Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-10-21

paign. Your conscience will tell you that
duty to it should be superior to your
party.
| tSigned) JAMES NJ. cox"
Cox Comment.
Governors Coxs statement comment
ing on the message said:
Il am doing this because it is now
apparent, to me, at least. that Mr.. Root
and the thirty eminent Republicans who
are for the league, associated with 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 permitting their partisanship
to rise above their patriotism and trust
ing perhaps that the wobble of Senator
Harding may be in their direction.
The Two Positions.
II am trying to be charitable to those
men in view of the fact that in their
partisanship they may not be reading
my public addresses, in which ] have
pose to accept any reservation that win
make certain the ratification Of the
treaty and the league: whereas, the cleo
ton of Senator Harding, upon his own
statement upon the statements OF john
son and Borah, would be Endorsement for
staying out I am asking the news
papers to carry this statement and
copy of the telegram sent to Mr.. Root as
a matter of fair play because the associ-
alton of pro-league Republicans led by
him are not giving the facts to the peo-
pie.
Offers Or. Eliot.
Only last night DR.. Eliot, who has
been one of Americas foremost educa-
tors, for more than forty years, called
attention to this very thing to group
of student voters at Harvard, in my pres
ence, and pointed that the statement sign
ed by thirty-one men, all of whom he
knows. and with most of whom he has
been associated, have recommended their
countrymen to put into the presI-
dency a man who rejects the only league
of nations which has been actually
brought into existence and is functionlng.
"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 Harding's stand are sup
pressed. The 81 signers of the state
ment,' DR.. Eliot further said, are all
honorable men. How they signed such
a paper is IA mystery. Let all You
voters, women voters. Independents and
Republicans, who are doubtful. consid-
er WhetDer IllS StaLeueHE uI Oh eiIiiueul
Republicans is candid, whether its fun
damental premises are true or false
whether it's reasoning is sound or spe-
cious. whether its conclusion is sane and
patriotic or injudicious, dangerous for
the country, and at the bottom i'm
moral
Governor Cox's response to Mr..
Roots speech came here at the close
of the governors New England cam
paign.
Irish Stand Approved
Large crowds greeted the governor
throughout his final New England
journey during which he made 10
speeches. Especial applause was given
his frequent statement of his plan to
bring the cause of Irish independence
before the conscience and bar of pub
lie opinion of the world" represented. he
said by the league.
Governor Cox made apparent refer
euce to today's denial from Marion that
Maurice de Kobra, French author and
humorist, identified Tuesday by the gov
ernor as the Frenchman who had told
Senator Harding that France was re-
ceptive toward new fraternity" of
nations. had seen Senator Harding.
The governor said that since Senator
Harding's .blunder," the senator had
been locked up on his front porch"