Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-08-05
COX PREPARED
To MEET FOES
ON ANY ISSUE
TELLS DEMOS
Democratic Candidate Says
Republicans Are "PIoWing
Around Stump Prom
iSeS Straight Course.
"B0YS, I'm READY FOR
THE BATTLE" He SAYS
Predicts Victory For His
Party and 1.-THE Right
Says G 0, P, Appeal IS
Menace To Nation.
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tsS MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wlREI
Dayton, O.. Aug. A fighting
message to democrats and repub-
licans was given by Governor Cox
in an address today at local DEM
ocratic picnic.
Governor Cox declared he would
carry the offensive in "a consider
able fight" for which he predicted
success. incidentally he promised
that his address Saturday accept
ing the nomination could be un-
derstood "even by school children"
"Ready for the Fight"
Boys, I'm ready for the fight"
he declared. 1--WE need make no
defense. Ours will be the offen-
sive fight from the beginning to
the end and 1t will be a consider
able fight have the faith in
me that there will be a triumph
of right principles this fall, which
will serve notice to republican
leaders for years to come. l was
about to say that 1t would be a
democratic triumph. 1t will not be
that, 1t will not be a victory in
the partisan sense. 1t will be a
triumph of the right"
Turning upon his opponents. the
governor continued:
We've won before In the same
kind Of fight, Well win again
because we are right.
"Opponcnts Avoid Issues"
"The opposition has been good
to us and the advantage that ii has
given will be recounted in the STIR
ring days ahead of us. The oppo-
sition apparently has adopted the
course of doing what we farmers
use to do--of ploughing around
the stump. of seeking to avoid the
things that perplex,
"Tt Is with the opposition, ex-
pediency pure and simple. They
attemnt TO appeal to this group.
that group and other groups. with-
out tiie s. tghi est confederation of
t'the great menace thereby 70 Rha
perpetulty of our government Juf
course Is the straight course"
To Speak Freely Saturday.
The governor sad he was In
sort of straight jacket mentally,
because propriety and precedent
barred him from discussing nations
al issues 81 must hold my peace
until Saturday" he said. That doe
ument next Saturday can, be UNDER
stood even by the school children"
AS he climbed into the boxing
arena used for the speakers at the
picnic, the candidate asked (which
Is my corner?"
Now bring Harding in and he'll
be good for Just one round" an
admirer shouted.
Governor Cox expressed pride
'in the fight of the boys at the
lSan Francisco convention" saying:
II sat on the other end of the
wire and saw how efficiently you
maintained the lines. am pro-
foundly proud of the confidence In
me which you manifested in that
great conference of free men.
II will bring back the standard
| to you as clean as IL was given me.
Voice Tells of Victory.
Something tells me that we are
going to win as certain as the sun
sets in the western skies but. we
can't win without standing in solid
formation. I'm ready now for the
right and | will carry our cause 10
the east, west, north and south.
| That cOwd of 10000 persons
was expected at the notification
ceremonies with 10000 In the pa
rade was stated by J. Sprigg Nc
Mahon, chairman of the local ar
rangements committee.
The governors address followes
another day of hard work on his
correspondence. At dinner tonight
| he discussed the woman suffrage
| fight in Tennessee, with Mrs. Ah-
bic Scott Baker of the national wo-
mems party, who arrived from
similar conference with Senator
Harding the republican candidate.