Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-08

zen who has = moderate amount OF love
and respect for his country feel just
. little Inundated to see this sort Of
slush being made a feature in a presi-
dental canpaigh?
IqHfst
GOVERNOR CoUs SPEECH.
Governor Cox spent yesterday in
North Dakota, speaking in several cit
les in his journey across the state. His
first address was DELIVERED in Grand
Forks, where he was received with the
courtesy dne the candidate Of q great
party for the greatest Of political Of
ices The crowd which assembled to
hear him was as large as could have
been expected IN consideration of the
early hour of his arrival and the fact
that the briefness Of his visit made
anything like a formal meeting inn
practicable.
In his campaign thus far the Dem
ocratic candidate has placed special en-
phasis on three features. the League
Of Nations. Republican campaign
funds, and the oligarchy which he
says controls the United States senate.
Minor mention has been made of other
subjects, but these three have been the
main timbers OF his campaign. In
the Grand Forks address these three
topics were dealt with in about the
manner with which the public has al
ready become familiar, though there
were occasional interesting variations.
!. In that part Of his address dealing
with the League of Nations, Mr.. Cox
said: & y
We will make any reservations
and additions that are necessary
to clarity the instrument so that
they will give assurance t o the
people of our purpose Of com
mon good faith with Dur assoc
ciated powers, because they must
know before we sign that we can
go SO far and no further.
The constitution of the United
States is the supreme law Of the
land. No treaty can be made
that will conflict with it, No
League of Nation can have any
power that rises above the power
y OF the constitution of the United
States, so THAT IT MAY BE
NECESSARY TO ADVISE THE
ASSOCIATED POWERS OF THE
LIMITATIONS OF OUR CON-
sTITUTION BY HAVING MADE
WHAT RESERVATIONS ARE
NECESSARY.
When Republican senators propos-
ed reservations designed in form and
in spirit to accomplish exactly what
Mr.. Cox now says must be done,
President Wilson, in statements ema-
mating from his spokesman in the
White House and in the senat de-
nounced and repudiated the entire plan
alleging it to be intended 20 destroy
the beague by robbing it of every ele-
ment of vitality. If, as Mr.. Cox now
asserts. the League covenant may be
in need Of Qualification to the end that
both our own people and our foreign
associates are fully informed as to the
supremacy Of our constitution over
our own acts and undertakings, the
League Of Nations disappears from
the campaign as an issue, and the dis
cussion resolves itself into one of de-
tail as to how best to formulate our
acceptance of it in accordance with
our constitution and our understand
ing of it.
Mr.. Cox's discussion Of campaign
funds did not vary from his former
treatment of it. The investigation OF
that subject is proceeding before an
official body, and it suffices for the
present to a that since his charges
were. first made there has been no
substantiation of them.
In dealing with the alleged senate
o%ligarchy Mr. Cox displays a tenden-
cy which has marked his entire curse
through this campaign. This is the
tendency to assume that everything
THAT is is wrong, INC that it will re-
main wrong Unless and until he is
elected president Because the senate
majority differs from Mr.. Cox on GER
tain important points, that majority
must be wrong. More than that, ii
must be corruptly and wickedly wrong
Because Senator Harding has chosen
to make most of his speeches at home
he is accused of 'reactionary tenden.
cies, and of being under the -contro,
of a corrupt group Of partisans. The
financial system Of the country is
wrong, the taxation scheme is wrong
the marketing conditions are wrong
Everything is wrong. And the speak.
er has been so busy in the effort tt
point out the wrong things that he ha.
not had time to deal constructive,
with any one of them. Things arr
wrong. but we are not told how Il
right them. 81
It is a fact that during his Campaign
UP to date Governor Cox has been q
distinct disappointment to many citi,
gems of both parties. who had, hoped
and expected that his genera attitud,
and his treatment of public affair.
tEweuld be in keeping with the dignity
OF the office to which he aspires/Tha
It has not been OF that character on,
need only to read the published re.
ports OF his speeches.. The Crane