Evening journal., 1920-10-06
BORAH ASSURES
HARDING AID
Chairman Hays Forecast
Only Oklahoma and
South for Cox
HOOVER TO SPEAK
AGAINST LEAGUE

with the receipt Of a telegram from
senator B0rah yesterday, in whcih
that forceful man from Idaho an
nounced that he would continue 10
talk FOR Harding and against the
league. the Republican nominee eOt
word That Herbert G. Hoover is ready
to jump into The fight, and that ne
will deliver blast against the Wilson
administration In Indianapolis next
saturday night that VIII be heard all
over the country.
The news about Mr. Hoover Is al
most the most interesting flash OF the
week, for the word comes straight
that the former Food Administrator
not only viii indict the Wilson Ad-
minlstraiiOn for general incOmpetcncy
and laundering. but that he VIII set
himself against the acceptance OF the
League OF Nations I'm the form that
has been proposed. In California and
elsewhere many persons intensely
friendly TO Hoover have been waiting
for some prOnOuncement from him,
especially as regards the league. There
Is good reason 90 believe that Hoover
viii line up squarely with Harding in
the refusal 90 cOunienance a PROPOSE
ton which. In several articles. men,
aces the safely Of the United States.
The third item of special interest is
Will II. Hays prediction as TO the re-
suit. The lively and always cheerful
National Chairman visited Senator
Harding and brought a bag full Of
prOmOsticatiOns. He Is serious about
them and says they tre good basis for
betting To begin with, ne seems de-
NOutly 90 believe That James NJ. Cox
Will not carry a State outside Of the
solid South and Oklahoma, twelve. lie
seems just as earnestly 90 believe That
the Republicans will make a large
gain In the United States Senate
Maryland and Kentucky. ne figures.
are surely Republican both for Hard
ing and for the Republican Senate can
ado, California. Arizona, South Da-
kOta, and several other States in
which there are Senate elections.
ITS going to be a landslide said
Mr. Hays.
THE Republicans have shown full
readiness 10 meet any issues present.
ed When the Democrats first cOncen-
trated upon the league covenant with
out the d0tting OF am 'i' or the crosa-
ing Of "a % we met them squarely.
When through their National Chair
man. fresh from a conference with
their candidate, they pronounced the
covenant only a secondary issue af-
ter ALL we acquiesced. When the
candidates reversed their National
Chairman and declared the Wilson
League the sole issue, we accepted
host readily And now when the
author OF the league himself assumes
the real leadership OF their campaign
and joins with The Democratic candi-
dates IN making Article y the chief
issue, We agree.
THE President said in his statement
Monday. There is nothing In the COW
enant which in the least interferes
with or impairs the right or Congress
10 declare war according TO its Own
independent judgment
In his speech I'm Washington on
Jackson Day Mr.. Bryan said: II W,
do not intend TO Impair The right o
Congress 20 decide the question OF
peace or war wten the time for action
arises, how can we insist upon a mora
obligation 10 go TO war which car
does impair the independence Of Con.
gress p Mr.. Bryan was right. No Amer
lean today can be simultaneously for
Article y. and for the Constitution OF
his Republic any more lnan an Amer
lean In bncOln's time could besimul
taneously for emancipation and for
slavery.
'Where next they viii land Is Who'll.
~ coniectural They may conclude q
stake their an upon weighing thC
relative merits Of the respective can
didates.
They may prefer to contrast receni
Republican cabinets with that which
now maintains a WayWard and hardly
recognizable existence. They maN
wish 10 stand upon the actual results
Of their eight year old pledges to ne.
duce the cost OF living.
They may choose to dilate upor
their fresh promises TO stop prOflteer
ing in face OF the fact that all prof
teering sprang into being and con
tinues to flourish under their owl
auspices.
"They may again rest their cas-,
upon their slogan OF four years ago
He kept us out OF war Peace. pre-
paredness and prosperity and War II
Europe, peace in America, thank Go,
for Wilson
"They may seek popularity in sub
stituting for First In war, first II
peace. first in the hearts Of his cOun
irymen' an appellation far more apt al
Of the moment. Last in war, last II
peace. gone from the hearts OF hi
oOuntrymen'
"It is dimcult for their candida.
now zigzagging back and forth from
The sinister blight OF the sOlOist o
The Democratic party TO the turtle
presence Of ifs quartet Of bosses u
make hds decision.
However IL matters not 10 us. Gu