The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-11

tons were requested by the President to
be put into writing and were incorpo-
rated in the revised draft virtually
verbat tim"
Mr. Taft made four amendments and
they were adopted, said Gov. Cox; Mr..
Hughes offered seven and five were
adopted AFR. Root offered six and five
were adopted.
sit seems but yesterday" said Gov.
Cox, that all the leaders of American
thought were for the league. The last
eighteen months of pot shd conspiracy.
holding up the civilization Of the world
and tearing at the heartstrings OF hui
manity for political purposes. are as
nightmare"
Gov. Cox referred to the White House
dinner in February. 1919, at which
President Wilson. he said. conferred
upon the league covenant with the
Senate Foreign Relations and House
Foreign Affairs Committee, and added /:
But before this meeting Henry Cabot
Lodge as the arch eonspirator of the
ages had uttered his defiance and Issued
the mandate that peace should not be II
II came as the result of effort In which
the President had a directing hand. A
partisan victory born In hatred and dis
content was his goal. let the cost to
quence few days after the conference.
Senator Lodge produced his infamous
round robin, signed by thlrty-seven Re-
publican Senators, who declared that
the league was not acceptable In the
form presented but who. under partisan
leadership, made no suggestions OF any
kind FOR its Improvement as means OF
prese ing the peace of the world
s'Then, after the President returned in
July, 1919. with the treaty and the maj
draft OF the covenant. he again con-
ferred with all the members OF the Sem
ate Committee on Fore gn Relations
The conference was public in the sense
that official stenographers were present
and the questions and answers were
given to the newspapers as rapidly as
transcripts could be made At this
meeting there developed the visible evil
dence that the Senatorial ring OF the
req ctionary forces had perfected their
partisan conspiracy, that they had no
desire TO understand the covenant ana
that they purposed to becloud ana con-
fuse the public mind. Their attitude was
one Of evident and implacable hos
tility
previous to this development the
President had appear red in person before
the Senate and had discussed the treaty
In submitting it-something no other
President has done in more than one
hundred years"
This Is the first time in the campaign
that the White House files for textuai
copies of documents, at least. nave peen
made available for Coy. Cox In ms
light for the Les que of Nations. ThoFe
familiar with the form on which white
House statements are issued recognized
at once that mimeographed copies mao
been made there and forwarded 10 Gov
Cox's campaign train for distribution 10
the newspaper correspondents accom-
panying HIN. 1t shows. OF course that
Mr.. Wilaon and Gov Cox now are work
ing hand in hand for the treaty.
It Is plainly the Democratic hope
the publication of these documents Will
be evidence that the League of Nations
is not Wilson league but contributed
to by a one time Republican President.
Beneath II all Is the practical politics
of trying to win over to the support OF
the Democratic ticket Mr. Taft himself
and those who follow him. upon the
ground that 1t is inconsistent for him
to stand by the Republicans now that
Senator Harding has come out In his
Des Moines and other speeches against
the League of Nations. The publication
OF the documents at this time Is re-
garded by those close to Gov. Cox as
one of the master strokes in the cam
palgn.
ut is great honor to come to the
home of the great Lincoln" Gov. Cox
said to a crowd that greeted him ut the
station when he arrived in Springfield.
This has been my first opportunity to
| do So In many respects he was the
! strongest the saddest and the sweetest
character In all history next to Christ
! himself."