The evening world., 1920-08-03
Apart From League, This Is
Reported a Big Feature
of Discussion.
TIRED OF BURLEsoNs.
But Some Conservatives Won
der How Harding Would Sat-
iSfy Hungry Job Hunters.
Bg DaUid Laurence.
Especial Correspondent Of The Eve.
nina WORLDLY

very much time on this. the baAtlo-
Ground OF tho Presidential campaign.
without gathering some imDrsssions
OF tho wpy the battle is EolnR.
II may not be pleasant news for the
white House, and II may not be pal
atablo for Gov Cox. but the truth OF
the matter u that leaving the League
of Nations issue aside. the people are
eager 20 know how far the Democratic
nominee is obliged 10 maintain In
office Incompetent Democrats. Some
voters impationtly brush aside wha
Gov. Cox may promise and regard him
a. already pledged to perpetuato
wisconsin. but this is most evident In
localities where the newspapers have
asstduously spread such an i'm
preston.
There is q large body OF voters,
however, who want q housecleGnlng
N Washington and they don't care
much who does H. Some feel that
Senator Harding aud new party will
remove the incompetents from ONCE.
but on tho other hand one strikes a
conservative business man who won
ders whether In the process Of salts
Tying the hungry ofiioe seekers things
might not be turned upside down and
competent men driven from ONCE. In
other words, there Is an element
which is not 80 enthusiastic about
change for mere change sake.
MANY ARE TIRED OF THE BUR.
Lessons AND cREELS.
And 1t is this element as well as
the people who are Democrats any
way. but siol1 and tired OF the Burle-
sons and the Creels--and not alto
gether happy over Attorney General
Palmer's policies-who can be reached
by Gov. Cox II he snakes 1t very plain
that he, too. will do thorough job
OF housecleaning II elected.
UnqueStIOnably there Ia q great
dead OF tntarest In Gov Cox's speech
OF acceptance. 1t VIII be carefully
examined, but the thing the people in
Ohio would like to hear Gov. Cox
say either IN his forthcoming address
or in subsequent speeches 10 some
thing like this:
II elected 70 once. I shall not
retain a single person in the Gov
ernment service who deserves to
be removed and l am under no
obligations TO retain any Wilson
appointees. In fact. / promise
an entirely new cabinet, a CeIbinet
Of business men and not q cabinet
of politicians"
The foregoing thought is expressed
IN one form or another by voters on
every side. II isn't simply bitter
ness against President Wilson. en-
gendered during party strife, but II Is
deep-rooted feeling that the Will
son cabinet should have been long
ago renovated and In substituting
new members for old. there should
have been appointed persons who
commanded public confidence.
HARDING WORKERS OPEN FIRE
ON OFFICE HOLDERS.
Senator Harding and the workers
In his behalf are mahIng excellent
hsadway by pointing to the errors OF
domestic administration. They do not
need TO talk much about foreign poll
caea but simply start oomparinE the
relative merits OF tho Democrats who
have held executive positions and thC
kind OF men tho Republican Party
can assemble. There has been 10 much
discontept--a good deal OF II was In.
evitabla as q result OF tho chaos o.
war-that where the League Of Ma
tions has really made inrOads as al
issue, the friends OF THE League an
being persuaded that Senator Hard
Ing will be all right on that issue any
way and that they had better no
take any chances on domestic admin
istEAaion.
OF course, the Democrats haven
got 20 work yet. There cRmpaiE
lS tagging and they will have interest
/
ord that the Republicans have mad
, IN Congress in the last two years, bu
ne would be a prejudiced observe
who did not admit that the Wllso
, load-entirely apart from the LeGgu
! iAsue-As a very heavy one, and tina
! ! Gov. Cox's opportunity lies in max
ing II very clear that ne means I
draw away from the ineompetency O
the past and give tho country nev
deal.
The more he shows his independenc
. Of White House rule the more peopl
in these parts, at least. like II. The
I aren't happy over hts visit 20 Mr., WI
son q few weaks ago. They woul
!. have preferred 70 soc him confirm n
: impression which went out OF sa
, Francisco Of \ triumph over wllso
? democracy.
Probably Gov, Cox knew that, b