The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-09-22

There is much to commend the idea.
1t would serve notice on those who
believe in the League OF Nations that
If they wish their cause to have any
thing like a decent show in the conf
ing election Il is up TO them to do the
necessary work. Such move would
throw the responsibility of the cam
paign on Prof. Irwin Fishers recent
ly organized League OF Independent
Voters and on similar organizations.
Ii the friends OF the League of Ma
tions were made aware that the rcspon-
sibility is on them. they might do some
thing at least. AS things are now. sub
stantially nothing Is being done.
AS things stand today, substantially
tho whole burden Of the Democratic
campaign and the League of Nations
reSts Squarcly on The shoulders of ono
man, That man is Gov. Cox What comes
out of his mouth is practically the
whole of what is being done to elect him.
II would be an cNaggeration, of course.
TO say that the campaign for the DEM
oCratic party and the League of Nations
is limited by the distance Gov. Cox can
throw his voice. for the n"wspapers
carr at least few Of his words
throughout the country. But it is true
that Gov. CoXS brain and personality.
and voice constitutes practically all
there Is Of the Democratic campaign.
From any point of view that is a
pity. | don't know any one. even the
most hardened Republicans. who doesn't
feet that Gov. Cox Is making n gallant
personal campaign. Even those who
most dcplore some Of the things that
Gov. Cox. under the pressure of carry
ing the whole burden OF the campaign.
has said and done. nevertheless have Il
sportsmanlike feeling that the candidate
is entitled to the help that in past cam
paiGns has always been given 10 the
candidate by the party organization.
whita RaN Ability
Whenever a condition like this exists.
there is always multitude OF explan1,
tions, and they always include a COOL
deal OF recrlmination. There is recria'-
nation now, So far as thts recr 'nas
mon is directed at individuals IN the
Democratic national headquarters. :; IS
nearly all unjust. Chairman George
white Is an able man, and his assistant.
Congressman Cantrill. Of Kentucky. Is
man of exceptional character and p"i't'
cal sense. Chairman White IS ei"r!
bit AS able Z man as Vance MCCorn,ick.
who ran the 1916 campd IN; or William
F. MCCoOmbs. who ran III" I9l2 cam
paign. II things happened 10 be gong
as well now as they were III 1915 anu
1872. everybody would be saying that
Chairman White is a wonder Cha rfnan
White has all the ability that IS called
for--cXcept the ability - Coujurc money
ont of empty pockets. The National COM
mittce has good plans. | am familiar
with them and know them 10 be- good
But they can't be carried mt "tf".'; be-
cause there is no money. The - are men
hcre in New York to-day ready to 20
west 10 do important campaign Work
who can't so because there is no money
TO pay their railroad fl.c. IL on" were
free 20 tell some Of the things u,at are
happening because Of ths lack "f money.
they would sound senSa: HnaI
Has No Mechanism.
l.. hn fnr
OF the Democratic treasury? 1t isn't be-
cause there are not plenty Of Democrats
and plenty of willingness to give IN rca-
Sonahlc proportion to their means. but
the national committee has no mcChan-
ism for collecting the money. At least
it has no machinery for collecting SINAI!
sums over widespread area. There was
such a mechanism but IL was discont!n-
ued. \ good deal OF tho difficulty ~
due to the change in the personnel OF
the party organization that attended
Cox'S nomination. When the forces that
nominated Cox came east from the san
Francisco convention they were httlc
too much in the flush of victory.
Tried to Same Cummings.
They wanted to make a clean sweep or
headquarters and put their own men Ill
charge. They got II partly done before
Cox became aware of it and put 4 stop
10 II. Cox tried to save eX-Chairn an
Homer S. Cummings just as he was ,'e-
lng deposed. but it was too late. Cox
did save some of tho minor oiliclaiS
but a rift was created by the aggressive
ness of the men VIII" named Cox when
has never healed. 1t was too late Tor
the new crowd TO hu!ld up an effective
mechanism for collecting small contrl-
buttons. The time was too short. Ihcn,
when they turned to getting large con-
trlbutions from IL few rich Democrats
they found that many of these Demo-
Gratis, while willing 10 give within rea-
son. were not disposed 10 go to the
limits that they were for Wilson In l9ih
and 1912 Wilson was their man; Cox Is
the other crowds man. Undoubtedly.
prejudice against Murphy. Nugcnt. ana
some OF the other anti-WilSon bosses
who had hand in naming Cox has chill
cd those Democrats who are friends or
Wilson and McAdoo. McAdoo person
ally played the game as loyal party
man. He has given a thousand dollars
in money; nc has written to every dele
gate who voted for him at San Fran
cisco asking each OF them to do his best
for Cox: he has presided at Cox meet
ing in New York: and he has offered to
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