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VOL. XXII. NO. 113.
ALLIES AGREE TO BLOCKADE BOLSHEVIKI
COX LEAGUE PLAN
WILL UNI FY PARTY.
SAYS HOKE SMITH
Senator Declares His Belief
That Treaty Will Be Rati
fied Under Leadership of
Democratic Nominee
With of the in
creasing interest in the triangular
senatorial race reflected by un
mistakable evidences of confidence in
the re-election of Senator Hoke
Smith, the campaign was enlivened
Monday by the state-wide reaction
from the speech of Governor Cox for
mally accepting the Democratic pres
idential nomination.
Senator Smith and his political ad
visers, especially were pleased with
Governor Cox’s keynote adress, in
which he emphasized his concurrence
in the essential points made by the
twenty-three Democratic senators
wno voted for reservations to the
Deague of Nations to protect Ameri
can interests.
Senator Smith himself summarized
the acceptance speech in an inter
view, in which he declared, among
other things, that “the Democratic
p»atform and Governor Cox both rec
ognized the propriety of reservations,
and I believe the treaty will be rati
fied under his leadership.”
It is the view of Senator Smith’s
friends and advisers that Governor
Cox’s speech removes the League
of Nations as an issue in the sena
torial campaign, excepting in that it
establishes that Senator Smith and
the Democratic presidential nominee
ere standing squarely together on
this great international question.
Senator’s Statement
The people of Georgia, said
Senator Smith, who believe in
reservations to the peace treaty
should be delighted with the
speech of Governor Cox.
In his two reservations, Gover
nor Cox has expressed and em
phasized the most essential point
in the whole fight made by twen
ty-three Democratic senators for
reservations to protect American,
interests..
We have all believed in a
league to preserve peace, operat
ing under constitutional limita
tions —and earnestly desire its
ratification.
Governor Cox recognizes the
fear of many Democrats that
without reservations the league
might be a league for war. He
proposes to meet this by reserva
tions drawn under two principles:
First, that the United States
joins the league as a league of
peace, and not a league to en
gage in wars. Second, that the
United States assumes no obli
gation to go to war except when
in any particular case congress,
under the constitution, shall so
decide.
Governor Cox’s plan to meet
the various views of Democrats
is the work of a great construc
tive statesman. We can all agree
on his leadership. We can be
sure that under his plan we have
not assumed a blanket obligation
to draft our boys and send them
to the future wars of the world.
This is the main point for which
many of us have contended, and
I am delighted that Governor Cox
has covered it so completely,
and in away to bring all Demo
crats together under his leader
ship.
My position is so well known
that it ought not to be necessary
for me to repeatedly correct the
intentional false statements pub
lished in the Constitution. The
people of Georgia know that I
have insisted on ratifying the
treaty with reservations -which
will protect American Ideals and
interests.
I am delighted that the Dem
ocratic platform and Governor
Cox both recognize the propriety
of such' reservations, and I be
lieve the treaty will be ratified
under his leadership.
The optimism of Senator Smith’s
friends is not measured alone by the
unquestioned effect and significance
of the harmony existing between
Governor Cox and the senator with
reference to the peace treaty.
There have been other develop
ments over the week-end that are
viewed with satisfaction, to-wit:_
1. The character and the magni
tude of the Fulton county support
that Senator Smith’s candidacy has
aroused.
2. The hearty response that has
been provoked by the voluntary and
unsolicited commendation of three
score and more wounded and inca
pacitated ex-soldiers, who ,-have ex
pressed publicly their appreciation
of the senator's work in behalf of
themselves and their comrades.
3. The appeal of Rev. Sam W.
Small to the people of Georgia to
give their support to Senator Smith
and his denunciation of the “per
nicious, personal, political propagan
da’ that is being used by Mr. Smith’s
enemies in Georgia.
Will Sweep Fulton
The Hoke Smith forces in Fulton
county did not get into action un
til last Friday, yet within the three
days that have intervened since the
rousing meeting at the Piedmont ho
tel his candidacy has received an im-
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ROOSEVELT JOINS
COX IN ACCEPTING
LEMEJfi ISSUE
Democratic Nominee Accepts
Place as Vice Presidential
Candidate Stands on
Party’s Platform
HYDE PARK, N. Y., Aug. 9.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, if a formal
address accepting the Democratic
vice presidential nomination, at his
home today, joined with his chief,
James M. Cox, in accepting the chal
lenge of the Republicans to make
the League of Nations one of the
principal issues of the national cam
paign.
“The Democratic party,” he said,
“has offered to this nation a treaty
of peace which to make it a real
treaty for a real peace, must in
clude a League of Nations.”
“Today,” he continued, "we are of
fered a seat at the table of the fam
ily of nations, to the end that the
smaller peoples msDy be truly safe
to work out their own destiny. We
shall take that place. I say so be
cause I have faith —faith that this
nation has no selfish destiny, faith
that our people are looking into the
years beyond for better things, and
that they are not afraid to do their
part.
“Even as this nation entered the
war for an ideal, so it has emerged
from the war with the determina
tion that the ideal shall not die. It
is idle to pretend that the far declara
tion of April 6, 1917, was a mere
act of self-defense or that the ob
ject of our participation was solely
to defeat the military power of the
central nations of Europe. We knew
then as a nation, even as we know
today, that success on land and sea
could be but half a victory. To
the cry of the French at Verdun:
'They shall not pass,’ and the cheer
of our own men in the Argonne: 'We
shall go through’—we must add this
positive declaration of our own wills:
That the world shall be saved from
the repetition of this crime.
A Practical Solution
“The League of Nations is a prac
tical solution of a practical situa
tion. lUTs'no'more~per?ect than the
original constitution which has been
amended eighteen times, and will
soon, we hope, be amended the nine
teenth, was perfect. It is not anti
nation; it is anti-war.”
Two great problems, he declared,
will confront the next administra
tion, our relations with the world
and the pressing needs of organized
progress at home. Among the most
pressing of our national needs, he
placed “the bettering of our citizen
ship, the extension of teaching to
over 5,000,000 of our population above
the age of ten who are illiterate,
the strengthening of immigration
laws to exclude the physically and
morally unfit, the improvement in
working conditions, especially in the
congested centers, the extension of
communications to make rural life
more attractive and the further pro
tection of women and child life in
industry.”
Reorganization of governmental
machinery, which he said has become
antiquated especially since the war,
also was urged oy Mr. Roosevelt.
Homer Cummings, former chair
man of the Democratic national com
mittee, declared in formally notify
ing Mr. Roosevelt of his nomina
tion, that the American people have
paid a “staggering penalty” for the
Republican victory at the polls in
1918. Undisputed in* the “material
and moral leadership of the world
when the armistice was signed, he
said, “who will deny that our title
to that leadership has been griev
ously impaired if not completely
lost?” ~ ,
“There is but one way out, he
added. “It is to redeem Americas
word to the world and to assume
without hesitation our share of the
task of rehabilitating the broken
structure of civilization.”
The Ceremonies
Mr. Roosevelt, who arrived here
last evening from Dayton, where ne
attended the notification ceremonies
of his chief, James M. Cox, last
Saturday, arose early to assist his
family in making preparations to
receive a crowd of 10,000 persons ex
pected at Springwood, the Roosevelt
ancestral estate, where the cere
monies were held.
There was no mistaking the fact
that this was “Frank Roosevelt’s
day.” Pictures of the candidate and
his chief were posted conspicuously
about the town, while flags and bunt
ings gave a holiday atmosphere to
the main streets. Former navy men,
regardless of their political affilia
tion, turned out in full force as
did the local lodges of Masons, Odd
Fellows and the Grange, to which
Mr. Roosevelt belongs. Weather
conditions were ideal.
A pretty natural setting had been
provided for the exercises. The
Roosevelt home stands on a broad
terrace, several hundred feet above
the Hudson and is flanked on all
sides by spacious lawns and beauti
ful trees. Mr. Roosevelt spoke from
the front veranda.
The official notification commit
tee, headed by Homer Cummings,
former chairman of the Democratic
national committee, were assigned
seats on the veranda and on the
lawn directly in front of it.
The program began with the
singing of the national anthem,
followed by the invocation by the
Rev. Edward P. Newton, pastor of
St. James Episcopal church, which
the Roosevelt family attends. Henry
Morgenthau, Jr., chairman of the
local committee on arrangements,
then introduced George White,
Democratic national chairman, who
in turn presented Mr. Cummings.
Mr. Roosevelt, responding to Mr.
Cummings’ address then delivered
his formal speech of acceptance. The
exercises closed with benedic
tion by the Rev. David P. Morley,
pastor’ of the Regina Coeli Catholic
church here, and the singing of
“America.”
Mr. Roosevelt leaves here Tues
dav morning for Chicago, where he
will open his- first campaign tour
Wednesday evening. The tour,
which will last three weeks, will
take him to the Pacific coast and
back with addresses in fifteen dif
ferent states, in seventeen working
days.
SUFFRAGISTS CLAIM
ENOUGH VOTES TO
WIN INJENNESSEE
Latest Poll Said to Give
Ratification Forces Major
ity of Three in House and
One in Senate
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. —Pro-suf-
fragist leaders at Nashville have re
ceived pledges from enough legis
lators to assure a majority in both
the senate and house of the Tennes
see legislature, according to telegram
to the headquarters here of the Na
tional Woman’s party. The latest
poll, taken this morning, the mes
sage said, gave the ratification forces
a majority of three in the house and
one in the senate.
RATIFICATION URGED
BY GOVERNOR ROBERTS
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 9—Gov.
A. H. Roberts today “earnestly and
urgently” recommended prompt rati
fication of the suffrage amendment
to the federal constitution in address
ing a joint session of bouth houses
of the legislature.
The legislature met at noon in spe
cial session to consider the amend
ment. If t acts favorably, approval
of th and fina Istate
needed to make the amendment ef
fective will have been obtained.
“The eyes of all America are upon
us,” said Governor Roberts. “Ten
nessee occupies a pivotal position on
this question. Millions of women
are looking to the Tennessee legis
lature to give the ma voice and
share in shaping the destinies of the*
republic.”
Governor Roberts directed atten
tion to the platform declarations,
state and national, or both the Dem
ocratic and Republican parties. Be
lief was expressed that no legal ob
stacles exist to prevent action at
this session, in support of which the
opinion of the attorneys general of
the state and the United States were
cited.
“In th. sincere hope and confident
The session opened with both op
ponents and proponents of suffrage
bringing every possible influence to
bear, in the belief that action of the
legislature will determine whether or
not women will have the baHOT'ITr
time to vote in the national elections
in November.
Headquarters of forces here op
posed to ratification of the federal
woman suffrage amendment, an
nounced today that a delegation rep
resenting that body would be re
ceived by Governor Cox, Democratic
presidential nominee, late today at
Dayton.
The governor will be asked, it was
stated, to throw all his influence
against ratification by the Tennessee
legislature, which met today in ex
traordinary session. The delegation,
headed by Mrs. George A. Washing
ton, of Nashville, includes Miss Mary
G. Kilbreath, of New York, president
of the National Association Opposed
to Woman Suffrage; Mrs. Walter D.
Lamar, of Macon, Ga„ and Mrs. W.
P. E. Wyse, acting president of the
Maryland Association Opposed to
Woman Suffrage.
Ranks of the suffragists were
strengthened today by the arrival of
United States Senator McKellar,
Democrat, of Tennessee, who an
nounced that he was here to do what
he could for ratification.
Shortly before the legislature was
to convene it was learned that suf
frage workers will endeavor to ob
tai notification by means of a joint
i esolution instead of a bill. A reso
lution could be brought to a vote
immediately, whereas a bill would
have to be referred to a committee,
with consequent delay and the pos
sibility of not being reported out.
These parliamentary tactics will
be fought by the opponents of suf
frage, and should a resolution fail,
recourse will be had to the other
method.
As legislators gathered for the
opening roll call of the session, both
the, advocates and opponents of suf
frage claimed to have the advantage.
Politicians asserted the outcome will
remain in doubt until the vote is
taken. The time for the introduction
of the suffrage measure has not been
determined. Action will be sought
in both houses.
Today’s session, It was indicated,
will be devoted largely to a reading
of the message of the governor, and
to admission of new members and
the routine business of organiza
tion.
Railway Labor Board
, To Publish Awards
In Wages Tuesday
CHICAGO, Aug. 9.—The railway
labor board announced today that it
would publish Tuesday the wage in
crease awards in the case of 70,000
railway express employes throughout
the country.
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ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1920.
Striking Paragraphs From
Governor Cox’s Speech of
Acceptance of Nomination
“I thank God I take up the
standard of Democracy a free
man, unfettered by promises and
happy in the consciousness of
untrammeled opportunity to ren
der a service/’
“He who turns away from the
tragedies and obligations of the
war, not consecrated to a sense
of honor and of duty which re
sists every base suggestion of
personal or political expediency,
is unworthy of the esteem of his
countrymen.”
Senator Harding’s pledge of
“formal and effective peace sc
soon as a Republican congress
can pass its declaration, means
but one thing—a separate peace
with Germany.”
“This would be the most dis
heartening event in civilization
since the Russians made their
separate peace with Germany and
infinitely more unworthy.’
"This plan would not only be
a piece of bungling diplomaby,
but plain, unadulterated dishon
esty as well.”
“No less an authority than
Senator Lodge said that to make
peace except in company with
the allies ‘would brand us ever
lastingly with dishonor and bring
ruin to us.’ "
To attempt, after peace Is de
clared with .Germany, to approach
Europe with the view to entering
“a new relationship” as Senato’-
Harding proposed, “would either
be regarded as arrant madness
or attempted international boss
ism.” .
“The Monroe Doctrine is the
very essence of Article 10 of the
Versailles covenant. Skeptics
viewed Monroe’s mandate with
alarm . . . yet not a shot hafc
been fired in almost a hundred
years in preserving sovereign
rights on this hemisphere.”
“Every high school youngster
in the land knows that no treaty
can override our constitution
which reserves to congress alone
the power to declare war.”
"Morals cannot easily be- pro
duced by statute. The writ of
injunction should not be abused.
We need a definite and precise
statement of policy as to what
business men and working men
may do and may not do byway
of combination and collective ac-
MOONSHINE STILL
IS DISCOVERED IN
8188 COUNTY JAIL
MACON, Ga., Aug. 9.—A wh sky
still ready for operation was f and
Saturday night in the Bibb ci mty
jail. It was made by five men it
ing trial for moonshining, and Jb' ;e
names were withheld. ▼
The still, made of tomato ca >, a
gasoline pipe taken from a sma car
for the worm, a coffee pot, heate i by
canned fire and fruit jars to receive
the liquor when it trickled through
the worm, was hidden between the
walls of two cells.
The ingredients were bread and
syrup, saved by the prisoners from
meals served them. They had stint
ed for weeks to accumulate enough
sour bread and syrup to make about
two gallons of whisky, and had
placed the food in the coffee pot.
The cans were obtained from the jail
yard by one of the men and the dis
carded gasoline pipe came from the
same place. The canned heat was
bought by friends at a drug store
nearby and the fruit jars contained
sweets brought them by members of
their families. The coffee pot was
borrowed from the jailer, who also
permitted them to have the canned
heat when they explained they want
ed to make coffee.
“The still was just as complete as
if all the parts had been made for
the express purpose,” Jailer Tom Mc-
Commons said, after destroying it.
“Those- men know how to make
whisky, and would have had the
thing in a little while,” he added,
with a laugh.
BIG NEWS!
Red-hot, three-cornered races are now raging
in Georgia for the United States senate and the
Governor’s chair.'
Cox and Roosevelt are bidding for Democratic vic
tory all over the country, while Harding is rallying the
Republicans from his front porch in Marion.
The Bolsheviki and the Poles and Ireland and other
peoples and nations are turning things topsy-turvy over
in Europe.
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tion. Neither labor nor capita]
should at any time take action
that would put in jeopardy the
public welfare.”
"Agreement without Injury to
the covenant is now of pressing
importance. The first duty of the
new administration clearly will
be the ratification of the treaty.”
“One of the first things to be
done is the repeal of the war
taxes.”
“Federal taxation must be
heavily reduced and this will be
done at once if a Democratic
administration is chosen. Annoy
ing consumption tax«s, now un
justified, should be repealed.”
As a possible substitute for the
excess profits tax "I suggest a
small tax, probably one to one
and one-half per cent on the to
tal business of every going con
cern.”
“The public official who falls
to enforce the law is an enemy
both to the constitution and to
the American principle of major
ity rule.’
“Senator Harding, as the Re
publican candidate, proposes in
plain words that we remain out
of it (the league). As the Demo
cratic nominee I favor going in.
The matter should be approached
without thought of the bitterness
of the past. We hear It said that
interpretations are unnecessary
. . . but they will at least be re
assuring to many of our citizens.”
“Farming will not inspire in
dividual efforts unless profits,
all things considered, are equal
to those in other activities.”
"Multiply your home-owners
and you will make the wav of
seditious agitation more diffi
cult.”
“I am convinced that the ex
pense of the government can
without loss of efficiency be re
duced to a maximum of four bil
lion dollars, including sinking
fund and interest on the nation
al debt,” with adoption of a bud
get system.
“The discourtesy to the presi
dent is an affair of political In
trigue. History will make it
odious. As well might it be di
rected at a wqunded soldier of the
war.” * i
“There will be no attempt in
this campaign to compete by dol
lars with our opposition.”
BABY DIES FROM
GAS FUMES; HER
MOTHER IS ILL
Entering his home shortly after
noon Monday, H. M. Fisher, of 230
Woodward avenue, discovered his
wife and 19-months-old daughter,
Nell, in an unconscious condition in
the kitchen, and the atmosphere
heavy with gas fumes.
At Grady hospital, valiant efforts
failed to revive the little girl, and
she died in a few moments after ar
riving there. Mrs. Fisher, while in
a serious condition, is expected to
live. First aid resuscitation meth
ods and puftoror are being used
with good prospects of success.
Paper Suits Will
Appear in U. S. Soon
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—Paper
suits, much in vogue in Germany ind
Austria, will soon make their appear
ance in the United States and. if in
quiries to the department of com
merce can be taken as an indication
of the probable demand, they may
become even more popular in the
lower - the - cost - of-living campaign
than was the lowly overall a short
time ago.
Cable orders for samples of the
suits have been dispatched by the
department of commerce, it was an
nounced today, and when the sam
ples arrive they will be displayed not
only in Washington, but also in the
department’s district and co-opera
tive offices located in important cities
of the country
MfiNYREVENUE BILLS
SULL PENDING 111
STATE
Measures to Supply, Finan
cial Deficiencies Untouch
ed, With Only Three Days
to Act In
With only three more days of the
1920 session remaining, the legisla-i
ture has not yet disposed of the
pending legislation to raise more
revenue, the pending bills to supply
the deficiency in the maintenance of
numerous state departments and In
stitutions, or the legislation to com
plete the highway program. These
are the most important of all the
matters before the legislature, a*
all are unfinished with the end of
the session looming just ahead. *
Appropriations passed by the leg
islature and approved by Governor
Dorsey in the past three years have
been so much in excess of the state’s
revenue that there is a fleficit cur
rently estimated from $600,000 to $2,-
000,000. The total revenue collected
in 1919 was not enough to pay the
appropriations for that year, and the
total revenue to be collected in 1920
will not be enough to cover the ap
propriations already made (in 1919),
for the present calendar year. On
top of this deficit, the state’s in
stitutions and departments in many
Instances are finding themselves un
able to operate on the maintenance
funds allowed them and are before
the legislature asking special bills to
cover their deficits.
Special Bills for $2,000,000
Special bills aggregating $2,000,-
000 were introduced in the house
during the present session. The ap
propriations committee picked out
what they considered the most
urgent and Important and reported
them back to the house with a rec
ommendation that they do pass.
These selected bills aggregated near
ly $1,000,000, and the house has pass
ed them up to the senate.
But before passing these appro
priation bills, the house had been
officially put on notice by a special
committee headed by Governor Dor
sey that there was no money and
would be no money in the treasury
to pay them, and had been advised
to pass legislation to raise more
revenue before It passed a dollar’s
worth of appropriations.
Accordingly, the house, having
been notified of the state’s financial
situation, and having informed itself
that the facts as stated by the com
mittee were not exaggerated, pass
ed the income tax bill. This Is a
bill to amend the constitution so
as to authorize the general assem
bly to impose a tax upon all incomes.
It would not be a tax in lieu of the
existing ad valorem taxes collected
by the state, but would be In addi
tion to these taxes. Numerous meth
ods of raising more revenue had been
suggested,: and bills embodying these
several methods had been introduc
ed, but the special committee recom
mended the income tax as the most
direct and speedy and expedient solu
tion of the problem. Governor Dor
sey favored the income tax, and the
house put it through in preference
to the others.
When the Income tax reached the
senate, however, it encountered the
strongest kind of opposition. The
Georgia Manufacturers’ association,
the Georgia Bankers’ association and
other interests appeared Friday aft
ernoon before the constitutional
amendments committee of the sen
ate to speak against the bill. The
committee postponed action on it
until Monday afternoon.
If the income tax does not pass
the senate, then the senate must de
cide whether it will pass the sl,-
000,000 of special appropriation put
up to it by the house. The senate
can pass 'them and let Governor
Dorsey take the responsibility of ap
proving or disapproving them, or the
senate can kill them and leave the
state’s institutions short of funds.
May Call Extra Session
If the senate passes the appro
priations without also passing the
Income tax bfll, Governor Dorsey, it
is believed, will veto the bulk of
them and call an extra session to
throw the state’s financial problem
back to the legislature. That is tc
say, he will say to the legislature
that there must be more revenue If
there are to be more appropriations,
and without the former the latter
cannot pass with his approval. The
governor has gone to the limit of
safety in anticipating Increased
revenue from increased tax values,
and will go no further, it is gener
ally understood.
So serious is the financial condi
tion of the state that there is being
urged, as one solution of the prob
lem, a bond isue of $5,000,00) to
catch up with school teachers’ sal
aries, catch up with pensions and
catch up with other expenditures
which are running far ahead of the
state’s ability to pay them. A bill to
this effect was introduced in the
house early in the session by Rep
resentative Brown, of Clark, and
another bill of similar import was
introduced Saturday in the senate by
Senators Flynt arid
Os course an emergency bond is
sue would require a constitutional
amendment, and so would an income
tax. Should the income tax bill,
therefore, be finally put through the
legislature, either in the closing
hours of the present session or at an
extra session called by the governor,
the people would vote on it in< the
general election this fall.
The highway legislation has about
reached a stalemate. The senate has
passed the highway bond issue bill
and sent it to the house. The house
has passed the Knight resolution —
directing the highway board to pro
rate the automobile fund among the
counties pending the issuance of
highway bonds —and sent it to the
senate.
The senate refuses to pass the
Knight resolution until and unless
the house passes the bond issue bill,
and the house refuses to pass the
bond issue bill until and unless the
senate passes the Knight resolution
J and the governor signs it.
As both sides are obdurate in the
controversy, there appears to be lit
tle hope of putting through the high
way bond issue bill at this session.
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
OF OHIO GOVERNOR IS
WARMLY RECEIVED
Nominee Marches at Head
of 20,000 Democrats in
Parade Staged Before
Notification Exercises
FAIR GROUNDS, Dayton, Ohio,
Aug. 7.—The Democratic presidential
standard, with the League of Nations
and progress its peak escutcheons,
today was marched into the 1920
campaign by Governor James M. Cox.
A throng of cheering Democrats,
estimated variously at between 30,000
and 75,000, witnessed Governor Cox’s
acceptance of party leadership in
the presidential contest, after' forma]
notification by Senator Robinson, of
Arkansas, chairman at the San Fran
cisco convention, of its choice.
To the ceremonies at the Montgom
ery county fair grounds, Governor
Cox with Franklin D. Roosevelt, his
running mate, marched for a mile in
a broiling sun at the head of a parade
of Democratic delegations which he
later reviewed. Their presence in
the parade was an eleventh-hour
thought of the governor, who had
planned merely to review the Demo
cratic hosts, which came in thou
sands from Ohio and also other
states. The parade line alone, sprin
kled with two-score of bands, was
estimated to contain 20,000 marchers.
Kept Hearers Cheering
For two hours the governor, in his
address of welcome, kept' the vast
throng cheering as he gave, with em
phasis. his campaign policies. He
made the league his paramount dec
laration, declaring he stood for
American and world peace by its
adoption, with "interpretations” pre
serving its vital plan. He declared
the league was a part of the Demo
cratic offering" of progress as against
Republican reaction. His advocacy
of the league drew lengthy demon
strations from his audience and
statements of approval from party
leaders gathered here for the Demo
cratic ceremonial.
Two reservations he has suggested
to the league covenant were empha
sized by the governor, regarding the
controverted Article X. He was
cheered loudly in comparing it to the
Monroe Doctrine, with its peace rec
ord.
The Democratic legions also shout
ed approval of declarations for wom
an suffrage, law enforcement —his
only inferential reference to prohi
bition —reduction’ of taxation, and
scores of other issues he proclaimed.
Exercis"# Late Starting
The candidate’s address closed, as
evening fell, a day of Democratic
jubilation. Rain early in the day,
which threatened to mar the event,
gave way to bright sunshine by aft
ernoon, with sultry humidity but
shortly before the governor conclud
ed another light rain poured upon
the crowds, causing many to leave
and somewhat marring the closing
event.
The day's program was late in
starting. Governor Cox and Mr.
Roosevelt did not reach the fair
grounds until 2:30. and their review
of the paraders continued until 4
o'clock. Governor Cox began his
address at 4:40, after Senator Rob
inson’s notification speech.
The parade was the day’s spectac
ular event. In the trail of the Dem
ocratic leaders the thousands of
cheering Democrats marched down
the dusty race track past the speak
ers’ stand, with bands playing, ban
ners and flags waving, and bearing
hundreds of cards paying tribute to
their candidates and predicting their
victory in November.
Further Bolls of Applause
With pointed forefinger to vig
orous arm thrusts, the governor got
more applause as he emphasized his
indictment of the Republican plat
form and leadership. The crowd also
voiced its approval of his declaration
that the loss of the league would
mean more armament expense.
The candidate’s tribute to Presi
dent Wilson and his deprecation of
Republican "discourtesy 1 ’ given In
lowered voice, was given further
rolls of applause. A prolonged dem
onstration followed his assertion
that Republican "sleuthing” had
failed to unearth dishonesty In the
administration direction of the war.
This he hammered in, pounding hfs
table in clenched fist.
More cheers approved the candi
date’s pledge to aid ex-service men.
Several demonstrations marked his
declarations for consideration of
women, including ratification of the
equal suffrage amendment.
Tired From Effort
Repeated thumps of his fist punc
tuated the governor’s criticism of
Senator Harding’s stand on “party
government,” and the audience evi
denced its sympathy frequently.
The governor delivered only one
sentence of his statement on educa
tion, jumping to the subject of
campaign contributions, and he was
cheered when he declared the Demo
crats would not attempt campaign
dollar competition with the Repub
licans.
As he closed his address, the
governor’s collar was wilted and he
appeared somewhat tired, but he
turned happily to. meet groups of
congratulators.
The ceremony closed with the
benediction, given by the Rev. Mar
tin P. Neville, of Holy Angels Ro
man Catholic church.
White Opens Program
Chairman White, of the national
committee, opened the program with
a brief address. He stated he was
“the happiest man alive” today and
also expressed pride that he had been
a Democrat for the last eight years.
After Mr. Roosevelt had been pre
sented to the throng as “the next vice
president” and accorded a big ova
tion, Senator Robinson delivered his
address of notification.
“This day Dayton sends a message
to Marlon,” Senator Robinson began.
“A few years ago Coxey’s army
marched on Washington. Another
army, Jimmy Cox’s army, will ad-
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POLES AGAIN SEEK
■HONORABLE PEACE
IS IIOTETO LEAGUE
Proposed Ban Against Reds
May Be Withheld Until Re
sult Is Known of Minsk
Conference
HYTHE, Eng., Aug. 9.—(By the
Associated Press.—The allied con
ference here reached a complete
agreement this afternoon on plane
for dealing with the Russo-Pollsb
crisis. They include tRe reimposl
tion of the blockade, but, on the ad
vice of the experts, no allied troop#
will be employed.
The plans are subject to the ap
proval of the British parliament,
which Premier Lloyd George will ad
dress tomorrow.
< The conference of the premier#
ended at 4 p. m.
It is probable, if the plans are ap
proved, that they will not go into ef
fect until the preliminary results of
the meeting at Minsk between ths
soviet and Polish negotiators are
known. If these indicate a willing
ness by the Russians to adopt a
cour;se considered reasonable in deal
ing with rhe Poles, the allied aid may
be withheld.
NEW MEETING AT MINSK
PROPOSED BY BOLSHEVIKI •
LONDON, Aug. 9.—The Russian
situation is going before the British
cabinet tonight and before Parlia
ment tomorrow, according to de
cisions reached at the conference
between Premiers Lloyd George and
Millerand at Hythe today. Premier
Millerand planned to start for Paris
this afternoon, where the situation
probably will be placed before hie
ministry.
While Lloyd George and Millerand
were going over the recommenda
tions for military and naval action
submitted to them by Marshal Foch,
Field Marshal Wilson and Admiral
eßatty, the Russians were pounding
the forts of Warsaw with artillery,
while masses of bolshevik cavalry
scoured the country toward the War
saw-Danzig railway, the main artery
connecting Poland with the allies.
The Polish official statement said
the “enemy’s massed cavalry” had
taken Przanyaz, forty miles nortli
of Warsaw.
Reds Propose Now Meeting.
The situation as it stood today
was: Russia, having refused the
British profefr of a ten-day peace
during which a temporary peace
could be aranged, has proposed that
another meeting be held at Minsk on
Wednesday between Polish and Rus
sian armistice delegates to agree on
a basis for cessation of hostilities.
Meanwhile, however, the bolshevik
offensive continues, with many in
dications that the reds are determin
ed to take Warsaw before making
peace terms.
Advices from Warsaw said that the
streams of refugees continued to
flow westward from that city, while
the peasants, fleeing before the bol
shevik advance, swarmed into town
from the east. The Polish army had
lost contact with the enemy at
many places by means of a strategio
retreat, and the country thus sur
rendered was being overrun with the
hard riding Russian cavalrymen, who
swarmed over roads and fields in
dense masses.
Would Avoid KostiUtlee.
Lloyd George was understood to
be striving his hardest to find a
way out of the dilemma without ac
tual hostilities, while It was reported
the French were urging immediate,
decisive military action. The prob
ability was that unless the new Rus
sian note, which was expected’ to
outline fundamental peace terms,
changed the situation, the premiers
would compromise on a policy un
der which they would aid Poland
with munitions and blockade Russia
unless they determined definitely
whether Russia menaced Poland’s In
tegrity.
BLOCKADE PROPOSED TO
CHECK SOVIET INVASION
HYTHE, Eng., Aug. 9.—How to
save western Europe from Bolshe
vism was the burden of the discus
sion at this morning’s conference
here between Premiers Lloyd Georg®
and Millerand, and although the
final decision was still pending this
afternoon, the chief weapons will
probably be a blockade and the estab
lishment of a defensive line in Po
land.
It is stated that the allies, al
though loath to admit it, now feel
there is little hope of saving Warsaw,
‘snd that the question of Poland is
no longer the sole issue. The main
problem confronting the premiers is
the defense of western Europe.
In British and French circles, it
is declared that the intentions of the
Bolshevik! regarding Poland are be
coming clearer every hour. The pre
vailing impression among the British
and French officials is that the soviet
government hopes through the Pol
ish offensive, firmly to establish Bol
shevism at the doors of the western
powers.
A continuation of the conference
this afternoon is said to have been
necessitated through the failure of
the two premiers to agree on the sit
uation. Premier Millerand is firm
in urging the French policy, which
includes the blockade and defensive
measures already indicated. It is
stated that Premier Lloyd George,
although not opposed to a blockade,
is reluctant to several definitely all
negotiations with Russia, and it is
believed that Mm. Kammeneff and
Krassin, the soviet emissaries, to re
main in London for the time being.
The British premier is reported to
be hoping against hope that some
peaceful solution will be found.
The French delegation planned to
leave for France 'at ft o’clock this
evening, and Premier Lloyd George
an hour later for London, it is
stated he will hold a conference
with the cabinet.