Show c H cH GH RAP i A. A TI l I I Ir ty r T 1 f iJ i ir i r J Former Justice Declares f ft Cdx Cox Is Is Echo cho of Wilsons Wil- Wil sons ons Will Quest Questions ons l' l Sincerity of of Nominee i. i f R EW EV HAVEN IA VEN Conn Oct 23 23 I S 'S c N Woodrow Woodrow Wilson might as asbe dwell wel be be bet t the Democratic candidate I lj for or president again as Governor I 7 W Co 9 Charles E. E Hughes declared I r in nan an an address on the tho league of naI nae naU naK na- na K e U tro t s' s tonight t t M rV JJ v it is to say that Mr Cox r 1 tI r g for president and not Mr S I nn he exclaimed adding j The time lime has passed for efforts to toi i Kp 7 placa oan an auto exe executive 1 It f fJ JN V 0 r. r r r. Cox is going to part company w with th J jl lr Wison son and is opposed to article 5 V i fen w why wl iy- iy should he not frankly say l tf t th that t- t he e favors its elimination I kui l r f The stands of Governor Cox and f. f J. J Si i Wilson are Identical to com com- sr the hs united States to the league 1 k article r cle ten and only meaningless Mr Hughes asserted t either elther the president nor the gov- gov r cr or r have changed th their lr attitude r anc aall all in insinuations and declarations declaration r i lo r CI contrary ar are misstatements he heV V f added i ARTICLE BINDING J v As Mr Wilson says he continued J H t Ato to to set Iet forth that congress alone can J declare war war would merely be a state- state t e er t r ment of our constitutional method i.- i. Jt It woUl lei 1 be no denial of the obliga- obliga ff Win but bul as he said a statement of i iti way in which we should fulfill It c- c l' l IS would w uld not affect the obligation 1 Y by teh ten treaty upon which it s 1 Wilson so insisted 1 When this thIs' nation binds Itself by the 5 k treaty making power to other nations i then it is bound to use all Its organs r r r tj s to its own methods for the thes s i that purpose of performing obligation b if article ten were a meaningless f irm orm of words he would not ob object ct o 0 removing It But he insists upon pon j r ft t t. because it does Impose an obliga- obliga i t I Oon Having secured the imposition pt f the obligation he has no objection A to to what whal he considers a vacuous statement statement state- state Vr ment a ai to the way in which we disc dis- dis c i charge l rge our obligations J Va come no o the question of I the attitude of Mr Cox and In behalf abhorrence ot of wobbling we may t Suppose that tha t it will exhibit t a similar S' S f fi fixity of purpose f Y AVe We Ve assume in discussing the atti- atti J de of It the candidate we ma may may properly f art with v the platform of the Demot Demo- Demo 11 t CatiC N party flarty Unless the Democratic intended grossly to deceive people it meant to say that the they 1 ty y indorsed President Wilson in infirm sit 1 g firm stand against any reserva- reserva OIS which would impair the d fX tl eness eness ss of article ten Then what dl ithe the candidate Did he not say ex- ex jj hl that he stood upon the Demor Demoi Demo Demo- i- i r platform rm Will he now say that t th the Democratic plat- plat 1 fit CONCORD O CO D OF LEADERS f This question at F came up acutely I K pee and to settle It Mr pox cox ox made x c. c ie i.e. pilgrimage to the White House so I that there should be no no mistake of i j the entire concord of th the two lead- lead f 1 t ers era After his visit to the White WhiteHouse House Mr Cox said We Ve are agreed t rt tag S' S Sto to the meaning and s sufficiency cy of r the Democratic platform President Wilson Vilson announced he found that he land Cox were absolutely as as' as vl r 1 lone one with regard to the great issue of ot V- V the league of nations i y 7 I There is still a valiant oid old guard xi A w which ich of a complete te demonr demon- demon JoN r V i as to what article ten means X j and nd its antagonism to our most funS fun- fun S e ad q mental principles are determined to resist to the last the assaults of or clear- clear reasoning They say that Mr Wilh Wil- Wil h 1 son on did not Insist on the agreement A V without change The They also assert that J CM Ir r. r Cox Is willing to to accept reserva- reserva jr POSITION CLEAR nA is meant when it is said that 1 r W Wilson did not insist on on n the cove- cove Ep t t without change Is it meant sim- sim J 1 r that Mr Wilson was willing to o 1 gr o e to reservations or r r ns which did hd not affect the sub- sub J- J J. J nce or true import of the covenant a be submitted it If so the issue vt mains Emain precisely the same for the 0 m party objects to the covent cove- cove 1 nt Jn substance as he submitted it l 1 i and nd especially because that coven covenant nt contained ed in article ten ap revision ro Ji uS' uS in its substance and true Imo im- im o pott It is meant that Mr Wilson w was s agree to reservations which ic eliminated the obligation n to be assumed umed by article ten if If It so so to use u their own mode of ot expression the as- as r f is false false tc f Mr Wilsons Wilson's letter to Senator Hitchcock as late as March 8 S 19 cle clearly rl states stales his position beyond any i V PI Possibility of cavil Did this letter r- r f Mr Wilson was willing to Accept V accept a reservation which in any anyS I S S impaired the obligation to be asi as- as i Burned under article ten Not at all H H the exact contrary V The president has recently said 1 there here Is nothing in the covenant which in the least Interferes with or impairs the right of congress to ded de- de 1 d elate clare e war or not declare war according accord aCCOrd- ing to its own independent as as our constitution provides I contess con con- fess tess that were this statement not over not over his signature I should find it difficUlt difficult cult to credit It it |