The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-07-27
GOV. COX DID NOT.
SURRENDER HIS VIEWS
NEW VERSION OF CANDIDATES.
CONFERENCE WITH WILL
SON is MADE PUBLIC.
MUM ON RESERVATIONS

! His Stand on League Is Expected TO
Satisfy All Elements of Party.
Talk With President Was Only ON
General Issues.
WASHINGTON-A new version
of what took place at the recent
white house conference between
President Wilson and Governor Cox
has been brought to light by the
meeting in Columbus of Governor
! Cox and the men who are to manage
| his campaign.
When he accepts the Democratic
| nomination on August Governor
Cox, of Ohio, will make it clear that
his Endorsement of President Will
sons stand on the league of nations
does not commit him in detail to the
presidents position on reservations.
| This was learned on unquestione
authority here as influential Demo-
Gratis returned from the Columbus
conference.
! The Democratic nominee, in other
words, is not going to leave tout on
| limb" the twenty-odd Democratic
| senators who voted for strong reser-
vations to the peace treaty. Nor will
he leave paving the air for support
such Democratic senator's as Sim
mons. of North Carolina, who, al
though not supporting the Lodge
reservations, did make repeated eff
forts to get compromise between
| the senate and white house.
In his speech of acceptance Gov
| ernor Cox, it is said on high author
ity,. will bring out the fact that at
his recent conference with President
! Wilson neither Governor Cox nor
Mr.. Wilson discussed in detail the
Versailles treaty, nor the various
reservations and amendments pro-
posed thereto.
The Democratic leaders just from
the Columbus meeting relate some
of the incidents of the white house
conference which do not exactly
coincide with the reports given
out at the time of the conference, in
/ dicating that Governor Cox had COM
pletely surrendered to the President
on the league of nations question,
even to the extent of abandoning the
two reservations which he had pre-
pared to safeguard the sovereignty
\ of the United States.
1t is definitely said there was no
surrender upon the governors part,
as his two reservations were not dis
cussed in any particular in his talk
with the president.
Did Not Surrender
The men who attended the Column
bus meeting and who discussed at
length with Governor Cox his atti-
tude on the league questions declare
positively that in all the discussion
with the president the Cox reserva-
! tions were never mentioned. For this
reason, they say, there could not
possibly have been any surrender by
Cox nor could there have been any
! departure from the position hereto
! fore held by him that the league, If
ratified. must contain strong reser-
| vations to protect the United States
against foreign interference.
/ The presence at the Columbus
meeting of many of the strongest
anti-Wilson men, who made the NOM
ination of Cox possible, indicates the
story of the white house conference
i being related by the returned lead
ers is told for the definite purpose of
showing that Cox is still the man of
independent thought and action he
was assured to be when the nominal
ton was rendered him.
It is stated on the highest authorl-
ty that the discussion of the league
issue in the white house conference
was of "'the most general character"
The president was fully informed re-
garding the attitude of Governor Cox
and his belief that reservations of
an affirmative nature were neces-
! sary. On the other hand, Governor
Cox knew of the presidents unyield-
ing position regarding the Cox reser-
vations and all others which at
tempted to thwart the presidents de-
signs for the entrance of the United
states into the league. Hence, by
mutual agreement, it is said, the
subject of the reservations was not
| brought up.
Favors Reservations
| Governor Cox is represented by
the returning Democrats to be still
standing firmly for reservations.
Moreover, it is announced that not
withstanding the wide publicity
which was given to his purported
position following the white house
conference his real position will not
be made known until his speech OF
acceptance is delivered.