The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-09-01

Y Y YHILE Governor Cox, candidate oil u great pOntcal party lr
Wv the great office of president of the United States, is busily
engaged in shouting liar from the platform at officers Of
the opposition party, and Aingng forth charges Of campaign fund
corruption which he does not undertake to prove, Senator Harding
the republican candidate. IL giving to the country VIII cain IN CON
ment. in the event Of his election The contrast in the attitude and
in campaign methods of the two presidential candidates is striking
aeters and abilities and it seems to us that this conviction must be
going home to the great masses of the American people who arc
thinking about their national government in this campaign, as never
OF what great moment is it to the nation whether the managers
Of the two great parties spend three or ten millions Of dollars each
in course of the campaign. If the money comes in a clean way and IS
used for Glenn purposcsf Both parties will have legitimate uses fr
all the funds they can obtain. II the legitimate programs OF publicity
planned by both party arrangements are carried out vast sums oil
mo money o will ~ b. re Eeq1 ,hc a., Nf iwss t%"ron %i%Se Nrson mrcSE n",ion al aS "
Using campaigns have been planned by both republican and demo
cratic party managers. These have been discussed in the trade
journals of publishers. Great. national advertising authorities have
been enlisted in planning the campaigns. What more legitimate use
Of campaign funds could be made than the use OF newspaper and
magazine and billboard space TO present the candidates. and plat
Governor Cox is seeking to convince the nation that he alone is
honest, that money spent in his behalf is fairly spent and that money
spent in behalf of his opponent in dishonesty and unfairly obtained
and used. i. is the typical cutlery of the demagogue. 1t does not
appeal to the American sense Of fair play.
Unless Governor Cox can prove in a definite and convincing way
that republicans campaign funds have come from corrupt sources tor
corrupt purposes it seems very certain that his effort must react to
his infinite disadvantage.
Senator Harding, ON the other hand, is leaving campaign funds
and campaign management to the party managers and to the fair
~mindedness Of the country. His own attention is being devoted to
telling the people what definite policies he Will pursue IN directing
the government, abont what plans for progress he has in mind. AS
an instance we have, his statement yesterday dealing with the un-
developed resources of the west and his policy toward that develop
ment. We have a keen interest in that policy here in New Mexico.
For the past eight years we have been let entirely without a"s Thc
administration has not even been interested in our problems, needs
that during part Of that period the wal properly absorbed national
attention and effort; but before the war the attitude of the Wilson
shows the same intelligent interest in the development OF the west
that Theodore Roosevelt demonstrated in so practical a way.
Take up again the reclamation and construction work fostered
by Roosevelt, y says the republican candidate.
"They are trying to buy the election away from mi, shouts Cox
Considered in connection with our situation here at home, which
utteranes is the most convincing as evidence of broad, Intelligent in
terest in our welfaref