The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-10-08

mOSt interesting anu important were
those Of New York and Illinois. In
the former the REGULARS" Of both par
ties won. The Republicans renomi-
mated Senator WadswOrtl. and the
Democrats named Lieut.. Gov. Harry
G. Walker as his opponent. The 1lli-
nois primaries were Interesting. espe-
cially because of the fierce ''civil war;
within the Republican party there.
The faction led by Mayor Thompson
OF Chicago was bitterly attacked by
the metropolitan press, hut 1t swept
Chicago and Cook county. In the
rest Of the state the Thompson
forces piled up such large majorities
that at this writing the result is in
doubt.
The power Of the press" is very
poorly exempiified by the Chicago
newspapers, for they nearly always
lose in fights of this kind.
The congressional investigating
committee dropped the inquiry into
Cox's charges concerning the Republic
can campaign fund. the Republican
members holding that they had not
been proved and the Democratic mem.
hers having little to say. Mr.. Cox.
however. Is unwilling to let the matter
rest. and in a recent speech he doubled
the amount he said his opponents were
collecting. stating that the fHnd was
to be $25,OOo.OO0 or $3O.OOO.OOO. FIX.
pert political opinion is that the gov.
ernOr has done his cause more harm
than good by his "expose" of campaign
contributions.
Both presidential candidates are
perforce dev0ting a great deal of at
tentiOn to the League of Nations.
Senator Harding. in n message to
wOmen's club. said: 1--WE are desir.
GUS Of preventing war. Let us not
break the heart Of the world by any
more decisions. Let us unite Amer.
lea behind new proposal to the other
nations for the prevention of war and
for amicable relationship In world ad.
ministration. Let us. in doing this,
preserve our own national conscience
at home. and not check 1t ut Geneva"
Out West, where he has been deliv.
ering "peppy" speeches. Governor Cox
promised that IL he were elected the
league would be ratified. money would
no longer be spent on battleships and
the government funds would be used
for such purposes as reclaimfng arid
lands. Mr.. Cox also gave his full ap.
prevail to the plan for world court
as put forth by Elihu Root and the
rest Of the advisory commission Of
turists. This court, said Mr.. Cox. can
not In any way be regarded as sub
stitute for the league. being rather q
part Of the cOvenant-which is quite
true.
Mr.. Root sailed for home with the
intention Of taking part in the national
campaign and to urge America to adj
here to the international court plan.
which he Is said to regard as the high
point Of his career. The proposition
was taken up for discussion by the
league council when 1t met In Paris on
1t was expected that Italy
and Japan, and perhaps America.
would make objection to the article
In the constitution Of the court which
provides for compulsory adjudication.
In making public the text of the prof.
ect the council, In a letter to all league
members. said:
1.-THE council would regard an ir-
reconcilable difference Of opinion on
the merits of the scheme as an inter-
misfortune Of the gravest
kind. 1t would mean that the league
was publicly compelled to admit its
to carry out one of the most
important Of the tasks which 1t was
Invited to perform. The failure would
be great and probably irreparable: for.
II agreement proves impossible unde:
apparently SO favorable.
It is hard to see how and when the
task Of securing it will be successfully
resumed"
Russian bolshevists. not giving up
their attempt to conquer Poland, con.
centrated large force for an attack
IN the direction Of Lemberg; hut the
Poles report that they have admins
tered crushing defeat to these
troops. and that their own operations
along the upper reaches of the Bug
river have been very successful. Hos.
tilities between the Poles and the
seemed to have Quoted
1OWn. but the latter were gathered