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THE MOUSING OIIEGON1AN, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 19?0 r COX IS SENTIMENTAL IN TALK TO WOMEN Language Differs From That of Noon Speech. D-YING BABES IN APPEAL Democratic Nominee Declares Fair Sex Understands Progressive Mow Quicker Than Men. Something: of a sermon, something of the idealistic, something of the sentimental was Governor Cox's afternoon speech at the auditorium. Women were in the majority and the trend of thought was calculated to make an especial appeal to that sex. To a considerable extent the mate rial was the same as used at the noon meeting, but tne language ana phraseology differed. Widows' pensions, the keeping to gether of the family, the workmen's compensation act and similar sub jects were dealt with, the governor Haying that the women of Ohio under stood the value of these progressive movements quicker and better than the men. He talked of the underfed children and the babes dying of starvation in Europe and said that Kurope is no longer 3000 miles away, but only 15 hours away. Mothers of soldiers were assured by the speaker that under the league compact Amer ican soldiers cannot be sent overseas, that congress alone can declare war, misrepresentations of the league by its opponents to the contrary not withstanding. Taking up his record, the candidate said: "In Ohio when we began our pro gressive fight I want to be frank, 1 do not want to be invidious the women knew what we were talking about before the men knew what we were talking about and they did for this reason: Women in government are more progressive than men are in government, and they are more progressive because they sense the fundamental difference between prog ress and reaction, and the difference is this I stated it this morning; I state it this afternoon the difference is this: The reactionary is interested in the materialistic thing; the pro gressive is interested in the idealistic and in the humanitarian, and it is the humanitarian thing in govern ment that holds the interest and claims the understanding of women. "When we talked in Ohio about a mother's pension, most men said that I was an uplifter, but women knew what I was talking about. Under the old order in Ohio when a man with out means died, his children ordinarily went to a public institution and the widow went to work. Under the old older that was all right. The new order said, "Let us preserve the homes. It will be a real contribution to society, 'and society can atford to pay in proportion to what it receives." Therefore, the new order proposed that the counties should award a pen sion to these mothers, that no matter how humble the home was, the child was better off with the mother than it was in a public institution. Men Held Ijrnorajit. "And then when we talked about protecting persons in the mills and the factories, when we called atten tion, to the fact that there will always bo an average of accident, but that the average can by care be reduced and that the old order was unfair and so unjust, so cruel, that the burden Jiolding to the average of accident in the past fell upon the Individual and the hew order said that was not fair, that the service that was being rend ered by the man that was stricken down was in behalf of society and that society should bear it and not one individual, or one home alone should bear it, when we started talking about it, women understood, women stood behind me in the great fight. Men marched into my office, sometimes 3-00 strong, urging that the bill be not parsed, claiming we would have smokeless chimneys in Ohio if it were passed and I asked them how many had read the bill and I was not able to find one that had read it. But the women of Ohio buildedi the public opinion. "They buttressed what we were seeking to do with their prayers and their labors, they spoke the a-osnel nt humanity everywhere and when the vote was taken. In both branches of the legislature, there was not a mem ber of either branch that dared to vote against it- wpaper la Rapped. i nave Deen told that when the workmen's compensation law was wassea in tnis state, that someone had the effrontery to carrv it to th ple. How proud I am of the citizen. Mp of Oregon, after knowing that tvery county sustained that righteous iw. od iar as i Know and I have a considerable acqutaintance with the ucoiiVHa oi America, i am a pub iisner myseir there never was but one so-called large newspaper in America that ever openly opposed the workmen's compensation law, and mat newspaper is published In Port iaiiu. j. none want to be m an.x... stood, but oh, the false philosophy of newspaper publishers who are un fair to their readers. When Senator Harding's speech of acceptance was maue i instructed both of my news papers to publish every line of it ii full, because the reorI nt n,t- - munities were- entitled to know what .ie Baia. i mention that only In spirit of fairness. "Now then, when we come into this creai western country I find here that there is a disposition In the fac r.t the greatest problems man has ever known anyming about, to divide th rorces or progress, to dtvld-e the rorces or world peace by introducing n extraneous question In this cam paign. as I see it, a question that is noi an issue in this campaign, and the same newspaper has become sing uiariy dry in its predilections, and wants to Know how I feel about It. AVell. I will tell them. That is not an issue in this campaign; neither i slavery. The amendment has been written into the constitution; th question npw is its enforcement Judge men by what they have done in the past, if you -would know what they are not to do In the future. Llanor Statement Hade. "In 191S for the first time in th history of Ohio the saloons closed o Sunday by my individual order an if I should be elected president an something tells me I will" (the audi ence rising to its feet) I will hold up my hand on March 4 and, in re sponse to the words of the chief-jus tice of the United States, I will say, T solemnly pledge myseir to support the constitution and the laws of the United States." That oath will not be violated and every law on the statute books and every section of the con stitution of the United States will be enforced by me." Pointing out that in. America there is a composite people, making the heart of America sympathetic with what is going on overseas and being composite America, should be tree fram racial prejudice. Governor CoX continued. "Now what is being done in Ameri ca? Sums of money are being ex pended in the most subtle and insid ious way. The Italian groups are ap proached with the statement that' ex cept for this administration Fiume would have gone to Italy; and then paid emissaries go to the Czecho Slavs, the Jugo-Slavs, and say, 'Ex cept for America Dalmatia would have been definitely disposed of; then they go to the Jews and say, .'Ex cept for America the question of per secution for religious belief might have had more consideration'; they go to the Irish and say, 'Except for America, Irish freedom would have had more attention at the peace ta ble'; they go to the Germans and say, 'Except for America indemnity would not have been so severe.' What is the result of this? The engendering of racial feeling in a country made up of a composite people. If we are to render any real service to humanity we must be harmonious in America, and any group of men, any political party, which adopts deliberately the policy of stirring up racial feeling be tween groups in America ought to be ashamed of itself. League of Nations Discussed. Coming to the. league of nations the speaker declared that every im perialist in Europe is opposed to it because he realizes that a world leaerue of nations means a world democracy. "Now as I said this morning, when your soldiers went overseas there ws h. t edee Riven to tne moineia nil the fathers of this state. When I went to salt water with every large Ohio unit I said. 'God speed' to all our boys, and the last farewell to some, when I came back the pledge In the name of our state was just what you gave out here, and that was that we were going to fight and. win this war in order to make wars in the future Impossible. Now then, I ask you whether we are going to keep the faith; I ask you whether that ought to be a political question. "I am reminded, after reading a book printed by our distinguished Dr. Lovejoy. on the stage, I read, there what Herbert Hoover said, in which he expressed his regret that this sub ject would ever become a political subject. Now why was it made a political subject? Our soldiers won our war in about 18 months' time, and it has taken the United States senate longer to conclude the treaty of peace than it did the soldiers of the United States to win the war. Ways of America Unknown. "More than a year ago I talked with the greatest, perhaps the greatest spiritual leader of this war. He was here from Europe. He did not under stand the ways of America and he said to me, 'Governor, why don't they rat ify the peace treaty? Because we would all like to go to work in Europe and we can't until every house, every nation, in factis put in order.' Well," I said, 'if you want me to be frank about it, I am compelled to tell' you the truth. They don't ratify it be cause there is a group of men there that want to multiply the woes of mankind: they want them to accumu late; they want them to be at the very acute stage in 1920 in order that thev may be charged against tne aa ministration in power and in order that they may win a presidential elec tion.' ' " 'Well.' he said, 'if they only knew the conditions overseas, if they only knew how civilization on one side of the water can easily be affected by the disorders on the other side of the water, they would stop playing with the heartstrings of humanity; be es use unless they stop this business there might not be a presidential election in America in 1920.' Senators Are Attacked. "That was the thought of that great man of God, expressed at that time. Lone before you knew what the league was. long before It had been concluded in Europe, a group of men in . the unitea estates senate ignedi a round robin that they were gainst the league. Why? Because they thought it might reflect some redit upon the president oi tne United States, who chanced to be of the opposition party. A few days ago, when I started telling tne trutn about campaign contributions, some ne charged me with getting a little rough, and I made the simple inquiry Who is it that is complaining except band of men who have fought. thout feeling and without con science, a sick man who could not defend himself? Now my contest in his campaign is with that group have no quarrel with the rank and ile of the republican party; I recog nize that it is a great organization t has contributed much to the glo ries of this republic; but I am op posed to this group because it has departed from the idealism of Abra ham Lincoln; it has departed from the idealism of William McKlnley; it has departed from the idealism of Theodor, Roosevelt, and it has paid no attention whatsoever to the rank and file of that party in nominating the candidate for the presidency this year. Now I revert to the question. First of all, it was said that the instrument was faulty, that It ought to be patched up and that then it probably might be all right.' But the Lodge reservations were contended for, the senate adjourned, they were not adqpted, and when the convention as sembled in Chicago nothing was said in behalf of the Lodge reservations. On the contrary, in the face of the most staggering responsibility that this country has ever known anything about, the senatorial oligarchy wrote into the republican platform a plank on the subject of the league of na tions that you do not know the mean ing of, the writer does not know the meaning of. and no one else knows the meaning of it. Plank Held Ambiguous. "Now what was the plank? It was rendered ambiguous for a very de liberate purpose, because if ambiguous then all elements of leadership nught accept it. Hiram Johnson, a great progressive, a man who has rendered great service in his own state I commend a man who speaks plainly. whether I agree with him or not I respect a man who talks in terras you car. understand, and that-is why I respect Hi Johnson of California; but Jchrison said, 'the' platform is all right.' Now Johnson is against any kind of a league whatsoever. Mr. Taft, who is for the league, an ex-president, said it is all right; and he Is for this league or some league at any rate. And then the candidate of the party came forward and he expressed his opinion. First of all he said he was going to make a separate peace with Germany. "Now let us analyze that just for a moment- Who made that peace with Germany? President Wilson didn't; Lloyd George didn't; the soldier boys of America stood watch on the Rhine with 2.000,000 splendid fellows behind them and while they were there Ger many signed the peace treaty. And now It is proposed by the candidate of reaction to scrap that treaty, the treaty made by our soldier boya and he proposes another treaty with Ger many and then, he says, after having made a separate peace pact with Ger many he ia going to turn to the other nations of ,the world and establish an entirely new relationship. No body knows what it is: the specifica tions have not even been hinted at. but I can give you a hint as to how successful it will be when I suggest that If we perform the perfidious act of deserting our allies, how many nations of the world will have any thing to do with us in the establish ment of a new relationship? Russia yes; Turkey yes; Mexico yes. . But America and I do not speak unkind ly of those countries America wants to keep different company, if you please. Opponent Xot Fathomed, "Well then, time passed on and i other charges came from the re actionary candidate. In one speech he said that the peace pact or the covenant, rather, might be put to some use after all, and in the same speech and I have his literal words he said that it was absolutely be yond recall. -Now I can't follow these mental processes. I do not know just precisely what is in the mind of the Senator, but I do want to meet an objection that probably has been ex pressed here, and that 13 this: Some people have said som people have said it sincerely, some leaders have said it hypocritically that the league of nations would mean that our boys I could be and would be ordered over seas every time a controversy arose in Europe. There is not a high school boy nor girl here but who knows per fectly well that the only power to declare war is with the congress of the United States. "The president is the commander-in-chief of the army and the navy, but he can't declare war. In the face I of all the grievances that America had in April, 1917, it was necessary for the president, before we could move a step, to go into the congress; there he met the menvbers of both houses; there he recited all that had taken place, and he urged the congress to declare war; and there would not have been war if the congress had not declared it. Now, then, I repeat. there can't be war without a declara tion by congress. Congress has a new master, or. rather, a new. mistress now, and it will be infinitely harder for any decree of war in the future than it -ever has been in the past. because the mother heart of America knows what war is and knows it bet ter than the male heart of America; and it seems to me providential that! the mothers of America are given a vote this year, because they will have the opportunity of saving the civili zation of the world. Now there is another reason why j the boys can't be ordered overseas. If any difficulty arises which might even threaten hostilities of any kind. the matter will be brought up in the council and there can be no action in the founcu at any time except !y unanimous vote, and America herself could veto it by the expression of her voice; and even then, if favorable ac tion should be taxen, that action 1 an.ounts to nothing except to advise America of the situation, and the action again is with the congress. 'Now the truth- of the matter is that the great strength behind this pact, the great strength behind this agreement is the moral strength. I remind you of this: That we have lived almost 100 years under the Monroe doctrine in the western hem isphere. President Monroe said when that doctrine was enunciated that any I act upon the part of any European power trespassing upon the territorial integrity of a South or Central Amer ican country, would be considered an unfriendly act by America. We never have been compelled to fire a shot in defense of that. The moral in fluence of America was enough. What the American influence and America has accomplished in half the world. the moral influence of the civilized powers of the world can make pos sible in all the world. (Applause). "Now my belief is that we can avofd radicalism by maintaining the right kind of governmental policies. It is very essential that that be done. But, Mr. Business Man, no readjustment and one has to be made no readjust ment made, under reactionary aus pices is going to carry with it the confidence of the great mass of peo ple in America; and if you have one readjustment made under reactionary auspices you are going to have an other one, and the sepond might be just as unfair, leaning toward the other extreme, as the first readjust ment is unfair leaning toward the conservative extreme. Therefore it behooves us all to have a readjust ! that will claim the confidence of the people. And in that connection, ad dressing myself to business people, I want to remind you of this: That it is high time that in federal governmen tal matters we begin giving attention to the fundamentals that we recognize in private business. Budsrt la Mentioned. I have advocated I am sorry I cannot discuss that question at some length todays the establishment of a federal budget. I served on the ap propriations committee in the con gress; I saw hundreds of millions of dollars wasted there because the com mittee could not know what was going on. One of the first things we I did, when I became governor in Ohio, was to establish a budget system. We saved millions of dollars. We kept out of the poorhouse, figuratively speaking, during the war. I am in favor, at the earliest possible moment, Mr. Businessman, of establishing a budget system in the affairs of the federal government." Governor cox. after relating a pa thetic war story that came under his observation, closed his address with the following; "Now, I ask you whether we are going to keep the faith, whether we are going to be false to the boys who did live a happiness they never had sensed before, because as the light of life passed out of their eyes they were conscious of the service they were rendering to humanity. Are you going to carry It out? Are you go ing to veto it? Are you going to vote as your soldiers shot, to end the war? That Is the question this year." COX TALKS AT SALEM BOURBON REGRETS AFFILIA TION with political Tarty. , - ; j " j 2 r f I- EMI ! 1 I ii i . IVORY SOAP FLAKES Jj IYORYfgl . H DRESSES and WAISTS TON'T worry about the "up-keep" of your graceful chiffon frocks and blouses , just wash them when they're soiled, with Ivory Soap Flakes. These quick-sudsing Flakes wash away the dirt without a bit of rubbing, yet do not weaken the finest materials in the least. They work in this way because they are genuine Ivory Soap, the safe cleanser for filmy textures and deli cate tints. Use Ivory .Soap Flakes for all the lacy, silken garments and accessories that you prized They'll be beautiful so much longer than with ordinary treatment. Genuine Ivory Soap in Flaked, Form for washing particular things Safe for Silks and ill Fine Fabrics Democratic Candidate Scores Sen ator Hardin? and Details His Own Virtues. SALHM, Or., Sept, 13. (Special.) That tne league of nations was not a one-man idea, but was the result of careful thought on the part of some of the most brilliant minds of many nations, was the assertion of- Gov errvor Cox in an address delivered here this morning before a crowd that taxed t-he local armory to its capac ity. "Theodore Roosevelt openly ap pealed for the league of nations in an address given at Chnstiania years ago," said Governor cox, while many other republicans of national promt nence have since advocated its adop tion as & means of insuring ever lasting peace. Senator Harding, who would occupy the highest position in the gift of the American people, has changed his mind eight times on the league of nations, and up to this time has permitted no one in. Oregon or elsewhere to know where ho stands on this timely issue. "There is but one way to prevent war, and that Is the disarmament of all nations. After March 4. if I am elected president, I, hope there will De no more battleships built and no more standing armies maintained. In place of constructing battleships and maintaining standing armies, it is my opinion that It would be better to take the money now being expend ed through these sources and apply it toward the reclamation of lands which would become productive, rather than destructive. Every day we read of thousands of people dying from starvation. Starvation means bolshevism, and the quicker this evil is remedied in our land the better it will be for all concerned." Governor Cox said it had come to his notice that the same men who in 1912 wire denounced by Theodore Roose velt had drifted back onto the repub lican fighting line, and were trying to take possession of that party. "These men. united into one element. have formed a senatorial oligarchy and nominated one of Its own number for president," declared Governor Cox. This man is no other than Senator Harding, the choice of the repub lican national convention at Chicago. "lioosevelt," Mr. Cox said, "at one time virtually branded Barnes as the Judas of the republican party for the reason that he ' was considered the connecting link between crooked busi t, ess and crooked politics. We now find this man Barnes branded as the Judas of the republican party in 1912 the modern St. Paul of the party, and the man delegated to write the book ot faith, the Bible of the party. The women of this country are not in favor of crooked politics," said Governor Cox, "and from my con versations with them I am convinced they will denounce the republican slush fund at the polls in November. The people are the government," de clared the governor, "and no govern ment can stand and prosper unless it responds to the heart throbs of the people. "As I travel about the country in this campaign I regret that I belong to a political party, and it is your duty to forget that you belong to any party." WAG INTERRUPTS COX SPEECH 'All Aboard" Cry Proves Joke Box of Hood River Apples Lost. HOOD RIVER, Or., Sept. 13. (.Spe cial.) A crowd of about 200 braved a rain etorm tonight to greet Gov ernor Cox's special. While no one expected him to talk because of his sore throat, on introduction by Dr. C. J. Smith he began to address the crowd gathered closely about the rear of his car in conversational tones. Some wag. however, cut the talk short by crying "all aboard." Gov ernor Cox renewed his speech after Bishop R. L. Paddock asked for views on the league of nations. Local democrats had planned to present the governor with a box of apples, but the fruit was lost en route from the country, and the faith ful could only look on with chagrin while Dr. Smith told Governor Cox that Hood River was a world-famed apple district. THE DALLES HEARS COX Democratic Candidate Addresses Crowd of 2500. THE DALLES, Or., Sept. 13. (Spe cial.) Speaking with a visible effort, Governor Cox, democratic nominee for president, addressed nearly 2500 peo ple who had asembled at the depot to greet him tonight. Governor Cox tasked permission of the crowd to talk to them with his hat on, as he was suffering from a severe case of laryn gitis. Governor Cox declared that the country would be set back 50 years by the building of large battleships and armament, and advocated spend ing a like amount of money in re claiming the arid lands of the north west. He advocated the league of na tions and stated that the league was not a Wilson league or a British league, but a league for the people to preserve the peace of the world. He stated that the opposition to the league of nations would never have arisen had it no tbeen time for a polit-i ical campaign and in -order to make a campaign issue out of it. "It is regrettable," said Governor Cox, "that the world peace is to be hinged upon a political issue. 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