Arizona republican., 1920-10-21
Democratic Nominee Says Root And 30 Prominent Repubh-
 can Ant9-Le0gue Associates
 Are ShoaO59ag PGrtasdn Sp9rd

once. MT. Root, you have arrived n< an honorable station in life.
 Many people trust you. Yo{l no right to deceive them. They Nart the truth in this campaign. Fsau non science will tell you that duty t5t should be superior to duty to y2![ party. '
 (sig9ed) JAMES NJ. cQx
 Makes Public Statement
 Governor Cox's statement commept#. ing upon the Root message said: 4a&
 T am today addressing a telegrff3 to Elihu Root. calling upon him for H& immediate retraction of a misstal2@ ment in his New York address a&rW my position toward ratification of tH& treaty and the league. T
 "I am doing this because 1t Is nQW apparent, to me at least. that MT. Hoo/ and the 30 eminent Republicans u14 are for the league, associated with HI in statement issued to secure su
 port for Senator Harding, whom t1L know by his own words is against the league are attempting to de- ceive the voters. They are permitting their partisanship to rise above their patriotism and trusting that the last wobble Of Senator Harding may be in their direction. I am trying to be charitable to these men in view of the fact that in their partisanship they may not be reading my public ad- dresses, in which I have Invariably said that it would be my purpose to accept any helpful reservations that will make certain the ratification of the treaty and the league; and that my election would be expressive of the desire of the American people for going into the league; whereas the election of Senator Harding. upon his own statement upon the statements of ! Johnson. and Borah. would be endorse ment for staying out of the league. am asking the newspapers to carry this statement and copy of the tele- gram sent to Mr. Root as a matter of fair play because the assertions of pro- league Republicans led by him have not given the facts and are not giving the facts to the people. only last night pr. Charles Elliot, who has been one of Americas foremost educators for
 more than forty years called attention
 to this very thing to a group of stu dent voters at Harvard, in my pres
 ence. and pointed out that in the state
 ment signed by 31 men, all of whom he
 knows, and with most Of whom he has
 been associated. they have recom- mended their countrymen to put into the presidency a man who rejects the
 only league of nations which has been
 actually brought into existence and is } functioning. They advise voting for the man selected by the very group of
 Republican leaders who have brought
 the present disgrace upon the re-
 public
 "Df. Elliot also said that many parts
 of the statement issued do not conform
 to the we'll known facts, that they are
 misleading and that clear explanations
 of Senator Harding's stand are sup pressed. The thirty-one signers of the statement Dr. Elliot further said. se1R all honorable men. How they signed
 such a paper is a mystery. Let al you voters. women voters. independent4 and Republicans who are in doubt consider whether this statement of 3l eminent Republicans is candid, wheth' l, CT its fundamental premises are trus or false, whether it is sound or Epe-
 cious, whether it is sane or injudicioua dangerous for the country and at thu
 bottom immoral Nothing I could eas would improve upon the expressions ol
 Dr. Elliot, but it would seem to rns
 these Republicans as leaders of thouKh' s in America cannot afford to rest uude1 1 the cloud which this statement cast | upon them.'