The New York herald., 1922-04-13
COX SAYS ISSUE is
REPUBLICAN Sins
He Urges Democrats to Articu-
late Grievance Against
Harding Regime.

LOUISVILLE, April Thames NJ Cox,
former Democratic nominee for Presi-
dent. speaking before the Woodrow Will
son Club here to-niglr outlined the
issues in the campaign for the Con-
gressional elections to be Deid this year.
TT simply VIII be necessary" he said.
ito articulate the grievance against the.
present Administration which has fas-
tened itself upon every community IN
America"
He also touched upon the tariff, the
Federal Reserve system and the League
of Nations. The Wilson Administration.
he said. demonstrated that a high tariff
was not necessary to prosperity. With
out the Federal Reserve system, he as
serted. the war could not nave been
won, and the claim of plurality
against the League of Nations" he de-
clared. lis Nero buncombe.
"Our Republican friends" he said AZ
the beginning of his address, seem TO
be very much worried as to what the
Democracy will present as its issue in
the Congressional elections this year.
In nv Judgment at least. it will simply
be necessary to articulate the grievances
against the present Administration
which has fastened itself upon every
community in America.
Admin fist ra tfon's Sins.
Tn short, the issue will be the sins of
omission and of commission on the part
of the Administration. When we have
chronicled the bad things that have
been done and the good things that
might have been done, the record will
be ample for q successful campaign.
Into the sins of omission Will, OF
course, come Americas failure to join
in the work of international coopera-
tion by becoming member OF the
League of Nations.
"The man in the street does not re-
gard the League of Nations now as
a mere affair of idealism. He recog-
nses that his own economic condition
is affected by economic conditions else
where. lie also knows that prosperity
must be preceded by order and that
existing disorder is being abated in Eu-
rope by conference and cooperation.
Speaking of issues. an old campaign
associate of the Republicans will be
missing this year. Since the war be-
tween the States they have contended
that the Democratic party was party
Of opposition and thoroughly lacking in
the qualities of constructive leadership.
The record OF eight years of progress,
justice, reform and construction is so
thoroughly outlined in the memory OF
the jeople that it will be waste of time
for Republican orators to challenge
Democratic accomplishment.
mot only did the Wilson Administra-
ton demonstrate that a high tariff sys-
tenn was not necessary to our prosper
ity, but that an unprecedented prosper
ity came under tariff schedules which
the Republicans for fifty years had
proclaimed to be dangerous. Not only
was the country prosperous under Mr..
Wilson, but It was different kind OF
prosperity from any the country had
known before. The products of activity
were widely diffused and prosperity
touched the humblest cottage in the
land. The Democratic prosperity played
no favoritcs.
"Under the Federal reserve system
the resources of America were avail
able for the fiscal salvation, not only OF
groups, but of all America. Without Ii
we could not have won the war. Under
it's administration the American dollar
was the only symbol of value in the
world that maintained it's parity. AS
a supplement to this very wise legis-
lation was the farm loan act.
Not only were our Democratic con-
ditions more satisfactory than in all
the history of the country. but under
a.
volved to practically make war impos-
sfble to turn the cost of heavy arma-
ments into other courses, and to make
certain early readjustments following
the great war.
Economic Readjustment.
IF we had entered the league and
given the cooperation of the greatest
creditor nation in the world our econo-
mic readjustment would have been in
the form of light fever instead of a
stroke of commercial paralysis. What
our party stood for and what the Re
publicans opposed affords the best ex-
ample of the constructive policy under
democratic auspices and the destructive
policy under Republican auspices.
"A great deal has been said about a
mandate having been rendered against
the League of Nations. Let us analyze
this claim with fairness that will ap-
peal to every unprejudiced person Let
us subtract from the 10000 plurality
those three nationalities who voted the
Republican ticket through purely racial
grievances. Then we take away the
business interests that were promised
relief In taxation then let us take into
our calculations the hundreds OF thou
sands OF conscientious, patriotic Re-
publicans who were deceived by Messrs.
Hughes, Hoover, Root. Lowell and Taft.
After these subtractions are made
there Is no plurality whatsoever against
the league. The truth is that the claim
is mere buncombe. Bringing this same
thought to a local illustration. your
local Republicans claim that your re-
cent 1000 plurality carried with 1t
mandate. You are perfectly aware or
the fact that into this equation figures
massed racial group possessing 1900
votes"