The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-10-14
Editorial
Greeting Campaign

WASHINGTON,' Oct Sine an
nouncement that George Creel, former
director OF the Wilson publicity bu-
reau. is to take the stump for Mr..
Cox and the Wilson League of Ma
lions, was received with sardonic
Yehuckie by official Washington ahd
a roar OF laughter by practical states
men everywhere. A Washington
journalist, commenting on the an
nouncement. remarked: well, IL the
people did not believe the Democrats
were lying about the League OF Ma
tions before. they will be convinced
OF II now, for no man In America can
handle subject OF that character so
equivocally as can George Creel
Some one ought 10 give George an or
der from Fred Upham. the Republican
treasurer. to defray the expenses OF
this creeling trip. With Cox. Roose-
welt the lesser. and creel on the stump
. the Republicans can AFFORD to call in
their campaigners and turn their at
tentiop TO problems Of reconstruc
ton"
The New York Tribune declared;
This Is the same Mr.. Cree1 who Is
commonly credited in sacrosanct cir
cles as having had more 10 do with the
Reart OF the world than any other
acolyte. Mr.. Creel is. in short. the
Juvenile hero Of the Wilson admins
tration, its Lochinvar and Douglas
Fairbanks and boy soprano rolled into
one. II will be rare caroling that the
citizenry win hear from him"
II is recalled that when Mr. creel
hastily closed his publicity bureau in
Washington he left things in consid
cradle disorder. and when some &C
oountanis we're assigned the task of
checking up on the Wilson propa.
gandist, they found scattered over the
floor many thousands OF dollars In
checks filled out and signed and need
ing but ihe creeiish Endorsement TO
convert them into coin of the realm.
Mr. Gerard must now be bemoaning
the fact that those checks were not
cashed and the proceeds devoted TO
the campaign expenses OF the gentle
man Who heralded Mr.. wilson's visit
to Europe as the coming OF the Second
Messiah
Mr.. Creers abilities as q propagan-
dist are OF q character best de-
scrfbed az than which no other"
Some time ago District Attorney
Swami Of New YORK. who was inauir-
ing into the employment Of movinr
pictures for propaganda purposes, had
occasion TO quiz oas. Harry Reichen-
back. formerly government press
agent under the Creel committee.
|, Reichenbsck spilled some interesting
testimony on the subject Of "educat-
Ing the Italian peasants, and accord
ing to the published account Of his
words. he said: 81 made the natives
look upon President Wilson as sort
OF god. The effect Of the right sort
OF propaganda may be Judged by the
fact that got the Italians worked UP
to such a fervor that they would fall
down and worship Wilson's picture
every morning before they gave the
pope . thought Reports coming
from Italy at the time creel was pros
elytixing in that quarter stated that
large numbers Of pictures OF the pres
ideni had been distributed to the
pessantry and the Italians burned
candles before them--until the peace
conferees got into squabble over the
Fiume matter. and Mr.. Wilson baked
the italian plans with regard TO that
territory. Then they probably burned
birthstone.
Creei as a propagandist. with vast
sum OF the taxpayers money TO back
him, is one thing but Creel as 6
spieler and the discredited agent OF a
dlscredited executiye-well, as Abe
Potash would say; 'That is some
thing else again" The American
people are not in humor to worship
Wilson