The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-10-19

ne Wlred protest TO Senator Harrl-
son, chairman of the national Demo-
cratic speakers committee, and de-
manded less exacting future pro-
grams.
The league today continued vir-
tually the sole subject of the COVER
nor's addresses. In increasing relig-
ious vein, he told audiences that it
was "a sacred and spiritual issle
and that he was preaching the
creed of Christ as against the
"creed of CAIN
The league, he said, was "as di-
vinely inspired as the declaration of
independence"
Conspiracy of Oligarchy.
He also emphasized that "a con-
spiracy of the senatorial oligarchy'
was directed at world peace, and de-
nounced Senator Lodge of Massachu-
setts as 'the basest conspirator in
all the history of the HsInan race"
The governor reiterated charges of
"a conspiracy of silence in with
holding publication of the league
covenant
Boys at Wapakoneta bearing large
Autographs of Senator Harding and
shouting for the senator caused Gov
ernor Cox to declare that he had dis
covered a new contemplate" plan
of the opposition. Told by local
Democrats that the boys were hired
by Republican leaders, Governor
Cox questioned one young boy who
kept unfurling a Harding poster in a
theatre aisle directly before the gov
ernor. Asked by Governor Cox who
had "hired or told" him to f1aunt the
poster, the boy replied: 'sNobody."
"Yo go home and tell your mother
that you didn't tell the TRUTH" the
governor replied. ''There is a great
deal of money being used in this
campaign and one of the peculiar
uses is what we have noticed. In
the last two days when we started,
our meetings, one boy or a group OF
boys will stand out in front OF the
speaker and unfurl the lithograph OF
the opposition candidate. Now that
boy was paid to do it."
Governor Cox said he would not
permit the incident to disturb him
and said that '"every trick they have
tried to play has resolved itself in
our favor"
Positions of Senator Harding and
Former President Taft regarding the
league were attacked by the COVER
nor in all of his addresses today. At
Van Vert, commenting upon Mr..
Taft's recent statement that Cover
nor Cox's election still would leave
sufficient anti-Ieague senators to de-
| feat the treaty, the governor said
that it indicated an intention to over
ride the result of the "solemn refer
endum on the league and to repudi-
| ate the nations mandate"
Prediction of Election.
His election and "a great victory
| for world civilization" were predict
ed confidently by the governor. Ex-
pressing pleasure at being sat home
again" in Ohio, the governor said
that the "wave" of sentiment, begun
two weeks ago, was sweeping the
country"
"The senatorial oligarchy," the
governor said, "realizes that the tide
has turned in America and that their
candidate was pulled off the front
porch, and he hadn't been off the
front porch long until he had made
dozen slips of his tongue, and now
they have been trying to put him
hack on the front porch. The morn.
ing papers announce that they will
not permit him to go East now"
! So arduous was the governors
day that his special train fell two
hours behind schedule and at Lima
he made two extra speeches, one to
a body of railway employees and an
other to an overflow meeting at the
auditorium. He praised the war ser
vice of railroad operatives and de-
cried belittling of their and othe,
war accomplishments.
| At Piqua in the wake Of the "Co'
band," playing "Ohio" and othe'
|San Francisco battle tunes, the gov
ernor mcrched afoot to the court
!. house square.
j Governor Cox spent tonight at the
executive mansion and is to resume
his Ohio campaign tomorrow.
| With rear platform address!