New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-07

mcnt, the Democrats, if they will make
the campaign IN the spirit in which they
started it, may be unusually confident
of victory.
The Sun and New York Herald'
The nomination Of Governor Cox il
intended, for one thing. to make of
ONO tho Chateau Thierry of our ma
uonal campaign. The deeper and more
cunning purpose of his hackers from
inc very first, however, was to drive
wedge into strong Republican terri
tory of The East which is supposed to
have desire to modify drastic pro
hlbition. But there is more than
possibility, there is q strong prob
ability, that this strategy of the par
tlcular Democrats responsible for the
Cox nomination may break down. and
break down badly here in the East, as
1t almost certainly will in the nation.
Governor Cox was the original
choice of the precminent machine
bosses, men who are repugnant 10 the
rank and file of their party outside
OF their own states. They conferred
upon Cox, and no secret was made OF
1t, because they expected he would
come out in the open for a wet plat
form, wet platform campaign. and.
mlnlstratlon and legislative program
Now. the American people never like
candidate who will not stand straight
up on his two feet for or against any
national question. Governor Cox. since
San Francisco. is under the mis.rus.
of both the drys and the vets: for,
if the general public cannot abide a
straddler, the vets will not trus.
gutter. After the early wet intrigue
and the later convention triumph Of
the professional bosses who stamped
out McAdoo and Palmer to thrust Cox
into the nomination, it is doubtful
whether Cox could gain the confidence
OF the drys even with a fiat declara-
ton against any wet policy.
We have no doubt that he would
be far better off to show himself to
the whole nation either as wet as the
hunters powder
"The Evening Post"
OF the three leading candidates at
San Francisco the Governor OF Ohio
was easily the most desirable.
The Globe
II the position of the two candidates
can be put into phrase, Harding is
carried by his party, but Cox. who is
OF somewhat greater stature. must
carry his party as we'll as himself.
'The Evening Mall
Frankly. as vote getter from the
only source trom which the Democrats
can have any hope of securing victory,
the ticket nominated at San Francisco
IS one to be reckoned with.
The Evening Sun
The Democratic convention at San
Francisco might have made q far worse
nomination for President than that OF
Governor James NJ. Cox Of Ohio. Gov
ernor Cox is man Of sound type
Personally he has general respect. He
has good record as Governor Of his
state. He cannot be elected President,
though he will, no doubt, cause lively
and interesting campaign.
The Evening Telegram
One faction at the San Francisco
convention announced that it had won
moral victory by keeping wet plank
off the platform. Another faction was
moral victory by killing proposed dry
plank. SO once more moral victory
was demonstrated to be what every man
Of good sense would regard as plain
defeat The only result of the battle
is that the Hon. William Jennings
Bryan and the Hon. " Bourke Cochran
must feel like winking at each other
as they go by.
The Evening World"
Governor Cox is nominee behind
whom all Democrats may we'll unite.
Nomination of Governor Cox strength
ems and clarifies the issues in the only
spot which the platform left indefinite.
The Brooklyn Eagle
James Middleton Cox stands as the
ultimate choice of body as free as
any in the history Of political parties
in the United States Of America.