Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-01-31

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the Edwards candidacy is an insult,
TO the Democratic party.
lmpartiatly is not sufficient. Ii
MIR. Cummings thinks it is his dut,
to lend his official presence to tn,
starting of such Il boom. he had bet
ter retire from the management OF
the party long enough to get acuuaint
Cd with the sentiments Of the part,
ana the country. Our party has enough
u 40 meeting live issues now before
the people without ticiug itself tc
the corpse Of the liquor traffic or d,
grading itself to the level of a busl.-
ness that became Il stencil in the nos
trils Of the people.
IL AIR. Cummings has any sympa.
thy with the Edwards boom he Is
not lit to DC the head OF the Demo
Graf organization and if he is not
intelligent enough to recognize the
INJURY he is doing the party by profes
sing impartiality between the Edwards
boom and legitimate candidates ho
ought to relieve the organization
from embarrassment by resign.n
GOV. Edwards determined to get
iuto the fracaS too and tho following
Geographic report shows that he is
tight ng mad and that he has no
f2vors to ask either Of Mr.. Bryan or
OF those, who arc supporting him
The report reads:
Governor Edward |. Edwards. OF
New Jersey issued Il statement Co
night i'll reply to references made to
nm by William Jennings Bryan in re
Spcct to the launching of the Cover
nor's presidential boom at his inaug--
ural dinner.
lie termed MIR. Bryan's attack
vicious" declaring that those fami-
liar with the Mcbraskan's history
know that Mr.. Bryan has always
been for Mr.. Bryan.
"llc never refused to adopt any
horcSy" tho statement said. chat
looked as If it could garner votes. He
adopted the fiat money hcrcsy and
was decidedly rcpudiatcd by the com
mon sense of the country. He says
that no reform ever came out OF tn,
East. He overlooked the fact of one
magnificent reform that came out of
the East. which defeated him and re
formed the Democratic party.
Governor Edwards added that late
~ those who have Followed Mr.. Bry
an Know that ho adopted pacirjst
hereSy, which would haWo handed
the women and children Of this coun
try over to the barbarism Of a Tcutou
ic military autocracy >"
One OF our good friends in Ports
told story, in which he said: "You
cant fool Il horse-fly a white cit1-
zen was out on tho farm and was
constantly annoyed by biting m
sect. lie struck at. it several times
and finally he said to the country
lad, What kind of bug is that? The
boy looked and immediately replied,
Mister, that is Il hOrSc.-fly. You
cant fool him. He never hothcrs any
thing bu: horses, Eaules and jack don
keys" The citizen looked at the boy
with contempt. 40 you mean to say
that | am Il horse, n mulc or a -
donkcy?" The boy looked up and re
Piled, "M.ster, you cant fool ii horse
fly
The logical conclusion in this mat
ter is that You can't fool William
Jennings Bryan. Hon. Homer S.
Cummings is tacitly supporting Gov.
Edward |. Edwards and he cannot
fool Bill Bryan. This fact is cmpha-.
sized by the comment upon the stu
alton by the New York Sun. That
ably edited newspaper quotes from
Hon. Homer S. Cummings remarks
as follows:
Nothing has been more compelling
CT intensely dramatic in the past few
months than the triumphant result
in New Jersey. | am supremacy conf
dent that the manner in which Coy
crnor Edwards will administer his
office will get the loyal and abiding
support of the people
' And again:
, II trust that | may not be miSunder
! stood when | say that the democracy
, OF America is exceedingly interested
! in Governor Edwards and his polici-
eS."
Were not these diplomatic remarks
quasi endOrsation of Hon. Edward
I. Edwards and his policies? Is not
President Woodrow Wilson pledged
to support the nominee Of the Dem
oCratic Party in New Jersey, be lie
"wct or dry" suffragctte or anti-sui
fragettc? The New York Sum con
cludos as follows:
So Cummings, who might have dodg--
cd the dinner or pleaded with the
diners to forget the rare old ales OF
IJnIc0n Nd a.