MONDAY,.:, SEPTEMBER. Zt mo.
THE OKEOON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON
Church, Rests Voice in Portland Sunday Speaks at The' Auditorium
Cox Attends
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SUNDAY IN REST;
THROAT IS SORE
By Ralph . U'tUon
The Sabbath, according to the pre
cepts iof the good book, should be
a day of rest and devotion. It wa,
with ' James M. Cox,' tovemor of
Ohio, Democratic nominee and po
tential president of the United
States.
Thera were no receptions, no speech-
making, tto trips over the highway or
tboit the city. It was the distinguished
visitor's desire and the mandate, of his
physician, for Uovernor Cox was suf
fering with an acute attack of speaker's
laryngitis. He was very hoarse and had
been ordered not to use his voice. Con
sequentiy those close friends and ad
mJrers who found their way past the
barriers erected by medical mandate did
most of the talking while Governor Cox
did most of the listening, and he can
listen as eloquently and as earnestly as
he can speak.
DOCTOR TREATS T-HTIOAT
- Governor Cox and his party reached
Portland from Tacoma at 7 :80 and the
special car In which they came was
parked In the yards of the Union station
The governor, tired from a strenuous
Saturday, was; asleep when the train
came in, and was not awakened until
nearly ft o'clock, when he was met by
a delegation of (0 or more of Portland
Cltlxensf welcomed and escorted to the
Multnomah hotel.
I Once there Governor Cox sought the
seclusion of his nulls and the comfort
of a bath, while Dr. Charles Chamber
lain was summoned to treat his throat
Shortly before 11 o'clock, accompanied
by 8cnator Chamberlain. Dr. Robert
Goldsmith, John L. Shuff, a close friend
from Cincinnati, and one or two others,
Governor Cox came down Into the lobby
of the hotel cn route to the Westminster
Presbyterian church.
tie win Immediately surrounded by
those In the lobby who recognized him.
He held an impromptu reception while on
his way to the automobile waiting for
him at the curb. Once in that he was
whisked away to church and, after the
services there had been completed, was
taken back to the hotel, where the ban of
silence was put upon him and he was
immured In his room until time for his
departure for Salem at 4 :40.
Governor Cox, "Jimmy" his fellow
townsmen call him back In Dayton. Ohio,
is a pleasant gentleman to meet. He
looks like his pictures, which shows that
he can be natural even before the cam
era, a feat a great many public men
seem unable to accomplish. He is me
dium of stature,' has a pleasant eye. an
ingratiating smile and a friendly hand
clasp. Probably the best evidence of his
human ticks is the fact that the corps
of newapaper men accompanying film on
his present tour, those cynical stars of
the Kastern newspaper firmament who
nee many public men and go dippy over
none, are all his friends and admirers.
They say he "shoots square" and they
like him for that
THREE ADDRESSES TODaT
Gveror Caz left tor . Salem at 4 :40
Sunday afternoon and spent the night
there. From S to 9 o'clock. Monday
morning he held an Informal recep
tion att th Hotel Marlon, and at 9
o'clock " delivered an address at the
armory, the introductory addresa being
by B. K. Irvine.
At 10 o'clock the return trip was start
ed so that the governor could arrive at
The Auditorium in time for his noon ad
dress, the principal address to be given
by him In Oregon. Dr. C. J. Smith, chair
man of the . Democratic state central
committee, presided at the noon meeting
and United States Senator George K.
Chamberlain introduced Governor Cox to
the people of' Portland. . t
At 1:30 In the afternoon, also at The
Auditorium, Uovernor Cox delivered
his third address of Uie day, this meet
ing having been arranged for the con
venience of those who. by reason of their
employment, were not able to attend
the noon meeting.' . ' .
PLATKOfi.M tiFEECHES
Dr. Kojtxrt Goldsmith, Internationally
known as an authority on the lcague
of Nations covenant, and who was the
personal adviser of President Wilson at
the' Versailles peace conference, also
spoke at the 3:30 meeting on the
League of Nations. Dr.' eimith' pre
sided at this meeting and Governor Cox
was Introduced by B. F. Irvine.
Governor Cox and his party will leave
for Idaho at S o'clock Monday afternoon
over the O-W. R. & N.. and 10-mlnute
stops will be made at Hood River, The
Dalles, Baker and Ontario, in order to
'fiailr&rral
Uaadrtlwtl
that made vou speak short:
i ' . rtnwi
Vair 1 i-n
came trooping in from fchooK No woqder you were ready
to throw things, after washing by hand. That is no job
for a woman it's work for a machine.
Over 500,000 -women w the Thor, why?
in n li DOWN BALANCE
1 U DOliErS EASY PAYMENTS
Thor Electric lreoter demonstrated at our store by Factory Demon
strator all week. " Special demonstration by appointment.
AUTHORIZED THOR AGENTS ;
tiectric Siionlioe! , Fliarve MninBOii
ana CTVICP
. . . . .'. t
permit Governor Cox to meet jthe people
at those places, though he will not be
able to deliver addresses there as sched
uled because of the condition of. his
throat .' .. '
GREAT AUDIENCES ARE
. WON BY COX'S TALKS
(Cos tin sad rm Pass Oaa.!
fighting hard for what he believes would
be a . bigger and better America and
world.
He didn't go out of town to fight op
ponents. He fought them on their front
porch. Two newspapers challenged him,
one in Spokane, one in Seattle. He
fought the Spokane fight in Spokane,
and his Seattle fight In Seattle. His
hearers liked him for fighting them In
tbetr own bailiwicks.
They Uked him because he is gracious,
fair. firm. He doesn't campaign by
innuendo. He doesn't campaign by bom
bast. He doesn't hold back. He doesn't
straddle or detour. He hits sralght at
the point, and hits hard.
When Governor Gox walked onto the
platform, Waahingtonlana admired him.
He is a monument of power. He drives
bis points home with an irresistible
force. His audiences liked his power
and his personality. He smiled with
them, talked with them, felt with them
they were his friends and felt that they
were.
The trip' was successful, secondly, be-,
cause the things for which Cox stands
have an appeal In Washington. He has
no appeal for the reactionary. It Is the
reactionary he is fighting. But it wasn't
the reactionary that attended the Cox
addresses. It was the progressive, the
progressive Democrat and the progres
sive Republican. Those familiar with
local situations estimated crowds a:
Walla Walla and Bellingham as 60 per
cent Republican progressives. For the
progressive Cox has a tremendous ap-
Deal. He is ths only man for whom a
progressive can vote and vote for what
he believes.
PROGRESSIVE RECORD
Cox has a record of progressive action
in Ohio seldom equalled. And he 1
fighting the same crowd that Theodore
Roosevelt fought in 1912 and 1916.
Washington progressives realise those
things, and they demonstrated their ad
hesion to bis principles every time he
mentioned progress in Washington. That
state went Progressive in 1912 and in
1916, and Governor Lister was twice
elected to the governorship largely on
bis stand for progress.
The people of Washington apparently
want a League of Nations. They don't
want more war, more taxes and more
death. Their Invariable applause left
no question as to the crowds' feeling In
the league and war. And Cox, in several
instances, lifted the tog cast out by the
irreconcilables as to the real effect of
the league. He showed that America
could not be drawn Into any war, re
gardless of Artlole X or any other arti
cle In the covenant, without the consent
of congress. And he showed that Amer
ica's power in the council is equal to
Great Britain's and all other nations' in
that no action car, e taken without
unanimous vote. America's vote would
veto any measure.
Many people in Washington are for
Cox because he indorses the federal re
serve and farm loan systems. He talks
of possible extension of both. On the
other hand, they know of Senator Hard
ing's opposition In the senate to the farm
loan act. And they fear that ths Inter
ests that have contributed to- the Hard
ing fund may be interests that are pav
ing the way for the destruction of the
federal reserve act There are many
farmers in Washington. They want the
fafm loan system intact They showed
it at the Cox meetings. Ana the people
of Washington don't want the federal
reserve bank wrecked and the money
power of the country restored to Wall
street
Cox demanded that we discontinue
building battleships and spend the money
saved in reclaiming non-productive
lands. He wants government money
spent for constructive purposes rather
than destructive. So do the crowds that
attended his meetings
His audiences registered their disap
proval of the front porch campaign. They
acre glad that Cox came to this coast,
to study the needs of the territory and
feel the heartbeats of its people. They
don't approve a mortgaged presidency,
and they applauded to the echo when
Cox insisted that he is free now and will
be free after November 2.
His hearers believe the campaign fund
charge. Documents proving the
charges In their own state were shown
them. Circular 101. the original, was
shown them, with Joan D. Rockpfrllrr
! and little John heading the list, and
William M. Wood, the woolen manufac
turer, following. Washingtonians don't
think the Rockefellers have any great
feeling for the Northwest and the wool
growers are certain that William M.
Wood closed his mills much to their
School Days
Can. you keep enough
clean clothes for the
children?
Plenty of clean clothes for
evervonc if vou have a
Electric Washer
No more dread of wash
day, no more red nd blis
tered hands no more of
that exhausting strain
to the children when they
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COX
ENTERS
MORNING
By Lewis Haverntale
James Middle ton Cox, who, by the
grace of the votes of the American peo
ple, may be the next president of the
United States the proudest gift within
the power of human beings to bestow
humbly worshipped almighty God Sun
day morning in Westminster Presby
terian church. East Seventeenth street
north at Schuyler street
Strains of the organ in the offertory
softly receded and the voices of the
singers in the choir loft ceased ; the
pastor sat silent within the chancel;
there was a hush of expectancy and a
discreet half-turning of. the heads of
members of the large congregation, and
then the ushees marshaled the presiden
tial candidate, with the accompanying
party. Into a pew well at the rear of
the church auditorium. Space had been
reserved for the distinguished party at
one side of the auditorium, well toward
the pulpit, but Cox put a veto on this
arrangement when he arrived at the
church after services had begun, merely
indicating that he wanted no display
made of his attendance at diylne wor
ship and that an inconspicuous seat
was all that he desired.
GREETED. BT OHIOA.N8 j .
After a period of rest In his rooms
at the Multnomah hotel Sunday morn
ing. Cox descended to the lobby and
after a few brief greetings with friends
went directly to the automobile that
carried him io the church. With him
were Senator' Chamberlain, Dr. Robert
Goldsmith. Colonel John H. Sheff and a
secret service- attendant. Cox considers
this attendance of a secret service man
saperfluouH, but it was learned that the
Democratic national committee had in
sisted upon II In the Cox itinerary.
When the party arrived it the church
the preliminary services were in prog
ress and Cox. and his party awaited in
the lobby a proper period at which to
enter the auditorium. Several belated
members of he congregation straggled
!n. They at once recognized the visitor.
There were several former residents of
Ohio, who quietly took the opportunity
to greet Cox and extend to him their
best wishes, . (
COX DESIRED QUIET
Immediately after taking his seat Cox
pave his sericu attention o the service.
With one arm thrown over the back of
his pew, he relaxed Into a comfortable
attitude. andLscarcely changed this posi
tion until the sermon closed. Imme
diately after the benediction the party
arose, but there at once assembled be
fore the entrance to the pew a company
of people anxious to greet the visitor.
Gradually the party worked Its. wav
again into the lobby, and there again
numerous cardial greetings were ex
tended. financial degradation. The applause of
Cox addresses on those points was an
Index to the feeling of his audiences.
And Cox fights unrest with fair deal
ing. He maintains that unrest is the
product of repression, that it results
from unfair 'treatment or a class. It
cannot be eradicated by adding to the
repression, but by dealing fairly with
every class. In effect he says, give the
farmers their just dues, and there will
be no Non-Partisan League, or unrest
in other fornj. Washingtonians believe
in that meana They indicated their ap
proval. At every Cox" meeting there were hun
dreds of women. They liked Cox be
cause of his past record. They were
told of the mothers' pension in Ohio, of
laws helpful to teachers, and the statutes
fixing the hours and working conditions
for women in industry all passed in
Cox's administration. Trie women In
dorsed Cox's progressive humanitarian
stands and his repeated statements that
it will "be toe mother hearts of Amer
ica that will keep us out of future wars."
It is for these reasons that the trip
of Governor' Cox in Washington was
highly successful.
If
AS SLAVERY"
(Continmd From Pat One)
we had alignments as definite when we
fought our fight in Ohio.
"The history of your fight and of our
fight is particularly interesting now."
Governor Cox said, "because the same
alignments which existed in the fights
for progress In these two states In the
past years are the Same alignments
which confront the people of the na
tion now.
"The people of Ohio," the governor
continued, "demanded laws that would
provide' for progressing conditions. The
consUtution of the state stood in the
way of their enactment or enforcement
and It was hot until 1912 that we were
able to win a new constitution
WHAT OHIO DID
"There was unrest in Ohio in those
days," the speaker said. "It was be
cause government could not be respons
ive to the needs of the day. It was the
batUe of reaction then against the spirit
and the desire of progress. The pro
gressive population knew that govern
ment must be made responsive to the
demands of an advancing humanity,
and that la the reason we have spun
some of the gold of the human soul
Into the consUtution and the laws of
the state of Ohio.
"It was before that constitutional con
vention that Roosevelt, a great Ameri
can" and ere the audience broke In
on the speaker with a wave of applause
"it was then." the speaker continued,
"that he came to give his first address
in favor of the judicial recall because
he knew the political soil of Ohio wa
then adapted to the principles he was
advocating. ! We bad soap-box orators
In Ohio on .every street cdrner and on
every evening. We bad Industrial In
justice, the-barbarism of the old com
mon law doctrines which are every
where being abolished.
PEOPLE RiAJLl.'r'TO CArSE
"There wis no wonder," Governor Cox
said, "that I party lines were forgotten
and disregarded in the fight that was
made or. that the people of the state
rallied under the banner of a true
Americanism to fight for the cause of
progress and humanity.
"I had the honor then," Governor Cox
continued while the audience again In
terrupted him with applause, "to lead the
fight for progress and humanity in my
own state. . And then, as now, I wae
opposed by ' the same alignments and by
the same man who is now opposing me
for the presidency of the United States.
"It was a bitter fight We fought out
In the open, end fa the language of An
drew Jackson, the ' great fighter of our
early days, jwe reserved our fire until we
could see the whites of the enemy's eyea
GOV
LIQUOR ISSUEM
X
QUIETLY
PEW FOR
WORSHIP
The party was then driven back to the
hotel, whare Cox spent the remainder
of the day in rest until time for his
departure for Salem.
Pastors and official boards of several
of the Portland churches had extended
Invitations to Cox and his party to
worship in their lespectlve churches. It
was not known' until shortly before their
departure what church would be select
ed, as Cox had clearly stated that he
wanted no display made over the fact
that he was attending any church serv
ice. It Is said that this has be-n his
attitude at all times during his tour
regarding bis religious life.
DUTY OF CHRISTIANS
Dr. Edward H. Pence, pastor of West
minster Presbyterian church, conducted
the service and preached. His text was
from fctrst Thessalonians, fifth chapter:
"Now we exhort you, brethren, warn
them that are unruly comfort
the feeble-minded see that none render
evil for evil to any man."
He gave a graphic description of St
Paul exhorting the common people of
Thessalonica, and pointed out that the
exhortations there given are applicable
today and that there is still great need
of these admonitions.
"The great moral and religious forces
of the world today are unorganized ; it
is the forces of evil that are organized,"
said the speaker. He discussed the folk
with whom St. Paul dealt and their need
of reconstruction, and continued:
"There is yet before us In the world
today a vast hoard of those on whom
we must wait and exercise patience and
forebearance. Christianity owns the duty
of holding society to its great task, the
uplifting of humanity. You cannot do
Uiis by proxy ; it is the personal touch ;
you must do It yourself ; Christianity de
mands your service, man to man and
woman to woman, in the spirit of him
who died on the cross."
IBHEYEBEXCE OK I. W. W.
The preacher then spoke of the I. W.
W. and the radical elements, particu
larly of the Pacific Northwest, and
their menace to society through their
destructive creed, and referred to the
cavicature of Christianity which has
been used by the I. W. W. In crude 'and
irreverent pictures with the wording :
"Christ, the first hobo." He pointed
out the need of living such Christian
lives as would commend Christianity to
this element.
"Have we really Interpreted Jesus
Christ to these men?" asked the speaner.
"Is- his unselfishness our unselfishness?
These men must be reached Individually .
you cannot change the errant and erratic
opinion of a man by simply Instructing
his mind. The only thing to give is a
great motive. This is the big program
of the Christian religion."
And. whenever I looked into the trenches
of the enemy during that long battle I
saw the same old crowd that I am seeing
now as I look into the trenches of the
battle we are now fighting.
SAME HAHDIXG, SAME CROWD
"I was opposed then, as I am op
posed now, by the same forces of re
action, and those 'forces were led by
Senator Harding, now the presidential
nominee opposing me, just as be Is
now leading the forces of reaction
throughout the naUon against the forces
of progress."
Governor Cox paused in his address
to read various editorial utterances and
statements made by Senator Harding
at the close of the contest for the adop
tion of the Ohio constitution, where the
senator had contended that the pro
gressive provisions of the new funda
mental law would result in "revolu
tion" and in continual disturbance.
"There are extremes In both directions
In the element of revolutionary thought
One is as dangerous as the other. The
progressive In government takes the
middle of the road, and those who in
veigh against it later on wilt thank
Almighty Hod that fcere is a progres
sive government.
"I have been through Minnesota, and
Idaho, and Washington, and Oregon
and the varibus sections of the great
West and Pacific Northwest, and I
have studied the condiUons of the hour.
I can go back to those Hvho believe that
at the first instance of radicalism the
power of the military must be invoked
and applied, and tell them they need not
fear results.
"At a little staUon in Idaho a man
said to me : 'What about Russia and its
situation?' I said te him that Russia
will find itself, but that the conditions
today are the result of oppression for
300 years. If our own government is
fair and just and the administrative
functions are not bought by a large
corruption fund, radicalism will not
exist, because it will have no followers
In America
TOM CATS ARE WOK '
"In Butte, Mont., at a tremendously
large meeting, we heard cat calls on
the edge of the crowd. I did not know
it before, but I have learned that the
cat call is the call of the I. W. W.. and
I heard the meouwing way out on the
edge of the crowd. There has been
oppression there, but soon the cat calls
ceased, and I'll tell you the Tom cats
hadn't gone home either. They were
won won by my recital of certain inci
dents back home."
The speaker then told of the laws in
Pennsylvania that restricted public as
semblage in certain lines and of the
meeUngs of dissatisfied employes of cer
tain concerns about Pittsburg.
He told how the crews were charged
by the mounted constabulary, when they
moved across the line onto Ohio terri
tory. "I was appealed to and aked what I
was going. to do about it," said Cox. "I
replied that I would not let anyone
break the law, but that I had absolutely
no intention of overriding the constitu
Uon. "I remember the various newspaper
accounts of it and one In particular,
from a New York newspaper, which
closed by saying: "When the shades of
evening fell upon the assembly, they
left America and went back Into Si
beria' HITS BEACTIOXABT PRESS
"Tou always have to have a counter
irritant Pennsylvania is our counter
irritant back thera Here In Oregon the
counter-irritant is that part of your
newspaper press which was reactionary
of old and that is reactionary now.
(Great applause). I
"While I haven't mentioned any
names. I did-read an editorial in an
Oregon paper this morning that said I
was taking a good deal of credit for the
passing of the workingmen's compensa
tion act in Ohio. Welt now, that paper
Imply doesn't know. I had no bet
ter support In that great fight than
from some members of the legislature
who- were Republicans. I am proud of
the Republicans of Ohio who have
elected me three times."
Here there was a great outburst of
applause, and cries of "They'll elect you
again, too."
The speaker aroused enthusiastic ap
plause when he declared that next to
Christ himself Abraham Lincoln wae ln
stpred by God in bis efforts to keep the
nation together, and that Theodore
Roosevelt was God-inspired when he
served notice1 that government places
could not be bought with money.
THAT CHICAGO CLIQUE
Cox described the scenes at the Chi
cago convention, telling the inside his
tory of the meeting late at night when
certain "practical politicians" bad "a
certain gentleman before them and
asked him some questions, and then de
cided that the next morning they would
take a few ballots and then nominate
him."
"What were those questions T" he
asked. He declared that the man of
average sense would well know tbey
were not about Irrigation of great sec
tions of America, development projects,
etc., but could surmise readily the real
line of questioning.
'That's why I didn't go to the San
Francisco convention," said Cox. "And
as a result of it I haven't even prom
ised a fourth-class postmaatershlp. I
have no. Interest, politically, at least, in
any front porch except your front porch
I want happiness to prevail in all homes,
and that is only possible by the appli
cation of progressive government."
TURJfS OX SLUSH FUXD
The speaker told of the advantage his
present trip would be to him when in
Washington because of his better under
standing of the conditions of the .Pa
cific Northwest He then turned to the
campaign fund situation and was fre
quently applauded as he detailed facts
regarding the subscription lists of the
Republican party, declaring that finan
cial corporations had clearly violated the
laws of America by their acts In this
connection and naming various large
contributors.
"And then at the tall end we found 1
two names John D. and Little John,
whose very souls are possessed with
love for the common people," said the
speaker.
He discussed America's responsibility
in the great work of world reconstruc
tion after the world war, and declared
that, after all, the highest considera
tion Is the spiritual resources and that
America has a responsibility it cannot
evade.
SLAPS MORNING PAPER
After paying his respects to the Ore
gonian in no uncertain terms, he was
asked a question from the audience :
"Where do you stand on prohibition
law enforcement T'
Back came the reply : "When I was
governor of Ohio, the front door and
the back door of every saloon In Ohio
was closed on Sunday."
A scathing arraignment of Harding's
uncertainty on the Ieacue of Nations
closed the address. Cox detailed the vas
cillating record of Harding and declared :
"Senator Harding doesn't know where
he stands on the League of Nations, and
no one else does. You can dodge the roll
call when you are a senator, but you
can't do that as a presidential candidate.
And I shall keep calling the roll on him.
"Where do I stand? Any helpful res
ervation that will protect any interest
which seems In any way jeopardized will
be recognized, but nope that emasculates
the toasic principles. The next president.
with the cooperation of the senate, will
ener in your name the League of the
Nations of the World."
DR. GOLDSMITH EXPLAINS
LEAGUE WHILE CROWD WAITS
When 11 :30 o'clock had been reached
and The Auditorium was already well
filled, Milton A. Miller, acting as tem
porary chairman of the meeting, pending
the arrival of Dr. C. J. Smith, stepped to
the front of the rostrum and in a few
words Introduced Dr. Robert Goldsmith
of New York, international authority on
the League of Nations, who spoke during
the interim until the arrival of Governor
Cox from Salem.
Dr. Goldsmith said he would discuss
the League of Nations covenant until
such time as'Oovernor Cox should arrive,
and as he spoke the name of the distin
guished Ohioan his voice was drowned
by a rolling burst of applause that swept
the vast audience room from rostrum to
exits and back again.
Dr. Goldsmith said this was a time
when the world must progress and so
forward. It was not the time when th,e
nations of the earth, or the United States,
could crawl like the lizzards up the wall
of world advancement into the sunshine
for a time and then fall back into the
shadows again.
It was not his intention, he said, to re
view the horrors of the war, but he knew
that the people of this country and of the
world were seeking a condition when that
horror would never come back again.
CALLS COX PROGRESSIVE
The speaker, digressing to the league,
told of the constructive record of Gov
ernor Cox in Ohio and said it was a
fundamental of the principles for which
Cox stood to advance the cause of na
tional and international progress and
peace.
The idea of the League of Nations
was no new thing, he said. The world
had dreamed of it for years, until the
idealism of this dream had been brought
down Into the chancellories of the
statesmen of the world and moulded
into definite and concrete form.
He discussed the construction of the
covenant and said it was drafted after
the day sessions of the Versailles con
ferences had been held. Wilson, the
speaker said, had been made the chair
man of the committee to draft the
covenant because he had formulated
the foundation of the treaty through
his 14 points.
ROOT AND TAFT AID
Dr. Goldsmith told of the aid given
by Judge Taft, Elihtr Root and Justice1
Hughes. All of these had submitted
amendments, many of which had been
adopted, and particularly one had been
suggested by Root accepting the prin
ciples of Article X for a period of five
years. And. the speaker asked, would
anyone conxena mat Root, the nestor
of Republicanism, would have consent
ed to barter the liberty of America for
a period of five years 7
Cox Pictures Harding
And Russ Leaders
Lined Up Together
Seattle. Sept 1J. Governor Cox while
here showed that be can be decidedly
sarcastic.
Responding, to a question from a
white-haired man as to why the League
of Nations had not stopped , the war
between Russia and Poland. Governor
Cox asserted that "Because the League
of Nations Is not potential without the
determining voice of America."
-By the end of November Germany
will have become a member of the league,
the governor went on. "and Russia and
America will be the only great nations
outside the league.
"Then we will have three national
leaders standing side by side, if reaction
triumphs in the November elections In
this country, he added. - "And they will
by Lenin, TroUky and Warren O.
Haniing" . j
COURT
USELESS
WITHOUT LEAGUE.
ASMS DOCTOR
"It is abturd to suppose that the
eminent jurists who labored with
Mr. Root under the authority jriveri
them by the Council of the League
of Nations are going to permit their
labors to go for naught In order to
please protoplasmic politicians or
sinister statesmen In America whose
principal concern, first, last and all
the time, is to destroy, if possible,
the work of the present administra
tion." Thus spoke Dr. Robert Goldsmith. stu
dent of sociological and International
problems, publicist author and lecturer.
in discussing the League of Nations
Sunday morning at the Multnomah hotel.
Dr. Goldsmith was formerly an assist
ant editor of Collier's Weekly, and has
been an extensive contributor to the
periodical press. He published the first
book on the problems of the League of
Nations, Its title being "A League to
Enforce Peace." with a special Intro
duction by William Howard Taft.
LEAGUE "SECEBSITT"
During the 'war he was a member of
the Marburg Study group, an unofficial
study group meeting with Theodore
Marburg, former minister to Belrium.
which group elaborated the first draft
for a covenant of the League of Nationa
He also labored with Colonel House as
an adviser to the American peace com
missions at Pari a
"It Is a matter for proround regret that
either the treaty of peace or the cove
nant of the Ceague of Nations has be
come the football of party politics." he
saia. -our nation, as a whole, won the
war by standing together as Americans;
so also, as a whole, without regard to
party lines, it should have finished the
job we started, both as to signing the
treaty of peace and as to its ratification,
"None of the other governments of the
allied or associated powers have divided
along party lines in the making of the
treaty of peace or the signing of the cov
enant. As to the desirability of the
League of Nations, the time Is gone when
it is worth while discussing In academic
terms the desirability of such procedure.
It has now .become a case of the neces
sity of the league.
There is no alternative left except. U
pernaps, to return to the old. order of
things that prevailed before the great
war. Neither workers of the world nor
women of the world will permit the na
tions to do that for they have paid too
Urge a price In lives and treasure to for
"The Hague court of arbttal justice,
instituted in 1899 at the suggestion of
the late cxar of Russia, was a voluntary
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HE KNOWS ALL ABOUT
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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Dr. Kobert Goldsmith
institution that had proved itself to be
in the eyes of the world the greatest
failure In human history. As for the
Root plan for a world court, the sug
gestion that it be accepted as ah alterna
tive to the League of Nations originated
either Ip dense ignorance or with sini
ster design to confuse and befuddle the
issue.
"Mr. Root was but one of 12 who con
stituted the Judiciary advisory commit
tee appointed toy the court of the League
of Nations at Its second meeting In
London, the resolution appointing the
committee being presented by the former
premier of France, Leon Boulsseur.
COTJET MAT BE APPROVED
"The result of the labors of this group
for a brief period at The Hague were
presented In the form of a draft con
vention for a permanent court of Inter
national justice at the fifth meeting of
the council and was unanimously ap
proved. It must now go before the gen
eral assembly of the league, which holds
Its first meeting at Geneva on Novem
ber 15. No doubt it will be approved
and accepted by the assembly and will
become an Integral part, a definite organ,
of the League of Nations.
"The questions within its lurteaiction
are such as have to do with acknowl
edged international law. Interpretations
of treaties, etc., and. note this well, these
are not naturally the kind of questions
get thus soon so costly a lesson,
that lead to war. Questions that lead to
war are those that have to do with na
tional politics dealing with International
relations and cannot be settled by any
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WRITERS, GUESTS
ACCOMPANY COX
Governor James M. Cox is ac
vviu'auiuu vii ilia 11 if uiivugu viiv 1
Northwest only by a few specialists.-,
his secretary and stenographers, a
few guests and by newspaper men. a
The governor's secretary Is Charles W.
iu orris, wens nawKB, lormeriy wiui we
publicity rfftcea of the United States '
navy. Is publicity man for the party.
jr, ji. uoiasmun, sociologist, wno
was with President Wilson at Versailles,
and W. Jett Lauck, economist are alone
to give their advice when needed,
Special guests of the governor are!
John L. Shuff, former postmaster at Cin
cinnati. Ohio; M. R. Denver of Ohio;
and State Senator Carl Frollner of Ohio.
J. J. Blnnott, doorkeeper of the house
of representatives at Washington, has
charge of the train.
Joseph Shaffer and A. R. Snelder are
the governor's stenographers ; It B.
Donnhut is nhoinrranher for the oarty
and James O'Rouke Is assistant publicist
Among the newspapermen is Robert
T. Small of the Washington Poet one
of the men In the automobiles which was
wrecked when one man was killed ai
the time President Wilson was In Port
land. Other newspsper men are :
Herbert Walker, United Press: Bond
Beddes, Associated Press ; Harry Rogers,
International News Service ; W. R. Har
ris, Universal Service ; James Faulkner,
Clnlclnnatl Inquirer ; Rodney Bean, New ;
Tork Times : Robert B. Smith, Chicago
Tribune; Donald MacOregor, New York
Sun-Herald: Harry Hopkins, New York
World; W. D. Howells. Cleveland Plain
Dealer : Robert Barry, Philadelphia Pub
lic Ledger ; Louis Ludlow, Columbus
Dispatch: Duncan Ailsman, New York
Evening Post.
Rallwav men with the oartv were C
L. Wlnternsier and H. T. McDowell.
court of International Jurisprudence.
They can only be settled by discussion,
arbitration, compromise and mutual
aarreement. and the council and assembly
of the League of Nations are the neces
sary organisations provided for such
settlement.
CNAHIM0U8 TOTE NEEDED
"What Is more, the new Root court
just like the old Hague ceurt can have
no force in the prevention of wars with
mi tv mnrd fmnomlo and. if neceaaarv.
the military forces of the civilised na
tions of the world, definitely standing be
hind their decisions. The Issue simmers
down to this : No Teauge. no court.
As to the other organisations of the
league, such as the council and the as
sembly, they have no power to determine
at Geneva, as a sort of super-govern
ment matters or vital interest of na
tional honor to us In such a way that
we would not .necessarily sacrifice - our
aovereignlty. '
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