Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-25
PRESIDENTS MOVE
ABOON TO PARTY
Decision to Enter Campaign
Is Signal to Sleep
ing Leaders.

Announcement at the White House
to take an active part in the cam
paign is welcome news to democratic
leaders in Washington
In fact, the announcement has caused
much glee among the party workers
and they express the feeling that the
Presidents entrance in the fight will
go farther toward aiding the cause of
the party than is readily realized.
1t will mean far more than salts
faction in the knowledge that Mr..
Wilson is not withholding his genuine
support from Gov. Cox. as has been
whispered by some because of his long
silence and apparent inactivity thus
far.
Aside from the effects of the state
ments which the President is prepar-
ing for publication it is pointed out
that his entrance will serve as the
means of limbering up the many So
called administration men throughout
the country. those men who have been
accused of Indifference and inactivity.
The vast majority of these admins
tration workers are in more or less
high federal positions and naturally
are leaders in their respective COM
munitieS. They have followingS, not
only among office holders under them,
but among the general public They
W
ticians and are fitted in more ways
than one to bring into play great
influences because of their knowledge
of the game and their long experience.
Worked Against Cox.
Almost to the man these leaders are
Wilson NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. men. For
eight years they have worked and
those members of the national COM
mittee and others who have made
quiet complaint about their inactivity
have felt the loss of their genuine
help. These administration men have
not been accused of party disloyalty
or even lukewarmness. They are said
to be simply lying low and letting
the Cox people shift for themselves;
that they have not been stirring them
selves. so to speak.
Discussing this condition, one leader
said today that this vast army of ex-
perienced workers would have been in
the heat of the fighting had the demo-
cratic nominee been either Attorney
McAdoo. They always looked upon
these men as administration men, and in
the majority of cases worked in the in
terests of one or the other in the pre-
convention campaign and even at the
convention itself but since then their
interest is claimed to have taken de-
cided slump.
Great Awakening Seen.
There will be a great awakening, it
is said, now that the President is to
jump into the battle, and from now on
this big, weu-trained standing army of
political workers will be alive to the
situation and will leave no stone I'M
. turned in their efforts to elect their
party's man. They simply have been
awaiting some sort of command or
lead from their acknowledged leader.
Now that they have heard the command,
or what is described as closely re-
sembling a command. theys will act.
They too, will strike just as the Pres-
dent has promised to strike.
Much speculation is now being in,
obliged in among politicians as to how
soon the President will strike. The an
nouncement Thursday from the White
House inferred that he was awaiting
only the psychological moment before
making his first thrust. There Also is
speculation regarding the possible extent
of Mr.. Wilson's activity. 1t is realized
that his public appearance is out of the
question and that the broad publication
of his carefully prepared statements wiz
have possibly just as much influence
and effect but it is thought possible
that his condition may permit him to |
take a more active part in the party