Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-10-26
COX TO- Weldon
PEACE TREATY
Executive Will" Should not
Prevail Candidate
Declares
READY TO COMPROMISE
Governor Given Great Reception in
West Virginia Mine Responsibilities
A Dozen Speeches in w. Va.

Huntington, w. Va, Oct. 26.-Gov-
ernor Cox, cf Ohio, announced yes
,erc!ay that if elected President he
would "sit down with the Senate and
make an agreement" upon the League
of Nations and that his agreement
should be determined by the Senatorial
elections.
The 'executive will," the Democrat
ic Presidential candidate said, should
net conntl, and it is "unthinkable," !"
he declared, that American member
snip in the Leagu ue should be post
poned two years, when the next Sem
atcrial elections would be held. Anne
rican membership. he Indicated, was
the primary consideration. That he
favored American participation with
:'cflrifying" reservations was reiterat
ed by the Governor.
Hailed by members of the Cover
noris parity as one of the most i'm
portart of campaign developments,
The candidates announcement was in
response to an open letter sent today
10 Governor Cox and his republican
opponent. Senator Harding, by 80 of
their supporters urging them to ac-
cept whatever revision of the Lodge
reservations two-th;rds of the next
Serlate might approve.
The Governors statement, issued
during a rushing West Virginia tour
to-day, said:
"The situation is this: favor. going
irsto the existing League with clarity
ing reservations. Senator Harding has
said that he was not interested in
Qualification, but in rejection. ! have
every expectation that after Novem-
Der much cf the PARTISAN spirit that
has been visited upon discussion of
she League will have subsidized. One
third of the seats of the Senate are to
be filled this year. The people under
sand the issue and we will accept
7heir expression at face va.ae. | VIII
therefore. sit down with the Senate
and reach an agreement about our
gc:ng INFO the League. There is no
ether. and any talk of a new assoc:a-
ton is but id, phrase. The import
ant tlnirg is to get a start and help
to stabilize world conditions which vi
tally effect the interest and welfare
of America. For US to remain out of
the League for two years or until an
otner election coui.l be held would be
un.hinkable. If too much has to be
given in compromise new. in order to
insure our entrance into the League,
the people themselves will have an op-
portunity to modify and correct later
II connot be Il matter cf the exercise
of merely the Executive will The
popular will. as voiced at the pslES,
must control. The sort of agreement
which | shall be enabled to obtain
win be determined by the Senatorial
elections.
The Governors announcement fol-
lowed upon the heels of his statement.
IN his Madison Square Garden speech
last Saturday in New York. that he
wcuH Compromise, the reservation
| controversy. Attention also was called
to the circumstance that it followed
Elihu Roots statement that Governor
Cox was as "unyielding' regarding
Article 10 as President Wilson
Mere thanfa dozen speeches were
made through the West Virginia noun
tain country yesterday by Governor
Cox, and the State gave him one Of
the mcst enthusiastic receptions of
{, the campaign. Miners, railroad men
and other toilers were prominent.
among the thousands which cheered
| the candidate vociferousay.
Special appeals were made through
the State by the Governor to miners
and Iothers of the wo,41ing classes and
these were loudly appeauded. He told
of the "nMne run" payment, the mine
safety, worl1nen's compensation and
other Ohio Avs. Reiterating that big
business" was opposing nm, because
he SAID, it didn't like the progress al
Illustration CT SIX years CT Cox il
Ohio" the candidate declared also thai
'sbag business" opposed his. ''use CT tht
Golden Rule instead Of the bsyonet'
in Industrial controversies. At Rintor