The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1920-07-30

The Republicans are already
beginning to show that they un-
erstand the size of the job they
have undertaken in the scheme
to elect as President of the Unit
ed States a colorless, second rate
man, like Senator Harding, when
pitted against virile, aggressive
and positive man, like Governor
Cox, Harding has never ranked
as a man Of more than ordinary
ability, and has never been
known to have any definite opin-
ions on any subject, political or
otherwise. He is a republican
because his environment all his
life has been republican. Had his
environment been democratic,
he would have been a democrat.
An easy going, amiable and kind
ly man. he has always gone with
the tide as he has found it, and
in all his career as an editor and
public man. he has taken his op-
inions from those on whom he
was dependent, and those around
him. He probably never had
an original idea on any subject
whatever, and thus has been and
always will be controlled by the
crooked and scheming oligarchy
of Senators who design to obtain
control of the Government, by
means of his election for their
own purposes. The predecessors
of this senatorial oligarchy con-
trolled the Government during
the entire period of General
Grants administration. They
secured the fraudulent seating of
Hays, and controlled affairs while
he was President. They nomin-
ated and elected Garfield who,
greatly to their surprise, start.
ed out to overthrow them, and
his untimely assassination gave
them a new lease of life by the
succession of Arthur, who was
their tool during his term. The
election of Cleveland in 1884,
broke them up for a time but
they resumed control of affairs
when Harrison became President
in 1880 and were again dethroned
when Cleveland entered the
White House for his second
term in 1893.
In 1896 they again took held
of the republican party and
nominated and elected Mckinley
who was probably the most sub
servient of all to Senatorial oil
garchy, of all the men who have
ever been President. His as
sasination upset their plans and
power, and for seven years of
Roosevelt's reign they were in
constant struggle with the Presi-
dent, and the great plans for
public reform advocated by the
Executive, were largely render
ed nugatory by the hostility of
this Senatorial clique, who did
all in their power to thwart Mr..
RooseVelt's desires to improve
the laws and benefit the whole
people of the land. When Mr..
Taft became President it was
expected that he would continue
Mr.. Roosevelt's policy of reform,
but it was not long before the
Senatorial obligarchy captured
him, and during his administra-
tion their power was as great
as it had been any time in the
history of the Government.
The election of Mr.. Wilson for
two terms almost put them out of
power, but recently they have
resumed their work of making
the Government at Washington
a corporation ridden affair, and
as a necessary part .of their
schemes they have nominated for
Presidency the pliable and easy
going Harding, who, if installed
in the White House would be as
putty in their hands.
On the other hand, Governor
Cox is strong and vigorus pres
onality, honest and sincere in
character, of decided and definite
views on all public questions, and
as the head of the State govern
ment of Ohio, he has shown