New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
Wilson Pins His
Hopes ON West
And the League
Does Not Believe Gains Can
Be Made by Appealing to
Moist Idea or Centering
Fight i'm Eastern States
Consults With Cummings
Had Mapped Out Plans for
Campaign; Surprised at
Election of G.. I'll. White
By Carter Field

WASHINGTON, July 90 President
Wilson believes that the West, which
reelected him in 1916, will give VIC
tory to the Democratic ticket this year
if the League of Nations is made the
paramount issue and an aggressive
campaign is made in that section.
This inference was clear following
an hours conference between the
President and Homer s. Cummings, re-
firing chairman OF the Democratic Ma
tional Committee. Another clear in
ference is that the President and his
advisers do not believe any Roadway
can be made by the supporters of Gov
ernor Cox in appealing to the moist
idea, and centering the Sight on the
group of states in the East where such
an appeal might be expected to bear
fruit
This conference was the last be-
tween the two before Mr. Cummings
turns over formally the committees
problems to his successor, George H.
White, in New York on wednesday.
Plans for the campaign had been thor
oughly mapped out by the President
and Mr.. Cummings on the theory that
chairman.
White Election Surprised Wilson
Apparently the President was anxious
that Mr. White should follow these
plans instead of mapping out some
other program for the campaign. The
President, it developed, was surprised
at the election of Mr.. White, and the
Indications are that he was not over
joyed.
The retiring chairman said he was
turning over several important prob
lens of policy to his successor on
which he would have to make decisions.
He said he had decided these qucs-
tons in his own mind, but Mr.. White
would have to decide them in accord
ance with his own ideas Of The fight.
This is interpreted as meaning that
the Wilson Cummings ideas had been
formulated, but they might not be the
Cox White ideas.
Mr.. Cummings closed the interview
with the statement that the Democrats
could easily win the election by the
right kind of fight, with the league
issue paramount. He did not add that
the campaign might be lost by the
wrong kind Of a fight and with some
other issue paramount, but his atti-
tude spoke volumes on that score
Inc WllSOn-CummlngS idea of tho
campaign, Mr.. Cummings revealed, was
to devote a great deal of attention to
the West, opening headquarters in
either Portland, Ore, or San Francisco.
as we'll as the headquarters in New
ork, Chicago and Washington.
On the matter OF a Headquarters in
the Far West Mr.. Cummings recalled
that, as chairman of the speakers bu-
reau four years ago, he established
headquarters in San Francisco, and that
1T worked very we'll.
"You may remember that California
was rather an important state in that
election" he said with a smile.
Wilson'S League Attitude Unchanged
The differences from Mr.. Cummings
as to the Presidents attitude check up
perfectly with other information which
has seeped out of the White House in
the last few days The Presidents
heart is still set on achieving a league
Of nations which will end all war. He
is still broken over the thought of the
league having failed, as he views it.
through the failure of the United
states 10 enter it. Sitting almost alone
in the White House. he reads of the
fresh troubles in Europe, and mentally