The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-07
ABSTRACT OF ACCEPTANCE.
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understanding, ana denounced what he
termed the dishpnorable proposal from
Senator Harding, his, Republican OPP
2onent for ( In separate peaee with
Germany.'' 2SElks
League or no ieagnes The Democratic
the two parties the ssupremec issue
s;The great question is,g Governor cox
declared, whether we shall or shalrpot JOIN
IN this practical and humane ifoyement.
L.. re In unnalne Senator Hardingi.as.
tia Republican candidate for the presis
n5vl proposes in plain words that
We r1naing out of it. AS the Demo-
crate candidate / favor going in.
efT he first duty of the new admins
traitor viii be ratification of the
treaty' Governor Cox said predicting
hat friends of the league would rally
to elect senate with the requisite
major; feY ratification. s
Governor Cox said the Tinterpreta-
tions honld state "Sour Interpretation
of the covenant rs aslnatter of good
faith to orr associates and as a pre-
caution against any misunderstanding
in the future y Assailing the Lodge
reservations rs concentrating. Governor
Cox suggested, two specific "interpreta-
tions,' as outlined several months ago
in newspaper article. One declared
America s continuance in the league
should depend upon the leagues use
only as an agency for world peace; the
other stated the understanding that this
nation could act only within the c0nsti-
ution, declared unalterable by any
treaty.
The door to other interpretations +"
was left open by Governor Cox, but he
said that the Democratic platform
plank "speaks in firm resolution
against anything that disturbs the vi
tai principle of the league.
The prohibition amendment and Vol
stead law were not specified in the adj
dress. but Governor Cox promised en-
| phatically strict law enforcement.
''The constitution he said, els the
license and limitation given to and
placed upoIi the lawmaking body. The
| legislative branch of government is
| subjected to the rule of the majority
| The public official who fails to en-
force the law is an enemy both to the
| constitution and to the American prin-
| ciple of majority rule. 1t would seem
unnecessary for any candidate for the
presidency to say that he does not in
tend to violate his oath of Office. Any
one who is false to that oath is more
unworthy than the law violator him
self
- Morals cannot easily be produced
| by statute,' Governor Cox continued
in passing to a plea against abuse of
| the writ of injunction.
Regarding woman suffrage, Governor
| Cox urged ratification of the proposed
! constitutional amendment, declaring
women care entitled to the privilege
/ of voting as q matter of right, and
! because thew will be helpful in main
tanning wholesome and patriotic policy"
| d, His ppositioD-candidate platform,
| leaders and congressional reeord-were
! hayed by Governor Cox in seathing
/ terms throughout his long address. A
| senatorial oliga1,chy" led by Senar
| tors Lodge. Penrose and Smoot. Cow
ernor Cox ehargedi selected Senator
! Harding to lead the Republicans and
! fastened 'into the party platform the
creed of bitterness and hate and the
yacillating policy that possesses il. =
The Republican stand, generally, was
scored by the governor as reactionary
and, on the league question, he said
| the partv's candidate was bent to the
irreconeiliable hostility of Senator John
son of California. The Republican
congress, the governor asserted. failed
to pass constructive law or to reduce
| war taxes.
Millions in campaign funds have
| been gathered for the reactionary
cause the governor charged, deplor-
| ing election of new administration
under corrupt auspices = and demand
ing publicity for 'Fthe plain truth =
| regarding all contributions and dis
| bursements. The Democrats, he added,
would not attempt "to compete by dol
lars He warned the country against
cunning devices backed by unlimited
prodigal expenditures to con
fuse and lure. -
Governor Cox said he took up the
| Democratic standard ga free man, un-
fettered by promises
| ''Our view is toward the sunrise of
tomorrow. The opposition stands in
the skyline of the setting sun, looking
backward, at the old days of reaction. ,
A graceful tribute to President Will
son was paid by Governor Cox, when,
scoring the Republican platform for
absence of ga line that breathes emo
lion of PRIDE in the nation s war
achievements, he said that while sol
diers fell in the trenches Mr. Wilson
twas broken in the enormous labor of
his office
Discussing domestic questions, Gov
I ernor Cox denounced profteering at
| length and promised that profteers
should ''suffer the penalty of the Grim
inal law
Agricultural subjects formed another