The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24
President to Meet Republican
Independents at White
House Wednesday.
HOLT TO HEAD DELEGATES
Speech to Be Appeal for Sup
port of Covenant of
Versailles.
Special Despatch TO THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
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Washington, ID. C.. Oct. %.
President Wilson, whose appeal TO the
country helped the Democrats lose their
majority IN both branches of Congress
In 1918, is going to repeat his effort
The White House announced to-day that
he will make brief address TO a small
delegation which will call on him at the
White House next Wednesday. The
Presidents utterances, which may De
the last of the present campaign, WI.
% course. be on the League of Nations
IT will be the first utterance by him
which approaches the nature OF cam
pnign speech since he returned from his
League of Nations trip more than
year ago.
Actually the Presidents appeal will
be addressed TO the voters Of the coun-
try rather than 10 the members of the
delega ton While couched in less per
en1ptory language than his appeal two
years ago. II will be to the same effect
that the Democrats should be put into
power and the Republicans defeated be-
cause they have gone counter TO White
House ideas And the President Is eS-
pected to call upon Republican voters
themselves to help accomplish this end.
The delegation to the White House
will be headed by Hamilton Holt, maya
zine editor. 1t will include others who
profess themselves Republicans but who
have declared they will vote for Gov
Cox because they prefer his stand on the
League of Nations.
The President, 1t Is understood. in adj
dressing these alleged Independents will
refrain from professedly partisan utter
ances He will praise their action and
declare that other Republicans should
follow their example. He will probably
not make any specific answer to league
criticisms. but will attempt to put his
plea on the grounds that It Is the moral
duty Of this country to join the league.
It was considered significant here that
this last desperate attempt or Demo-
Gratis to break into Republican strength
was to be put forward In the person OF
President Wilson rather than Gov. Cox
White House officials explained that the
President is in a better position to de-
liver q non-partisan appeal than Gov.
Cox.
The fact remains, however. that the
only speech by the President. coming
less than a week before the campaign
closes. must inevitably be regarded IS
the final Democratic word on the party's
League of Nations stand. That this
stand will be what the Presidents stand
has always been-the league as II is
is admitted by Democrats here In the
short time remaining before election,
Gov. Cox viii and It difficult TO do or
say anything TO change this as the
party position.
Mr.. Wilson to-day made another
move apparently designed as a reminder
that Gov. Cox Is not yet In charge OF
the Democratic party. This was a mes
sage to q group Of young voters OF
Columbia College in New York city,
where the Democratic candidate 10
speaking tonight The Presidents mes
cage reads:
please convey my warnest greetings
70 the meeting. The young men and
women OF the country should DO even
moro deeply Interested In this critical
contest than other Americans. for the
issues arc the Issues OF the future.
They will determine the future influ-
ence and greatness of the United States
in the council OF nations. They VIII
determine our moral force In all the
great pending contests Of right with
which the world II already quick.
believe that the young men and women
Of the country will see the vision OF
opportunity which now presents itself
and will rally to the support OF the
perpetuation OF the high ideals for
which we fought In the great war.