The Washington times., 1920-08-09

the League In the country, demand
ing that the reservation be not nulli-
Tying and such as cut the treatys
throat. That is Wilson doctrine. and
the candidate Is not afraid OF sdher-
ing TO IL. For this he will suffer no
particle in the majority opinion OF the
country, we feel sure.
st. Louis Globe Democrat Und-
dependent)-He (Goveynor Cox. en-
.desvors to create the impression that
the Republican party wants 10 so
back TO pre-war days. 'The outstsnd-
ing feature of which," he says, was
q pittance for farm products and a
small wage for a long day OF labor"
and he closes his address with this
metaphor: Our view Is toward the
sunrise of tomorrow with its progress
and its eternal promise OF better
things" This, we must admist' Is
very pretty, only, like many meta
phors, "it amt So"
The Atlanta Constitution Demo
craD--In argumentative appeal. and
above all in point OF fearless, up
standing. aggressive enuncistion OF
the attitude OF the Democratic Party
toward the great public questions OF
the day, the acceptance address or
Governor Cox is a masterpiece. Gov
ernor Cox declares that he Is not
only absolutely In accord with the
Administrations we'll known position
on the League of Nations but that 1t
Is and he will insist upon it's being
made. the supreme issue In the cam
paign.
St. Paul Dispatch Republican,
Governor Cox, as matter OF fact,
succeeds only in further confusing
tho League OF Nations as a partisan
issue, and IL must be believed he has
done SO Willingly as a measure OF
partisan expediency. He leaves the
League issue In indefinite and inde-
terminate form. beyond the fact that
he agrees to reservations" that do
not disturb its vital principles. II he
has made a new issue or clarified an
old one. where is 1t?
Louisville Courier-Journal Demo
craD-He Governor CoxS leaves no
room for doubt that not Woodrow Will
son himself more earnestly desires our
entrance into the league. His treat
ment of the whole subject Is thorough
and vigorous. The issue is thus made
perfectly plain. 1t is Cox. the treaty
OF Versailles, and the league of ma
tions, or IL is Harding. plea to
Germany for "A separate peace. and a
plea to the powers Of the earth to
discard their league of nations and
come into some other vague and an
omalous Association of under
standing" nobody this side of the
aurora borealis or the rings of Saturn
knows about.
The Cincinnati Enquired Gndepen-
denD-The speech is a straightfor-
ward declaration of principles. There is
IL no evasion of principles. There is
no evasion. no playing with words of
double interpretation, no beating
about the bush on any of the issues
OF the day. His utterance indicates
that the result of his conference with
the President was not submission TO
him. but that the President has SUBJ
mitted to the party decree.
The Kansas City Star independently
Only one sharply defined issued be-
tween the two parties Is made in
Governor Cox's speech of acceptance,
that issue is the league of nations. As
to domestic policies. no well defined
line Of cleavage appears from a
comparison Of the candidates
speeches. The contest remains on the
league Of nations and the comparative
fitness of the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties as instruments of gov
ernment.
Omaha Daily News Und. I'm spite
OF Republican predictions to the
contrary. Gov. Cox has not lodged
nor sidestepped on the League OF Ma
tions. He stands for the ideals of
President Wilson and strenuously op-
poses separate peace between the
United States and Germany. There
is nothing in the speech that will
startle or make the pulse beat any
faster.
Omaha World-Herald Dem Gov
Cox meets the fullest expectations Of
the friends of the League of Nations
by giving 1t the place of prominence
and the stress of emphasis in his ad-
dress. The World Herald cannot
think Of an objection that the League
covenant raised in good faith by any
one who is a friend of the principle
that is not covered by these in
terpretative reservationos. No one
who believes in the League ideals
will take exception to them. They
will fail to satisfy only its enemies.
Omaha Bee (Rep).-For those who
have unswervingly accepted the Pres
idents utterances and supported his
position the candidate gives consola-
tion SO exactly in harmony with the
nature and purpose OF the Lodge
reservations that 1t may be said to
contain the very essence OF the Re-
publican plan. r.
FLEET CORPORATION.
TON. ID. &.
By United states Shippinx Board.
From October -. 1870.
september Is, 1870.