The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-13
COX ANSWERS
LIQUOR CHARGE
Prohibition Issue Passed as a
Progressive He Recognizes
Fact; Reactionaries Don't
CIDcr iAInDA IA o,,-o-,
FIRST WORD ON QUESTION

Seattle. wash, Sept. is.-Gov. Cox
saturday night made his first public
declaration In regard to prohibition.
| The governor. after an introduction
IN which his sponsor. George C. Cot
teriU, had denounced assertions that
Ine candidate was n wet" made the
| dience: :" 'arse hu-
AS a progressive in government 7
ana nIIw wnen an event has passed by
s anu becomes part OF yesterday The
ns"ctlonary rarely does. The friends
on world peace and the friends of nrop.
,ess VIII win this election and attempts
sss, N,u9 1, mem on any question not an
issue VIII be unavailing.'
inc brief statement In the speecb NJ
.he governor. who frequently has been
charged with being hwet" candidata
was determined upon during confer
S ~. ,.. With Mr. cotterill and Others on
kilograms and letters demandin~
statement from him on the subject
me way was paved for Gov. Cox's
f erred ~ oy INT, MT cotterill. who re-
saturday by the Seattle Post InteiiiN
gencer, republican newspaper. vhjcb
branded Gov. Cox as a wet" and dc-
mahded that the governor declare him
n nsn ana ar not dodge the question. The
George +; Carroll. president Of fet ne Ns Sf
Jersey Liquor Dealers association,
GATED July %. stating that Gov. Cox
was pronounced "wetn and his nomi~
T nh,,o9 9.r "a PIG Victory for our interests"
ana funds from the liquor dealers in
behalf OF Gov. Cox.
Mr.. Cottsrill. who Ia democratic can.
didate for senator. praised the record
OF Gov. Cox on prohibition and other
moral issues In Ohio, declaring that he
procured In advance OF national nrohi
nitlon the saloon Sunday closing law.
BESIDES charging that Senator Harding
the republican candidate had voted sn
thirty times on the wet side, on mat
ters pertaining to prohibition, as
against only two dry votes, ana these
after Ohio had adopted prohibltiofr' and
Mr.. cotterill said Il that s"i the seatt,.
newspaper had In the past Thrown its
influence In behalf OF the liquor inter-
ests," and now made Its attack upon
the governor to further partisan ends.
ne would support him with assurance
that he would enforce tho law In the
Ohio" :"
Besides the Seattle newspAper's Mt.
TACK, the Herald. OF Bellingham, where
me governor made his FIRST speech Sat-
lrday, sent n telegram asking n state
ment from the candidate on prohibit
lion, and whether he favored Article X
ol the league OF nations covenant az
presented by President Wilson, whether
nse approved the blanket Endorsement
N the San Francisco platform, and
,ther questions.
No reply was made by Gov. Cox,
a request for declaration on pro- |
1ibltton and Article X came from
women prohibition leaders OF Tacoma.
ng statement for some time, and on
MS train Saturday, after conferences
With Mr.. Cotterill and other advisers,
iecided to make his statement Satur-
Richmond Pearson Hobson, OF Ala
,ama, prohibition leader, soon after
3ov: Coxs nomination, requested the
,andidate to state his position on pro-
nibition and whether he would veto n
eiil 70 modify the volstoad Hw. No
ernor. Another request came during
The governors recent visit to Mniies
ipolis Sept, 8, when n woman introduce
ng the candidate. said American
Jews on amending the volstead law
IND other subjects, but no response
vas made by Gov. Cox.
Starting at Bellingham early Satur-
lay, the governor made three speeches
espite the handicap of severe hoarse-
less at Mount Vernon, Everett and
Tacoma.
The league OF nations, the "sensa-
ional oligarchy" and further attacks J
n republican finances and leaders were
ne principal subjects OF all his ad-
ressos At Everett he spoke TO a large
utdoor crowd at the baseball park, /
nd to another late Saturday after
Don at Tacoma.
Because OF tho governors throat af- 1
sction tho plans for another trip to
loston were changed