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Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. v Telephone No. 10. Entered as second _iass matter at post office in Aobeville, S. C. Terns of Subscription: One year $2.00 Six months 1.00 Three months ' .50 . f WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1920. ABOUT THE NOMINEE Believing that our readers would be interested to know just how the * ' nomination of Governor Cox for president is "striking the people over the country, The Press and Banner is, commencing today, reproducing edi-| torials from some of the leading pa-J pers of the country. A good idea of, . how people in different sections, and with different viewpoints, regard the nomination will be acquired from reading these editorials: ???? The New York Times (Dem.) and . , a supporter of the Wilson * administration, says the following editorially: | The Cause and the Candidate. I The Democrats enter the campaign with a candidate worthy of the noble and compelling cause whlcn they'are resolved shall triumph through their victory at the polls. Their platform, their purpose, their candidate are in harmony. They seek goocr government and sound administration at % home and such an advance loward^the moral regeneration of the world as may be attained by the efforts of brave and sincere men unselfishly de voted to the principles they profess. In the platform they adopted at San Francisco they declare that "the Democratic Party favors the League ! of Nations as the surest, if not the only, practicable means or maintaln ing the premanent peace of the insuffe.-able burden of great military and naval establishments." In a com* prehensive discussion of the questions of the day written especially for The New York Times by Governor James M. Cox and published in its issue of May 23, he says: "If public opinion in the country is the same as it is in Ohio, then there car. be no doubt that the people want the League of Nations, because it seems to offer the surest guarantee against war.'' I TkA?.A r* v? 1 ni-AnAnn^n.' 1 1XCXC la Oil UHWVJUiT wai jji viivuiivv went upon the great issue, tnere is a candidate fully committed to support of the party's position, candidate and platform confront a rival candidate who", in the Senate, vowed un-' swervingly with the partisan group] * cipppsed to the ratification of the( Treaty, and a r?val platform adopted^ at Chicago in which that group of thef Treaty's enemies is commended for, Its successful resistance to the adop- 1 tion of the plan for preserving the peace of the M[orld. The opposing par-( 1 ties have taken their positions, the ' field is ready for that "great referen- ! dum" which the President said must 1 decide whether the United States 1 Bhall withhold'its aid from this de-- 1 sired consummation. , j The Democratic Party enters upon ' nc defensive campaign. Defense, apology, palliation, all this rails , to the lot of the Republicans. The Democrats are powerfully armed in the simple justice of their cause. They r.re resolute in spirit, in *the nomination of Governor Cox they hav? a uniting candidacy, by every circumstance of preparation ancr organization they are equipped for the combat, they will joy in the fight and are . vastly more confident of triumph than it could have been predicted three months ago that they would be. Governor Cox combines notable elements of strength as a candidate. He is a rftan of the people, that fine type of the successful American man of affairs who has risen from humble beginnings by his own una:tfed industry, native ability and sound judgment to the possession of a competence and to high offices. In his ( wn community, in his own slate, he scands well; there is no better test nt 'otinfactpr Pnlitieallv. his streneth has beenr demonstrated; carrying the important State of Ohio in elections has become a habit with him. Three times he has been chosen Governor, and he has justified the confidence of his fellow-citizen by efficiency in the administration of their public affairs. In his first term as Governor, a bud% v I I get system was adopted which saved the State cf Ohio millions or dollars a year; even under the strain of war expenditure there was no increase of taxes, no resort to new sources of revenue. He was a great war Gov-' ernor. His State was always ready to meet the demands made upon her cnd^ his executive and organizing capacity were exhibited in many works auxiliary to the purposes of the war. His initiative and his influences contributed to the enactment of salutary laws for workmen's compensation, the regulation of child la^or, and the great betterment of the State schoo | system. He was a member of the Six ty-first and Sixty-second Congresses and served on the Appropriations Committee of the House. He has. been i remarkably successful in his own calling as a newspaper editor and. pro-j prietor, and has had experience in public affairs quite beyond the aver- | age cf candidates for the "residency. The Democracy has followed a his-| toric custom and practice In choosing I the Governor of a great State for the head of its locket. The breadth and soundness of Gov! ernor Cox's views, the habit of his mind' in reaching conclusions upon public questions of moment, may be 'judged by the artide already referred to which he prepared for The Times, and which is republished in full upon this page today. Upon tne great issue (f the League of Nations, Governor Cox holds opinions which are embodied in this suggested lnterpreta? 7~ - i tion of the functions of the League which in his judgment would be a sufficient reservation accompanying the ratification of the Treaty: In giving its assent to this Treaty, the Senate has in mind the fact that the League of Nations which it embodies was devised for the sole purpose of maintaining peace and-comity among, the nations of the earth and preventing the recurrence of such destructive conflicts as that through | which the world has just passed. The co-operation of the United States with the League and its continuance as a member thereof will naturally depend upon the adherence of the League to that fundamental Durnose. To this he would add a clause explaining the understanding of 'this Government that the League "must at all times act in strict Harmony with the terms and intend of the United States Constitution." It ' is our judgment that tovany mind not hostile to the League, or so nostile to the President that it could not toler?i ate any work in which he nad a part, reservations in this stfnse s?ioij&d be ST v i sufficient and satisfactory. At any rate, it is upon the League issue thus presented by the candidate and by the platform that the fight is to be made; the-people will judge between; destructive amendments anc friendly interpretations. Governor Cox is a business man.| Senator Harding is also a business! man. Both are of higft character, un-> assailable, held in esteem and confi-j rlan/tA Vv*? ? ? -3 ? * *" ~ uvwvt vj mvii irivnas, meii" neign--; bors; by all who know them. Neither of them has any radical inclinations. It is of the best augury for the fu- , ture .of "this nation that tnere Is no ( taint of radicalism in either platform.) ( No American, whether he be engaged i in big business or in small imsiness,! whether he be a toiler for wages or i man following a profession, -need fear that in the coming four years the foundations of credit wiii be disturbed by White House policies or that men engaged in lawful pursuits will be molested. That !s comforting. But there is, nevertheless, a very -\ ; Inviting 0 In ready funds it is I lie n IMii*tmiity. not once bnt man; (l(M)l'. The funds need not be lai ties of nil sizes, lint the pos: ter bo wlimited. implies the able qualities?such as bus hi t inn. My starting a savings acci soon have snineient saving you to welcome opportunity Without money you may no MAKE THIS BANK YG ???MaBBEP I mOBM THE NATIO OF ABB] great difference between the two candidates, a difference in their antecedents, in their environment Governor Cox Would never be callec a reactionary. That imputation has already been made against the other candidate. His nomination resulted from operations of the Senatorial cabal at Chicago; it is known that he was the choice of the elements that are most dominating and reactionary in the Republican Party. There is a very great probability that, should he be [ elected, the party would revert to its! old habits, to that general Bourbon attitude toward public questions which it exhibited in the administration of President Taft, a much ablerj man than Senator Harding; to that j state of mind which looked upon the' comfortable days of high tariffs and' special privileges as the true golden1 age and upon suggestions or advance' and thange as abominable; to that political philosophy and practice which, in short, put it in the power of Colonel Roosevelt to break up his party. j Very different will be the outlook if Governor Cox becomes President. He is no champion of privilege any more than he is an apostle of revolution.' He is a man of affairs, of the soundest common sense and good judgment.1 In time of peace he would do away with war taxes and, like Mr. Tilden, substitute for them revenues sufficl ient for the expenditures of Goverhment economically administered, fie would remove the excess profits tax, I which burdens business ami adds to the household Jbills of every home in the country, and replace it by a light, tax "on the volume of business of going concerns, which has been estimated to yield $2,000,000,000 a year. He would repeal inheritance taxes, since the process of transferring property from one generation to another is safeguarded by the State, not by the Federal Government. He would do what is possible to make farming more attractive, to counteract the unhealthy tendency of youth everywhere to seek the cities, of labor to covet factory employment. His mind surveys the whole national field and he would take counsel with the wisest how and where Government Al&Mon*ir nnnlrl Ka Koaf Hp has made an enemy of no class, for he is a national man; ije comes naturally and deservedly to tne rank of a national figure. With such a candidate upon a platform whlcn even Re-' publicans have found to We iifmany ways sound and admirable, a declaration of principles to which no Demo-j crat can take exception, and having, passed through the fires of convention} strife without bitterness or. lasting' resentment, the Democrats, if they will make the campaign in the spirit in which they started it, may be unusually confident of victory. WE ARE FROM MISSOURI. 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