The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-15
4 PARTY
WITHOUT
A PURPOSE
Former Governor Cox
of Ohio Does Not
Mince His Words in
Csriticising the Re.
publican Admins
tfisatlon

Columbia March 10.-Charae-
ferizing the Republican admins
tratio.f as government without n
directing head. q party without a
purpose and without an objective.
a. party whose battle song was a
song OF hate, a party that has op-
pressed the farmer, a government
I hat has been a miserable failure.
an administration that is directly
7 TO blame for all the financial and
political troubles c. the country
today, Former Governor Jimmy"
: Cox. OF Ohio, delivered the most
Hfasterful address before the most
distinguished gathering Columbia
has recorded in many a moon in
s the han OF the house of represen-
tatiEes lsst night. He also spoke
: TO a theater CANNED 30 the doors
Sust preceding his address to the
legislators and their friends. Gov
ernor Cox predicted victory for the
Democratic party in the next cleo
tion and paying glowing tribute TO
woodrow Wilson he drew from the
gathering OF people from ali parts
sof the state thgnderous applause
that almost shook the historic por-
traits that hang on the walls Of the
house of representatives.
Governor Cox opened his ad-
dress with a brief DISCUSSION of the
governmental and agricultural. sit
aation in South Carolina. He call
ed ,f;ention to the fact that the
per capita :,xatian in this state is
the lowest OF any state IN the eoun-
try He also stated that South
Carolina.s s great need new is for
more iTe stock raising. The. Ohio
statesman is a farmer himself. He,
is at present . visitor in. Aiken.
where he is enjoying vacation
with his family
In his condemnation of the pol
ieies and practi.Sas OF the Republi-
can administration. Governor Cox
scored Senator Henry Cabot Ibdge
as the worst influence in American
life today. On him he blamed
the greater. last t.oes he: evils of the
day. -
In aisting the Republican fail
ures he touched on the emergency
tariff, and then on the proposed
permanent tariff, characterizing
both as failures and unpopular. He
spoke Of the deaation process IN
stituted at the beginning OF the re-.
construction period and scored the
administration for starting with
agriculture in its campaign of re-
ducsion. .Readjustment was nee
essary he said, hut it should
have been a slow fever and not
! a stroke OF paralysis
The presidential candidate spoke
of the administrations stand on
the League OF Nations and riddled
it with holes. in his declaration
rhat the c.. O. p, running true
to form in its world policies. Z
IF America had entered the
League of Nations. Europe today
would have established credit with
America. and European nations
would be consuming the surplus
OF American production. and thus
sudden collapse of business would
not have come about.
Governor Cox-aiso scored the Re-
publicans for their disarmament
policies and declared that what the
world needs is real disarmament,
a laying down Of arms that is COM
plete.
In referring TO the election of
last year. the Democratic leader
stated that he was as triumphant
today as he was the day before
the election. We are in the midst
of the greatest forward movement
the nation has ever known" he de-
clared; America will eventually
regain her place OF prominence in
the world association OF nations.
We will win" He predicted sue
cess for the Democratic party in
the next election.
Following the address in the
capitol, the former governor was
guest Of @ number of Legislators at
dinner