Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-15
Francisco convention.

Francisco convention
 The governor was cheered and hustled and squeezed all day into theatres. halls and court house square rostrums He was greatly tired and with hurried meals. had to maste: an attack of indigestion. So strenuous Vas the days programme that tonight he wired a protest to Sen ator Harrison. chairman of the national democratic speakers committee and de- manded less exacting future programmes.
 The league today continued virtually the sole subject of the governors address es In increasing religious vein. he told audiences that It was "a secred and spiritual" issue and that he was preach ing the creed of Christ" as against ''the creed of Cain" The league he said. was ''as dlvinely inspired as the Declaration of Independence" He also emphasized that "conspiracy of the senatorial oli- garchy'' was directed at world peace and denounced Senator Lodge of Massa- chusetts as the basest conspirator in all the history of the human rzce'" The governor reiterated charges of "a con spIracy of silence" in withholding pub lication of the league covenant
 Boys of wapakoneta bearing large nth- ographs of Senator Harding and shout ing for the senator caused Governor Cox to declare that he had discovered new "contemptible" plan of the opposition, told by local democrats that the boys were hired by republican leaders. Gov ernor Cox questioned one young boy Tho kept unfurling a Harding poster h a theatre aisle directly before the Eov- ernor. Asked hy Governor Cox who had hired or '.ld" him to Aaunt the poster. the boy replied nobody
 You go home and tell your mother that you didn't tell the truth" l'e | governor replied. There is a rrca; deal of money being used In this carpairn. and one of the peculiar uses Is what we have noticed. In the last two days when | we started our meetings. one boy or R group of boys will stand in front of the speaker and unfurl the lithoEraph of the opposition candidate. Now that boy was paid to do IL"
 the incident 10 disturb him and said that "evsry trick they have tried 10 play has resolved itself In our favor"
 Positions of Senator Harding and Former President Taft regarding inc league were attacked hy the governor i1 all of his addresses today. Al Van Vert commenting upon Mfr. Taft's recent state ment that Governor Cox's election stiii would leave sufficient anti-lcague sena- tors 10 defeat the treaty. th. Eovernq- ! said tha tit indicated an intention to
 override the result of the solemn refer
 erdum" on. the league and to repudiAts
 the naton's mandate.-
 His election and "a great victory for
 world civilization" were predicted con- fdently by the governor. Expressing
 pleasure at being "at home again" h
 Ohio. the governor said that his crowas indicated that the wave" of sentiment.
 begun two weeks ago. was sweeping the
 country
 "The senatorial oiirarehy" the eov-
 ernor said. realizes that the tide has turned In America and that their candi-
 date was pulled of the front porch. and
 he hadn't been of the front porch long
 until he had made a dozen slips of his
 tongue. and now they have been trying to put him back on the front porch. The
 morning papers announce that they wfil
 not permit him to % east now" So arduous was the governors dy
 that his special train fell two hours be- hind schedule and at Lima he made two
 extra speeches. one to body Of rail'
 way employees and another to an overflow meeting at the auditorium. He praised
 the war service of railroad operators and
 decried beliitling of their and others
 war accomplishments.
 At Piaua. in the wake Of the "Cos band" playing Ohio" and other SaT Francisco battle tunes. the governor
 marched afoot to the court house square Governor Cox spent tonight at th' executive mansion. and Is to resume hi Ohio campaign tomorrow.
 With a rear-platform address sched
 uled at Marion. Senator Harding's home the democratic can iidate is to speak to
 morrow at Delaware Upper sandusky
 Fortoria and other towns.