Show I Personal Views on Result Result- I Bryan Scores Cox and Wilson LINCOLN Neb Nov 4 In 4 In a statement statement statement state state- state state- ment last evening W W. J J. Bryan placed what he termed the blame for Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic defeat about equally between President Wilson and Governor Cox The president he said laid the foundations foundations foundations foun foun- for th and the tho governor governor gov gov- I completed the structure The statement says In part The American people want the government government government gov gov- I IThe to play Its part In the abolition of war but they are indifferent as to I whether we are part of a league or part of an association of nations There is nothing in a name but everything in a I sentiment The real issue presented bythe bythe by bythe the Democratic party was whether we wg w should cooperate with other nations inI in- in I in peace but whether we should I assume a moral obligation which had no weight except as It suspended the right I of congress to act Independently when the time arrived for action The nation r I will do its part in aiding to prevent war but it will not surrender into the keeping keeping keeping keep keep- ing of any foreign group the right to determine when we shall shaH declare war Governor Cox instead of repairing the injury done by the president aggravated aggravated ag ag- the situation by the manner I tin lin in which he avoided domestic issues and I misrepresented the position of the ReI Republican Republican Re- Re publican party on the league issue I which he declared to be paramount Continuing Mr Bryan said said- The president attempt to drive out of public life every Democrat who dared to differ from him even in minute de details details details de- de tails while he made no effort to strengthen the Democrats who made I him the keeper of their conscience He HeI I I alienated all Republican support and arid Invited partisan opposition by his apI appeal appeal ap ap- ap- ap peal just before the election of 1918 I for a congress that would support his personal leadership and then though knowing full well that the majority inthe inthe in inthe I the nation was against him he refused to deal with the senate as a coordinate coordinate I nate branch of the government In InI Instead Instead In- In stead of ol recognizing that the constitutional constitutional constitutional I provision requiring a two- two thirds majority for lor ratification compelled compelled com com- I compromise he insisted upon dictating the terms upon which ratification ratification ratification rati rati- could be had and then on the of March stubbornly rejected I ratification with reservations even when Senator Harding and some thir thir- I ty threw other Republicans were willing willing will will- ing to accept the league as he lie wrote 1 it with the few changes upon which they insisted By thus preventing I ratification the president assumed responsibility re reI responsibility re- re I for the nations nation's failure to toI i enter the league and thrust the league I into the campaign as asa a partisan issue Governor Cox instead of repairing I- I the injury done by the president ag- ag the situation by the manner in which he avoided domestic Issues I and misrepresented the position of the Republican party on the league issue j I which he declared to be paramount Ills His attempt to put the Democratic party in the attitude of being the sole I guardian of peace was ridiculous and andI his assaults upon such well known advocates advocates ad- ad I of peace as President ex-President Taft and Herbert Hoover were disgraceful Now that our participation will rest upon the will wUl of congress and not upon the arbitrary opinion of a single man we may expect that universal disarmament disarmament disarmament dis dis- armament will be made one of tile tho conditions we attempt to advise Hays Promises Better Times NEW YORK Nov 4 WUl 4 Will H H. H Hays I chairman of the Republican national committee in a statement issued del deI de declared de- de I l I dared the victory of Senator Harding is worthy of our our candidates and our I cause It carries responsibilities commensurate commensurate commensurate com com- with its opportunities These responsibilities are recognized recognized recognized by the party he ho said they will wUl willbo willbe be bo met with a sympathetic and Intelligent Intelligent intelligent Intel Intel- understanding and discharged with a falth faithful ul and efficient execution I by the nations nation's great executives and I the Republican majorities In senate I and h house use in a manner that will keep America In her high and proper place in the world of today and tomorrow I jand and once more bring int ant those forces at home which make for the thereal thereal thereal real welfare of the tho people and the glory of tho the nation Squaring performances with our ourI I promises measuring our steps forwar forward for- for war ward by the needs of the nation we wo will proceed to the fulfillment nt of tho the t I party's mission God helping it shall shaH I Ibe be bo accomplished 1 Temperance View On Election CHICAGO Nov 4 The 4 The election of Senator Harding is more pleasing to to the prohibitionists than the election of ot Cox would have been Virgil G G. Hinshaw chairman of the Prohibition national committee said here This is because of his recent public statement made to the national temperance temperance tem tern perance council that he would use whatever power he possessed to prevent prevent prevent pre pre- vent the reestablishment of intoxicating ing liquors and also his statement that I his future action on prohibition should I be interpreted by his vote upon the eighteenth amendment and the VolI Vol Vol- I stead law Mr Hl HInshaW sha said Mr Hinshaw later sent Senator Harding a message of congratulation He also telegraphed Governor Cox he believed the league of nations as ad adI advocated advocated ad- ad I by the Democratic party would have won had not it i been so I inseparably hitched to the booze wagon by the administration at Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington and by the convention at San Francisco Chairman Hinshaw congratulated congratulated congratulated con con- Governor Cox on the fight I you have made and told him the I league of nations was a champion twin reform with prohibition which the American people were for fol Governor Cox Still Has Smile DAYTON 0 O Nov 4 The The governor proved a good loser He never lost his smile nor did Mrs Cox The sting sUng of the defeat borne without without without with with- out emotion on by tho the governor was in increased increased increased in- in creased by the local county returns returns' For the first time in the governors governor's political career It appeared that his home coun county ty had been carried by an opponent t No formal statement was issued by bythe bythe bythe the governor but his newspaper the Dayton News published an editorial under the h Th I heading ading The Election Is Over It read It-read read The election is' is Is over and the citizens citizens citizens citi citi- I zens of the United States are glad that it is Feeling runs high during a na naI national national na- na I campaign but the moment that the decision of the electorate is announced announced announced an an- I the thought In the public publio mind is that of pleasure that the event I has passed The spirit of America is that the voice of the majority must rule In the nations nation's aff affairs irs From this traditional standpoint there must be beno beno no no departure now Figures associated with th the election results will be studied studied stud- stud I led and conclusions reported In the c course course urB 01 or time There Thero will soon be a aj a. a I return to our ad customary pursuit as a I II people The period of congratulations I over a victory will merge presently with tho prompt obedience of our citizenship citizenship citizenship citi citi- to the mandate of the men and women who this year formed the majority Lodge Sees I End of War- War BOSTON Nov 4 4 Senator Senator Lodge In commenting upon the election said t the e I Republican victory was was' so large he could not trot grasp it h. It is distinctly an Amerlean American American Amer Amer- ican lean victory he said We shall not bring a any millennium I to any gu ng J W IJ th the country he added We We dont don't promise prom prom- ise it it One thing we can do is to bring the government back to its constitutional form and limitations under which we have lived and progressed We can remedy remedy remedy rem rem- edy the present tax laws and we c cm can n re revise revise revise re- re vise the so that duty on Imports will be made to pay for some of the taxes w which t they dont don't d do now We can make e ee p peace e ace with Germany Germany and remove what is technically a state of war Lastly Lasty we have brought to ta an end the attempt to enter into the league of nations which Mr 1 Wilson WilBon brought back from Paris That Is not the only league that can be made to promote the peace of or the world One of the first duties of Mr Harding will be to draw up an agreement agreement agree agree- I ment looking to the preservation of the of the tho world rId It peace 1 0 Call entente association or what you will will not not an alliance Bourbon Senator I II I I Says Says Issue Beaten Beaten j I KANSAS CITY No Nov 4 4 Support 4 Support of the league of nations plan was tho the cause I cf ot the Democratic party's defeat decla declared ed United States Senator James A A. Reed Recd Democrat and Irreconcilable opponent of or the league The American people refused to haul down dawn the American nag he continued It was the tragic mistake of supporting that Issue that split the party and resulted re resulted resulted re- re I In Republican victory I I |