The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-15
COX DESCRIBES THE '
 GROUPS FOR HARDING

| Columbus. Ohio, Oct 15.-V1gorous array of the forces he declared were . in the opposition rank was made here last night by Gov. Cox, speaking at the 1 capital in his home state campaign. That Sen. Harding, his Republican 1 opponent, has behind him ''the most ! motley array of questionable groups i and influences that ever were behind | a candidate-an array that to survey l brings the crimson blush of humll1a- tion to an Ameican' was asserted by | the Democratic presidential cand1- /, date
 Characterizing the various groups named as parties" Gov. Cox asserted that among Sen. Harding's support CTS were the following:
 "The reactionary party"
 "The pro-German party-wh ose members opposed our successful pro- secution of the war"
 "The Italian party, whose members place a futile Italian imperialism over the interest of the nation.'' ''The low wage party, an organi- zation with definite understanding that wages must come down. ''The suppression party whose members says or believe that every choked.'
 "The Greek party and the Bulgar- ian party, with * common pur- pose to punish those who considered the welfare of the world su : perior to the claims of nationalistic ambition"
 4"The Bayonet party, which believes trial disputes
 "The National Isolation party,whose object is to secure autoerat1c position in the world and whose creed is selfishness.''
 ''The Liberty Bond Spectators party, now arranging sudden coup 1.-the prejudice of the taxpayers" ''The Anti-Federal Reserve Act party" ,sI, n .o. seeks to escape payment of tax on incomes swollen by war profits" III f"The Anti-League of Nations party possessing a perfect understanding with Senator Harding that he is to scuttle every plan looking to inter national peace"
 "The munitions making party, an organization with a vast propaganda fund ready and eager to em- broil the world in fresh wars" ''The Afro-American party, whose hyphenated activity has attempted to stir up troubles among the negroes upon false claims that it can bring social equality
 Cox said he had NOT made a com p1ete list of the oppsition forces, but said that Sen. Harding was the can 1 didate of more than a dozen groups tionary Republican leadership" That the party had been ''sold to these several designing parties to be pros. tituted for this campaign" was as serted by the Governor. The Gov. ernor said:
 l ''The campaign for the Presidency of the United States has now reached the point where it is possible definite forces that are aligned on either side behind the candidates. It is well tt 4 take stock of these forces and to as sess them at their real worth, pa l %,~;o af,~io t <,-Ifr- them as history will measure them in the light of preuensions to a mo nopoly on Americanism.
 'In general, it is not seemly tt question the forces arrayed behind ones leading opponent, but I deen this to be an instance in which ther' is a right to examine them carefully and I say this because have had m S hesitancy in granting to my opponen full and free opportunity to examin the forces and influences behind m, | own candidacy. My nomination cam in the open convention, as the resul | of the free choice of delegates ther l assembled. I was not nominated a any 2:11 A. M. conference in a smoA.
 back room of a hotel suite, and I an perfectly willing that the forces en and compared with those behind tn
 reactionary candidate as part of tn l issue of this campaign.
 q am, however, more interested i
 the groups of forces that have bee
 aligned rather than the individual
 themselves.
 With this preliminary I asser
 candidly, rather with sympathy an
 compassion, rather almost wit
 shame for some of those who profes : to be witness to be Americans, tha
 the candidate of the Senatorial rim
 has behind .him today the most mot
 ley array of questionable groups an I influences that ever were behind
 candidate-an array that to surve
 brings the crimson blush blush
 azsorfment so ef an inneneen tha
 he must begin immediately afte
 the election to repudiate shoul
 the unthinkabie nLl rtln hing Of ~
 prospects of a victorious and prou America.
 ''I assert upon the results of car
 vass of these United States from tE
 Atlantic to the Pacific that the reat
 tionary forces do not place depend
 ence for success upon one party-tE
 historic Republican party which tt
 evil influences of 1912 have again cal & turcd, and of which they are in flu
 possession.
 CT affirm that Senator Harding
 the candidate Of more than doze
 groups working through the Prese'
 assert and so advise the America
 people that the party once led | Abraham Lincoln has been. sold
 these several dCsiSiiIiS ps.i IteS co
 prostituted for this campaisn. I ( this so that the sober thinking ell
 ments of all parties may know u
 uses to which the Republican orga1
 ization has been put that they ma
 repudiate those who have made n their temple Q den of disrepute in tt attempt to evade the issue of u " League of Nations. and distract tF public mind from our unswervin
 support of peace and progress:
 q shall inventory the strange heterogeneous parties that are al # -ayDed behind the candidate of tf " Senatorial group seeking to annex tt
 Presidency:
 "First there is the reactiona1
 party of this country. Then there NJ the pro-Carman Party, the par1 ~ whose members opposed our syn
 pa,thy and aid to the deposed Raise a1 the party whose heart would lea .;n with joy were this monster of mil n tarism by some strange prank of ia