The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-26
COX ANSWERS TIE
 l OPE N LETTER ON ! LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Says He Will Sit Down With the Senate and Make An
 Agreement on the
 Covenant

me executive will he said, should rot control. and it is unthinkabIe that | the American membership in the league should be postponed two years, when the next senatorial elections would be held" American membership. he in- dicated, was the primary consideration That he favored American participa ton with clarifying reservations was reiterated by the governor Hailed by members of the governor $ party as one of the most important of campaign developments, the candi- dates announcement was in respons to an open letter sent today to Gov ernor Cox and his republican opponent, senator Harding. by fifty of their sup porters urging them to accept what ever revision of the Lodge reservations l two-thirds of the next Senate might approve
 GOVERNORS STATEMENT The governors statement. issued dar- ing rushing West Virginia tour to- day read;
 The situation is this: l favor going into the existing league with ciarify- irg reservations. Senator Harding has sa Id that he was not interested in clarification. but in rejection I have every expectation that after Novemb be r iiNti pt lile partisan SDlrlL mat EdS been visited upon discussion of the league will have subsided One third of the seats of the Senate are to be filled this year. The people understand the issue and we will accept their ex- p-ession al face value. I will, there fore. sit down with the Senate and reach an agreement about our going into this league. There is no other and any talk of new association = Ia nh thing is to get a start and help to stabilize world conditions which vital ly affect the interest and welfare oe America. For us to remain out of the league for two years or until another election could be held would be un- thinkable. If too much has to be give ir compromise now in order to insure our entrance into the league, the peo- pie. themselves will have an opportli- nity to modify and correct later. It cannot be a matter of the exercise Of merely the executive will. The popular will as voiced at the polls must control The sort of agreement which shall be enabled |, obtain will he determined by the senatorial eIec- tionso
 FOLLOWS NEW YORK SPEECH
 The governors announcement followed upon the heels of his statement in his
 
 urday in New York that he would conn promise reservations controversity At tention also was called to the circum- stances that it followed Eiihu Roots statement that Governor Cox was "un- yielding, regarding Article K as Pres ident Wilson.
 More than dozen speeches through the West Virginia mountain country to- day by Governor Cox and the state gave him one of the most enthusiastic recep- tion of the campaign Miners railroad men and other workers were prominent among the thousands that cheered the candidate.
 Senator Harding's league statements came in for special attack by the gover- nor Denouncing Senators Harding Lodge of Massa chusetts. and others who signed the round robin, as "conspirators' the governor askedf
 How can we reasonably expect one of the conspirators, if elected, to over turn the conspiracy?'
 Declaring Senator Harding had taken fourteen different league positions Gov ernoh Cox said his was very much like shell game.
 There are three shells" said the gov- ernor "One is the mild reservationists, one is death to the league. and one is the new Association of Nations. When you vote for him Senator Hardng), you don't know where the pea is. You don't know what shell it's under"
 Special appeals were made through the state today by the governor to miners and others of the working classes and these were loudly applauded. At Hinton. a railroad mems memorial presented to the governor. said 100 had contributed S each toward expense of the candidates special train today:
 West Virginia gave the governor some of his most picturesque campaigning. in- cluding tour of 30 miles of motoring through coal mining villages in mountain gorges. Stores were closed. school chil- dren dismissed to line the roads with flags and shrill cheering lanes and smutty faced miners emerged to greet the candidate A negro jazz band on automobile truck furnished music for the motor caravan.
 AT CHARLESTON
 At Charleston the governor spoke to several thousand persons about the state capitol steps and here tonight he ad- dressed a crowd in large hall and also a theatre audience during halt of the performance of the musical com edy A. B. Kontz, democratic guDer- natorial candidate. and other West Vir- ginia candidates accompanied the pres idential campaigner.. Governor Cornwell introduced the candidate at Charleston
  at Hinton Quinnemont. Beckfey. at the oak Hill fair grounds, Mount Hope, Fay cite. Fayetteville, Montgomery Cabin Creek Charleston. St. Albans and here tonight Several were brief rear plat form talks and other small groups cheered at stations where the presiden- tial special rushed through.
 At Montgomery Governor Cox spoke to large crowd on a mountainsde in a light drizzle after his motor trip from Beckiey to Fayette and lunch. secured by mouthfuls between handshaking at, Mount Hope where shower of flowers was a new demonstration for the speak CT In his talks to miners today the governor declared that the coal corpora tions had tried to fool the boys to- day" Although there had been coal car shortage, the candidate declared. it ran coal cars" along his route yesterday. hut the miners he said. declared they would Hay of today to hear the man who gave us, even in West Virginia. the mine-run law This law in Ohio.' the governor said 'slopped over" into West Virginia under the district wage agree ment
 Governor Cox also. with his mining audiences. discussed the labor provisions of the Lea gue of Nations, declaring that they would stabilize labor conditions thrcu9hout the world
 Certain greedy, grasping corpora fions.- the governor said mo longer can scare the American people to death bout the sp-called underpaid labor of Europe Under that guise they have robbed the American people of billions of dollars in
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