Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-10-03
OHIO GOVERNOR
SAT|SF led WITH
RESULT Of TRIP
Closes His Western Cam
paign at Kansas City,
Where He Is Royalty Wei
coined; 1856 Speeches.
(By The Associated Press)

Kansas CITY, Mo, Oct. 2.-Gover-
nor Cox of Ohio closed his months
western campaign trip here to-
night with mass meeting at Con-
vention hall, at which crowds from
Missouri and Kansas heard and
cheered the league Of nations and
other battle standards of the dem
ocratic presidential candidate.
With special reference tonight to
the irish question, and in all ten
SpeecheS of today!s finale of his
SWING through the west which
began on September 2 and has
traversed all states west of the Mis-
sissippi river except three, the
league was preached by the COVER
nor. He reiterated arguments that
1t was a pledge" to Americans in
the war, bond of honor with the
allies and medium for moral and
material betterment for America
and the world.
His speech tonight made a total
or 100 during his western trip, ex-
elusive of many minor greetings
In the twenty-five states and a to-
tai of 220 speeches since his noti-
ficatlon last August. Leaving here
tonight, on arriving home at Day
ton, o., tomorrow evening, to rest
and prepare for another trip into
Kentucky and Tennessee, late next
week, the candidate will have tray-
eled about 1900 miles on his wes-
tern tour, or am average of 364
miles daily since starting out one
month ago tonight.
Confident of Result. :.
Great satisfaction with the re-
suits of his western trip and conf
dence of the result of the elections
a month hence was expressed by
-tlie eo~S&nOtt -fie said tIaI Iiotn
now on, the fight would be like
"coasting." He said he was ex-
tremely tired but with few days
rest next week, expressed assur-
ance of a strong finish fight.
A rousing reception here was
given the governor. Arriving about
5 O'Clock, he was met by band
and escort drawn from the legion
of honor and womens' clubs. Mo-
toring to park on the Kansas side
of the river, he addressed a work
ing mans meeting, discussing labor
questions and before his audito-
rum address tonight was the guest
at dinner at the women's clubs.
Earlier in the day he made ad-
dresses at Miami Okla, Pittsburg,
Kans., and Mulberry, KanS., and at
Criticism of the league in this COM
munity by Irish sympathizers re-
suited in an extended statement by
the governor that he proposed to |
bring the Irish question to the at
tention of the league, if elected
president. The league, he reiter-
ated, would give the Irish people a !
forum, now lacking for bringing |
their cause to "the bar of public |
opinion of the world"
Under article ten, the governor
declared, ireland has the right to
from Great Britain and
its own government
and to that end may wage such in
ternal aggression as 1t seems nee
essary to accomplish the result.
This is matter wholly without
the purview of the league.
CHARGES VI u PoiitiI"i NO''Nf =, |
cyl by "the senatorial ollgarchy
to deceive the people regarding the
league were repeated by Governor
Cox. He also continued attacks on
Harding, his republican
opponerit. as a 'reactionary" and
also Senator Lodge of Massachu-
setts.
Progressive government also was
championed further by the govern
nor, and he again urged settlement
of industrial controversies by pub
lie opinion.
big business is fighting me-" he
said, because l favor the golden
rule and not the bayonet to settle
industrial controversies"
Govern ,r Cox is due at Dayton
at 8 a. m. tomorrow. According to
present plans. he will leave
Wednesday night on another trip,
Elizabethtown and Pa
ducah, KY. Nashville, Tenn, pre-
ceding itineraries in Indiana and
Most of the east also Will
be covered by the candidate before
election day.