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New-York tribune., 1920-11-01
A Copperhead Attack

The Wilson-Cox campaign, which
has masQueradcd as one for high and
noble moralities, ends in TIE mire of
slan3er-in the dissemination Of the
dirtiest lie ever circulated concern
ing q Presidential candidate.
That which was advertised as
great and solemn referendum has de-
generated into the slime Of cowardly
and unscrupulous whispers. Mr..
Wilson from his pulpit preached
sermons about making the world
safe for democracy, but in each pew
were left copies of the leahet "The
Harding Family Tree" Devotion to
league Of leace and the brother
hood of man was paraded, but to
carry the election reliance was
placed on a falsehood that grossly
appealed to prejudice.
The Democratic managers, now
that exposure has come, disclaim re-
sponsibility. They deny they nur-
tured the crawling thing. Curious,
isn't it, if. the defamation was not
authorized or concerted that the cir
culars which distilled the poison
happened to appear not merely in
Ohio and Indiana, bat in far sepa-
rated Connecticut and California
and especially freighted the mails in
the border states?
How did it come that the spontane-
Gus generation was so diffused and
that the literature" was identical in
verbiage? The denial will not be ac-
cepted; the evidence is that the SLAM
der flowed from one source, and what
this source is few have doubt.
Nor will the alibi be strengthened
by knowledge of the circumstance
that the conductors Of the Wilson-Cox
campaign have long known what was
going on. They could have stopped
the story at once. They didn't do so.
1t was allowed to tester and gan
grene, and this, perhaps to some de-
gree, explains why Mr.. Cox has been
so confident of an election result
favorable to him.
The American love of fair play, no
less than the complete and crushing
refutation furnished as soon as the
invention came above ground, makes
it certain that Senator Harding will
suffer no loss and Governor Cox
make no gain because of it. Not by
the employment of sneaking and
secret detraction is it feasible this
year to fitch the Presidency.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-01
The Two Referendu,ns

One constitutional amendment
and one legislative proposition are
to be submitted to the voters to-mor-
row. The amendment changes the
manner in which the state may con-
tract and discharge its bonded debt,
substituting serial bonds rcdeemable
IN annual installmonts for long
term bonds amortized through sink
ing funds. The change is in the
direction Of better financing. The
sinking fund system accumulates
more money in the state treasury
than is needed and the surplusos
have to be reinvested. The amend
ment is similar to one suggested by
the Constitutional Convention of
1915. 1t ought to be adopted
The legislative proposition pro-
vidcs for a soldiers and sailors
bonus. 1t contemplates the issue of
bonds to an amount not exceeding
$45, 100000 Each beneficiary is to
receive $40 for each month of serv-
ice or major fraction thereof, but no
person Is to receive more than $3.50.
The bonds are to be redeemed in
twenty-five annual installments. The
cost Of the bonus is estimated at
$4,250,000 in taxes for the first year
and an average of $2,925, 900 for the
twenty-five years.
The chief argument in favor of
he bonus is the natural desire to
recognize the services Of the men
who enlisted. The arguments against
it are that it doesn't discriminate
among the various classes of men,
ignoring disability, needs and char
scter of service, whether at home or
abroad; that the payment Of COM
pensation is primarily a Federal and
not a state matter, and that an in
crease of public debt at this mo-
nent will have an injurious general
effect. interfering with postwar
financial reimbursement and tending
10 sustain war prices.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-01
Who Is Winning?

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
SIT: A letter in The New York Times
this morning proclaims the League of
Nations as the paramount issue of
this campaign,' and its editorial saws
that Governor Cox and his supporters
are clearly winning the argument" :"
Plainly AZ to both of these it is a mat
ter of opinion. Those who think so,
think so. am not one of them.
have voted for President Wilson
three times, first, of course, for Gov
ernor of New Jersey. Is it prejudice
which puts me against the Democratic
party and candidate this time? The
-New Jersey Democracy that knitted the
President in the election of 1916 is en-
thusiastically supporting the candidate
TINS year, not because Of any change of
heart on the part of the knifers. All
those elements of the party whose his
tory has led US to distrust them are
cordially united in this campaign. "The
League of Nations as the paramount
issue" serves we'll their purpose to OBJ
scure the real issues. The people want
houseclcaning at Washington in the
interest of governmental efficiency. and
they are sure that it will not be done
by the continuance of a Democratic ad-
ministration under the leadership
which is offered US.
The League of Nations is an impor-
tant issue. All America wants for the
world that which it is intended to ac-
compllsh. But purpose and result are
two entirely different matters. The
result of the league and covenant Of
fercd us, | earnestly believe, would be
just such an entanglement as President
Wilson urged against in 1916. Guar
anteeing territorial integrity of the
Balkan States, the republics of Chile,
Bolivia and Peru, China and the Brit
ish Empire is certainly an entangling
alliance, with grave uncertainties as to
its consequences.
AS Republican who supported Pres
ident Wilson and rejoices in everything
worth while that his administration
has brought about, but who is disap-
pointed in some most important things
wherein he has patiently failed, and
sees less hope of success under the lie ad
ership of the present Democratic can
didate. my vote is for Senator Hard
ing and a Republican administration.
FREDERICK w. JACKSON.
Glen Ridge, n j., Oct 27, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-01
For Cooperative Marketing

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: This mornings papers Indicate
that representatives. of the agricultural
interests are leaving Washington in a
state Of mind which will lead them to
spread through the country the idea
that they are Disseminated against by
the money power. This is undoubtedly
a fact
The present conditions play com
pletely into the hands of speculative
buyers, who, being in commercial rela-
tions with the banks, find it possible to
arrange credits where farmers are un-
able to do so. This is a condition, of
course, that has existed for years and
is perhaps the principal cause for the
big profits Of the middlemen, made at
the one end out of the farmers by buy
ing their crops at ruinously low figures
lowing to the farmers need for cashl
and at the other end out of the con-
sumers by boarding products ana
thereby controlling market prices.
Fortunately the farmers are at last
learning their lesson and learning it
fast Their cooperative marketing or
CARNATIONS are being formed all over
the country along sound business lines,
and are becoming able to stabilize the
output and command the confidence of
and hence secure the needed credit
from the banks.
This is a much better solution than
that Of relying on the government for
aid, and while in the opinion of the
writer the Federal Reserve system
should have responded to the farmers
plea for aid in the present emergency
it is probably better in the long run
that he should be forced 10 rely upon
himself and more quickly develop his
cooperative marketing organizations
which by eliminating the spectators
Will both increase the farmers profits
and decrease the consumers expenses.
GEORGE A. CULLEN,
Vice President North American Fruit
Exchange.
New York, Oct %, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-01
E}ry

be good for folk in the prime Of health,
but we are much too sick to get I'D any
interest in Edith Whsrton's The Age
Of Innocence. Doubtless Mrs Wharton
knows what she is talking about and
her picture Of New York society in
1870 is accurate and brilliantly writ
ten. But what dull folk, what dreary
tlma! 1t is little more engaging than
little old last months society section
IN Sunday newspaper. AS for Yer
ena in the Midst, by f. V. Lucas, this
requires positive ruggedness on the
part Of the reader Even a healthy
person is apt to have no little di fiji
Guilty with book in which the author
seems to say at every point, "If you
thought that last letter was whimsical
just wa.* for the next one. That's 60
ing to be the doggonedest whimsical
thing you ever read in your life, if l
have to die for it."
Henry Kitchell Wcbster's Mary VOL
laston begins like novel Of the first
rank 1t has an intelligent under
standing Of the point of view of the
younger generations and several Of the
characters are neatly skstched and
promise great interest. But after a
time the book begins to dawdle The
characters lack stamina They no
longer seem to be proceeding on their
own steam. The author is leading
each and every one by the hand. and
as he hasn't hands enough for all there
is distracting fittering from one per
son to another. No sooner does the
reader work up q reasonable interest
in one Of the characters than back he
gees into the box, while Mr.. Webster
trots out another
New-York tribune., 1920-11-01
The Senate Fight

Everybody admits that the fight
for the Senate is closer than the
fight for the Presidency. At present
there are forty-nine Repubi."sn .gd
forty Democratic Senat.rs TO
hold their own the Democrats ave
to win in California, Ariz Ne. Ore
gon, Nevada, Colorado. Idaho South
Dakota, Kentucky, Oklahoma and
Maryland, success being conceded in
the Solid South states which elect
Senators. To maintain the status
quo the Republicans have to win in
Connecticut, New Hampshire, Ohio,
Indiana, Wisconsin, Missouri and
Utah. Republican victory being as
sumed in the other Northern and
Western states which elect Senators.
1t is apparent that the situation
faVors the Republicans. California,
Oregon, Idaho and South Dakota are
natural Republican states. Mr..
Chamberlain, who is half a Republi-
can, has a great hold on the people
of Oregon. But when he was elected
in 1914 the Republican party was
still divided. Mr.. Phelan won that
year in California in a mixed field
and Mr.. Johnson slipped in from
South Dakota. The story of 1914 is
rot likely to be repeated. Mr.. Nugent
won his seat in Idaho because of Re-
publican factional dissensicns. But
the Far West has swung strongly
toward Republicanism in the last
four years.
Colorado shows the effect of this
reversion. There are two Demo
cratic candidates for Senator this
year. Two years ago Mr.. Phipps re-
captured the other Democratic seat.
Oklahoma is probably Democratic,
Int Maryland, Kentucky, Arizona
ond Nevada are in doubt.
On the other hand, Mr.. Spencer's
chances in Missouri. have been great
" improved by Senator Reeds recent
reputation Of Cox and Breckin-
ridge Long, the Democratic Sena-
torial nominee. In Utah Reed Smoot
is stronger than Harding and his
election is now indicated. There is a
three -cornered fight on in Wisconsin,
Mr.. Lenroot being opposed by a La
Toilette nominee as well as a Demo-
crat. Party lines are broken and the
outcome is highly uncertain. New
Hampshire, Indiana and Ohio seem
only a little less safely Republican on
the Senatorship than the Presidency.
In Connecticut there is a bitter per-
'onal fight, cutting across party
lines, between Mr.. Brandegee and
his opponents.
Republican gains ought to exceed
Republican losses by a fair margin.
Democratic hopes ;.re based solely on
a wide variation between the Presi-
Dental and the Senatorial vote. But
such variation is extremely un-
usual. 1t did occur in 1916. But the
1916 election was abnormal. Condi-
tions this year favor normalcy.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-01
Assernblynan Ullrnan, American

Without regard to party affilia-
ion the good wishes Of the city go
out to Sol Ullman, Assemblyman of
the 9th District as he carries on his
contest for reelection aud to main
tain an Eat Side outpost against
further Red cncroachments. He has
received not only the Republican
nomination but Democratic ildorse-
.ncnt, and meets his Socialist oppo-
nent as the champion Of straight
Americanism.
Mr.. Ullman is unhyphenatcd. He
derives his political philosophy not
from Europe, where old fcudal ami
mosities still emoltser, but from the
fathers of this Republic. This coun-
try and its institutions are good
enough for him. lie sees himself
cne Of the heirs Of tae great estate
Of equal opportunity and thinks his
neighbors should see they also have
been heirs. So he is opposed to a
political party which is engaged in
never-ending abuse Of America and
which from behind its camouhage
carries on q neVcr-ceaslne lombard
ment Of our free democracy
But as good and practical Amer
ican Mr.. Uilman is not satisfied
merely to be oa TIE right side of a
general question lie believes in ap-
plying Republican principles--doing
something definite for cne's day and
generation As a member of the
Legislature he took leading part
in pushing the rent bills lie did
not hesitate to belt his party S
caucus in the interest Of the eight
hour and minimum wage bills. He
has received the public congratula-
ions of Senator Lockwood, of Mary
e. Dreier, in behalf Of the Women's
Joint Legislative Conference, and
Clara NJ. Teal, in behalf of the Con-
sumers' League. Mr.. Ullman has
been of real service to the people OF
his district and has won the friend
ship of all who want more than mere
words.
Socialist effoly is concentrated to
'~~9n's defeat. for he
New-York tribune., 1920-11-01

f., and was defeated in 1918 largely
through the fact that he refused to
return to mis- district to campaign.
His Democratic opponent is James
V. Ganley, the present representa-
tive of the district, whose record is
blank save for the interesting
detail that he applied to go on the
Congressional junket to the Far
East-and later changed his mind.
Mr.. Fairchild deserves to be re-
turned to the House on Tuesday by
a handsome margin. New York is
sadly in need Of men Of his type and
caliber in Congress.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-01
A Commuter With a Kick

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Since the recent raise in the
railroad fares we of the Commuters
gang" have been brooding over the
wrongs which we have been constrained
to endure. It seems to US that the
time has come when we should strike"
fox relief, assert ourselves, and insist
upon a reasonably reliable service, es-
pecially in view Of present fare rates.
The workingmen strike when their de-
mands are not listened to and succeed
IN getting what they want. Why are
we, who are connected with the most
important business activities, ignored,
and what is our remedy?
We pay for good service, but we do
not get it. Every time an Increase is
demanded VIC meekly pay up and hope
for better train service Since the
strike of the railroad men cannot re
member a 7:45 or 8:2O a m. train on
the D., L. & W. from Morristown ever
being on time. and return trains at
the end Of the day are no better.
Though the personnel Of the railroads
have received bonuses and back pay
we, the working public, foot the bill
and our train service is unimproved.
The commuters whose regular daily
business is thus interfered with are
sufficiently numerous class. one woult
think, to receive the notice and con
sideration Of a wise railway manage
ment. A DAILY COMMUTER.
New York. Oct. 25, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-01
Swami

The reasons Edward Swami
should not be elected justice of the
Supreme Court are stated with
clearness in the report of the Bar
Association committee which advised
against his Endorsement
In brief, they are that he has
neither the ability nor the character
qualifying him to be a member Of
the Supreme Court bench. AS Dis
trict Attorney he has used the
powers Of his office to oppress de-
PENDANTS and to browbeat witnesses
He has been instrumental in secur-
ing indictments never pressed to
trial. His behavior has been such
that grand jury refused to trust
him with its records, and the Gov
ernor of the state, although Of his
party, has assigned others to do
work naturally falling to his office.
The record of Edward Swami is
such as to suggest that he is not one
to possess the high prerogatives of
justice of the Supreme Court. To
place a politician of his type in such
an exalted place is to make absurd
all talk Of the betterment of the
BENCH
Other matters press on public at
tention, but some thought should be
devoted to Swami when marking a
ballot. If you have doubt as to
what sort of man he is and do not
care to listen to newspaper advice.
then ask any lawyer or any one else
who is familiar with our courts.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-01
Sentiment Not Whim

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir I desire to add my protest to
that Of Mr.. Banta in to~eay's Tribune
against the flying of flags at half-mast
on city buildings because of the death
by suicide of foreign prisoner. No
such respect was paid to the memory Of
Jacob II. Schif, our honored citizen
The use oe flags on city building.
should represent the sentiment of tn.
city, not the whim of every politician
passing through the City Hail on hi.
way from obseurity TO oblivion"
A NATIVE NEW YORKER.
New York, Oct. 90, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-01
The Fusion Congressnen

There are four Congress districts
of Manhattan in which the Socialist
party is strongly organized and
ambitious t. send Representatives to
Washington. The 18th District, in
fact, elected Meyer London in 1914
and 1916. In order to prevent minor
ity Socialist control in this district
and in the three others the Republi-
can and Democratic parties COM
bined in 1918 and ran Fusion candi-
dates. Meyer London was beaten
that year by Henry NJ. Goldfogle,
Democrat, who is this year a candi-
date for reelection on bipartisan
ticket. London is again his opponent.
The other districts in which the
anti Socialist alliance was in effect
in 1918 and has now been renewed
are the 18th, 14th and Goth. Christo-
pher d. Sullivan is the Democratic
Republican candidate in the 18th
District. Mr. La Guardia, now Pres
ident Of the Board of Aldermen, was
reelected from the l4th District in
1913 on a fusion ticket. Nathan A.
psArlman is the Repuhlican-Demo-
New-York tribune., 1920-11-01
Calvin Coolidge Says
(Fyom his address delivered at Fred.
erick, Nd, Oct. 2s, 1920

erick, Nd, Oct. 2S, 1920
The hopeless confusion which has
existed and still exists in our exccu-
tive department is an indictment of
the business ability of the American
people. It's natural consequences are
bureaucracy, which governs not by
by the will of the bencticiarles; con-
tinuous encroachment upon the lib
critics Of the people through the de-
sire for more power where there
should be a desire to be Of more
service; an appalling increase in the
number of o1iceholdcrs, w;.ho at
which bureaucracy cannot exist, end
gross waste of public funds, al
ways the method of satisfying per
sonal ambition. To destroy burcau-
cracy there must be administrative
action and process. The powers Of
Congress do not permit it to execute.
1t can prescribe, but it cannot en-
force. 1t can limit, but it cannot
guard against interpretations that
nullify its decisions. Confusion can
be reduced to order only through a
complete change of the spirit of the
national administration. There are no
halfway remedies. The conditions, the
country, require the election Of Warren
G. Harding.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-01

represents the district where Chair
man koenig resides, and the Social
.sts care little as to whether or not a
man has been a faithful and intelli-
gent public servant An appeal may
properly be addressed to every
American Of the 9th District, no
matter whe>a born or of what race
or religion, to unite in his behalf
New-York tribune., 1920-11-01
TheConning Tower
AT THE HISTORICAL ROOMS

AL ldE nlSAOhACAA nOOMo
Before the weathcr-b beaten doors
We stood in hesitation;
We read'the hours for visitors
With vast deliberations;
The bell we rang-ts warning clang
Would waken half a nation.
The vigilant custodienne came
In answer (somehow, I've
Suspicion this archaic dame
Was Hepzbah rediviva).
We're we allowed? The lady bowed,
AS naughty as a diva.
She hurried US from room to room,
AS solemn as a meeting,
In tones that seemed pronouneing doom
Each stereoed phrase repeating;
If good the show, do not know
But it was surely heeting!
Now, if you please, just step this
way
An ancient watchr ans truncheon-
These guns were used on Training
Day
This floor, you see, is puncheon---
Old chair-old bed And now,"
she said,
II have to cat my luncheon"
We ventured: yours a happy lot
That studious souls might single,
To dwell here in this storied spot
Where many memories mingle,
Such as conspirc the soul to fire
And make the pulses tingle!"
Unsmilingly, she said, you're wrong:
In winter time it's freezing.
I have cold all winter long,
With constant cough and sneezng
The rooms are free; there is no fee
But gifts are always pleasing"
G. S. B.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-01
Gotham Glcanings
kkHAE2SgNE1szHsZyza1sSSyI - IFSTS i
- Election tomorrow.

Election tomorrow.
Vote for All Smith is our advice.
w. f. Hill Of klyn WAS trans
pontine gocr Wednesday.
Bert L. Taylor has returned to
Glencoe, Ill.,, where he lives.
Miss Lola Fisher shopped for
cats Wednes. without success.
Miss Wilma Shore was to the
Hippodrome Saturday afternoon.
Miss Zona Gale of Portage, Wis.
was a Gotham passer-through last
wk.
Miss Margaret Case of here and
Paris, Fr., sailed for Gotham Satur-
day.
Art Samuels was sitting next to
Ray Hichens at the Dutch Treat
Club Tues.
Mrs. Grantland Rice is home
from a trip to her native burg
Americus, Ga.
Art Guitcrman and Berton Bralcy
the W. k. poets were pleasant callers
one day last wk
Everybody is giving Frank Cra-
ven the deserved glad hand over his
dandy play, The First Year"
Percy MacKaye is living in OK
ford, o., where he is working on
plays and pageants and conferrine
with the students of Miami Uni
versity.
Old Clare Briggss daughter
Sarah eloped last Thurs with VIII
liam King O'Leary of Little Rock
Ark. 1t happens in the b. r. f., Clare
say we.
Probably tn hand of II. Bell Brown
"a different hand of the better sort
writes the publicity for "Parfait In
derthings"
New-York tribune., 1920-11-01

Well, we have seen an advance copy
Of Charley Edson's "The Gentle Art of
Columning," and read it. 1t is vitality
interesting, if we do say so. The only
important type error occurs in the
preface we wrote. 1t makes us say
"columned daily since 1918" 1t should
read 1908.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-01

AS near as we can come to under
standing telephone message left in
our absence, somebody has an idea
that there is wheeze to be whitfield
out of calling the White House Shat
tered Theory.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-01

Norr7alc:y

After March 4 the order of prece-
dence will not be:
/. The President.
2. The Democratic party.
3. Humanity (meaning foreign
interests).
4. The United States.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-01

For the revised arithmetics If a
coal bin is S ft. long, it, wide, and
6 it. high, how many cases of Gale
donian smoke will it hold?
New-York tribune., 1920-11-01

Prohibition Mother Goose
Twinkle, twinkle, little bar,
How l wonder what you are!
You who once sold gin and rye
Have to sell it on the sly.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-01

Guess who this is," telephoncd Dull
cinea yesterday. "Right-the very
first time. Well, was thinking that
my 'kiddies' always wear 'nighties'
cause they're so comfy Can you hear
me? Oh, all rightie"
New-York tribune., 1920-11-01

In Poughkeepsie a second hand cloth
ing store "offers a convenient place for
buying any apparel you wish to dis
possess, being just below the car
barn"
New-York tribune., 1920-11-01
SECOND AVENUE

Life stamps itself moro bitterly along this
avenue
Upon the faces Of its denzens
And on their walk and gaze
And here come those who pirate of types"
To find the thing they seek:
The vivid and the easily described
And all the squalor that they find
And all the hopeiessness
They'll try to pack into a ten-line verse
like this
For readers who will not look for themselves.
DONALD LINDSAY
Suggestion-D. R.'s-to the Hon. J.
Daniels: Sit Down, Sit Down, Sit Down.
You're Rocking the Vote.
Going to stay up late tomorrow
night TO hear the returns on an cleo
tion in which the odds on candi-
date are to |?
Well, SO are We.