Norwich bulletin., 1920-11-01

dential campaign. Nobody else could have done it for him.
 Consider, for example. the psychologist l. signifeance of this final tourch, accom- pliHhed by the candidate-artist at Mid dletown, Ohio, as recently as Wednesday last Governor Cox was being questienedt by a voter about his conception of the normal force of the obligation to obey the call of Article X He dedged for lt-l tie while and then, under the pressure of demand for a yes or no answer, replied with an afeetstien of solemnity: You ask if we are morally bound. If it is a grave matter, We are going to accept a message from God Almighty" And with the anext breath came this next sentence we are making a bet on the morality of the world. The ab- 1 selute unconsciousness of anl lapse from reverence or dignity. the lightning change from the exalted and mystical phraseol- ogy of Woodrow Wilson to the accustom- ed lingo of Tom TaggTat and Tammany, illuDaine like a sudden beam from h
 searchlight the true inwadrness of the
 mind capable of the quick transition. A
 message from God Almighty accepted aS
 a tip and played for a gamble Who
 but Governor Cox7
 Another layer of the composite is sup-
 ulied by Governor Cox's reckless readi-
 ness to naaiign and misrepresent and
 bring baseless accusations whenever po-
 litieal advantage has seemed to him like
 ly to accrue. memorable case. in point
 was with his Pittsburgh cNarge con-
 cerning a s15,0e0,oo0 or s25. GOO cor
 ruption fund in republican hands for the purchase of the presidency, For weeks
 ne made this the main issue of the can vass When it was not only diseredited but rendered ridiculous in the clear light of proven facts he still persisted in the unfounded accusation, promising to make his wodrs good later on promise he has not redeemed and of course will not redeem. There. has never been such a singer of mud in the person of candi- date for president. One dishonest and dishenorable conspiracy against him has been alleged by himself and kept moistly l audible until some equally infamous and equally non-existent plot occurred to his irresponsible imagination. Courtesy toll ] erence, dignity, self-restraint have been | words unknown to him sice he took the stump His whole frantic demeanor in l this respect would be grotesQue in the extreme if it did not denote a tempera-
 ment and lack of scruples sinister in view of the office and power to which l he aspired
 For another and typical Illustration ot 1 the moral processes we invite attention I to his bid for the so-calIed Irish vote by 1 promising, if elected, to help the caus< of Irish independence by bringing it be- fore the league of nations This is sheer impudence on the part of MT. Cox. Ths hollowness of that cheap expedient fol the winning of momentary support ough
 to shock the sensibiIities of the mos interruptions demgoague For Governor II Cox knows as well as anybody else no ) only that a single British vote woult exclude any proposal looking to Irisl
 Independence hut also that even if tn !, case of Ireland should reach the eounci for consideration it would automatieall,
 subside under the eigth section of Arti Gle XIV, which provides that if the dis pute between the parties is found to aris out of at matter which by internationa } law Is solely within domestic jurisdic } tien "the council shall so report an make no recommendation as to it's set , tiement The entire league scheme tie ; Ireland to Great Britain instead of pre- l senting road to possible separation I By hundred similarly unconscious an 5 unintended disclosures during the fe, I months of his soliciting the office of high t est dignity and greatest responsibilit : in the world Governor Cox the eandidat T has measured for the einforma tion of tn a voters the extent of his personal UT T worthiness to be elected. The smart ma Y I'll tiacfo III tiIc cOIupo6lLe, the Sty maj Il the agile self-adapter. the clever inpel v ator, the supefficially resourceful an c persuasive talker. The New York He n sald has found no evidence that in an . senator. the superficially resourceful ar .- persuasive talker. The New York He al aid has found no evidence that ln an h quarter of unnncrtgaged opinion tn gre h. a been aperceptible growth of onpfden, Il in the fitness of Mr Cox. as ss4tssma - to exercise the functions of president
 the United States of America
 l. Wherever outside the line of strict pa ,- tisanship he may have seemed ta be WI hing votes it has been for reasons e ! eluding- any consideration of his ov l. qualities reasons which apparently Sot; r have been daite as strong had the ca ,e didate's name been Murphy or Tagga ,f or Nugent instead of Cox, provided in is any one of these gentlemen had given :. ,- same amount of lip service to the leag
 of nations.
 The best gange, perhaps of the signi at canse of the portrait Governor Cox h ic unconsciously given us is to take t ss list of the twenty-seven Americans " ,t have served their country as preside n-i and to compare them in tividually wi is him in respect of serious .1entaI equ of rnent, of moral stability, of cabacity 1 T. the constructive work of statesmansis n It is true there have been a few-a ve
 few-inadequate men who have reach Ir. the White House through election or c. accident of succession. Marc1 the wee nS est and least satisfactory Of them it. against James N. Cox as portrayed ne himself in this campaign; shall you q a Ar an is7fo