The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-08-13

/ lican Congress for mot passing a
single law to lift a load of war taxa
/ ton that cannot be tolerated in time
of peace He promised, If elected, a
reduction totaling more than $2,000,-
100000 annually in Federal taxes.
Annoying consumption taxes now
unjustified should be repealed" he
said. Incomes from war-made for
tunes, those Of nonproducers and
those derived from industries 'sthat
exist by unfair privilege" might be
taxed as now, Cox declared, but taxes
on the earnings of laborers, salaried
and professional men agricultural
producers and small tradesmen
should be sharply modified
He suggested, in place of the pres
ent graduated excess profits tax,
levy of from to II per cent. on the
total business of every going con-
Germ"
In advocating budget system Cox
said that through it ne could hold am
nuaI Government expenses down to
and interest on the war deBt.
Despite concern among some Demo-
cratic leaders that Cox would be
guided too much by the White House,
there was little in the address to in
dicate Wilson domination He men.
toned the President s name, but three
times, once in an attack on Republic,
can "discourtesy to the President, 2
which he branded as an affair of po-
HticaI intrigue.
History" he said, will make it.
odious. As we'll might lit be directed
at wounded soldier OF the war. One
fell in the trench; the strength of the
ther was broken in the enormous la
bors of his office
Continuing his bitter attack on SEN
ator Harding's peace proposal, the
Governor asked the Republican nom
fnee what he would da il Germany,
recognizing the first break in the Al
lies, proposed something that we can
lot accept.
Does Senator Harding intend to
send an army to Germany to press
her to our terns2n he questioned.
Certainly the Allied army could nos
be expected to render aid. If, on the
other hand, Germany should accept
the chance we offered Of breaking the
bond, it would be for the express pur-
pose of insuring a German-American
alliance, recognizing that the Allies
-Tin fact, no nation of good standing
would have anything to do with
either Of u.s.
He closed with an emphatic pledge
that he would endeavoF to get the
country back to normal, but on pro-
gressiVe, not reaetionafy, lines.
The speech formally notifying Gov
Hernor Cox of his nomination was
made by Senator e dbinson4 OF
Arkansas.
If the Republicans win control of
the Government, the United States
thenceforth always must be prepared
for conflict on land and sea- Senator
Robinson declared. Republican sue
cess, he asserted, means that the
United States must be willing to-
pour billions into the treasures of
munition makers She must arm and
train her sons in preparation for
f1ercer conflicts than the world has
ever known. We must either join
this League to which our friends beA
long or abandon for an indefinite
period all hope of substituting argu-
ment for armament"
Robinson assailed Senator Hard
ing's position on. the treaty and the
League sharply.
The Republican plan, If carried out,
Robinson said, would constitute a sur
render to Germany of all the advant-
ages of victory. The idea of forming
some other sort of international as
sociation for peaceful settlement of
disputes is not feasible, Robinson
said, because virtually all the nations
Of Importance now are in the League
and would not withdraw to enter
some other sort of organization.
Robinson paid tribute to Cox's rec
ord as Governor Of Ohio, enumerating
the progressive laws enacted during
his administration as evidence of his
fitness for national leadership. Cox's
position on woman suffrage, child
welfare, labor questions and other
issues squares exactly with the decla-
rations of the Democratic platform,
Robinson said