Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-07
SENATOR ROBINSON
COMMITTEE SPOKESMAN
BY Associated Press 70 Every Evening

Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 7.-Hailed as |
candidate in whose selection "neithel
midnight combinations nor plutocratis
| cabals were instrumental" Governor
| James NJ. Cox was formally notified today
/ by Senator Robinson Of arkansas, chair.
/ man of the notification committee that
/ he had been chosen by the Democratic
| National Convention as the partys Presi-
| dental nominee.
THE convention reached its decision
| through the exercise of untrammelled
I judgment by the delegates without INDUCE
ment or coercion from political bosses.
the Senator said. The honor and re-
sponsibility attending this nomination
came TO you because your position re-
specting campaign issues is known TO be
in harmony with the platform adopted
and because the record Of YOUR public
service demonstrates rare leadership
Senator Robinson outlined the progress
sive legislative measures in Ohio which
he said Governor Cox had secured against
opposition. OF the Ohio budget system.
included in the list, he said
THE measure has proved so satisfac-
tory that the Republican nominee has
declared for a similar system OF CO.
ordinating national income and expendi-
lures
The Democratic platform was clear
and unmistakablc" IN its meaning as to
the League of Nations, the Senator sad
while the Republican platform on the
subject was beyond the power OF the
human mind TO analyze or understand, "
and susceptible of various constructions"
I'VE believe, he continued, that the
treaty should be ratified and that this
country should cooperate with other
governments which have entered the
League of Nations for the preservation Of
world peace.
"The Republican nominee has declared
for defeat of the treaty and the rejection
of the League. He has made clear thar
1t Is no longer a controversy about rese1a-
tlons. 1t Is proposed to restore peace BY
act of Congress instead Of BY treaty and
to leave unsettled alfthe vexed and diff
cult questions growing out of the war
1t IS proposed TO place Germany on an
equal footing with our government IN the
negotiation of the treaty, to leave her at
liberty TO reject our just demands and to
attempt to impose upon US unreasonable
conditions"
AT another point Senator Robinson said
it was reported by the press that the Re
publican nominees had agreed in con-
ference to base their campaign primarily
on the necessity of wrestling the govern
ment from what they term personal con-
troll and restoring party control This
implies that other features of the Chicago
platform are to be Subordinated to the
false issue based on prejudice and mis-
representation that President Wilson
performs the role of dictator"
Since the President S trip to Paris it
had been the policy of Republican leaders
to assault him as an usurper," the Sena-
tor declared, adding that this unjust
campaign was continued in spite of the
fact that for almost a year and a half the
President has been too i'll to perform,
without great suffering, the imperative
duties of his office
1T is proposed that the nagging process
carried on in the Senate shall be made the
chief manifestation of the Republican
nominees of their1itness for office, Senator
Robinson said. IF the Senate as a BODY
had performed its duty half as promptly
as the President did his, the world long
ago would have been at peace"
Governor Cox's speech appears in full
on pages 6 and z of todays issue of
Every Evening"