The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-22
.AUTOCRACY IS
OPEN CHARGE
Resents Assumption of Party
Leadership Put Forth By
MIR. Wilson
NO LEAGUE OF NATIONS
IN IT'S PRESENT FORM
Predicts San Francisco Con-
ventiion Will Nominate Cox
For President

CHICAGO. June 21.-Wiliam +. Nc
Combs. chairman OF the Democratic ma
, tional committee from 1912 20 1915. ana
manager of President wilson's 1912
campaign. issued statement here to-
night before leaving for San Francisco
attacking what he characterized as the
presidents autocratic assumption Of
authority.
President Wilson. he said. had no
more right 10 cali himss.f the leader
of the Democratic party; "A SonSep.i0n
/ heretofore never entertained by any
American than has Chief Justice
White. former Sneaker Champ Clark
or Vice President Thomas f. Marshall.
Mr.. McComes announced that arrsnhSn, fdt nST,,
m-nts had been made TO obtain Tor nun
a seat in the New York delegation II ne
decides TO take the floor at San Fran
cisco. The New York delegation, ne
Governor James NJ. Cox of Ohio. attcr
casting a complimentary vote Tor
Governor Smith. He added that nc be
licved a westcrner. possibly from tn-
Pacific slope. will be nomiht"d Tor
vice ps'S'u'"r Tn. statement.
His statement in part follows
They tell me that America mas
pledged It's word to Europe, and tha'
this word must be redeemed in the pro-
cess OF ndllOHdl -,
belief America has pledged itself 10
I nothing. One individual speaking as
such, Permitted Europe to believe that
nc spoke for a nation. for in the last
ANALYSIS he was nothing more tnan
seIf-appointcd emissary. Nevertheless
, %merica is asked TO validate this sigma
! ture AFFIXED abroad. a signature Wnicn
! pparently was accepted In good taltn
by all the European peoples as aoso-
| lutte. ,-so.v
| hut the senate may or may not concur
/ by two thirds majority. In th'S partlc-
, uiar instance there has been no con-
League OF Nations
"othcr nations may want a League
of Nations and II may be that VIC 40
ant we do not want TO commit our
selves to the League or Nations as
was brought back from Paris II Is
An international issue. but II Is highIy
dnhatah,e ouestion as TO what import
ance II should have in a national cSm-
. paiSn. Ultimately II is q question ioa
| the president and the senate 70 ses''ec
: construction az home. rehabilitation OIL
railway and internal waterway trans
nortation, and for solution OF the hlsh
. cost of living wholly apart from any
international aniliations' me S''e
ment continues: i,
: when the great war broke out IN
ilal4 naturally America was more or
less daZed and was Wiling 10 acScps
Iany kind OF leadership which mlKht
draw il through n possible dirlcutty.
In this moment the chief executive
again repeated that he was the leader
! of his party. conception heretofore
never entertained by any American: As
we'll as might the chief justice or the
| United States Mr.. White. Democrat
/ have made the same proclamation. 20
! uirh, the vice president. Mt. Marshall
! constitutional president of the senate:
; But America was concerned with grcat
! issues and paid no attention 10 what
appeared TO be detail.
Autocraty Resented
| "I, was in such manner that for the
first time in the history of this country
. autocracy came into being. 1t was an
autocracy which was questioned, but
which was accepted by virtue OF necess-
! ity. But this unhappy hour has passed.
and at san Francisco We again return
! 10 true Democracy regardless of place
/ holders and pot-hunters. We have nm
! ished with the fine phrases. This coun-
! try is determined to act In accordance
with It's unfailing sense of justice. The
iindignities OF autocracy will never again
! be accepted by this nation. This Is
funda mental and no confusion will be
brought about by diplomatic or financial
machinations.