The Washington times., 1920-06-22
END WILSON reign,
M'C0MBS ADVISES
Former Manager Attacks Presi-
dent as Autocrat and Con-
demns League Issue.

CHICAGO. June william v.
McCombs. chairman OF the Demo
cratic National Committee from 1912
to ia1S. and msnsEer' Of President
Wilson's 1912 campaign. Issued a
statement here last night before
leaving for San Francisco attacking
what he Characterised as the Presi-
dents Autoeratie assumption OF
authority.
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MeCombs announced that arrange
ments had been made to obtain for
him q seat in the New York delega-
tion II he decides to take the floor at
San Francisco.
The New York delegation. he pro-
dicted. will throw its support to
Governor James M. Cox, OF Ohio. after
casting a complimentary vote for
Governor Smith. .-. .-
He added that he believed a
Westerner. possibly from the Pacifc
Slope. will DE nominated for Vice
President.
His statement in part follows:
lucy ttil th0t hoo
pledged its word to Europe. and that
this word must be redeemed in the
process OF a national campaisn. In
my belief America has pledged itself
to nothing.
One individual. speaking as such.
permitted Europe to believe that he
spoke for . nation, for in the last
analysis. he was nothing more than
q self-appointing emissary.
Nevertheless. America is aski TO
validate this signature affixed abroad
"a signature WHICH apparently was
accepted in good faith by all the Eu-
ropean peoples as absolute.
The President negotiates a treaty.
but the Senate may or may not concur
by two-thirds majority. In this par
ticular instance there has been no
concurrence.
"Other nations may want League
OF Nations, and II may be that we
do, but we do not. want to commit
ourselves to the League of Nations
as IL was brought back from Paris.
II is an international issue, but IL
is a highly debatable question as 10
what importance IL should have in
a national campaign. Ultimately II
is a question for the President and the
Senate to settle"
The statement then declares for re-
construction at home. rehabilitation
OF railway and internal waterway
transpor rtation and for solution OF the
high cost OF living wholly apart from
any International affiliations" The
statement continues:
when the great war broke out In
1914 naturally America was more or
less dazed and was willing to accept
any kind OF leadership which might
draw 1t through a possible difficulty
In this moment the Chief Executive
again repeated that he was the leader
OF his party, a conception heretofore
never entertained by an American.
AUTOCRACY IN AMERICA.
AS we'll might the Chief Justice Of
the United states. Mr.. White. a Demo
crat. have made the same proclama-
ton Might the Speaker OF the House
Of Representatives, Champ Clark. So
might the Vice President, Mr.. Mar
shall. Constitutional President of the
Senate.
But America was concerned with
great issues and paid no attention to
what happened to be a detail.
1T was in such manner that for the
first time in the history OF this coun-
try autocracy came into being. 1t was
an autocracy which was questioned.
but which was accepted by virtue Of
necessity.
But this unhappy hour has passed,
and at San Francisco we again return
to true democracy regardless of place
holders and pot hunters. We have
finished with the fine phrases.
This country is determined to act
in accordance with it's unfailing sense
NJ Justice The indignities of autoc-
racy will never again be accepted by
this nation. This is fundamental and
no confusion will be brought about
by diplomatic or financial machina-
tons