The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-21
INSISTS HE'LL v
ENFORCELAWS
Cox Reminds Public He Sc
cured Saloon Sunday
Closing Law.
CHARGES PAPERS UNFAIR

Los Angeles, Cal. Sept. 2f.-Gov. Cox
today faced a busy day whose program
called for the conclusion OF his SOUTH
srn California campaign and his de-
parture for Arizona this afternoon.
Five scheduled speeches remained on
his program In Southern California. One
was at Long. Beach, three Mt Los An
geles and one at San Bernardino. This
called for morning trip to Long Beach
and return here, where he was to adj
dress the city advertising club, a lunch
con of club women and the southern
California Editorial association. The
speech at San Bernardino was to come
late today.
As his speeches at San Diego yester-
day and In Los Angeles last night, those
today were expected to be featured by
tho league OF nations and kindred sub
jects as sentiment In favor Of the league
was said to be strong In southern Cali
fornin.
Last night, az his first speech IN Los
Angeles, where he addressed one Of the
largest audiences OF his western trip,
the governor, for the first time discussed
the Hitchcock reservations 70 the league
o. nations, declaring they met "all
sincere objections"
He charged that "reactimary'' news
papers were suppressing the news OF
his campaign, adding they used TO be
reaching the league OF nations. but are
not saying anything about # now; but
they are saying Cox is wet"
Not Printing News.
"A great many Of reactionary papers
are not printing the news OF the cam
paign." Gov Cox asserted. They de-
cline TO have this case tried before the
jury. Nine-tenths OF the newspapers
in California do not print the news"
One OF the deliberate plans OF the
SENSATIONAL oilgarchy,'" said Gov. Cox.
was to control as many newspapers
as possible"
The general charge was supplemented
by the governor with particular criti-
cism of newspapers of@Pacific north
west states which ne visited recently
and OF California newspapers. Some OF
the former, he said, did not carry his
speech Of acceptance.
The governor presented what he
termed his gospel of progress and peace
among men TO large theater audience.
Hundreds were turned away.
WILL ENFORCE PROHIBITION.
Gov. Cox reiterated that he In
tended 10 enforce prohibition. stat.
ina that Pacific northwest news
papers had tried to divide propressl.
vIsm and the liquor question, no
shouted: "The eighteenth amend
nient has been adopted; MS going TO
while the audience applauded.
He asked his audience when "peo.
pie come and say that Cox 10 all
right, but a little Damp" 10 remem.
Der his record IN securing q saloon
Sunday closing law In Ohio prior to
real prohibition.
The governor also DECLARED for a
fariff on lemons TO cover the deficit In
labor and transportation to New York
from italy and California. He said he
had advocated such tariff In congress
In 1900, and would adhere to that posi-
tion. He criticized .'reactionary news
papera which say that Cox might be
right on the league, but stands for q
tariff that would put the California
lemon growers out, of business"
The league OF nations was leading
tonic OF the address, and he urged it's
non partisan consideration,
Referring TO the republican front
porch campaign, Gov. Cox said u he
remained at home there might have
been a suspicion that AsvGNss afraid 70
Protection againkt radlcalism through
legislative governmental refof9te affair
was advocated by Gov. Cox, who said
that the nonpartisan league In North
Dakota, while Il probably had gone
entirely too far, was tho direct result