The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-10-15
GOVERNOR COX OUTLINES
HIS PROGRESSIVE VIEWS
Governor Cox spoke as follows;


with it an especial significance in
that it comes at a time when the eyes
of the world are upon America for
leadership. The decision made will
register Americas place among the
nations of the earth, either. as help
full factor in leadership, or as a ma
ton which is willing simply to take
it's place in the ranks.
NOT A PARTISAN CAMPAIGN.
This is not a partisan campaign,
so Aet us counsel together in this
presence as Americans. Let us
search our consciences in order to
ascertain what our duty is as Amer
leans.
81 have no quarrel with the Re-
publican party. My fight is against
the Senatorial oligerchy, that group
of men in the Senate which paid no
attention to the rank and file of the
Republican party when they came
finally to select the nominee of the
convention in Chicago. 1t is my
contention that this Senatorial OIL
igarchy not only deserves the con-
demnation of the American people
for what it has done to the civiliza-
tion of the world, but it deserves as
we'll the reputation of the rank and
file of the Republican party for its
utter disregard of the express man
date at the primaries.
VISITS YOUR FRONT PORCH.
81 was not nominated by any Sen
atorial ring or any other kind of a
ring, and / will not be tied down to
my front porch by any Senatorial
ring. The only front porch l am in
terested in this campaign is your
front porch and l mean to carry the
issues to you there.
Big Business is always with re-
action. That must be more than
coincidence. Why do they object to
progressive administration t
Washington during the coming four
years?. Because they know perfectly
well that if the progressive candi-
date for President is elected, and
there is only one running, they will
not have a reserved seat when we be-
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NEVER FIRED A SHOT AGAINST
LABOR.
81 have been Governor of Ohio six
years, three terms, and have never
thrown the uniform of a soldier into
the perspective nor the sky line of
an Industrial controversy. And we
have never fired q shot in Ohio for
the purpose of settling an Industrial
dispute. We kept the bayonet COW
cred up. We never used it. We used
in place the Golden Rule. 1t worked
perfectly. That explains the large
of some of the big in
terests opposed to progressive ad-
of affairs, at Washing
ton.
RELIEF FOR THE FARMER.
"In working out the problems of
American farm lifo, the extension of
systems, tho building
of good roc Is and the creation of
modern school facilities in the coun-
try which bring to the boy and girl
of the farm the same opportunities
which are offered to the boy and girl
of the city go hand in hand. 1t is
now possible also to bring even to
tie most remote rural district the
facilities to be found
in the more populated centers. Farm
work should no longer be drudgery.
Labor saving machinery long since
reduced the period of toll in the
fields. 1t is now possible to apply |
the same methods to mako more en-
joyable the existence of the farmers
wives.
'It is necessary 10 provide not only |
q ready market by increa ing trans
portation facilities, but it is essen
tial that that market be maintained
by the natural law of supply and de-
nand. Let us eliminate artificial
control, which reduces the income of
the producer, which at the same time
increases the cost to the consumer.
This artificial addition to the cost of
the necessities of life creates vicious
circle. / have given serious study to
the subject an1 know that profiteer
ing can be checked in way which
will break the circle and bring i'm
mediate and tangible results.
ExTRAvAGANCE MUST CONTIN-
JE UNTIL LARMAMENTS REDUCED
1--WE declare our adherence to the
progressive principles of
,ocial, economic and industrial jus
ice, and advance a purpose to re-
,ume the great work of translating