acceptance was a full 60 per cent
longer than the eight-column speech of
Senator Harding. Much of this addi?
tional space is devoted to condemna?
tion of alleged Republican legislative
shortcomings
The most pressing domestic problem,
th"e Governor said, calls for the repeal
of war taxes.
"Federal taxation must be heavily
reduced," declared Governor Cox, and
promised that this would be done at
once If a Democratic administration is
chosen in November. Incomes from
war-made fortunes, non-producers and
industries existing by unfair privileges
may be able to bear their present tax
burden, but taxes on pay envelopes
salaried and professional men, farmers
and small tradesmen should be re- :
duced sharply.
. In place of the excess profits tax
the Governor suggested a tax of 1 to
i\z, per cent on the total business of
every going concern, the term "busi?
ness" to exclude income received by
salaried men, wage earners, agricultur?
ists and the small business man.
Senator Harding in his speech of ac?
ceptance declared for law enforcement
in referring to the Eighteenth Amend?
ment and tne Volstead act, pointing out
that modification or repeal was a rem?
edy open to the people of the nation.
Governor Cox, without mentioning pro?
hibition in his speech, said: "The Con?
stitution, in its essence, is the license
and limitation given to and placed upon
the lawmaking body. The legislative
branch of the government is subjected
to the rule of the majority."
Sees Discourtesy to President
Asserting there was not a syllable in
the Republican platform about the
winning of the war, Governor Cox de?
clared:
"The discourtesy to the President is
an affair of political intrigue. History
will make it odious. As well might it
rected at a wounded soldier of the
war. Oi.e fell in the trench, the
strength of the other was broken in
iii.' enormous labors of his office."
Where Senator Harding said he de?
cline,i to recognize any conflict of in?
terest between capital, labor and man?
agement, Governor Cox said: "Disputes
between labor and capital are inevita?
ble. The disposition to gain the best
bargain possible characterizes the
whole field of exchange, whether it be
product for product or labor for
money."
Public opinion the Democratic nomi
termed the most interesting char?
acteristic of a democracy, the real
ty valve to the institutions of free
government. If strikes are prolonged,
no said, public opinion always settles
tjiem. Public opinion should determine
results in America, he affirmed, anc
While it is functioning governmental
agi ncies must give a vigilant eye tc
the protection of life and property anc
maintain firmness, but absolute impar?
tiality. Collective bargaining, he said
\ypuld be helpful rather than harmful
to the general interest;
"We should not by law," said the
Governor, "abridge a man's right
either to labor or quit his employment
However, neither labor nor capital
should at any time or in any circum?
stance take action that would put ir
jo ipardy the public welfare."
Tb,e country needs a precise d?fini
i.e.-) as to what the business man and
the laboring man may do or not do bj
way ot combination and collective ac?
tion, the (iovernor said, asserting that
the ?aw is now so nebulous that its
interpretation turns on the personal
economic predilections of the judge
an. i jury-.
Profiteers will be curbed, Governoi
Cox promised, if be is called to servie?
as President. For years, he said, larg?
contributions liad been made to th?
Republican campaign fund for no othe:
purpose except to buy a governmen
'underhuld." There is another reasoi
fo! le fabulous contributions to th'
present Republican campaign fund.th
Governor asserted, and said much of i
was given with a definite idea of gain
ing service in return, adding:
"Many captains of industry, guide
by a most dangerous industrial philos
ophy, believe that in a controversy be
tween employer and employee their wi,
should be enforced, even at the poin
of a bayonet."
Senator Hauling blamed the "withei
ing hand of government operation" fo
the transportation insufficiency, bu
Governor Cox said to-day that it wa
unfair to discredit Federal operation o
railroads during the war. He praise
the men who directed the work, an
then, dismissing it "as water over th
wheel," said:
"The problem of the railroads i
t-'ill with us. The government and th
public should render every co?peratic
m tin- utmost good faith to gi\
thorough test to private ownership
The railroads have had their lesson
As one important measure of transpo
tation relief he suggested supplemci
tary service by water, and spoke, pa
ticularly of the Great Lakes and S
Lawrence navigation project.
Discusses Farmers' Problems
Senator Harding and Governor Cc
are in accord on the question of c
operative selling organizations for tl
farmers of the country. Agricultun
subjects formed an extensive featu:
of the candidate's speech. He adv
caied reduction of tenantry, increas?
acreage brought under cultivate
through irrigation, and other expe?
uil i or improving the situation of tl
great mass of the agriculturists of t
count ry.
"Peace smiles upon the border," t
candidate said, in discussing the Me
ii .in situation, which he believes is b
ginning to show* signs of ?mprovemei
Tne Governor urged ratification
the Susan B. Anthony suffrage amen
nient to the Constitution, declarini
"Women are entitled to the priviloi
oi voting as a matter of right and I
cause they will be helpful in mai
taining wholesome and patriotic pi
icy."
Senator Harding's policy of "govet
ment by party" was contrasted by Ge
ernor Cox with direction of the atlm
iterative branches of the government
a President exercising his own b?
final judgment under the responsibil
assumed by his oath of office.
'?'here would hi' no attempt in tl
campaign, the Governor said, "to co
pete by ?.iollars with our oppositio
The millions already in Republic
hands are more or less a matter
general information, he asserted.
Metaphorical Conclusion
"We want the dawn and the de
of a new morning," he said, and closi
added:
"Our view is toward the sunriee
to-morrow, with its progress and
Sterna] promise of better things. T
opposition stands in the skyline of
Setting sun looking backward to
old days of reaction."
; H was pointed out here that the G
?rnor in this metaphor had both .
publicans and Democrats looking in
same direction toward the East.
.?
Paris Denies S?ai? Storv
PARKS, Aug. 7.?The Foreign Of
has issued a categorical denial of c
patches of a press agency, purport
to be from San Sebastian, stating t
tjjie Council of the League of Nati
had decided on the creation of an inl
national general staff.
- The French Foreign Office dei
follows a similar denial from the he
quarters of the League of Nations
Lond;>n, which stated that the age
dispatch "grossly misrepresented
action taken at San Sebastian, as be
the creation of a military stuff, whet
the actual purpose was to decre
military armaments. The denial of
Foreign Office and League of Xati
ofici?is relates to a dispatch circula
by a now.-; agency. The A^umi
Press, which ?lid net handle tins
r-oneous statement, gr.v? th? accut
d< -aiN as cabled by its tafF corresp
dent attei ding the League ->r' Nati
{??uucii sessions at San Sebastian.
Full Text of Governor Cox's
Speech Accepting Nomination
Makes League Chief Issue in the Campaign; Dis?
cusses Taxation, Profiteering, Labor, Immi?
grants and Soldiers' Compensation
From a Staff Correspondent
DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. 7.?Governor James M. Cox of
Ohio, responding to-day to the official notification of his nomi?
nation as the Democratic candidate for President, said:
Chairman Robinson and Members of*
the Notification Committee: The mes?
sage which you bring from the great
conference of progressive thought as?
sembled under the formal auspices of
the Democratic party inspires within
me a pride and an appreciation which
1 cannot voice. At the same time I am
mindful of the responsibility which
this function now officially places
upon me. As I measure my own limi?
tations the task ahesid of us should
be approached with more than a feel- !
ing of diffidence if I were not
strengthened and reassured by the
faith that one has onlv to practice
true fidelity to conscience.
It is not the difficult thing to know
what we ought to do; the sense of
right and wrong has been given with
divine equality. The mistakes of his?
tory are the result of weakness in the
face of tempting interests. I thank
God, therefore, that I take up the
standard of Democracy a free man, un?
fettered by promises and happy in the
consciousness of untrammeled oppor?
tunity to render a service in the name
of government that will hold for it the
confidence which it deserves.
No Time for Wabbling
We are in a time which calls for
straight thinking, straight talking and j
straight acting. This is no time for|
wabbling. Never in all our history <
has more been done for government.;
Never was sacrifice more sublime. The
most precious things of heart and
home were given up in a spirit which
guarantees the perpetuity of our in
situations?if the faith is kept with
those who served and suffered. The
altar of our Republic is drenched in
blood and tears, and he who turns
away from the tragedies and obliga?
tions of the war, not consecrated to
a sense of honor and of duty which re?
sists every base suggestion of per?
sonal or political expediency, is un?
worthy of the esteem of his country?
men.
The men and women who by ex?
pressed policy at the San Francisco
convention charted our course in the
open seas of the future sensed the
spirit of the hour and phrased it with
clarity and courage. It is not neces?
sary to read and reread the Democratic
platform to know its meaning. It is
a document clear in its analysis of
conditions and plain in the pledge of
service made to the public. It carries
honesty of word and intent. Proud
of the leadership and achievement of
the party in war. Democracy faces
unafraid the problems of peace. In?
deed, its pronouncement has but to be
read along with the platform framed
by Republican leaders in order that
both spirit and purpose as they domi?
nate the opposing organizations may
be contrasted. On the one hand wo
see pride expressed in the nation's
glory and a promise of service easily
understood. On the other a captious,
unhappy spirit and the treatment of
subjects vital to the present and the
future in terms that have completely
confused the public mind. It was clear
that the Senatorial oligarchy had been
given its own way in the selection of
the Presidential candidate, but it was
surprising that it was able to fasten
into the party platform the creed of
hate and bitterness and tho vacillating
policy that possesses it.
Superficial! Loyalty
In the midst of war the present Sen?
atorial cabal, led by Senators Lodge,
Penrose and Smoot, was formed. Super?
ficial evidence of loyalty to the Presi?
dent was deliberate in order that the
great rank and file of their party,
faithful and patriotic to the very core
might not be offended. But underneath
this misleading exterior conspirators
planned and plotted, with bigoted zeal
With victory to our arms they delayed
and obstructed the works of peace
If deemed useful'to the work in hand
no artifice for interfering with oui
constitutional peace making authoritj
was rejected. Before the country knew
? yea before these men themselves knew
! the details of the composite plan
formed at the peace table, they declare?
! their opposition to it. Before the trc<?h
? was submitted to the Senate in th?
: manner the Constitution provides the\
j violated every custom and every con
sideration of decency by presenting i
? copy of the document, procured un
! hlushingly from enemy hands, an?
| passed it into the printed record o
! Senatorial proceedings.
i
i "Political Expediency
Dwarfed Public Interest'
From that hour dated the enterpris
I of throwing the whole subject into ?
, technical discussion, in order that th'
public might be confused. The plan ha
j never changed in its objective, but th
; method has. At the outset there wa
j the careful insistence that there was n
; desire to interfere with the principl
i evolved and formalized at Vorsaillef
Later it was the form and not the sub
' stance that professedly inspired attach
But pretense was futile when proposal
later came forth that clearly emascu
lated the basic principle of the whol
; peace plan. It is not necessary to re
' call the details of the controversy i
! the Senate. Senator Lodge finally crys
tallized his ideas into what were know
! as the Lodge reservations, and whe
j Congress adjourned these reservation
held the support of the so-called regu
I lar Republican leaders.
From that time the processes hav
j been interesting. Political expedient
? in its truest sense dwarfed every con
I sideration either of the public inter?s
j or of the maintenance of the honor o
? a great political party. The exclusiv
question was how to avoid a ruptur
? in the Republican organization.
The country received with interest, t
1 say the least, the announcement fror
Chicago, where the national conventio
was assembled, that a platform plan
dealing with Cae subject of worl
peace had been drawn, leavin
: out the Lodge reservations and y<
remaining agreeable to all interest
! meaning thereby the Lodpe reserve
tionists, tfye mild rcservationists an
the group of Republican Senators thii
openly opposed the League of Nation
in any form.
Johnson and Harding
As the platform made no d?finit
committal of the policy and was, in fac
so artfully phrased as to make almos
any deduction possible, it passe
! through the convention with practic!
j unanimity. Senator Johnson, howeve
! whose position has been consistent an
j whose opposition to the league in an
i shape is well known, withheld his sui
j port of the convention's choice unt
the candidate had stated the meanin
i of the platform and announced de:
: initely the policy that would be his
i if elected.
The Republican candidate has spoke
and his utterance calls forth the fo
lowing approval from Senator Johnson
"Yesterday in his speech of accep'
anee Senator Harding uneiiuivocall
took his stand upon the paramour
issue in in'.!1 campaign- tha League c
N'a; ions. The Republican party stand
committed by its platform. Its staiu
ard-bearer has now accentuated thi
platform. There can be no misundej
1 standing his words."
Senator Harding, as the candidat
of the party, and Senator Johnson are
as one on this question, and, as the
latter expresses it, the Republican
party is committed both by platform
in the abstract and by its cantlidate 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 so-called mild reservations,
has been surrendered to expediency.
Harding'? New Pledge
Senator Harding makes this new
pledge of policy in behalf of his party:
"I promise you formal and effective
peace as quickly as a Republican Con?
gress can pass its declaration for a
Republican Executive to sign."
This means but one thing?a sep?
arate peace with Germany!
This would be the most dishearten?
ing event in civilization since the Rus?
sians made their separate peace with
Germany, and infinitely more unworthy
on our part than it was on that of the
Russians. They were threatened with
starvation and revolution liad swept
their country. Our soldiers fought
side by side with the Allies.
So complete was the coalition ol
strength and purpose that General
Foch was given supreme command, and
every soldier in the Allied cause, no
matter what flag he followed, recog?
nized him as his chief. We fought
the war together, nnd now before the
thing is through it is proposed to en?
ter into a separate peace with Ger?
many! In good faith we pledged our
strength with our associates for the
enforcement of terms upon offending
powers, and now it is suggested that
this be withdrawn. Suppose Germany,
recognizing the first break in the Al?
lies, proposes something we cannot ac?
cept, does Senator Harding intend to
senti 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 hand, Germany
should accept the chance we offered
of breaking the bond it would be for
the express purpose of insuring a
German-American alliance, recognizing
that the Allies -in fact, no nation In
good standing?would not have any?
thing to do with either of us.
This plan would not only be a piece
of bungling diplomacy, but plain, un?
adulterated dishonesty as well.
No less an authority than Senator
Lodge said, before the heat of recent
controversy, that to make peace ex?
cept in company with the Allies would
"brand us everlastingly with dishonor
and bring ruin to us."
And then after peace is made with
Germany Senator Harding would, he
says, "hopefully approach tho nations
of Europe and of the earth, proposing
that understanding which makes us a
willing participant in the consecration
of nations to a new relationship."
In short, America, refusing to enter
the League of Nations (now already
established by twenty-nine nations);
and bearing and deserving the con?
tempt of the world, would submit an
entirely new project. This act would
either be regarded as arrant madness
or attempted international bossism.
The plain truth is that the Repub?
lican leaders, obsessed with a deter
mination to win the Presidential elec
tion, have attempted to satisfy tot
many divergent views. Inconsistencies
inevitable under the circumstances, risi
to haunt them on every hand, and thej
find themselves arrayed in publi?
thought, at least, against a great prin
ciple. More than that, their conduct i:
j opposed to the idealism upon whicl
; their party prospered in other days.
Illustrating these observations b;
' concrete facts, let it be rememberc'
; that those now inveighing against ni
1 interest in affairs outside of Americ
criticized President Wilson in unmeas
] ured terms for not resenting the inva
; sion of Belgium i*n 1914. They ten
I the League of Nations a military all'
! anee, which, except for their oppos:
tion, would envelop our country, whei
; as a matter of truth, the subject of
League of Nations has claimed th
j best thought of America for years, an
! the League to Enforce Peace was pre
; sided over by so distinguished a R<
i publican as ex-President Taft, who, b?
? fore audiences in every section, adv?
cated the principle and the plan of th
present league.
Essence of Article X
They charge experimentation, whe
we have as historical precedent tr
'? Monroe Doctrine, which is the vei
I essence of Article X of the Versaill?
! covenant. Skeptics viewed Monroe
j mandate with alarm, predicting re?u
I rent wars in defense of Central ar
South American states, whose gua
; dians they alleged we need not be. Ar
I yet not a shot has been fired in almo:
j a hun?ired years in presei-ving sovc
eign rights on this-hemisphere.
They hypocritically claim that tl
! League of Nations will result in oi
j boys being drawn into military servie
i but they fail to realize that every hit
; school youngster in the land kno-v
I that no treaty can override our Const
tution, which reserves to Congress, at
; to Congress alone, the power to dec?a
i war. They preach Americanism wi
j a meaning of their own invention, ai
j artfully appeal to a selfish and provi
i cial spirit, forgetting that Lineo
j fought a war over the purely mor
i question of slavery, and that McKinb
i broke the fetters of our boundary line
? spoke the freedom of Cuba and carri.
! the torch of American idealism
j the benighted Filipinos. They lo
I memory of Garfield's prophecy th
| America, under the blessings of Go
. given opportunity, would by her mor
i leadership and co?peraticm become
Messiah among the nations of t
earth.
These are fateful times. Organiz
1 government has a definite duty f
over the world. The house of civiliz
tion is to be put in order. Tho s
p?eme issue of the century is befo
us, and the nation that halts and del?
1 is playing with fire. Tho finest it
l pulses of humanity, rising above n
1 tional lines, merely seek to make a
I other horrible war impossible. Und
i the old order of international anarcl
1 war came overnight, and the woi
! was on fire before we knew it.
1 sicken9 our senses to think of anothi
We ?*w one conflict into which mo
i ern science brought new forms of c
? struction in great guns, submarim
airships, and poison gases. It is
secret that our chemists had perfect?
when the contest came to a precipitr
close, gases so deadly that whole citi
! could be wiped out, armies destroy?
I and the crews of battleships smother'
: The public prints are filled with t
opinions of military men that in futr.
wars the method, more effective th
gases or bombs, will be the emple
ment of the germs of diseases, carryi
: pestilence and destruction. Any r
i tion prepared under these conditioi
; as Germany was equipped in 19
. could conquer the world in a year.
It is planned now to make this i
possible. A d?finit? plan has be
. agreed upon. The League of Natle
I is in ODeration. A very imDort?
| work under its control, just complet
was participated in by the Hon. Elihu
Root, Secretary of State under the
Roosevelt Administration. At a meet?
ing of the Council of the League of
Nations, February 11, an organizing
committee of twelve of the most emi?
nent 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 Jus?
tice, as n branch of the league.
This assignment has been concluded
by unanimous action. This augurs well
for world progress. The question is
whether we shall or shall not Join in
this practical and humano movement.
President Wilson, as our representative
at the peace table, entered the league
in our name. In so far as the Execu?
tive authority permitted. Sonator
Harding, as the Republican candidate
for the Presidoncy, proposes in plain
words that we remain out of It.
As the Democratic candidate, I favor
going in. Let us analyze Senator Hard
mg's plan of making a Gorman-Amer?
ican peace, and then calling for a
"new" relationship among nations,
assuming, for the purpose of argu?
ment only, that the perfidious hand
that dealt with Germany would pos?
sess the power or influence to draw
twenty-nine nations away from a plan
already at work and induce them to
retrace every step and make a new
beginning. This would entail our ap?
pointing another commission to assem?
ble with those selected by the other
powers.
With the Versailles instrument dis?
carded the whole subject of partitions
and divisions of territory on now lines
would be reopened. The difficulties in
this regard, as any fair mind appre?
ciates, 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 and
diplomacy of statesmen at that, time.
History will say that, great as was the
Allied triumph in war, no less n vic?
tory was achieved at the peace table.
The Republican proposal means dis?
honor, world confusion and delay. It
would keep us in permanent company
with Germany, Russia, Turkey and
Mexico. It would entail, in the ulti?
mate, more real injury than the war
itself.
Democratic Position
The Democratic position on the ques?
tion, ns expressed in the platform, is:
"We advocate immediate ratification
of the treaty without reservations
which would impair its essential integ?
rity, but do not oppose the acceptance
of any reservation making clearer or
more specific the obligations of the
United States to the league associates."
The first duty of the new Adminis?
tration clearly will be ratification of
the treaty. The matter should be ap?
proached without thought of the bitter?
ness of the past. The public verdict
will have been rendered, and I am
confident that the friends of world
peace, as it will be promoted by the
league, will have in numbers the con?
stitutional requisite to favorable Sena?
torial action.
The captions may say that our plat?
form reference to reservations is vague
and indefinite. Its meaning, in brief,
is that we shall state our interpreta?
tion of the covenant as a matter of
good faith to our associates and as a
precaution against any misunderstand?
ing in the future. The point is that
after the people, shall have spoken the
league will be in the hands of its
friends in the Senate, and a safe index
as to what they will do is supplied by
what reservations they have proposed
in the past. Some months ago, in a
contributed article to "The New York
Times," I expressed my own opinion
of the situation as it then was. I repro?
duce it here:
"There can be no doubt that
gomo Senators have been conscien?
tious in their desire to clarify the
provisions of the treaty. Two
things apparently bave disturbed
them: First, they wanted to make
sure that the league was not to be
an alliance, and that its basic pur?
pose was peace and not contro?
versy. Second, they wanted the other
powers signing the instrument to un?
derstand our constitutional limitations
beyond which the treaty-making power
cannot go. Dealing with these twe
questions in order, it has always
seemed to me that the interpretation
of the function of the league might
have been stated in these words:
Terms of America's
Adherence to League
" 'In giving its assent to this treatj
the Senate has in mind the fact tha
the Leafrue of Nations -which it em
bodies was devised for the sole pur
pose of maintaining peace and comit:
among the nations of the earth am
preventing the recurrence of such de
? structive conflicts as that througl
j which the world has just passed. Th?
i cooperation of the United States witl
, the league and its continuance as i
| member thereol will naturally ?lepen?
upon the adherence of the league t?
that fundamental pnrpose.'
"Such a declaration would at leas
express the view of the United State
?>.nd justify the course which our na
tion would unquestionably follov
if the basic purpose of the league wer?
at any time distorted. It would als?
appear to be a simpler matter to pro
vide against any misunderstandini
in the future and at the same tint
to meet the objections of those wlv
| believe that we might be inviting i
controversey over our constitution?
rights, by making a senatorial ad
dition in words something like these
" 'It will, of course, be understoo?
that in carrying out the purpose o
the league the government of th
United States must at nil times act ii
strict harmonv with the terms an
intent of the United StateR Constitu
tion, wVlch cannot in any way b
altered by the. treaty-making power.'
Unquestioned friends of the leagu
have made other proposals. Our plat
form clearly lays no nar against; an;
additions that will be helpful, but i
speaks in a firm resolution to stan
against anything that disturbs the vita
principle. We hear it said that intu?
? pretations are unnecessary. That ma
I be true, but they will at least be re
? assuring to many of our citizens, wh
! feel that in signing the treaty ther
j should be no mental reservations tha
are not expressed in plain wr-rds, as
matter of good faith lo our associate;
Such interpretations possess the fui
ther virtue of supplying a base upo
which agreement can be reached, an
agreement, without injury to th
covenant, is now of pressing imp?t
tance.
New Life for Nation
It was the desire to get thing
started that prompted some member
of the Senate to vote for the Lodg
reservations. Those who conscien
tiously voted for them in the final ro'
calls realized, however, that they acte
under duress, in that a political!
bigoted minority was exercising th
arbitrary power of its position to er
force drastic conditions. Happily th
voters of the Republic under our sys
tern of government can remedy tha
situation, and I have faith that the
wi\> at the election th?3 fall.
Then organized government will b
enabled to combine impulse and facilit
? in the making of better world cond
\ tions. The agencies of exchange wi
j automatically adjust themselves to th
'? opportunities of commercial freedon
i New life and renewed hope will tak
j hold of every nation. Mankind wi
I press a resolute shoulder to the tas
i of readjustment and a new era wi
; have dawned upon the earth.
We have domestic problems to l
I settled. They are most pressini
j Many conditions growing out of th
Iwar will not and should not continu'
The work of readjustment will call fc
our best energy, ingenuity, unselfish
ness and devotion to the idea that
is the general welfare we must pr<
mote. One of the first things to t
Striking Sentences in Governor Cox's
Address Which Outline His Policies
DAYTON, Aug. 7.?Follotving are some of the striking sentences
from Governor Cox's speech of acceptance:
Senator Harding makes this new pledge of policy In behalf of his party:
"I promise you formal and effective peace so quickly as a Republican Con?
gress can pass its declaration for a Republican Executive to sign." This
means but one thing?a separate peace with Germany! This would be the
most disheartening event in civilization since the Russians made their
separate peace with Germany, and infinitely more unworthy on our part than
it was on that of the Russians.
We have as historical precedent the Monroe Doctrine, which is the very
essence of Article X of tho Versailles covenant.
The supremo issue of the century Is before us, and tho nation that halts
and delays is playing with Are.
A definite plan has been agreed upon. The League of Nations is in
operation. . . . The question is whether we shall or shall not Join in
this practical and humane movement. President Wilson, as our representa?
tive at the pes.ee tabje, entered the league in our name, in so far as the
Executive authority permitted. Senator Harding, the Republican candidate
for the Presidency, proposes in plain words that we remain out of it. As
the Democratic candidate, I favor going in.
The first duty of the new administration clearly will be ratification of
the treaty. . . . Our platform clearly lays no bar against any additions
that will bo helpful, but it speaks in a firm resolution to stand against
anything that disturbs the vital principle.
One of tho first things to be dono is the repeal of war taxes.
Federal taxation must be heavily reduced, and it will be done at once
if a Democratic administration is chosen in November. Without hampering
essential national administrative departments, by the elimination of all
othors and strict economy everywhere, national taxes can be reduced in
excess of two billion dollars yearly.
I believe that a better form of taxation than the so-called excess profits
tax may be found, and I suggest a small tax, probably 1 to 1% per cent,
on the total business of'evcry going concern.
There is no condition now that warrants any infringement on the
right to free speech and assembly nor on the liberty of the press.
The public official who fails to enforce the law is an enemy both to the
Constitution and to the American principle of majority rule.
We f hould not by law abridge a man's right either to labor or to quit
his employment. However, neither labor nor capital should at any time or
in any circumstances take action that would put in jeopardy the public
welfare.
It requires but one more state to ratify the national [suffrage] amend?
ment, and thus bring a long delayed justice. I have the same earnest hope
as our platform expresses that some one of the remaining states will
promptly take favorablo action.
I am convinced that the expenso of the government can, without loss
of efficiency, bo reduced to a maximum of $4,000,000,000, including sinking
fund and interest on the national debt, with adoption of a budget system.
The Republican discourtesy to the President is an affair of political
I intrigue. History will make it odious. As well might it be directed at a
I wounded soldier of the war.
done is the repeal of war taxes.
The entry of America into the World
War projected our people into an un?
paralleled financial emergency, which
was faced with a determination to
make every sacrifice necessary to vic?
tory. Billions in Liberty loans sub?
scribed by patriots regardless of their
financial condition were instantly
placed at the disposal of the govern?
ment, and other billions were gladly
paid into the Treasury through many
forms of taxation.
No Relief From Taxation
To have paid by current taxes more
than one-third of the expense of the
greatest war in the history of man?
kind is a reflection on the high sense
if national duty with which we 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 Con?
gress, in which all tax laws must origi?
nate and which for almost two years
has exclusively held the power to
I ameliorate this condition, has not made
a single effort or passed a single law
! to lift from the American people a load
I of war taxation that cannot be tol
I ernted in a time of peace.
Federal taxation must be heavily re
! duced, and it will be done at once if a
I Democratic administration is chosen in
j November. Without hampering essen?
tial national administrative depart
j ments, by the elimination of all others
: and strict economy everywhere, na
| tional taxes can be reduced in excess
I of two billion dollars yearly. Annoy
! ing consumption taxes, once willingly
i borne now unjustified, should bo re
j pooled.
; Suggests Small Tax on
Every Going Concern
j The incomes from war-made fortunes,
: those of non-producers and those de?
rived from industries that exist by un?
fair privilege, may be able to carry
their present load, but taxes on the
earnings of the wage-earner, of the sal?
aried and professional mai:, of the
agricultural producer and of the small
! tradesman should be sharply modified
I believe that a better form of taxa
' tion than the so-called excess profits
i tax may be found, and I suggest a
? small tax, probably 1 to lV? per cent
on the total business of every going
concern. It is to be understood that
i the term "business" as used does nof
j include income received by wage-earn?
ers, salaried men, agriculturists anc
I the small business man who should be
j exempt from this tax.
The profiteer and some of the hiehh
capitalized units have used the excesi
I profits tax as a favorite excuse foi
loading on the consumer, by means 01
highly inflated selling prices, manj
times the amount actually paid th?
government.
A necessary condition to the nationa
contentment and sound business is i
just proportion between fair profits t?
business and fair prices to the con
sumer. It is unquestioned that th<
enormous expansion of public and pri
vate credit made necessary as a par
of war financing, the diversion of th
? products of many industries from thei
? usual channels, as well as the disturb
I anee to general business caused by th
withdrawal of millions of men fron
producing fields, all contributed to th
! rise in prices. Reversion of thes
j various agencies to a more stable con
; dition will tend toward a recession i
? the enormously inflated present price
of many commodities and propert
values, and there are now evidence
that a sane adjustment is not far dis
tant. Deep patriotic sentiment en
thralled our people during the war an
slight attention was given to the enoi
mous economic changes that were the
; in progress, and when observod thes
- changes were generally accepted as on
of the trials necessary to be endure
' and they were submerged in th
; thought and purpose for victory.
While millions of free .men, regard
' less of wealth or condition, were gi\
; ing of their blood and substance, man
i corporations and men 3eized the ver
1 hour that civilization lay prostrate t
secure for themselves fortunes wrun
? from the. public and from the goverr
! ment, by the levying of prices that i
j many cases were a crjme. Under pr?s
; ent taxation laws much capital is draw,
I ing out of industry and finding invesi
: ment in non-taxable securities. Thi
will cease if the changes suggested ar
made.
Old and New Thinking
In the analysis of government, ?
the events of to-day enable us t
penetrate the subject, we see the di:
i ference between the old and the pr<
: gressive kinds of thinking. The b?
lief of the reactionaries is that go*
i ernment should not function moi
| widely than it did in the past, bt
! they seem to forget that the fund?
mental of our plan is equal rights f<
! all and special privileges for non
? Modern life has developed new prol
j lems.
Civilization continues to build alor
j the same basic lines, and altruistic i
j we may all be disposed to be, the fa*
?remains that except for the exchanj
i of products between individuals, con
I mercial units and nations, our develo
ment would be slow. All of th
! growth goes on under the protectic
? of and with the encouragement of go
' ernment.
The ?east, therefore, that might 1
? rendered unto government for thii co
! tinuous service is a policy of fa
? dealing. Too often the genius of mt
prompts him to play for government
'advantage, and the success which hi
been achieved iq this particular hi
led to the formation of groups which
seek this very advantage.
We are a busy people, preoccupied In
too large degree with purely commer?
cial considerations, and we have not
recognized as we should that the fail?
ure of government to prevent inequali?
ties has made it possible for mischiev?
ous spirits to develop prejudice against
the institutions of government rather
than against administrative policy.
There is a very important differ?
ence here. This difference bears direct?
ly on profiteering, which is to-day the
most sinister influence in American
life.
It is not a new thing in America. I
The tribe of profiteers has simply mul?
tiplied under the favoring circum?
stances of war. For years large con?
tributions have been made to the Re?
publican campaign i'und for no purpose
except to buy a governmental under
hold and to make illegal profits as the
result of preference.
"Public Opinion Should
Determine Results"
Such largesses are to-day a
greater menace to our content?
ment and our institutions than the
countless temporary profiteers who arc
making a mockery of honest business,
but who can live and fatten only in
time of disturbed prices. If I am called
to service as President means will be
found, if they do not already exist, for
compelling these exceptions to the
great mass of square dealing American
Business men to use the. same yard?
stick of honesty that governs most of
us in our dealings with our fellowmen,
or in language that they may under?
stand, to suffer the penalty of criminal
law.
There is another reason for the
fabulous contributions to the present
Republican campaign fund. Much
If You Are Much
On Your Feet
TRY Cantilever Shoes. In
them you stand comfort?
ably all day, for you
stand correctly. Ordinary
shoes throw the weight on the
inside of the arch, where it is
weakest. In Cantilever Shoes
the weight is distributed prop
'< erly over the heel, the ball and
! the outside of the foot. These
\ shoes encourage easy carriage.
The foot never hurts in Can?
tilever Shoes, for the lasts are
correctly shaped.
Cantilever
Vj Shoe
A?22 men ?^women
helps you walk with a free,
light, easy step. As you lace
the shoe you draw up the flex?
ible shank till it supports the
arch at all points. In walking
the shank flexes?it does not
| restrain as metal appliances do.
! On the contrary, in Cantilever
Shoes the muscles exercise and
strengthen.
Cantilever Shoes prevent
fallen arches and correct them.
i They are the shoes for work or
: play. They keep your feet from
getting tired.
Trim lines, good looks. Of
i fine leathers and white canvas.
! Widths irom AAAAA to E.
[ CANTILEVER SHOE SHOP
22 West 39th St., nr. 5th Ar.
Phone Greeley 2384.
Also at J. B. BOOTERY
Islington Ave', at 60th St?
Opposite Blooffilngdale??,
money, of course, has been subscribed
in proper partisan zeal, but the great
bulk has been given with the d?finit?
Idea of gaining service in return
Many captains of Industry, guided by
a most dangerous industrial philoso?
phy, believe that in controversy be?
tween employer and employee their
will should be enforced, even at the
point of the bayonet.
I speak knowingly. I have passed
through many serious industrial
troubles. I know something of their
psychology, the stages through which
they pass and the dangerous attempts
that are sometimes made to end them.
Disputes between labor and capital are
inevitable. The disposition to gain the
best bargain possible characterizes the
whole field of exchange, whether it be
product for product or labor for
money. If strikes are prolonged public
opinion always settles them.
Public opinion should determine re?
sults in America. Public opinion is the
most interesting characteristic of a de?
mocracy, and it is the real safety valve
to the institutions of a free govern?
ment. It may, at times, be necessary for
government to inquire into the facts
of a tie-up, but facts and not conclu?
sions ahould be submitted. The deter?
mining form of unprejudiced thought
will do the rest. During this process
governmental agencies must give a vigi?
lant eye to the protection of life and
property and maintain firmness, but
absolute impartiality. This is always
the real test, but if official conduct
combines courage and fairness our gov?
ernmental institutions come out of
these affairs untarnished by distra_t.
This is not an academic observation.
Aliens Reinforce Unrest
It is the mere recital of experience.
Unrest has been reinforced in no
small degree by the great mass of un
assimilated aliens. Attracted by an
unprecedented demand for labor, they
have come to our shores by the thous?
ands. As they have become acquaint?
ed with the customs and opportunities
of American life, thousands of them
have become citizens and are owners
of their own homes. However, the
work of assimilation too long was
merely automatic. One million six
hundred thousand foreign-born in this
country cannot read or write our lan?
guage.
Our interest in them in the main has
been simply as laborers, assembled in
the great trade centers, to meet the
demand of the hour. Without home or
community ties, many have been more
or less nomadic, creating the problem
of excessive turnover which has per?
plexed manufacturing plants. But this
has not been the worst phase of the
situation. Unfamiliar with law, hav?
ing no understanding of the principle?!
of our government, they have fallen an
easy prey to unpatriotic and designing
persons.
Public opinion has had no influence
upon them because they Have been iso
j lated from the currents of opinion, all
due to their not being able to read or
write our language. It is the duty ot
I the Federal government to stimulate
? the work of Americanization on the
i-_
part of church, school, cemmnnit
ageneles, state governments *n/f in(juZ
try Itself. In the past ?any indu?.
tr?es that have suffered from chrtni*
restlessness have been the chief eon.
trlbutors to their own troubles.
The foreigner with European stand,
ards of Jiving was welcomed, but toe
often no attempt wa? made to eduf?u
him to domestic ideals, for the s?aZ
reason that it. adversely affected &
ledaer. It has been my obs?rvate
oppressive measures in th?? faC(!, ?*
mere evidence of mi?und?r?Undirr
Wc have a composite nation. Tfc? if'
mighty d?ubtless intended it to be gJfv
We will not, however, develop patriot,
ism unless we demonstrate th?? <p,*er*
| ence between despotism and dernoe
racy. The necessity for the drastic
| laws of war days la not present row
I and we should return at the carlit??
opportunity to the statutory i?rovi?OB1k
passed in time of peace for ?& jrer).,..*
welfare. Thero 1g no condition no?
th'-/. warrants anv infringement on tLt
! ri^>> of free speech and assembly no?
f> >**? liberty of the press. Th?? -n>.??
"Writ of Injunction
Should Not Be Abused"
A forbearine nolicy is not the prop*?
one for the deliberate enemy of ou?
institutions. He is of the kind that
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Vermination
destroys vermin, germs and their
eggs?It is odorless and docs
not discolor?It leaves your
home pure, sweet and fresh?It
will sterilize a mattress dean
through?It penetrates wall?
paper, wood and floors.
So positive is this new way lhal
payment is made subject to
complete extermination!
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Begin?Monday?Their
Last of the Season Sales
All remaining groups of Smart
Apparel suitable for wear now
or during the early Autumn will
be offered, regardless of former
cost?
Dressy Afternoon, Dance and Evening
CjOWnS??f crepe satin?plain or figured chiffon and
Georgette?tulle, lace and taffeta, in beaded and embroid?
ered as well as plain models.
Formerly to $195-aJ; $58?$75
Stunning Street Frocks ? Suitable for present
wear or during the early Autumn?a wide variety of un?
usually handsome styles developed in fine quality serge,
tricotine and twill, richly embroidered and braided effects.
Formerly to $295-at $85?$ 1 25
An Odd Group of Remaining Dresses
for street, afternoon or evening?miscellaneous styles?
the last of many high class lines?
Formerly to $125-to close at $35
Street Wraps and Sport Coats?of tricotine,
twill, velour and plaid or checked novelty materials?odd
styles from various higher-cost lines, grouped for immediate
disposal?
Formerly to $195-at $55?$75
Remaining Sport and Country Suits
?in silk and wool materials, mostly light shades?one of
a kind?the last of many higher-cost lines.
Formerly to $175?-at $35?$55
Street and Semi-Dress Suits ? smart models
developed in navy blue and black tricotine and twill, suit?
able for early Autumn wear.
Formerly to $ 195?-a{ $65?$85