The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-27

crowds stood in the rain in the streets to catch A glimpse of the candidate ard democratic speakers helo ah oNer- flow meeting. ,,u I,ii-, an wife of Ohio's democratic sen atorial candidate, arrived ourlns 1uu son Harmon's introduction or the gov ernor and was given rouho ol ap nlause Judge Harmon said Governor rcv was making a insignificant cam naign and that a vote for the gov arnor means that America wlll as snme her rightful position In the
 1n onening his address Governor Cox referred to his days in the newspa. per business, in which he said ne hau many happy recollections. .o,,
 Telling of hecklers durlns ms i.. Ma Governor COX said that shopmen Tn Mar ion Senator Harding's home, ana miners ir west Virginia had left their work
 to hear his addresses. ;,,o, a
 sAnd whenever my opponent IS gwen
 vacation from the front porch, the gov
 ernor added, he has been mak'he
 speeches for me. too
 Prolonged applause frequentiy intel
 runtee the governor from the large
 cTawd and especially during his league
 argument. z,sl,, t,s
 Governor Cox defended vigorously tne
 mingling of the league covenant w'th the treaty of Versailles. ... .,a ..Our bows fought for it. he said we had prayed for It. We had prom ised it to our soldiers ana 10 lheii mothers and unless it had been placed | in, the treaty of peace we "ouIu la ~, lost. in all probability, the outstandln' compensation of that great war. The audience cheered the governor when he made his denunciation of Sen ator Lodge of Massachusetts. some per sons on the Stage and also in the hal hissed the senator's name and those O others signing the Round Robin I The crowd approved vlgorousiy UT | governors statement that the league ha Universal indorsement of religious de nominations. Prolonged applause greet l ed the names of Pope Benedict and Car l dipal Gibbons, who are prominent spon I sors, the speaker said.
 MACSWINEY A MARTYR l The candidates statement upon tn Irish question also was cheered loudly l There was long applause again when h gave his views on the starvation Of for mer lord mayor MacSwiney of Cork How about MacSwiney?" mai | shouted from a box
 Tn my opinion,'' the governor re | piled, 'MacSwiney died as martyr Martyrs grow always, from centuries Q l injustice and oppression. I believe tn martyrdom of MacSwiney will enrage tn | English people as they were enrage l against the injustice King George visite l upon the American colonies. l Some say that the Irish question is
 religious question: the governor added l 'Of the last ten or twelve leaders c | the Irish cause most of them have bee l Protestants Therefore, 1t can't be re garded as religious question"
 | Governor Cox reiterated his charge tha l Senator Harding was trying to win tn presidency <''under false pretences," be cause, the speaker said. he had wiggle and wobbled upon the league issue. Tn | governor called attention to speeches yes | terday by former President Taft and Sen | ator Johnson, respectively, in Utah an Ohio. His speech was quoted as sayin that Senator Hardings election woul l insure American participation in tn league Senator Johnson, the governo said. contended that the Senator woul scrap the league and also that the Cal
 fornian warned against ny other ''indef inite' plan.