South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 221, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 8 August 1920 — Page 3

I , A ("OUST 1f20 COX SPEECH ACCEPTING DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION

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DAYTON. O. Aus:. 7. If the rcpu Mica wt.i tonirnl of th gnvrn!v.nt, til1 Unit d States thenceforth "alwnjs must prepared for 'nfllct on land and .." drlarnl n. Ilo'!r.n of Arkansas Siturday in his spefth formally notifying Gov. ('ox of his nomination for the presidency I - y the ! mocratie. party. The rpuMl'-Hii s'lcct ss. Robinson ps'erted, mf.ni" that the United States "nust be willing to pour Miller.! lnt- the t r !' j rlr.s of munitions makers. She m -Jst arm and train her sons In preparation for fiercer conflicts than the world has ever known. We must either -ntf-r this league to which our friends bolor.g, or sbairlon for an indefinite prio all hopM r,f substituting argument for armament."

As-alls Pact .stand. Robinson assailM S n. Harding's petition on the treaty and the Leat:. The reoublican Dlatform's subject, he Mid. is "beyond the iowr of human mind to analyze or understand. The republican triniln haa declared for the f-f at f the treaty and tho leagrue. He has is no longer & reservations. It rejection of the made clrar that it controversy about Is proposed to restore Deace bv act instead jf by the treaty and to leave unsettled all vexea ana dirr:cuit question growing cut of the war. It propose Germany on an equal footing with r'Ur government In the negotiation f the treaty, to leave her at liberty to reject our Just demands and to Attempt to lmpo8 upon us unreasonable objections." "The republican plan, if carried rut." Robinson eald. "would contltute & surrender to (li rm.my of 11 the, advantages of victors." The Mea of forming some other sort of international association for praceful settlement of disputes 1m not feasible, Robinson Haid, because, virtually all the nations of importance now are tn the league and tvould not withdraw to enter some other sort of organization. He declared that assaults on rres't Wilson and a continuation of the "nagging process carried on for a. year ajid a half In the senate," are to be made "the chief manifestations by the republican nominees of their fitness for oflice." Popular Choice. Robinson said Cox was chosen '"without induction and without coercion from political bosses" and that "neither midnight conversations or plutocratic cables were in strumental in making him th party's choice. "The honor and responsibility attending this nomination caniw to 2 ou." said Robinson, "because your position respecting campaign Issues is known to be in harmony with the platform adopted, and beiause the record of your public service demonstrates rare leadership." He scoffed at Harding's plan for a "front porch" campaign, and piid: "It is not expected that you will conduct a front porch campaign. It 1 not believed that you will wait for American people to come to you to heap your message, hV that vnu wi.i cheerfully 'urry it to them id-nt if their approval of the cu.-.- you represent." tan .Meet Tots. Robinson declared that "nn mere ep chmaker, however pleasing in personality, can meet the test which the public will r-quirr of the next president. No reactionary, no man v ho faces backward or who follows :i leadership blind to the great prob-1-tn of the now era, can successfully 1 inch. . rge the- duties of iroiilrnt airini; the period cf Yhe country culU for recount ruction, an eio rit need t .1.4 progressive-mind od leader." As-ailmg the republican platform, o'dnsnn said that i; "was deliberIv made ambiiruous t.i ..n.-.i ii reconcilable differences uf opinio nV among republicans. Oemoratic platform. how.Mer. he said, N a dear . lefinition of the partv's Mand n vital dfme.xtii and foricn probK ms. Gov. Cox's speech of acceptance follows: j..u hi:s INTO lli:.RT OF M'lUlXT L'li.urmau Kobinson. and members of the noti:icatiin committee: The Jessage which jmi bring irom the t,--at confrrtnee of progressiv üio'iglit iscmbb d undtr the formal Mispters of the democratic party inspites within me a piide and an appreciation which I cannot oke. At the same time I am mindful of the i esponsibility which ibis function now oitieially places uvon me. As I measure my own 1. nutations the ta-k ahead of us should be approached with more, than a feeling of dirlilence if I were not strengthened nd reassured y the f.nth that one lias only to practice t rii tidIity to onsdence. It 1s not the dittictilt toing to know wh.it we oucht to io; tli sense of right and wrong has been given with divine equalin. . TJi. i.iistakes of history are the rsult of weakness In the face of tempting it ter.sts. I thank God. therefore, tl at I take up the standard of lemocracy a fr" man. unfettered "by promises and happy in the conFCiousnf 'f unt: a;nrnelJ opportunity t" Turnier a .service in thi.amo of governnnt that will hold for it the conlldfnee which it deserves. We are In n time which cal! for straight thinkinc. straight talking ;md straight actiri; This is no time for wobbling. Nefr in all o tr hist' ry has nioree-n dr for government. Never as sacrifi. more Mime. The most rre-i-t.is things f heart ant! home were p-iven up in n spirit which guarantees the perpetuity of our insMtutions if th" Tilth is kept with those who served and suffered. The .altar of our r i : : ;c is urencred in t.;of.i 1 ars. and he whi turn away from tragedies and obligation of th .r. not consecrated to a sfr.. of Tor and of ctuty whicb resists , .. -v ha-e suggestion of personal political rxpfölency. 1. unworthv f th steem of his contrvnien. PWtTV PLATrOKM is cij:.r. The men and women who by er !d policy aT the S.m Frnctco '? ventinn charted otir r.'-re in the r;.AM seas of th- future sensed the i :nt of the hoi r and phred lr Itli clarity and courage. It is not ."cecsary to read and re-rrad tlic ' moer.-.tic platform to know it- ' ea!vlng. It is a document clear in - analysis of conditions and plain ne plClge . I cfT h p iiiaoe in nublic. It carries honesty of ori and intent. Proud of the rrhip and at b ivement r f the rtv in war. democracy fac-s tinf:p J the problems of peace. Ind. its pronouncement has lejt to read along with th- platform L-amid by I er-,iiT' U2

; order that both spirit and purpose' i i'i they dominate the opposing or- ! funizations my ' ontrasted. ll.c one hand vve se pride expressed ' in the nation's glory and a proniis j of service easily tjnd'-rsMod. ; I the othT a captious, unh.appy spin' ; and the treatment of subjects vital I to the present and th future. i

tfrnis bat have cwmpleteTv ronlii1' u the public mind. It was clear that th' senatorial oligarchy had beer, Ktvr-n its own wav in th web-erior. of thf prsidential candidate, but it, was surprising that it was able to; fastn ir.to the partv platform th creed fif hate ;.nd tittrrne-s an. i) Ith vacillating policy that possesses ; lt. I ! Tili: sr.N.MORI AI. CABAL. , In the midst of war the present senatorial cabal, ltd by Sens. Lodge I'enroso and Smoot. was formel Superficial evidence of loyalty to the president was deliberate in order that the great rank and tile of their party, faithful and patriotic to the very tore, might n"t b- offended. Rut underneath this misleading extTior, conspirators planned and plotted, with bigoted ?eal. With victory to our arms they delayed and I obstructed the works of peace. if1 deemed useful to the work in hand no artifice for interfering with our constitutional peace-making authority was rejected. Hefore the country knew, yea, before these men thennelves knew the details of the composite plan, formed at the peace table, they declared their opposition to it. Hfore the treaty was submitted to the senate in the mani.er the. constitution provides, they violated every custom and every consideration of decency by presenting a copy of the document, procured unblushlngly from en tny hands, and passed it into the printed record of senatorial proceet ings. From that hour dated the ent i prise of throw ing the whole subject Into a technical discussion, in order that the public might be confused. The plan has never changed in Its objective, but the method has. At the outset there was the careful Insiitoncc that there was no desire to Interfere with the principle evolved and formalized at Versailles. Later, it was the form and not the tibstantee that professedly inspired attack. Hut pretense was futile when proposals later came forth that clearly emasculated the basic principle of the whole peace plan. It Is not necessary to recall the details of the controversy in the senate. Sen. Lodge finally crystallized his ideas Into what were known as .he Iodge reservations. and when congress adjourned these reservations held the support of the so-called regular republican leaders. political i:xpi:dii:ncy ciikats public. From that time the processes have been interesting. Political expediency In its truest sense dwarfed every consideration either of the public Interest or of the maintenance of the honor of a great political party. The exclusive question was how to avoid a ruptu-e In the republican organization. The country received with interest, to say the least.' the announcement fiom Chicago, where the national corvention was assembled, that a platform plank, dealing with the subjeet of world peace, had been drawn. leaving out the Idge res-e.-vaMons. and ot remaining agreeable to ail interests, meaning thereby, the Lodge re?ervtlonist. the ini'.d i eservationist: and the group of r publican senators that openly opposed the League of Nations In anv form. As the platform made no definite committal f policy and was. In fact, so artfully phrased as to make almost any deduction possible, it passed through the convention with oractical unanimity. Sen. John:ion. however, whoso position has been consistent and whose opposition to tho league in any shape is well known, withheld his support of the convention's choice until the candidate bad stated the meaning of the platform. und announced definitely the policy that would b his. If elected. The republican candidate has spoken and his utterance calls forth the following approval from Sen; Johnson : oroTr.s nnprnLicAN li:aii:k. "Yesterday in his speech of acceptance Sen. Harding unequivocally took his stand upon the paramount issue of this campaign the League of Nations. The republican party stands committed by Its platform. Its standard-bearer has now accentuated that platform. There can be no misunderstanding his words." Sen. Harding, as the candidate of the party, and Sen. Johnson are as one on this question, and. as the litter expresses it. t,ho republican j arty Is committed hoth by platform in the abstract and by its candidate in specification. The threatened revolt among leaders of the party Is averted, but the minority position as expressed in the senate prevails as that of the party. In short, principle, as avowed In support of the Lodge reservations, or of the socalled mild reservations, has been surrendered to expediency. cm is ni:v ;. o. r. pli:ik;i:. Sen. Harding manes tnis new r,i.K' of nolicv In behalf of his - party: "I promise you formal and effective peace so quickly as a republican congress can pass its declaration for a republican executive to sifirn " This means but one thing a separat peace with Germany! This would be the most disheartening event In civilization since the Russians made their separate peace. with Germany, and infinitely more unworthv on our part than It was on that of the Russians. They were threatened w tth starvation and revolution had swept their country. Our soldiers fought side by side with the a Mi ?. fv. c inplete was the coalition of strength and purpose that Gen. l'och was given supreme command, and every soldier !n the allied cause, r.o matter what flag he followed, recocnizel him as his chief. We four.ht the war together, and now before the thins: is through It Is proposed to enter into a separate peace with Germany! In good faith , w e pledged our strength with our associates for the enforcement or i terms upon offending powers, and now it is sucgeVed that this be withdrawn. Suppose Germany. recognizing the first break In the allies, propc-ses something we cannot accept. Does Sen. Harding Intend to send an army to Germany to press her to our terms? Certainly the allied army could not be expected to render aid. If. on the other band. Germany choul I 3cert the chance we offered of breaking f r. tk it x i : ' (1 r fnr tri avnr.

purpose of insuring a German-Amer- , lean alliance, recognizing that the I allies in fact, no nation in ooi standing would have anything t do with either of us. This plan would not only b a pice of bunding diplomacy. but plain, unadulterated dishonesty, as, well. j oioTi s iii:nrv t aiiot LOIXii:. j No I HH authority than Sen. i Lodge said, before the heat of re-1 cent controversy, that to make peace' except in company with the allies

would "brand us everlastingly with dishonor and bring ruin to us." And then after peace In made with Germany, Sen. Harding would, he says. ' hopefully approach the nations of Hurope and of the earth. proposing that understanding which) makes us a willing participant in the consecration of nations to a newrelationship." In 5hoit. America, refusing to enter the Loacu of Nations (now already established by 2 3 nations) atid bearing and deserving the contempt of th world, would submit an entirely new project. This act would either be regarded as arrant niadi ness or attempted international bossism. The plain truth is. that the republican leaders, obsessed with a determination to win the presidential election, have attempted to satisfy too many divergent views. Inconsistencies, inevitable under the circumstances, rise to haunt them on every hand, and they find themselves arrayed in public thought at least, against a great principle. More than that, their Conduct is opposed to the idealism upon which their party prospered in other days. .oiim;i: ofi i:ks coNcmm: i ts. Illustrating these observations by concrete. facts, let it be remembered that those now inveighing against an interest in affairs outside of America, clticized Ptes't Wilson in unmeasured terms for not resenting the. invasion of Belgium In 1314. They term the League of Nations a military alliance, which, except for their opposition, would envelop our country, when, as a matter of truth, the subject of a League of Nations has claimed tho best thought of America for years, and the League to Unforce Peace was presided over by ko distinguished a republican as ex-Pres't Taft, who, before audiences in every section advocated the principle and the plan of the present league. They charge experimentation, when we have as historical precedent the Monroe doctrine, which is the very essence of Article X of the Versailles covenant. Skeptics viewed Monroe's mandate with alarm, predicting recurrent wars in defense of Central and South American states, whose guardians they alleged we need not be. And yet not a sht has been fired in almost' 100 years in preserving sovereign rights on this hemisphere. They hypocritically claim that the League of Nations will result in our boys Leing drawn into military service, but they fail to realize that every hirh pchool youngster in the land knows that no treaty can override our constitution, which reserves to congress, and to congress alone, the power to declare war. They preach Americanism with a meaning of their own invention, and artfully appeal to a selfish and provincial spirit. frgettlng that Lincoln fought a war over the purely moral question of slavery, and that McKinley broke the fetters of our boundary lines, spoke the freedom of Cuba, and carried the torch of American idealism to the benighted Philippines. They lose memory of Garfield's prophecy that America, under the blessings of God-given opportunity would by her moral leader'ship and cooperation become a Mes siah amongr the nations of the earth. ;ovi:rmi:nt has DKl'lMTi: IU TY. These are fateful times. Organized government has a definite duty all over the world. The house of civilization is to be put in order. The supreme issue of the century Is before us and the nation that halts anil delays is playing with fire The j above national lines, merely seek ; to make another horrible war im-j possible. T'nder the old order of j international anarchy war came over j night, and the world was on tire i before we knew it. It sickens our senses to think of another. We saw cne conflict into which modern science brought new forms of destruction in great guns, submarines, airships, and poison gases. It is no secret that our chemists had perfected, when the eontest canie to a precipitate close, gases so deadly that whole cities could be wiped out. armies destroyed, and the crews of battleships smothered. The public prints are filled with the opinions of military men that In future wars the method, more effective than gases or bombs, will be the employment of the germs of dipe-jes. carrying pestilence and destruction. Any nation prepnred under these conditions, as Germany wns equipped In 1914, could conqrer the world In a year. It I. planned now to make this impossible. A definite plan nas been agreed upon. The League of Nations is in operation. A very Important work, under Its control. Just completed, was participated In by th Hon. Elihu Hoot, secretary of state under the Roosevelt adminlstratlon. At a meeting Jf the council of the league of Nations. Feb. It. an orga nizlng committee of 12 of tho most eminent Jurists In the world was selected. The duty of this group, was to devise a plan for the establishment of a permanent court of international Justice, as a branch of the league. This assignment has been concluded by unanimous action. This augurs well or world progress. The question Is whether we shall or shall not Join in this practical and humane movement. Pres't Wilson, as our representative at the peace table, eni tered the leacue in our name, in so far as the executive authority permitted. Sen. TTardinc. as the republican candidate for the presidency, proposes in plain words that we remain out of It. As the demorrar candidate I j P vn nnalvze Sen favor going In. Harding's plan 0f making a German-American .,,!,.. and then calllns: for a "newrelationship amnnr nations." assumjnjr fnr the purpose of artrument only, that the perfidious hand that dealt with Germany would posses. the power or influence to draw 2? nations away from a plan already at work, and induce them to retrace every step and make a new beginning This would entail our appointing another commission to assemble with those selected by the ether power. With the Versailles lWvtjfc Uve wJvUa uh-

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Gov. James Cox accepted tlie democratic nomination for the presidency and acknowledged the peace t reaty as the leading isue of the forthcoming political battle .aturda y morning.

jeet of partitions and divisions of territory on new lines would be reopened. The difficulties in this regard, as any fair mind appreciates, would be greater than they were at the peace .session, and we must not attempt to convince ourselves that they did not try the genius, patience, n'id diplomacy of statesmen at that time. History will say that great as was the allied triumph in war. no less a victory was achieved at the peace table. The republican proposal means dishonor, world contusion and delay. It would keep us in permanent company with tiermany. Russia, T'Ji-lav und Mexico It would entail. In the ultima.0 , more real injury than the war i is If. The i democratic position on the question. as expressed in the platform, b CITIES DFMOCUATIC IWKTY I-LKDfii; "We .advocate immediate ratifici-tic-n of the treaty without reservations which would impair its essential integrity, but do not oppose the ecccptar.ee tf any reservation making clearer or more specific the obligations of tho L'nited States to the league associates." The first duty of the new administration clearly will be the ratification of the treaty. The matter should be approached with. et thought of the bitterness of the pas.. The public venlict will have been rendered, and I am confident that the friends of world peace as it will bo promoted by the league, will have in numbers the constitutional re quisite to favorable senatoiial action. The captious may say that our platform reference to reservations is vague and indefinite. Its meaning. , in brief, is t.iat we shall state our . Interpretation of the covenant as a, matter o fgood faith to our as.-,.ci-ntes and as a precaution against any , misunderstanding in the future. Th point is, that after the people shall ; have spoken, the league will be in j the hands of its friends in the sen-i ate. and a safe index as to what they will do is supplied by w hat re servations they nave proposed in the past. Some momhs ago. in a contributed article to the New York Times. I expressed my own opinion ef the situation as it then was. II reproduce it here: "There can be no doubt but that some senators have been conscientious in their eesire to clarify the provisions of the treaty. Two things apparently have disturb"! them: First, they warted to make Mirp that the league was not to be an alliance, and that its basic purpose was peace and not controversy. Second, they wanted the other powers signing the Instrument to understand our runstitutiona". limitations beyond which tho treaty-making power cannot go. Dealing with these two questions in order, it has always seemed to me that the interpretation of the func-1 U tlon of the league might have been stated In these words: " "In giving its assent to this ' treaty, the senate has in mind the j fact that the League of Nationswhich It embodies was devised for ' the sole purpose of maintaining peace and comity among the nations of the earth and preventing , the recurrence of such destructive 1 j conflicts as that through which the; I world has jjst ppsed. The coopera- ' ! tion of the United States with the j Wague and its continuance as a . memler thereof, will naturally de- i pend upon the adherence of the : league to that fundamental purpose.' "Such a declaration would at least i express the view of the l'nited , States and justify the cours which ' our nation would unquestionably ; follow if the bt-slc purpose of the ' league were at any time distorted. It would also appear tn be a simpler i matter to provide against any misunderstanding in the future and ntj the Käme time to meet the objec- 1 tions of those who believe that we mijrht be Inviting a controversy over ' our constitutional rights, by making a senatorial addition in words some- j thing like these: " 'It will of course be understood j that In earn ing out the purpose of ; the league, the government of the l'nited States must at all times act ' in strict harmony with the terms ! and intent of the United States con- , stitutlon which cannot in any w ay : be altered by the treaty-making power.' " ij:ac.it: nur.Ni. ! MAKL PK01OSI.S. Unquestioned friends of the league have made other proposals. Our ' platform clearly lays no bir against! any additions that will be helpful, j but it speaks in a firm resolution to ntand ap.alnst an thine that disturbs j the vital principle. We hear it said j that tnifrjirptati.m are U TILlBC cHsaxy.

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arbitrary power j enforce d ras ic i nditions. Happily the voters 'fj h.e republic, under our system of! uovernment. can remedy that situation, and I have the faith that th-y j will, at the election this fall. Tn.en j organized government will be en- j abled to combine impulse and facil- 1 it y In tho making of better world j conditions. The agencies of ex- i chance w il! themselves o automatically adjust the opportunities of commercial freedom. New life and r newed hop" will take hold of every nation. ManMn will press a resolut" shou.der t the task of readjustment, ami a new era will have dawned upon the earth. We have domestic problems to be settled. They are most pressing. Many conditions growing out of the war will not and should not continue. The work of readjustment will call for our best energy, ingenuity, unselfishness and devotion to the idea that It Is the general welfare we must prcmote. One of the hist things to be done 1b the repeal of war taxes. The entry of America into the Wcrld war projected our people into an unparalleled financial emergency, v.hlch was faced with a determination to make every sacrifice necessary to victory. Pillions In liberty loans subscribed by patriots reeardless of their financial condition were instantly placed at the disposal of the gove-nn vnt. and other billions were gladly paid into the treasury through many forms of taxation. To have paid by current taxes more than one-third of the expense of the greatest war In the history of mankind, is a reflection on the high sense of national duty with which v:e of America view the obligations of this generation. Immediately following the armistice, measures to modify onerous and annoying taxation should have been taken and the republican congress in which all tax laws must origin -e.te. and which for almost two years has exclusively held the power to ameliorate this condition, has not made a single effort or passed a I single law to lift from the AmerI lean people load of war taxation j that cannot "he tolerated in a time i of peace. Federal taxation must be heavily reduced, and it will he done at once, if a democratic administration is chosen in November. Without haYnpering essentia! national administrative departments, by the elimination of all others and strict economy everywhere, national taxes can be reduced in excess of two billion dollars yearly. Annoying consumption taxes, once willingly borno, now unjustified, should be repealed. The Incomes from war-made fortunes, those of non-producers and those derived from industries that exist by unfai- privilege may be able to carry their present load, but taxes on the earnings of the wage-earner, of the salaried and professional man. of the agricultural producer and of

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the mall tradesman should be sharp:- modified. I beP.eve That a better form of taxation than the so-

called excess profits tax may fo;n,1 and I s-jpgest a small be tax. probah'y one to or. and one-half per cent on the total business rf every coin concern. It Is to be understood thit the term "business" as used does not include income received by wage-earners. salaried ' men. agriculturists and the small business man who should be exempt f rom sortie h a ve this tax. The profiteer and of the highly capitalized units used the excess profits tax as a favorie excuse for loading on the consumer by means of highly Infinted selling prices many times the amount actually paid the government. A necessary condition to the rational contentment and siund business is a Just proportion between fair profits to business and fair prices to the consumer. It is unquestioned that the enormous expansion of puh'.i'- and private credit made r.erespary as a part or war financing, the diversion rz tne pronucts or many industries from their usual channels, as well as the disturbance to general business caused by the with drawal of millions of men from producing fields, all contributed to the rise in prices. Reversion of these various agencies to a more stable condition will tend toward a reces-.-Jon in the enormously inflated present prices of many commodities and property values and there are now evidences that a sane adjustment is not far distant. Deep patriotic sentiment enthralled our people during the war and slight attention was given to the enormous economic changes that were then in propres and when observed these changes were generally accepted as one of the trials necessary to be endured and they were submerged In the thought and purpose for victory. While millions of free men. regardless of wealth or condition, were giving of their blood and substance, many corporations and men seized the very hour that civilization lay prostrate to secure for themselves fortui'-'s wrung from the public and from the government, by the levying of prices that in many cases were a crime. Under present taxation laws much capital is drawing out of Jndustry and finding Investment non-t-.xable becuritfes. This cease if the changes suggested in will aro made. POINT'S OUT ju;actioaky mind. In the analysis of government, as the events of today enable us to penetrato the subjeet. we see the difference between the old and the progressive kinds of thinking. The belief of the reactionaries is that government should not function more widely than it did in the past, but they seem to forget that the fundamental of our plan is equal rights for all and special privileges for none. Modern life has developed

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1 5 Jewel, 25 year case, Octagon or Paris Square case, regular value $50. Sale price $24.65. 1 5 Jewel, 25 year case, engraved, Octagon shape, regular value $32.00. Sale price $26.35. Elgin 6-0 size, 20 year Octagon case, 7 Jewels, regular value $30. Sale price $26.50. 15 Jewels, Sale price $32.00.

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