Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-22
GOVERNOR LASHES r HARDING FOR HIS
 W0BBLY SPEECHES
Democratic Nominee Also POunceS On Taft and
 Johnson
SAYS THEY PUT PARTY
 BEFORE JUDGMENT
Declares It is Amazing Man Like Root Should Support Republican Candi-
 date Harding

Baltimore, Md, Oct. Ex-Governor Cox in addressing large audience at the armory here tonight, bounced upon and lashed vigorously the league of nations speeches yesterday of Senator Harding, former President Taft and Senator Johnson of Cali fornia, declaring that they evinced further "wobbing'' by Senator Hard ing upon the league issue.
 At the same time the Democratic candidate further emphasized his league policies, declaring that "help- full" reservations should be pre- requisite to ratification.
 Everyone who is against the league is against me-" Governor Cox declared, insisting that Senator Hard- ing, his Republican adversary, stands for "scrapping' the league. The gov- ernor also asserted that because of league differences between powerful Republican groups the election of Senator Harding could not bring rat ification.
 "1t is this league of nations or nos league of nations," was another doc- Urine laid down by the Democratic nominee speaking from the platform where President Wilson was nomina- ted eight years ago. The governor asserted, quoting Judge Taft, that a new peace association of nations was impossible. Playing yesterdays league announcements by Senator Harding, MT. Taft and Senator John- son, Governor Cox said that Judge Taft expressed confidence that Sena- tor Harding would cause ratification and Senator Johnson expressed equal assurance that MT. Harding would reject the league.
 "Either Johnson or Taft is wrong," the governor declared, land only Gov ernor Harding can tell the American people which one is wrong. If Sem ator Harding has not given private assurance to both men, then his de- clarations are so ambiguous that Taft interprets them one way and John- son another. It is the duty of Sem ator Harding to advise the American people frankly which is right-Taft of Johnson. If he fails to do 1t, he may be regarded as an imposter. deliberately seeking to deceive the American people,"
 The league here and also at Will mington, Deleware where the gover- nor made his only other address to- day. virtually was his sole topic. His Wilmington audience missed the names of Senator Harding, when he referred to the Republican nominee's signature to the "round robin" and Senator Lodge of Massachusetts who the governor again denominated "the greatest conspirators in history"
 Large crowds at both Wilmington and Baltimore cheered the Democra- tic campaigner.
 Referring to yesterdays speeches by MT. Taft and Senator Johnson, Governor Cox told his audience to- night that today's papers carried headline regarding the Californian's address as follows:
 "Insists Harding rejected league" that over Judge Taft's the governor said, read:
 Harding favors League, says Taft"
 Senator Johnson and Senator Bo- rsh are men of independent mind and independent action," said the governor "They are against any as- sociatoin of nations and they are sup porting Senator Harding because they know with his election the league of nations or any league can never be ratified.
 "It is amazing that men like Elihu Root and William Howard Taft and their associates among the eminent pre-league Republicans can longer justify their support of Senator Harding in the face of the facts unless they will frankly say they put
 party obligations ahead of their duty to conscience.
 Senator Harding with his speech yesterday, has taken fourteen differ ent league, positions was asserted by Governor Cox, cataloguing thirteen he has named previously. The Sena- tor yesterday, his opponent declared. "now re-stated his position as that of IHc uays OH WHlCH Hc dCCcptcu tHc nomination on the platform which said 'the league has signally failed.'
 "The answer to that" the governor continued, "is that there are already 43 nations members of that league, and that it is an organization now furctioning."
 Referring to Senator Harding's of. fer of reward" to any one demon- strating that he had taken variant league positions, Governor Cox said he was present ito show how he hAs attempted to wiggle and wobble his way into the presidency and to claim that reward not for myself. but for the people of America" Senatcr x Harding. the governor declared ifons cally, was complaining because n vas misunderstood. k7S' sS
 Declaring the senator's latsst pxeS seemed clear to Senatox <