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Show COX FOLLOWS IIP HARDING ATTACK Goes After Opponent and Supporters Sup-porters in Hard New England Tour l'K viiknvi:. IV I . n ' Govrnor Cox. of Ohio, todio ion-tlnued ion-tlnued his Now ICngland campaign srttfa the league of nations as his principal prin-cipal alogan under hard xeh-dule extending through Khude Itland, M :saa.chuet'.s and onniv tlcul. Following up hi attack upon Senator Sen-ator Lodge in P.oxton la-t night the. Democra presidential candidate was prepared tod..;, lo rudtfel the leagut appofM nt. mo R pul :i an supported Of Senator Harding Here, where there is B large population of Irish blood, and In other placefl today the! Irish question was prominent among the governor's sul'Jcls. VTTACKS HOStK SKVA1 OR BOSTON. I ,f,t. 20 Scathlnu attacks upon Senator Lodge of Massachusetts ! and sur.-astlc criticism of Senator Harding were mad" Tuaaday by Qor-Arnor Qor-Arnor t'nx, during his New- Knrland tour, embraoini Maaeaah usetta und ( ... M Hampshire Itles and ending with , larse mMtlng 'ast mgin on Boalonj common. ' Here, as well iih to other nudU nce-i today, the Democratic cnndldHi de- nounreil .'n:rtor Lodge a- "the arch i i conspirator or th- ac-- i.e. aue of hit flKht against th IcuKue of nation na-tion KilieratlnK 'but Mr. Lodge i headed " coneplraey to strangls the iret to Kath" through the "round1 robin. Governor Cox urged his Hoaton i gUdlenO tO repudiate Mr Lodge's' leadership and retire him lo private ' life M oon aa possible To hia New ! Hampehln eudlenoe, Governor Co , .urged defeat of Suaior efoeae, Re publican, because he signed the "round robin.' - lit - M (i RIDI1 l LI Kenator M.irdinc Was heupei with! 'aarcasrn and ridlcOlo by Governor Cox. in virtually all address, h of the day. with the incident between President I i Wilson and the senator regarding the' j tatter's 8'3tomcnt of French ovorturee' for .. .. latio.i of nations as tho ha? ..- "lhe fa t Justify ihe conclusion thai Senator liardins bus stupidly, housh deliberately, attempted to de-ea de-ea ire thi people of the United states," ; Governor "ox declared. lielterating Mr. Hit.-ding's explanation explana-tion of his Pes lioinae spesoh, "re-.lectlng" "re-.lectlng" the leasue. Governor Cox added. lie muat think the American peo- pie ver stupid He COntinuej to say j t Jt. t ih'v don't understand him" i:l-r.s-ing belief that a l"r n h au-thor au-thor anil humorist wan Senator Il ird-J ird-J Ing's source of information regarding French sentiment upon a new assoclu-I assoclu-I Hon of nations, and eominentlng upon ; Senator Harding' " letter to President Wilson, Goxernor Cox said, sarcaa-' sarcaa-' tieallyt "Poor Senator Harding has been i ; mlsunderntood again. It is a pathotlc thing thai lie ynff i-s so much from the dullness of the .'.merlcan people.! including newspaper editor and bad-I ern among partisan and opponents." LODG1 i E i IRGET The governor's denunciation of Sen- nlor Ixulge was followed l.y hissing' from his audience at Concord and i Man. hester, N. T. The heights of his attack upon Sen-' atnr ix.de uer reached last t:ight. i Rxpressinr hapnlness over speaking) on "the flr.a forum of America dodi- cated tO free speech and fr laeillH ' blages." Governor i ox said he desired "to remove rlouds and confusion" re-j t-ardlng the league These, the pov-1 ernor asserted, were "set up In a partisan parti-san pint, inetlgated m-i led by the I i-ej, eon-.plr.it ir of he ,i;e). Henry! Cabot Lodge ,,f Ifeaaachuaette." |