The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-10-14
Parding Makes Strong
Plea to Southerners
Massachusetts Irish
Vote for Harding;
Majority of 10000
BY DAVIn LAWRENCE
Copyright By the mtelhgencsr)

BOSTON. Mass. oct. l3-Throat trou-
bic has been an uufurtunat" handicap
tn rIany u campaign speaker but nun'
~rc,T9> to have DIX N"t"p"d va$" exactly
nkr that II senator David Walsh Of
Mas SnChiSrttN lie didn't become
specChl"SS aS Is generally the case. oN
addressing open air meetings. No. n"
grew lnarticula,e when he read tina:
Cow Cox Of Ohio had embraced tnc
LcaSue OF Nations IN the WilS"nian
sense after the memorable meeting az
the White House.
ThN senator engineered tha MaSSa-
chuSetts delegation at the democratic
uationaS convention and helped nominate
Cox, Shortly afterwards he went 20
Dayton and after = long TAX with tn'
governor was all right on IN" league is
sue
But the visit to the White House and
the subsequent speeches by GOV. cox
made il difficult for Senator Walsh
to follow the new standard bearer OF
the party without jNopard!zing his posi-
ton in the Demoeracy Of Massachusetts
which is ninC-tenthS OF Irish birth or
descent and believed that the League OF
Nations is British product and that
even II Article y were cut out. II would
still BE- OF benefit 10 Great Britain. In
deed, the basic objection OF the irish
to the league is that Il associates thH
United States with England and X tho
Irish had their way there would not
be any dealing with Britain. diplomats
or otherwise. until the Irish republic
were recognized.
Has Throat Trouble"
So Senator Walsh developed a case OF
throat trouble and has not been heard
from in the national Campaig since his
trip 10 Dayton. .. And The Democratic
party in Massachusetts, has gone over
almost wholly TO the Republican cam
palgn and will vote for Senator Hard
Nh Il. No
would be a large Republican majority
in this state anyway on account Of Gov.
Coolidgcs place on the national ticket.
but the acquisition Of the Irish vote
will help swell the majority 10 some
thing like 100000.
The Democrats Of Massachusetts, still
have 4 state ticket. yet the recent state
convention at Springfield wherein tho
Democratic national platform on the
league Of nations was endorsed. had
about two hundred votes as contraSted
with the two thousand normally repres-
ented Not a single Irish Democrat or
prominence with the exception OF Mich
ael OLeary-not even Senator walsh
himself-atteGded the convention. MIR.
O'Leary had been nominated for COVER
nor in the primaries but withdrew IN
favor of Marcus Coolidge. a Democrat.
who was given sort OF FranHlln
Roosevelt nomination so as TO derive
some benefit from the name or CooIloSe.
The Adams Ntxup
The Democrats named as electors
what the average worker in the party
calls a high brow" men like Charles
W. Eliot and Charles Francis Adams.
but whoever was in charge OF the bus
mess of picking electors to so on the
ticket slipped a cog by not consulting
Mr.. Adams. who. by the way, owns the
famous yacht ReSolute, and IS a de-
scendent of John Adams. He has an
nounced that ne will vote for Harding
but II he - elected he will ABIDE by
the other electors. There Is no chance
OF his being elected, but Il illustrates
the awkardness OF the Democratic posi-
ton in this state this year.
As matter OF fact there are some
rrixb who will vote the party ticket
tbey have always voted and will on cleo
ton day submerge their innermost irish
feelings. 1t will not be Il wholesale de-
sertion.
Tho Republicans themselves are part
lv responSihlc for this as Senator HARD
ing has said publicly ne didn't believe
America should meddle IN the lrlSn
question and ne remarked in Oklahoma
the other day that he didn't believe the
american pcople would permit the Brit
ish government TO tell us 70 CIV" the
Philippines their Independence. Strange
how times do change. Just lew year ;
ago. somebody got UP IN the. House or
REPRESENTATIVE in Washington and de-
cIarrd tha, the Catholic church had
rouyht the grant % lndepc ndence and
tho same speech accused the Irish OF be-
ing in consistent In not supporting the
movement for Philippine republic.
Mhereupnp Representative iialliran.
Democrat. OF Massachusetts. delivered
himself OF an irvective against the
aforesaid somebody. declaring there was
no comparison between the people OF the
Philippines and the great Irish race.
Yet. senator Harding DID use com
parison OF Irish and Philippine. inde-
pcndcncc and ii hasn't hurt vitality.
Disgust with the Wilson admtniStra-
tion and the allie ged failure Of the Pres
ident to wiring Irish freedom from the
British At tn. Paris conference. IL IN"
firSf and foremost thought OC the Irish
Democrats They will punish Wilson
iirSt and attend 70 Brother Harding at.
tC:wardS Probably tho banners and
decorations viii not have boon taken
down cwenty-tou hours after March
fourth next when a delegation of Irish
will 30 asking American intervention in
The Irish controversy. Also. IL cannot
be said that the Republicans have
shown much hospitality 20 the new
Irish element coming their way this
year The Republicans Of British origin
do not seem to fraternize a. Republican
Eather!rgS with the Irish Democrats.
The Irish are by 40 means "A prrma nent
loss to tho Democrats of this state.
They will hc back in the party just as
soon aS they have expressed themselves
on the lea gue issue and matters Wilson.
ian.