The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-08-11
Hig h Lig h s In
Gov. COx's Formal
Acceptance Speech

Il thank God | take up the stand
ard of Democracy a free man, unfet-
tered by promises and happy in the
consciousness of mtrammeled oppor-
tunity to render q service"
'He who turns away from the
tragedies and obligations of the war,
not consecrated to sense Of honor
and of duty which resists every base
suggestion of personal or political ex-
'pediency, is unworthy Of the esteem of
his countrymen."
Senator Harding's pledge Of "for-
NAL and effective peace so soon as a
Republican Congress can pass its de-
,claration, means but one thing
separate peace with Germany"
"This would be the most disheart-
ening event in civilization since Rus
slams made their separate peace with
Germany and infinitely more TN
worthy"
"This plan would not only be
piece Of bungling diplomacy but plain,
unadulterated dishonesty as we'll"
"No less an authority than Senator
Lodge said that to make peace except
in company with the allies would
brand US everlastingly with dishonor
and bring ruin to us.
To attempt, after peace is declared
with Germany, to approach Europe
with the view to entering "a new
relationship as Harding proposed,
"would either be regarded as arrant
madness or attempted international
bossism"
'The Monroe Doctrine is the very
essence of Article 10 of the Versailles
covenant Skeptics viewed Monroe's
mandate with alarm yet not a
shot has been fired in almost a hund-
red years in preserving sovereign
rights on this fcmishphere."
"Every High School youngster in
the land knows that no treaty can
override our constitution which re-
serves to Congress alone the power
to declare war"
"Senator Harding, as the Repub-
lican candidate, proposes in plain
words that we remain out of it (the
league). As the Democratic nom
inee | favor going in. The matter
should be approached without thought
of the bitterness of the past. We
hear it said that interpretations are
unnecessary but they will at
least be reassuring to many of our
citizens
agreement without injury to the
covenant is now of pressing import
ance The first duty of the new adm
Illustration clearly will be the rati-
fication of the treaty"
zone of the first things to be done
is the repeal of the war taxes
Federal taxation must be heavily
reduced and this will be done at once
if a Democratic administration is
chosen. Annoying consumption tax
es, now unjustifed, should be repeal
ed"
AS a possible substitute for the ex-
cess profits tax 81 suggest small
tax, probably one to one and one-half
per cent. on the total business of
every going concern"
"The public official who fails to
enforce the law is an enemy both to
the constitution and to the American
principle of majority rule"
"Morals cannot easily be produced
, by statute. The writ Of injunction
should not be abused. We need a
definite and precise statement of
policy as to what busin9ssmen and
workingmen may do and may not do
by way Of combination and collective
I action. Neither labor nor capital
] should at any time take action that
would put in jeopardy the public well
fare"
Farming will not inspire individual
effort unless profits, all things con-
sidered, are equal to those in other
activities"
Multiply your home-owners and