The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-09-29
NOW ON TOUR CHECKING UP MASS
OF POLITICAL INFORMATION
Facts In Hand Cover state Contents AZ
We'll As National Campaign
By MARX SULLIVAN

National Political Correspondent Of Inc
Intolligcncer and \. y. Evening fost
Washington. Sept. IS me c""lp" - :.
has now reached a point where canu"r
Is A difficult quality either Ia kt' iT'"'
Others or t. achieve In oneself. frei'hS -
have benn aroused ana IN" voters nav .
uuuitc generally arrived at Inc "'".e VI
emotion uT conviction where lhey nave
uinu' up lhClI Ih"hhh now '"'1 49,
Ing T." yOt,
1i,,Inu urIiNri al THIS paint. II IL a
pra,iI,nlty universal Idl' HAT 'h"''a''''
a nrau du's n'I ca" n" H""' u '" h'"' NV
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f,,i 10 his " irI,rs 1ho nui"h"i "f 30
,.u, /, small whn ,nn dlhllns"l"h ho
Tween tie T".In all What The VIC"
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pnlninhIr ~. roughly. "u" "u' ~ oH",'
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tho rn1o rnnd"r sometimes hurts W"
III hlrnns unh sometimes '"h"' -.
nut cnrdnr IN n reporter \" l"'n'u' w
rrac,Icn for to1snna more closely r"r.
eonpI Ihn thnt Tho very intimacy TINT
muhcs tho rosposqion nf candid fnr''
and candid Judgments possible InP'M"
pcrsnnnl relations with leaders ann p"'''
,Iciana which ralRo ducTi"ns "t dc'l'h'S
In tho recitation OF such facts ma ]u"E
Not Easy to ne Candid
Moreover. II Is recognized thai party
,,icreuts arc ConCretely injured by
candid statements OF conditions
party leader may admit 10 you In con-
ndrncc that his party Is going To 10y"
New York by 100000. or that ms i"n,I
hn
vote; but the public setting down "t IN"
f,rt tends to acCentuate tho very con
dItion it describes. Every politician
knows that the party morale. n"th "l
workers and voters, ls lhJuI"u TS
statement, OF conditions or prediction
Of results unfrt"ndly To tn" party TO-
cally or nationally 49,, -
All theSo rc"''." ,'hN W.
nuke cnndor difficult. You may l."
annRllv fond al pa - 80, or w"
dI,lutc: and n YOU nr". You h"SlIan" '"
n, yba, will iuJurc his chances. lhrr'
100 there In always n feeling mar puh'"'
Interest IN tho result would d" "a u
cd either locally or nntl"ha,N, ny -
,n,, candid sta cmcnt or CnndhlhhS ""
thcy rxiSt early In tho contest. WV"
Ihrrc IL yct time for them To ChahHr
Nevertheless. candor ts IA duty I" inc
ruLII,. Thorc OF US who mr." making n
business OF following tho campaign,
knowing tho candidates and IN" Cohon-
,tory ~ kuowiur ~" iuUu"e nrd the re-
iations OF the candidates to those
sues have the opportunity u"
moro accurate Information anu 70 io I
closer Judgments than others iian'',s
,bIs nnnortunIty. Il becomes duty 10
,ransmi, these facts and Judgments can
ANY attrmr, 10 achieve carefully In !
anccd impartiality. detail ny nc.h,''
would lead to Selt-cohsclous TuI'pLo
sion and .trrilc barrcnn"ss. and Is short
hoth Of tho interest and the canqnr
which readers hav" right To expect
rho not result OF compl"t" candnr IN ac
tails tx tho best Kind or mpar AI'!
I, 10 true that cvcry Judgment Is 10
degree Influenced by the personal c7uA-
lion. but thnt qualification quickly ~
80, annn-nr' :" I've reader. and ""
/. able 20 discount II.
No Outstanding Personalities.
In tho present campaign probably IN"
,ndIsnosItion Ia bc tolerant OF cand"r IL
loss general than In most campaisnS
for undoubtedly in this campaign INC
punIic generally is less hot up" than In
any presidential campaign for the IaS'
Twenty-Five years In NIL or "hch Gnu,
nnIynS the candidates Involved ln"Iun'"
nnn or moro Of such compelling person
.iities az Roosevelt Wilson or Bryan
Hardly anyone Is As excited over either
Cox or Harding a. nearly everyone Was
over tho more dynamic personalities OF
Tho other three. As minneapolis
politiCian expressed II In writing 10 me
The other day, Il haven't heard OF any.
body up hero getting eXcit"d thn
smashing aotneonC clse's nose In po-
litical argument this year yet.
However. In this campaign. such as
AZ Is we have reached the month dur
ing which candor is. as rule. unpalat
able to tho reader and costly TO the
Siver Candidates. both for major and
minor offices. political leaders. editors
and ardent party men generally nrc all
in A state Of emotion where CandOr Is
usually not highly valued commodity
either as 10 the producer or tn" con
sumner heveTthelr ms ! have said
those who have tho opportunity I" ac-
oulrc candid fnCts and Ia form candid
Judgments have the "lenr duty of trans
hitting them
Your correspondent hope at" prrsont
during the coming month abatement
Of conditions throughout tho country.
tho candor and accuracy OF which can
n, depordod upon with confidence have
ha,n In CoTrSspondanCo with many hun
drods Of persona --gnVnTnOTn. members
nf conHroau AonntoTa aud former hold
or. 81 Iheno offices. party leaders,
oditota newspaper men. 'haIrInsn aud
mrmharH 81 Atatn, national and county
Democratic and Republican committees
aud tho Ike. All this correspondence
has boon In Conildnnco. and the Circum-
stances OF II. including In pcarly all
caaos personal acquaintance with tho