Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1920 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Ruperts From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings In the Nearby Cities and Towns — Matters of Minor Mention From Many Localities. COX IS "AS PROUD AS WHEN FIGHT STARTED" Governor Issues His First Post-Elec-tion Statement —Sees No New Party Need. Columbus, 0., Nov. 6. —Governor James M- Cox, Democratic candidate for the presidency, in his first statement since the election, last night said that in spirit he was “as proud as when the fight started” and that he “would not retrace a step nor yield a single Jot in principle.” Governor Cox’s statement follows: “For the first time In 10 years the Republican party is in complete control of the legislative and executive branches of the national government. Therefore, policy as to statute and administration is with it. Its task is no logger that of the critic, but the constructor. It is my hope and firm belief that the Democracy of the nation will not attempt political sabotage. The country has seen quite enough of that. “We are in the midst of an emergency and the nation’s every resource should co-ordinate In behalf of the things that are helpful. So long as government exists, the principles of Thomas Jefferson will be the center about which human hopes will gather. Talk of a new party is absurd. 'One might as well discuss the destruction of human emotions.

"As essential as it has been to the welfare of the country in the past, the creed of Democracy Is more needed now than ever, because recent events have made it distinctly the American party. “In spirit I am as proud as when the fight started. I would not retrace a step nor yield a single jot in principle. It was a privilege to make the contest for the right in the face of overwhelming odds. There is a distinct difference between defeat and surrender. The' flag of Democracy still flies as the symbol of things more enduring than the passions and. resentment that come with the aftermath of war.”