The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-07-14

get system was adopted Wnlcn saVeo
the State cf Ohio millions OF dollars
a year; even under the strain of war
expenditure there was no increase of
taxes, no resort to new sources of
revenue. He was great war Gov
ernor. His State was always ready to
meet the demands made upon her and
his executive and organizing capacit,
were exhibited in many works auxil-
iary to the purposes OF the war. His.
initiative and his influences contrib
uted to the enactment OF salutary
laws fer workmen's compensation,
the regulation of child iaoor, and the
great betterment of the State schoo
system. He was member of the Six
ty-first and Sixty-second Congresses
and served on the Appropriations
Committee of the House. He has. been
remarkably successful in his own
calling as newspaper editor and pro-
prietor, and has had experience in
public affairs quite beyond the aver
age cf candidates for the presidency.
The Democracy has followed a his
toric custom and practice in choosing
the Governor of great State for the
head of its ticket.
The breadth and soundness Of Gov
e-nor Ccx's views, the habit of his
mind in reaching conclusions upon
public questions of moment, may be
judged by the article already referred
to which he prepared for The Times,
and which is republished in full upon
this page today. Upon the great issue
of the League of Nations, Governor
Cox holds opinions which are en-
bodied in this suggested lnterpreta--
ton of the functions of the League
which in his judgment would be
sufficient reservation accompanying
the ratification of the Treaty:
In giving it's assent to this Treaty,
the Senate has in mind the fact that
the League of Nations which it en-
bodies was devised for the sole pur-
pose of maintaining peace and comfy
among the nations of the earth and
preventing the recurrence of such de-
structive conflicts as that through
which the world has just passed. The
cooperation of the United States with
the League and it's continuance as a
member thereof will naturally depend
upon the adherence of the League to
that fundamental purpose.
10 this he would add a clause ex-
planning the understanding of this
Government that the League "must
at all times act in strict narmony
with the terms and intent of the
United States Constitution" It is
our Judgment that to amy mind not
hostile to the League, or so hostile to
the President that it could not toler.;
ate any work in which he mad a part,
reservations in this sense should be
sufficient and satisfactory. At any
rate, it is upon the League issue thus
presented by the candidate and by
the platform that the fight is to be
made; the e'people will judge between.
destructive amendments anc friendly
interpretations.
Governor Cox is business man. i
Senator Harding is also a businessI
man. Both are of higa character, un-I
assallable, held in esteem and conf
dence by their friends, their neigh
oors, by all who know them. ileither
of them has any radical inclinations.
It is of the best augury for the fu-
,ure of this nation that taere is no
jaint of radicalism in either platform.
No American, whether he be engaged
n big business or in small business,
whether he be toiler for wages or
man following a profession, need
ear that in the coming four years
he foundations of credit Will be dis
;urbed by White House policies or
hat men engaged in lawful pursuits
will be molested. That is comforting.
But there is, nevertheless, a very
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