothing / can say
would improve upon the expressions
Of DR.. Eliot; but it would seem to
nae that these eminent Republicans
recognised as leaders of thought tn
America cannot afford - rest under
the cloud which this statement casts
upon them" r
Governer Cox's response to Mr..
Roots speech came here Mt the
close of the governors New Eng
land campaign. The candidate made
ten speeches today, ali champioring
the League Of Nations and attack
ing the league stand of Senator
Harding at Providence. r. l., Black
stone, Mass, Willimantic, Manchss-
ter, Hartford, New Britain. Bristol
and Waterbury, Conn. At Hartford
the governor was called upon to
speak to a large overflow meeting.
Through Connecticut, Governor
Cox called upo nthe voters to defeat
Senator Brandegee, Republican can
didate for re election.
Delaware and Maryland will be
visited tomorrow by Governor Cox.
Leaving here late tonight he will
speak at Wilmington, Del, toHor-
row morning and hold afternoon and
evening meetings at Baltimore.
Several audiences today Missed SEN
ator Lodges name when the Governor
denounced the Massachusetts senator
~ the "basest coRspirator in all the
history OF the world" Ia this respect
the demonstrations against senator
Lodge were similar to those yester-
day. Today at Providence. again at
Hartford and again here tontSht At
the Casino. the name If the MAssa-
chusetts leader was hissei but at an
overflow meeting tonight q similar