The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-04-10
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NOT YET IN SIGHT
FORMER GOVERNOR COX TELLS
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS "BUS-
lNEss ADVERSELY" HAS RE-
SUITED FROM FAILURE TO
JOIN LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

New York, April 9.-Directly at
tributing our present day "business
adversely" to the failure of the Unit
ed States to join the league OF ma
tions, former Gov. James NJ. Cox OF
Ohio, in an address here last night,
urged a continuation of the campaign
to have this country join the league.
His address was made before the
National Democratic club.
Asserting that "as one surveys con-
ditions at Washington, he finds lit
tie ground for hope of staple pros
perity," MIR. Cox declared that "the
average person Of the average COM
munity believes there is something
radically wrong in Washington and
that it consists chiefly of lack of
leadership. There is no captain of
the ship"
Governor Cox told his audience
that "while there is much regret
throughout the country over the aim
less way in which things are drifting
it lis not fair to criticise the president
Of the United States. =
He is simply keeping his contract
with the people," Mr.. Cox said. "He
was open and frank in expressing his
opinion as to what the function of
the executive is. The campaign wag-
ed by his party was largely directed
against the alleged autocratic poll
cies of Mr.. Wilson. In marking the
distinction which both he and his
party made as between what had
been and what was" to be in this re-
gard, the Republican candidate spe-
cifcally promised what he would do.
he has kept his faith. He doubtless
believes his performance is in precise
harmony with what he accepted as a
mandate adopted by 100000 plu-
rality"
Senator Hitchcock declared that
under a Republican administration,
"the richest nation in the world sits
idle in the midst of world misery"
He said that the war had given
her great opportunity but
that the Republican congress has frit-
tered it away because "the house dis
agrees with the senate, the senate
disagrees with the house and the
president disagrees with them both"
"The chattering statesmen in con-
gress can agree on no policy worthy
the name," he continued. "The Re-
publican party instead of showing it.
self to be the party of prosperity
has become the party of adversity."
The Nebraska senator maintained
that the administration after 13
months had not been able to enact a
protective tariff because it knew the
country had several years. prosperity
under the present tariff.
"They are afraid to repeal it," he
declared, "yet they must do so or
lose the favor of those interests which
demand a pound of flesh for campaign
support"
He also reviewed the history of
the Wilson administration, declaring
the country then knew real prosper
ity for eight years.
Thomas E. Rush, former surveyor
of the port of New York, was chair
man of the executive committee for
the banquet while Mrs. Montgomery
Hare received the committee Of wo-
men.
The following telegram from for
mer President Wilson was read at
the dinner:
Say to the Democrats of New
York that I am to support any man
who stands for the salvation OF
America, and the salvation of Amer
ica's justice to all classes"