The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-31
COX PRACTICALLY
 WINDS UP DRIVE
 FOR PRESIDENCY
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NoesAs~(W AHV" x-8&0 OMeD Will if the people will speak a posi- tive mandate" said the governor, re- | iterating that he would accept any good" or "helpfup reservations. To obtain its ratification" he said, T am willing to accept such helpful reservations as are necessary to secure that end"
 The governors league appeals were rcrched again in strong religious vain He weighed upon indorsement of the leagne which he said had been given s'~H~''' hv religious denominations and also charged that "the force of ] money had been brutal1y used" in ef- ferts to intimidate ministers who have advocated the league.
 In presenting economic arguments speech predicted "smokeless chim- ! ncys" there and throughout the na- l ton should America stay out of the league. American membership. he as- I serted, would bring Ian unprecedented era of prosperity" through restoration 1 or European credit and purchasing power.
 | In his Coliseum spech tonight the governor attacked especially Senator 1 Harding's statement at Des Moines ! that I've must consecrate ourselves to the welfare of America and not of the rest of the world"
 Applied to individuals it is the doc 1 Urine of egotism.' said the governor. Applied to nations it is the doctrine of isolation. And in both cases it is the doctrine of selfishness To talk slibly about American only as if that ! were what patriotism means, is as fool
 isk as it is false That kind of pat-l- otism is cheap and spurious patriot l isr,."
 'The true patriot wants his country l to be first in service, not first in
 selfishness More than that. it is the negation of the new testament and the l old testament as we'll"
 CITES BIBLICAL STORIES ] "The Biblical stories of the good
 Samaritan and the Sadducee lawyer
 were cited by the governor as argu-
 ments for national helpfulness and not 1 selfishness You will recall" said the candidate
 when the Founder of Christianity was
 preaching to vast crowd beside the l sea of Galilee Tn the midst of the ser mon he was interrupted by heckler in
 the audience. The evangelist in his re l port of the meeting. says that a cer-
 tain lawyer in order to trap the speak
 CT asked him; Who is my neighbor :? "christs answer. given on the spur
 
 silenced the Sadducee lawyer-and the
 Sadducees of the first century con
 stituted the reactionary party of spe- l cial privileges
 l Continuing with the story of the l good Samaritan. Governor Cox said: Broken and bleeding Europe is to- | day like the wayfarer on the road to 1 Jericho. If you tell me that America, like the selfish Levite. should turn her
 back on this tragic scene and seek only her own safety and comfort. I will tell you that you are labelling and slander- ing the America in which believe. We must bind up the wounds. and by cooperation so stabilize political
 and economic conditions that the wounded world can speedily recover" l GIVEN GREAT OVATION A great ovation was given the gov
 ernor when he arrived at the coliseum where seats had been provided for Ill., coo persons. Hundreds were standing the aisles. stairways and all other points of vantage being filled. Flags
 hats handkerchiefs were waved in {