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gWtEJl WATCHMAN, Katabttal Oaoaolldated Amt.?, 1 COX MAKES GREAT SPEEC! rnation By Dem for President LKAGUtf OF NA? TIONS. RESERVATIONS Ftrtt Dtiiy of the New Adrnmis-1 tottiea it to Ratify Treaty of Dayton, Ohio. Vugust 7?Peace for Awterfea and the worM try this na tteaYs eotmnee into the tatguo of na Wttfc "irnerpretatt?asM not dls Its vital prloolple was pro today fey Go verh?r James M. Con. the Democrat to presidential stan ctae* bearer, as his paramount policy. la his add i es* hero accept inn the I)**ao*re4ic nomination, Oov. Cox ml HtPlUqr championed the league as pro hy Pr?sident Wilson, with bi? ll Insuring good faith and 'and denounced what ha .termed the dishonorable proposal irosn Ssnator Harding, his republican ?Poncet 'tor a "separat* peace with - 1 noeTPSj eg ho league, ths Demo evwtto I IMMI deotarea. Is the issue >\ ?afwsoa dr% two patties-the fmt ***** bxgj? ?T the century," ho said, gggdtlap fcV 0>vsrhor Cox do wo shall or shall not this practical and humane President Wilson entered \ go our name, senator the republican candidate ptdpoee* In plain that wo rorwm out of it. As candidate 1 favor go duty of the new admin ttSoa vttt ho ratification of the ," Governor Ocac said predtct t* friends of ths leWgue would a senate with the re majortty for ratlttcatfon. tog Cftg sold the '*tnterpre should stub! -our tntorpreta the covenant as a matter of fmlth to our associates and as a Ion against any mlsunder In the fntsre." Assailing ?rvatlon* as emaaculat ?r Cox surges ted two s po? tation* ** gtt outlined aev agq in a newspaper ut deetared America a contin tp the league should depend ths league's use only as an agsn pssre: tire other stated mdtng that this nation only Within the constitu? ted unalterable by any r to othsr "Ir.terpertatlons" by tltrt eraor Com, but he he Democratic platform '%peak? in a Arm resolution anything that disturbs the vi " of the T^eegue. |td roeea for doubt was left as to His flo*?amor'? position on ths league M the prgssalnent political ba,ttle gramad. ? As on oth%f subjects, he ggsted hin poottion sq us rely. ,rWo em In a time which, calls tor thinking, straight talking it acting.'' he amid. "It ts no foe srobbUng.' f>o**tftpn. the league queation led fa aodrsss and to it be throe thousand words of trie odd total, fa* prohibition amendment and law were not specified In the hot Governor Cos premised OpspbaOrally strict law snforcement. " ""The constitution.'* he said, "is the and limitation given and placed the tawmakmg body. Tho legts hraneb of government la eub Jacted to the rule of tne majority. The public ofHclal who falls to enforce the (aw Is an enemy both of the consti? tution and the American* principle -of Saajortty rule. It would seem unnec unary for any candidate for the presi? dency to say that be does not Intend to violate his oath of office. Anyone r'to r-j fa lee to that oath is more un v jet by than the ksw violator hmeelf. "Mort? cannot easily be produced by atatane." Oovernor Cox continued tn passing to a plea against souse of the wtftt of injunction. Regard inn Woman Suffrage, Oov. Com urged mtJflea.fi?.n of the propoHed constitutional smendmsnt. declaring woman "are entitled to the privilege of voting as a matter of right, and be cause tbsy will be helpful in maintain? ing wholesome snd patriotic policy." His opposition?candidate, plat form, leaders and congressional re cord- wore Hayed by Oovernor Cox In scathing terms throughout his long I .address. A ' Senator la I oligarchy" led by Hen* to re Lodgt?. Penrosc and So*r>ot. Oovernor Cog charged, select ?'"Hfal Senator Harding to lead the re? publicans snd fastened "into the party platform the ceed of bitterness and h*te and the vacillating policy that po*s*soea It " The republican stand, generally, was scored by the governor se reactionary and en the league ques? tion, he Said the Party's candldste Es.Waa beot to the irreconcilable hostil? ity of genator Johnaon of California. The repubtloan congress, ths Governor asserted, failed to peas a constructive law or to reduce war taxes. Millions in campaign funds have been gathered for the "reactionary cause." the Oovernor oharged. deplor? ing election of a net/ administration "under the corrupt a ispfcee" and de? manding publicity for "the plain truth" regarding all contributions and disbursements. The Democrat he addsd. would not attempt 'to or opete by dollars1'. He warned tho country ounntog devkts backed sby ' fbi * Utmost ?*an t fced April, lh?o. "Be Just 881. 81 CANDIDATES FILE RECORDS With National Authorities At Once AUSTRALIAN BALLOTS SBNT OUT THIS WEEK IWtot System W?l Apply to Every Precinct of Over Fifty Voters Wyatt A. Taylor Columbia. Au*. 7?Expense ac? counts of the candidates for* the United States Senate and Congress are to be filed with the secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the na? tional House of Representatives^ re? spectively, between the 16th and 21st of this month, and H. N. Edmunds, of Columbia, secretary, of the state democratic executive committee, is noar sending to all the candidates for the two branches of Congress in? structions ss to riling these ac? counts and blanks on which to make their pledges. If these state? ments of campaign expenses are notj riled within tan days of the first *>rH inary, the . candidates will be dis? qualified. The ' primary is on the Ulst of August Secretary Edmunds is also prepar? ing to send out next week the Aus? tralian ballots to those-eo j nils* that have reported their total enrollment. Hs is writing to the counties that have not reported their enrollment, asking for prompt information as to the number of Democrats. There are only fourteen counties that have to date filed reports of their total enrollment. These are Al < en dale. Bern we 11, Calhoun, Claren? don. Dorchester, Edgefiold, Falrfield. Greenville. Hampton, Jasper, Rich land. HpartAnburg, Union and York. Mr. Edmunds is advising the coun? ty democratic officials that the Aus? tralian ballot system will this yoarj apply to every precinct in the state where there Is a precinct enrollment of fifty or more voters. The ballots i will he unusually long this year. The printing will be completed next week, ?mbssSm unlimited prodigal expenditures . to confuse and' lure." . Governor Cox said he took up the Democratic standard "a free man, un? fettered by promises" "We went a change," he said, "from the old world of yesterday where in? ternational intrigue made peopl* mere pawns on the* chessboard of war. We want a change from the old in? dustrial- world when- the man who tolled was assured of a "full dinner pail' ss his only lot and portion. We ??and at the forks of the road. One leadn to higher citizenship, a freer expression of individual and a full? er life for all. The other leads to re? action, the rule of the few over the many and the restriction of the aver? age man's chances to grow upward. But I have abiding faith that the pit? falls wHl be avoided and the right road chosen. ^ "The leaders opposed to democracy promise to put the country 'back to normal. This can only mean the so called normhl of former reactionary administrations. "Our view is toward the sunrise of tomorrow. TKe opposition stands in the skyline Of the setting sun, looking backward, at the old days of reaction. A graceful tribute to President Wil? son was paid- by Governor Cox. when, scoring the republican platform for absence of "a lino that breathes emo? tion of pride" in the nation's war achievements, he said that while sol? diers fell In the trenches Mr. Wilson "h hs broken in the enormous labor of his office.' The republican proposal for a sep? arate peace. Governor Cox declared, would be "the most disheartening cent in civilisation since the Russians made their separate peace with Ger? many." Citing difficulties In the plan, Governor said that if accomplished "no nation In Rood standing would have anything to do with either of us." | "This plan would not only be n piece of bungling diplomacy, but plain, unadulterated dishonesty. uh well." he said. Inveighing against any schism without associated powers. "Thin act would either b<> re^nriU-d as arrant madness or attempted in- I t ?! national hjssism." he added. Discussing domestic questions, Gov? ernor Cox denounced profiteering at I longth snd promised that profiteers should suffer the penalty of the* crimi-1 nal law." Fair returns for both capital and labor were advocated, the nominee 11so approving development of both "into large units . . . without injury tt> the public interest." Collective bargaining by labor through its own representatives was approved by the Governor, who added: "We should not by law abridge a man's right either Mo labor or quit Iis employment However, neither labor or capital should.take action that would put in Jeopardy the public weltit! ? . "We need a definite ?and precise statement of policy as to what busi? ness men and worklngmen may do by wey of combiuatlpn and collective ac? tion. The law is now so nebulous that it almost turns upon the pre* dtlections of the Judge or Jury. The rules of business should he made mojre eertain so that un a stehle basis men may move In confidence." Disputes between capitut and labor are Inevitable, Governor Cox said, and - _.- >y TOTER, S. 0., WEDITBE METHODIST NEW DRIVE BEGUN Aim to Obtain Twenty-three Million Dollars - CAMPAIGN TO t| START NEXT SPRIMG Institutions of Learning in this State Receive Money Fr< Proceeds Wyatt A. Taylor Columbia. Aug*. 7?Plans for1 new financial drive in the SouthJ Methodist are to be set up at a ference of leaders at Blue Ridge, C, next week, according to an an? nouncement made at the offices of the southern Christian Advocate in Columbia Hoday. The drive will jft) for twenty-three million dollars the' educational institutions of Southern Methodist church. The di have not as yet been announced the drive will come next Spring. Dr. W. C. Kirkland, of Columbia, editor of the Southern Christian Ad? vocate, the Methodist church paper; Dr. H. M. Snyder, of Wofford College, Spartan burg; Rev. H. T. Hardln, at Charleston, Rev. J. R. T. Major. Jf Rock Hill, and other Methodist lead? ers or South Carolina, will attend important conference in Blue Ridi N. C, August 10-11. when the Initl plans for the drive next spring be perfected.' Immediately following the meeting of the .Methodist leaders at Blue Ridge, the editors of all the Method? ist publications in the South will have a conference, when their part of the campaign, the publicity, will be dis? cussed and a program mapped out. Wofford College, Spartanburg, and Columbia College, Columbia, Lander College, Greenwood, Carlisle Fitting School, Bamberg, are among the Methodist institutions which will | benefit by the big financial drive, but as yet the apportionments for the states and institutions have not been announced. "I 1 1 Republicans Working For Suffrage - New Pork, August 7.?The Repub? lican national oiganization and Sena? tor Harding are doing everything thai consistently can do to bring about ^jp* ratification of the suffrage, amend? ment, Chairman Hays told the eom mtttee of Connecticut women today public ppinlon settles prolonged strikes. Declaring that "public opin? ion should determine in America," lie said the government should occupy an impartial position, protect lives and property and, possibly at times. Inquire into facts of a tie-up. "But facts are not conclusions,"' he said, "should be submitted." Agricultural swbjects formed an? other expensive feature of the candi? date's speech, many experiments for agricultural development being advo? cated, Including reduction of tenantry, increased production, cooperative mar? keting as well as purchasing by farm? ers, establishment of municipal mar? kets and "modern state rural school codes," and increased acreage by irri? gation development. He also declared tor government regulation of cold storage and a time limit* on storage products. , Advocating more home owners, Governor Cox said that under demo? cratic rule "the prosperity of the coun? try had been widely diffused. Praising American youth for its war service. Governor Cox declared the na? tion owes a debt to those who died and their dependents and to the wounded, who should be trained and rehabilitated. Also, hq said, "we must realize that considerable compensation Is due those .... who lost much by the break in their material hopes and aspirations." The Mexican situation, the Governor stated, has been "trying our patience for years," but now begins to Show signs of improvement. "Net the least of the things thrt have contributed to it." he continued, ' Is a realisation by the people of that I country that WS have neither lust for I their domain nor disposition to dis? tal?, their sovereign rights.*' i Os the railroad <i west ion. Governor j Co?advocated K.vintf ';i thorough test to private ownership" under govern? ment regulation. thS latter now being accepted, be said, Financial eredlt for the roads. h<? stated, should be pro? vided. Discrediting of government op? eration Of the carriers was deplored as "unfair" and "Insincere*" A pledge lor "heavy" and immedi? ate reduction of feden 1 taxation was made by the nominee, win, said that, with economy. |2.000,000,000 could be lopped off. He advocated repeal of "annoying consumption taxes" and 'said incomes of wage earners, agri? cultural producers, and salaried, pro? fessional and small business men should be "sharply modified." H< suggested, in lieu of excess profits taxes, "a small faxt. probably of one or one and a half cent on the total of every going con tern." lie alee Urged "making the holders of bidden wealth pay their ?hare (Of taxe(s) with those whose property is in sight." Advocating reform of federal ag? encies und activities, including estab? lishment of a budget system, tin- Gov? ernor said the government could be run on $4,000.000,one annually, in? cluding sinking fund and mUloual itms't at be thy Codntry's, Thy God's a IDAY, AIFQUST 11, 192< ROBINSON NOlrlSCOX That He Has Been Chosen As Standard Bearer GIVES OUTLINE OF GOV? ERNOR'S LEGISLATION Democratic Platform is Clear and Unmistakable He De clares Dayton, Ohio, Aug;. 7?Hailed as a i candidate in whose selection "neither midnight combinations nor plutocrat? ic cabals were instrumental, "Gov? ernor Janies M. Cox Was formally no? tified today by Senator Robinson of Arkansas, chairman of the notifica? tion committee, that he had been chosen by the. Democratic National Convention afirthe party's presidential nominee, "The convention reached its deci? sion througg* the exercise of untram? melled judgment by the delegates without inducement or coercion from political bosses", the senator said. "The honor ?.nd Vesponsibility at? tending this nomination came td ybu because your position respecting campaign issues is known to be in harmony witlr the platfprm adopted md .because the record of your public service demonstrates rare leadership. Senator Robinson outlined the pro gresTve^ legislative measures in Ohio which he sab! Governor Cox had se? cured against opposition. Of the Ohio budget system, included in the list, he said: "The measi nfe has proved so satis? factory that the Republican nominee has declared ifor a similar system of coordinating national income and ex? penditures." The democratic platform was "clear and unmistakable" in its meaning as tc the League of Nations, the senator slid, while the Republi? can platform on the subject was "beyond the power of the human mind to analyse or understand" and susceptible of various constructions." "We believe", he continued; "that the treaty should be ratified and that this country should cooperate with other governments which have enter? ed* the League qf Nations for the pre? servation of 'vorld peace. "The republican nominee has de? clared f?r defeat of the treaty and the rejection of the League. He has made clear that it is no longer a oon-* troversy about reservations. U is proposed to restore peace by act of Congress instead of by treaty and to leave unsettled all the vexed and difficult questions growing out of the war. It is proposed to place Ger? many on an equal footing with our government In the negotiation of the treaty, to leave her at liberty to re? ject our just demands and to attempt to impose , upon us unreasonable con? ditions." At another point Senator Robinson said it was reported by the press that the Republics.n nominees had agreed in conference "to baso their cam? paign primarily on the necessity of wrestling the government from what they terms personal control' and restoring 'party control* This im? plies that o'rer features of the Chi? cago platform are to*be subordinated to the false issue based on prejudice and misrepresentation that President Wils6n performs the role of dicta? tor." Since the President's trip to Paria it had been the policy of Republican leaders to "asicualt him as an usur? per," the-^enator declared, adding that "thfs u trust campaign" was con? tinued "in spite of the fact that for almost a year and a half the Presi? dent fyas been too/ ill to perform, without great, suffering, the impera? tive duties ol hi? office." "It is proposed that the nagging* process carried on In the Senate shall be made the chief manifestation of the Republican nominees of their fit? ness for office", Senator Robinson said. *"If the, Senate as a body had performed iti; duty half as promptly as the 'President did his, the world long ago would have been at peace." debt, interest. Disarmament provisions of the league of natlops. he added, con? stitute "an appealing fundamental" and its loss a surety of armament but dens. The federal reserve act was com nrended at length as the greatest fac ! tor |n America's war efforts next to personal sacrifices of the people. The , law is a democratic achievement, he said, enacted "against the protests of the bitter ?eoublican stand patters". In its development bS recommended ! establishing foreign banks in trade i centers and urged Americans to guard the laws, -declaring it should l*e "kept 1 rrotn the ha nds Of those who have j never been it * friends." j Repeal of war laws restricting free | dorn of speech and assembly and lib? erty of the press was advocated, to I gather with Amerlcanlaatlon of alien raatdants and extension of -educational work "without encroachment by the I federal government on loeal control." Conservation of children by preven Moo of child labor, adequate pay for ffoveramnnl employees, short shrift fOT anarchistic agitators and devel- j I opntent bf waterway transportation were other affirmative policies the governor enunciated, "I accept tbr? nomination of our party," be amid in conclusion, "obed? ient to the Divine Sovereign of all peo? ples, and hopeful that by trust in Ulm . the way viii po shown for helpful fir vice." nd Truth's." THE TRUK S< ROOSEVELT AC- 1 CEPTSTODAY Makes Great Speech at Hyde Park SUPPORTS LEAGUE OF NATIONS Former Navy Official Affirms Allegiance to Democratic Party Hyde Park, N. Y., August 9?This sleepy little village today was the Democratic mecca of the east. The rank and file of the party began pour? ing in at daybreak to attend the Roosevelt notif cation and ten thou? sand are expected to attend the cere? monies which begin at the Roosevelt home at three o'clock. Fo.mer navy men, regardless of party affiliation, were out in full force as were local k'dges of Masons, Odd FeJlows. The weather is ideal. In accepting the nomination Mr. Roosevelt joined with Mr. Cox in ac? cepting the challenge ofJthe Republi? cans to make the league of nations one of the principal issue* of the cam? paign. He said even as the nation .en? tered the war for ideal so it has emerged from the war with the de? termination that the ideal should not die. The following- are extracts from the speech of acceptance of Vice Presi? dential Nominee .Franklin D. Roose? velt: Mr. Cummings and Ladies and Gen? tlemen of the Committee: I accept the nomination for the office of vice president with humbleness and with a deep wish to give our beloved country the beat that is in me. No one could receive a higher privilege or op? portunity than to be thus associated with men and ideals which I am con? fident will son receive the support of the majority Ol our citizens. In fact I could not conscientious? ly accept it, if I had not come to know by the closest ntimacy that he who is our selection lor the presidency, and who is mjy chief and yours, is a man possessed of ideals which are also mine. He will give to America that kind of leadership which will make us respect him and bring further i greatness to cur land. In James M. Cox I recognize one who can lead this nation forward in an unhaltlng march of progress. I Two great problems will confront the next administration; our relations with the world and the pressing need of organized progress at home. The latter includes a systematized and in? tensified development of our resources and a progressive betterment of our citizenship. These matters will re? quire the guiding hand of a president WhQj can see ils country above his party, and who, having a clear vision of things a* i:hey are, has also the independence, courage and skill to guide us along: the road to things as they should be without swerving one footstep at the dictation of narrdw partisans who whisper "Party" or of selfish interests that murmur "Prof? its." In our world problems we must either shut our eyes, sell our newly built merchant marine to more, far seeing powers, crush utterly by em? bargo and harassing legislation our foreign trade, close our ports and build an impregnable wall of costly armaments and live, as the orient used to live, a hermit nation, dreaming of the past; or, yre must open x^ur eyes and see that modern civilization has1 become so complex and the lives of civilized men so interwoven -trith the lives of other men in Qther countries to make it impossible to be* in this world and not of ft. We must see that it is impossible to avoid'except by monastic seclusion those honorable and intimate foreign relations which the fearful-heirted shudderingly mis? call by that dsvil's catchword 'Inter? national Complications." As for our Home problem, we have been awakened by this war into startled realization of the archaic shortcomings of our governmental machinery and of the need for the kind of reorganization which only a clear thinking business man, experi? enced in the technicalities of govern? mental procedure can carry out. Such a man we have. One who has so suc? cessfully reformed the business man? agement of h.s own great stat" is ob? viously capable of doing greater things. This s no time to experiment with men win believe that their party can do no wrong and that what is good tor the selfish interests of a po? litical party ii of necessity good for the nation as well. I as a citUen be lieve that thh. year we should choose as president f. proved executive. We need to do things; not to talk about them. Much has l>een said of late about good America lism. It is right that it should have been said, and it hi right that every chance should I)*' seised to repeat the basic truths underlying our prosperity and our national e> istence Itself. 1 tut if would be an unusual and much to be wished for thing if in the coming presentation of the issues! a new irote of fairness and generosity could be struek, Littleness, meanness. falshOOd, extreme partisanship?theso are not In accord with American spir? it. I like to think that in this re? spect also WS arc moving forw nd. * * ? ? I The coming years atv laden with significance, and much win depend on the immediate decision of America. 3UTHRON, Established voll, h B-aasl POLISH SITUA? TION UNIMPR. - Itritish Officials Confer garding Probable Act AMERICA MAY SEND AID TO CO Moscow Reports That ment Officials Have /V ed Warsaw Undated. (Associated 1 res?); Bolshevik attacks have apst^ broken the Polish lines near the Prussian ^frontier and the so cavalry swept forward in a great circling movement north of Warj In the centre the Soviets also se to have torn a gap in the Warsaw lenses. Prazanysz, forty one TO north of Warsaw has been occur by the Bolshvik horde. France and Great Britain are pared to take instant action as a sequence of the Bolshevik refusal grant Premier Lloyd Oeorge's quest for ft ten days truce. The heads of the British army lavy were' closeted with Marshal 1 jnttl early morning, but the word fensive was emphasised in all of t" proposed plans. Hythe, England. ?Aug. ?.?1 and Eritlsli premiers, fere still in ference. No official announeerm has been made, but it was declared from reliable quarters that they b? failed- to reach an agreement so ast the character of the aid to^ given to Poland. It is believed' a note wiil be sent to Moscow infoi ing the Soviets that the allies intend' to asset Poland in -every way to main? tain their integrity. London, Aug. 9.?The Polish gov? ernment is leaving Warsaw, it is as? serted in a wireless message fro?a Moscow. New York, Aug. 9.?Serious as* pects of the Polish situation together with a drop of seven cents in stetiii g exchange caused new low figures be made by a number of stocks In the first hours of trading 6n the stock ex? change today. Paris, Aug. 99.?The American note*, regarding the Polish situation wag delivered to the French foreign oftioe today* it was learned. 1*r* Hythe. Aug. 9.?The main pro! confronting the premiers here n< is defense of western Europe froi Bolshevism. Though the final decis? ion is still pending, tl?e chief weapon will probably be a blockade and thei establishment of a defensive line in Poland. Reds Again Hammer Polish Lines New Advances Reported in Many Places London, August 7.?The Russiani Bolsheviki armies which are bam* { mering the Polish lines northeast, aiJB^* east of Warsaw seem to have encoun? tered stern iesistance. With the ex- t ception of the area around Brest-Ll tovsk no new advances by the Soviet troops have been reported and ever there they have been limited by the desperate fighting of the Poles. The Polish troops have beon forced to re? tire to Terespo! and have lost Mu ramlec, the Bolsheviki thereby gain? ing a foothold on the western bank of th?n^t?r^iver. London, August 7^ TTi7^-^ol_shevikl have begun an offensive agatrun"~TrWH* oral Wraug'e. the anti-Bolsheviki leader in Southern Russia. Moscow claims capture%>!' Alextanlria and that troops made further advances. Warsaw. August 7?The Polish for? eign office has sent a note to the allies and a special note to the l'nitod State? on the actual political situation, it was learned today. Paris, August 7?The foreign office nas issued a categorial denial that the? council of the league of nations has decided on the creation of an inter? national staff. This is the time when men and wo? men must determine for themselves wherein our future lies. I look to it for progress. In the establishment Of good will and mutual help among nations, in the ending of wars and the miserie that wars bring, in the ex? tension of honorable commerce, in the international settlement which will make it unnecessary to send again two million of our men across | the sea. I look to our future for progress; in better citizenship, in less waste, in fairer remuneration for our ' labor. In more efficient governing, in higher Standards Of living. To this future I dedicate myself, willing, whatever may be the choice of the people, to continue to help as best I am abKe. It is the faith which is iii me that makes me very certain that America will choose <he path of progress and set aside the doctrines of despair, the whisperings of coward? ice, the narrow road to yeterday. May the Guiding Spirit of our land ke*?p our feet on the broad road that lea ox to a better tomorrow and give to un strength to carry on.