The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-09
SCATH|NG ATTACK
 MADE BY COX ON
 HARD|NG'S STAND
Declares Opponents Creed, Forced Under Threat From Borah, Offense to Amer
 ican Decency
By Associated Press

Louisville. Ky. October S.-Scathing attack was made here tonight by Cover nor Cox of Ohio, upon the recent league announcements of Senator Harding. his republican opponent.
 Senator Hardings creed. the demo- cratic presidential candidate declared in his address here, closing his Ken lucky campaign, was forced under pressure of a threat from Senator Borah.' and is America and America only"
 ITO preach such a gospel of selfish ness is an offense to the decency of America" said Governor Cox. citing manitarian and commercial and oth- CT world relationhips. Such pro clamation of provincialism is little short of treason to our traditions.
 elf we were to heed the preach
 ment of the prophet ct Marion.
 Governor Cor continued, i've might
 just as well make our declaration
 we might inst as we'll burn all our
 great Americans, past and present,
 in effiEy..
 Tn view of Senator Harding's stand against the present league, Governor Cox asked whether former President Taft and other republicans favoring American membership would continue supporting MT. Harding. The gover- nor also asked whether Judge Taft's candidate is giving hm n. entirely different assurance" from his speeches. and requested Mir. Taft to tell 'in front Of the curtain what is going on be- hind"
 13 SPEECHES IN DAY
 The governors address here to sev- crai thousand persons in religious revival tabernacle closed a strenuous days campaigning. in which he de- iivered thirteen speeches across Ken lucky In virtually all, he preached the League of Nations and progress sivism and flayed the senatorial oli- garchy" In his opening speech this morning at Paducah he reiterated that the ''oligarchy" was seeking to "an- mex the presidency" and also said that a great menace. next to scrapping of the league" was the prospect of four Appointments soon to vacancies on the United States supreme court.
 Regarding Senator Harding's posi- tior. the governor said to his taberna- cle audience tonight:
 Under the pressure of threat from SeI ~tor Borah. the senatorial caadi- date is now out in the open and his creed is America and America only To use his words, We must consecrate ourselves to the welfare of America and not to the rest of the world Must we forget that we are still part of the world, the dominion over which is in the hands of God? Even the sena- torial oiigarchy can't promise us new world of cur own.
 U. s. A PART OF WORLD
 '1f we are to live commercially, we have to trade with others. If we are to cut our products to our consump- ton. the mere adoption of that policy would carry us back fifty years in- dustrially. But there is something more than the practical side. Are we to close our souls against every thought of sympathy and help and leadership? Are we to say we have no interest in Ireland. nor Germany. nor Austria. nor Russia, nor Poland, nor thr other nations of the world strug- Eiing for democracy, Are we to close our eyes to the picture of starvation which spreads over half of Europe :? Can We deny the League of Nations which brings an end to expensive armaments. establishes credit and per- mits people who are willing to work to have bread?
 Does not physical isolation mean moral is",ation? The acceptance of the creed of the senatorial candidate IS little less than a notice to America t3 closc our churches, our schools and our universities: to think only of self; to deny the soul any right in future detcrmination.
 ''To preach such . gospeI of
 selfishnes~ is offense to the
 decency of America. Such n pro-
 clamatiOn of provinciaIfsm is little
 short of treason to our traditions.
 The spirits of the just men made
 perfect, our Pilgrim fatheru. who
 fhouEht they were building on this
 continent country dedicated to
 the practice of the principles of
 religion. must have turned In their
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