The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-30
Officers Slain Or Injured
In Battle With Bandits
Mr., WILSON HOLDING
PARTY HELM UNTIL
COX SPEECH COMES
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
Copyright By The rnteligenoer)

Washington. y. g. July 22ISSHGTrs! .Ts.
days ago 4 story was published that
president Wilson would wait until no
had read The speech % acceptance ny
Governor Cox md then would write Nun
a letter recQEu,zIng him as tho !Had"r
of the Democratic party. lhS "htNa
House declined to comment on the Stor!
and similar Sii"urc was observed 4"
layton. Hur tin incident has caused
considerable comment rs n" WrItrF
learned by mIuE'lur with Ohio toINs
and not a few Democratic politicians.
The truth nf the matter reveals
rather interesting sidelicht on III" rela-
ions between the President and the ne"
raader OF the Democratic party and also
,vhihits some Of the dclcacics IN CANlC
respective positions. The facts are
When Governor COX visited President
wilson In Washington. the latter tR'N"d
,i,al outlook and hts own candidacy ana
said frankly that he was GLAD 20 sur
render the leadership OF the party 70
n, nominee OF the convention. ms
pleased Governor, Cox very nuGn ErSi Si,n SiTs,t ~
vas FULLY expected that the Fres!uenl
would max" some such statement IN
public So tha; there would be no DOUBT
In the minds OF the voters as 10 VINO
was leading the party IN the cU".tmS .ar
ranlpa!gu. EuU no statement or letter
has been forthcoming and the itnpreS1,
sion Is that Mr. Wilson will wait until
ne examines the speech or acEsp'a1nTe
and determines whether {, or not me nHrrs,o yn;o
Governor has expressed hlWS"'t Co''e'N-
" from the Wilson viewpoint
Wilson Like johnson
Out IN Ohio. however, tactics like tnat
are apt 70 bs understood as coercion l"'
II Is contendcd that Hiram ,J"hhso',
held a club over Senator hAru.nG Shu
withheld comment until after the @PeeCh
~ acceptance and the Inference prompt
Iy was drawn that MC. Harding wrote
his speech merely to meet the approval
Of Johnson on thu League OF hHt'~ohs ~ -
sue. As matter OF rae; HOE9rmon
cox isn't consulting the White House.
IN any sense about the speech OF aSccp-
tance and - writing Il from ms own
point OF view. believing that tAe Coun-
Try expects h;N :" "Npreis ms S,t ="
,iaHS and not nave hers dictate tneih.
The IrcSidel need '9N" no SohSe."
about the governors Vows on IHe 70
Vue Of nations tor H. has studied we
question thoroughly and knows the ait-
ference between reservations th"t hut-
llfy and reservations lhA' r'as TUG
American people absolutely en- Vuts,
tons 81 sovereignty, NINSIt'"''>' ~
the making OF war.
From m. OG.o point % view as the
writer gathers Il from sources He.'
friendly 20 CON. II would oe mum -
tsr stratcEy for the president 20 make
public az that time what he told Gov
rruor Cox IN their conversation TWO
weaks ago at WASHINGTON rather than 70
wait until after n" SneecH o, @ @1sSep
rrafir uomin"c are saying privately tA"t
,hc Cox visit TO he White houSe S In1S
have been 4 good thing ," rcaSSuEe VI
s,p Democrats bu' on me otheT mana
q. mad other Democrats and indepen-
dents wonder how far Cox would De
Obliged ,u swallow al the defeats OF Nhe
Wilson Administrations ,,.,,
';ovcruor toN Wa not iH NasNlhE,"h
e,,ncr IN the Legislative pr the eNecu
ttye branch Of rhs EoH"rnment and 80
far as he is personally concrrn"G ~, ne
Wilson administration did. Mess ne
cvhihits such Independence. there are
MANY Democrats who think MS cnancSS cna,n
~ meeting tn" independent yote VII %,
seriously affected for no matter now
,audatorv the pemoCrattc convention
20. have bCer concerning all the POLL
rieS ~ the Democratic administration
~ the last seven and a half years tnere
,bo same sort that faced the Roose-
,aIt Administration and the TAFT admin
,s,ratiop Al the close Of their respective
'r'''S Cox and tho treaty
Fundamentally the president has the
right 10 expect aGrcHment on lnr pa
n the Democratic nomlne" WIN re-
sp.c, 20 tho league NJ nations tnat -
I,Tno-,oDt not alone hecaus" Mr.. Wilson
,y,i,s ~ but because plenty ot emo
cratic voters especially IN the wHsr. l"e.
The same way. Rut the ONO StEornoT -
NOT bound 20 stand for the treaty WIN
-, !, ne arcerted as written IN Paris.
Tho president may have telt hound pS
- SIGNATURE 20 tho Versailles treaty
- nrcr it's adoption without rhanSe;
hu, the next president ~ the nu'o
States can advocate changes without
saelirr Smba a-rassed. The only uIneI
snco IS that the changes Shai rca'LE .oS
Jns,rny the purpose or machinery OF the
league itself ,-,,,>,,
- vii he ramambcrcd that FresidenC
O-ir.ops support Of any reSerNationS'
whether !ntsrprctattve or constr t1uctIHe
has hnnn rather luke warm ana MS op
,onents succeeded in implanting an M
norsssjCn Of oSsttnAcy because Mr. VIII
sor was unwilling for instance. TO "a?
yIatIy that he would accept the H''ch
- rsseryatIons Moreover at the
Democratic National Convention u m'A
sfter considcrabl" debate and d'RlFui1y'
Iha+ clausa was inserted taroring re-
,a~ySaf,ons &C. that would make Americas
obligation under tho treaty ana leSsI7
Clearer and more specific" But the ad-
JI,Iop Of reservations - considered o!
Tovsrnor Cox an absolute necessary TOT
while he may agree with IN" Pr'siuctH
,na. The language OF the coEen"Nt 70
lear enough for statesmen ana n,.. oImrra
who Aavo ana,yzod legal pNraseoioHE
ye-,. closely urvrrthrleSs II isn't rIeat
70 tho pNoplN who have been hearing
oppoSltinn ~3Ncch"s. Governor toN y
y,rws on thu '"aCu" 'NiIl be found 10 De
=, accord with tho wilson purposes ana
,bs cam rairn VII leave no doubt that
bn O. willing 20 stand tor reservations
tbaE com mplstsly rrmov" all doubts ana
omhIruitv about Americas sovereignty
ana Independence and that absolutely
arasa tho impression or America 90
uEatior to 60 70 war aEaihSt rNr ~ Nv"
viii and against tho wish OF her con