El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-02
Fizzled Out

THOSE who have been reading day by day the accounts
Of the committee hearings campaign expenditures
regardless of the testimony Yet out of it all far have
oomecertan bits Of information that interesting
surprising For thing both parties are having dea
Of trouble raising campaign funds and the Democrats
having trouble than the Republicans according tC
their statements before the committee.
The estimated requirements of the two parties do not
differ much in amount stated by the respective national
ehairmen and treasurers.
It noteworthy that neither parys chairman OF treas
the other par managers Of crooked dealing
They all have doubt sort of feeling of the
difficulties confronting the national committees and
mutual recognition Of the essential honesty at any rate
the wise ezpedency that atuates both financial
for fear something may happen that may break the eggs
The that has appeared to serious disadvantage
since the committee began investigate is governor
Cox He has failed to establish single Of his rough
statements about the opposons campaign methods and
financial policy The Republican chairman and
met him squay at every point and left Cox holding the
joker and little else.
Cox made broad and positive charges Of gross corruption
and Of criminal purpose and conspiracy to commit the
gravest public It is clear that he has evidence
support his charges The net result of the hearing
far has been to leave Cox off than he started The
Republicans have lost anything by the exposures
quite the contrary The people bit sensitive about
political erookedness in presidential matters demon
srated at Chicago but they also inclined to be fair
and they insncvey distrust the big taker who fails 10
make good
The committee hearing been good thing all around
revealed some things that the public ought to
and would if it had been possible to
put the responsible men on the witness stand 70 tel about
them.
On the whole It has indicated that both sides rails
ing all the money they in legitimate way; that the
actual requirements Of perfectly clean and honest
pagn beyond any present expectations Of either party
meet that party is keen after expense money
the Other that both recognize the necessity Of avoiding
any inraction of the accepted code Of national political
morality for fear Of being caught at it, that It is unlikely
that either party could if II would raise enough
money this campaign any effect whatever the
actual casting of the votes and that perfectly legitimate
campaign viii cost each party millions Of dollars for which
each well afford to give full accounting Both chair
men met the questions with perfect franness Facts
substautiate the various charges were lacking.
Governor Cox has left bad impression on the
country as president Wilson did when at the last
gressonal election he urged the election Of Democratic
congress the ground that the Republicans would not be
loyal to Americas safe to entrust with
sponsibtes. It is always unsafe to condemn entire
party group people and it is especially unsafe In
American national politics to condemn wholesale grounds
Of wholesale dishonesty wholesale disloyalty.
The Scandinavian preaeher-professor Hall furnished
diversion He wrote to the Republican committee saying
be had been promised generous pay to work for the Demo-
rats but would be willing sell his services to the Repub
leans If they would the Democratic ante and guaran
tee him good appointment after the administration
The Republicans declined the offer but the Demo-
Gratis employed him.
For two weeks this recmnation stuff has been before
the people. They have formed their opinions now and
they not favorable to the Democratic candidate Let
hope that real issues viii from be kept to the
fore and that prejudice viii give way to for the
arguments better than squd-squrting IL smelling nky
Juice IN the effort to obscure the real questions
Fortunately, the majority Of the American people are
whole lot better and and better citizens than
he adherents Of the present national administration affect
70 believe.