The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-09-25

herad his coming with front page headlines, big pictures of the csndi
date and columns Of tpycY viii he name one such newspaper
What newspaper in all the west has failed to do its enormous
part in getting the people out to hear him speakf Will he name one
such paperf
What newspaper in all the west has failed to print not only the
text or substance Of his address when in the city Of publication, but
all of his address carried by the press wires, when he has spoken else
whercf Will he name one such newspaper
What newspaper in all tho west would be fool enough to try to
suppress the news about the visit Of a presidential candidate, even if
Will Hays should ask il TO do so; which Win Hays is not fool enough
to do, as Goernor Cox well knowsf
On Governor Cox train arc a number Of The best known news
paper men in the world men whose regulations for accuracy and fair.
ness are more precious to them than their lives. Does Cox charge that
those men have been suppressng the news about him, or any important
portions OF his speeches.
1t is a fact that every newspaper reader from Oregon, around the
circle TO Colorado knows, that every newspaper with a wire connec
ton has has been mp printing dns,@ daily y every cry Word word it .h has i. received from m its 5 press press
to tell these same newspaper readers tina, there is a conspiracy Of
silence against him.
Why is it, then, that Governor Cox is not satisfied with the attcn.
ton given him BY western newspapers; Is i possible that the things
Every newspaper in the United States with an associated press
from the Cox special train before it left Albuquerque Thursday night,
Is that a conspiracy Of silenceG
Do you people know what was the item featured by the correspond
cnts Thursday night in connection with Governor Cox speech here1
IL WASH what he said about the league of nations because he he
copy for these trained newspaper reporters, 1t wasnt what he
didn t say anything II wasn't what he said about the little southern
New Mexico town where he stopped and was amazed to find that they
that. They also were kind enough to overlook what he said about the
absolutely nothing about It or its needs in national legislation Or id.
minisration. What was left for these trained news men to lead their
Why just this conspiracy Of silence, - that 5 all. 1t was a new
version OF a charge; something new in the campaign; the only thing new
enough to be important in what Cox said here, and therefore news.
Il has been 50 in the reports Of every Cox speech The correspond
the be- newspapers SSs ap ns's can on y print I" " the / cores eerrsspond nj send sssd~ And
what they send does not create the impression that Governor Cox is .
field What they send creates the inevitable impression Of a candidate
fed from day to day about plots to buy the election away from him and
expcctantiy for statesmanIEe discussion Of the grave issues Of the cam
pagn. That is what happens in the reporting Of Governor Cox
campaigns and he calls the results conspiracy OF silence
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of the United States very soon, you to whom Governor Cox SO feelngly
appealed last Thursday night as the jury, just consider t%houshtfullly
light it sheds upon the character; the ability, the craftsmanship, the
suppose it were true that Win Hays were fool enough to try e
hatch "shs and i, put over a conspiracy pp Of silence !. you you know that it hash
There are too many newspapers and too many people read more thar
S ops. aI S"d%Dss I. oa Ssl Ss b, wn' sos a P5ssid dc tSsa e an .Srass sp sSs r TO
no newspaper can suppress what he says even If it should try hecaus
What does a conspiracy Of silence, real or alleged, mean 10 you a
voters. when you know il could not possibly be perpetratcd and wher
stand fori what they propose TO do for you and our country il elected
what their policies are to be, what legislation they will urge and wha
Is a presidential candidate who devotes his time his power am
crows and bugaboos, of presidential Sizef Is he big enough, courage
Gus %s o%ou gh f .or Gsdrla enough ,Sn SsS able s enough to D be ,h trusted se,iow with the great
Can you imagine Grover Cleveland trotting around the countr
Can You picture Theodore Roosevelt taking the time out of
presidential @i;a tia campaign mm.ig to to hatch %hn nP t charges ss; Of being hna tra e, by spies sEdes. an,
when he had great issues to discuss and a message OIL a promise for tn
Can you conceive of a situation in which Woodrow Wilson woul
waste his time upon the platform rsnting and raying about the mi
nation s solemn referendum is about TO be taken upon his great dream
,.Oor aa anywhere y% np tss, " Warren nny 't 6 mspdin sI has sp Ssna,ua ay a iSs esai
man of the democratic national committee for raising a campag
) that he has stopped 10 petty twisting Of his opponents statements
. or that he has paid any attention to his oppoonen.s at all, save and onl
in dignifed argument of the real issues before the nahon2
We need a president Of the United States during the next fou
Does Mr.. Cox, as you have seen him, as you have read of him du
ing the past sixty hours, measure upf !,
E. conspiracy Of silence scarecrow and his platform tricks, with Il