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COX AND WILSON
STAND TOGETHER
WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE
FINDS GOVERNOR cox, DEM
ocRATIc NOMINEE, IN FULL
SYMPATHY WITH WILSON'S
IDEAS. COMPLETE ACCORD
ON LEAGUE OF NATIONS AND
OTHER PARTY POLICIES.

Washington, July 18-Complete
agreement on the league of nations
question and unity in their party's
cause was declared today by Presi-
dent Wilson and Governor Cox, of
Ohio, Democratic party presiden-
tial candidate, after conference
at the White House.
. Meeting for the first time since
the San Francisco convention the
president and the governor together
with Franklin D. Roosevelt, the
vice presidential nominee, spent an
hour on the south porch of the exc
cutive mansion discussing the
league and other campaign issues.
All three afterwards issued formal
statements voicing solidarity of
purpose. None made any reference
to recently published reports that
the chief executive and the presi-
Dental candidate were "far apart"
on the league ISSUE.
Nation Also United
The president declared that ne and
Governor Cox were absolutely at
one with regard to the one great is
sue of the league of nations and
that the nominee "is ready to be
the champion of the honor of the
nation and the secure peace Of the
world. The party's choice, the pres
ident added, twill have the vigor-
GUS support of an absolutely united
party and 1 am confident also of
an absolute united nation"
Governor Cox declared in his
statement that he and Mr.. Wilson
were "agreed as to the meaning and
suficiency of the party platform
and the duty of the party in the
face of threatened bad faith to the
world in the name of America" He
declared that he would give all his
strength to the promises made by
President Wilson to those who sac
rificed in the great war.
The conference on the White
House portico held at 1880 this
morning was said by Governor Cox
to have been devoted principally to
discussion of the league of nations.
The statement issued by the p.eas-
dent follows:
World Already Knew
The interviews were in every re-
spect most satisfactory and crafty
ing. I found I indeed already knew
and what Governor Cox has let the
whole world know in his speeches,
that he and I were absolutely at one
with regard to the great issue of the
leagut of antions and that he is
ready to be the champion in every
respect of the honor of the nation
and the secure peace of the world.
Governor Cox will have the vigor-
Gus support of an absolutely united
party and I am confident also of an
absolutely united nation"
Governor Cox's statement said:
"From' every viewpoint the
meeting was delightful. The presi-
dent was at his best recalling any
detail and making inquiry into its
bearing upon the political situation
and elivened the conference with a
humorous anecdote now and then
in old time characteristic way. We
are agreed as to the meaning and
sufiicency Of the Democratic plat
form and the duty Of the party in
the face threatened faith to the
world in the name of America. His
thought is still of the war and the
pledges we gave to those who sacri-
ficed. One easily sees that as the
leader of the nation who asked for
our resources upon very distinct
undertaking and obligation, he is
resolved that the faith shall be kept.
To this thought and life are dedi-
Gated. What he promises I shall, if
elected, endeavor with all my
strength to give"
Mr.. Roosevelt's statement said: