The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-10-14

At our request, Mr. L. E. Gwinn,
who was in Nashville last Thursday
on the occasion Of the visit of Gov.
Cox there, mode the following state
ment for publications
ut was my good fortune to hear
Gov. Cox speak, both in Bowling
Green, KY, and also in Nashville. AT
Bowling Green he spoke in the public
square to not less than 10000 people
and in Nashville to an audience that
filled Ryman auditorium to over
flowing. In fact. as many people
were turned away as were able to
secure entrance to the building. Gov.
Cox received remarkable ovations in
both places and is one of the best
aampaigners / have ever heard. His
lyle of speaking is very much after
the fashion of the late Theodore
Roosevelt one Of those straight
rom-the-shoulder speakers who be-
lieves in bis own message and who
presents it with a force and earnest
ness that makes a profound impress
1 sion upon an audience He impresses
one as a man of unusual force of
character and none who hear him can
doubt his sincerity His argument on
the league Of nations is unanswer-
able. He favors it's ratification with
reservations that remove every rea-
sonable objection that has been urged
against it. He says that if elected
he will call the United States sena-
! tors into conference with him and by
counselling with them make an
\ earnest effort to reach a satisfactory
agreement that win result in the,im-
mediate ratification Of the peace
treaty, and that due consideration
will be given all reservations proposed
4 in good faith. He charges that the
i Republican leaders in the Senate en-
tered into a conspiracy to defeat
ratification until after the election,
and sustains his charge with facts
that can not be successfully cOntro-
verted. Gov. Cox presents the Gues-
ton not only as a great moral issue
affecting the honor Of the nation, but
AS d practical business matter that
vitality relates to its economic welfare
He shows that there has been q
heavy decline in our exports to Eu-
rome, due to the condition Of FOREIGN
exchange and d lack Of credit faeili-
: ties in those countriof and that un-
less European credit is speedily re-
! stored and normal trade resumed that
1his country will suffer great finan-
cial loss.
"He shows that under existing con
ditions European countries can moi
buy our raw products. such as cot
. ton, tobacco and wheat, except on .
! credit. and that these countries car
mt ret credit unless there is a rea
! sonable probability that thew can re
pay the money borrowed and tina
: there is no hope that this can be doni
unless some means is provided for !
] reduction in the enormous expenses
Of these governments for standint
! a,'nies and navies that must be main
tanned unless there is genera
agreement to reduce ornaments AM
that no one nation will do this unles
| oil act together under some sucl
agreement as that provided for in tn
league of nations. The sneaker lai,
At the door Of the Republican ma
! ioritv IN the United States Senat
! the responsibility for the decline il
the price Of agricultural products tina
!" has followed the refusal to ratifv tn
neaee treaty. and shows that this re
suit was anticipated by the Republi
: ran congress, who were willing {
! ieopardize the prosperity Of the Who'll
/ country in order to win. if possible
! the presidential election.
{ 1.-THE president specifically warne
+ the Republican congress Of what tn
a result would be, and directed the at
tention Of the Republican Foreig
Relations Committee in the Unite
: States Senate to the fact that 1000
f 600 bales Of raw cotton were at tina
k time needed by the central powers an
that credit arrangements for th
s handling thereof could not be mad
! till the peace treaty was ratified.)
i democrats are much elated wit
# The Improvement in the prospects fc
n the election of Cox and Ro0sevel
and believe that as the campaign prs
e crosses and the people thorough
= acquaint themselves with the fact
d that they win place the respons
n aility for existing conditions at Il
e door Of the Republican Congress
a where it properly belongs"