The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-11-19

what this country has had under his
regime is democracy, then the people
will not have It, They may honor
his talents and will sympathize with
him in his affliction but II would not
be democracy to let the viii or even
the welfare of any single man block
the progress of the nations. They
must move on in the great march OF
civilization, and they cannot stop
even when a great leader drops out
Peace to Woodrow Wilson; he in
tended we'll, but he suffered under
handicaps which were too much for
him. The people have been very pa
tient with him, and they would have
shown much more sympathy for him
if it had not been for the policy of
secrecy and Justification which was
adopted at the White House.
First the public was told that his
ailment was nothing serious and
nothing in the nature of paralysis,
or mental trouble. His doctors said
that he was capable of doing a full
days work. Then Just before cleo
ton, as if to arouse an emotional
wave in his favor, it was given out
that, after all, he was a hopeless in
valid and a broken old man. If the
same lack of candor had been used
when Garfield and Mckinley were
lying stricken by assassin bullets the
public would have had the same right
to think that there was something We,
ry wrong.
Cox, as we say, took on himself the
onus of the Wilson policies, and it
broke his back politically. Wilson
had discovered that he was wrong in
assuming that the people were for
the league, and it was this discovery
that laid him low. But still he did
not take the lesson to heart and he in
sisted that Cox must resurrect a
corpse into which he himself, it's ere
ator, had been unable to infuse the
breath of life.
One thing that the people as a
whole-men and women of all par
ties-resented was the false claims
and wicked, slanderous "whisperings"
which the Democrats depended on to
carry them to victory. Keep the
White House white" was one watch
word that was passed around. 1t
was based on the charge that Hard
ing's grandmother was a negro. This
of course was foul, criminal SANDER.
1t had a big effect in those sections
where the race question is the pri-
mary issue; but it was a boomerang
that hurt Cox elsewhere.
Then the course of the American
Federation of Labor, in taking sides
politically and commanding the cleo
ton OF Cox, reacted powerfully among
all those classes of conservative Am
mericans who do not believe in class
tyranny of any sort or in sovietism or
however disguised |
The Federation made a most serious |
in thus trying to deliver the |
labor vote" and failing. This counts
heavily against both Cox and the |
unions.
The Democratic leaders we've inso-
lent and deceitful to the last. Up to
The very eve of the election, when ev-
sryone who had any sanity knew that
he conditions were all In favor of
Harding, they issued their state
nents declaring that the situation
was entirely satisfactory and that
Cox would be overwhelmingly"
elected and Democratic house and
enate chosen.
Every straw vote, every test, every
INQUIRY had shown the same state of
Kings the country over: a Republi-
AN landslide was coming. Leading
Democratic papers that had repu-
alton at stake, after canyassing the
ituation admitted frankly that the
on the wall said Hard
ng.'
We must remember that the hum
lie citizen, sitting back in his home
nd thinking for himself, has exactly
he same power at the polls that the
nost transcendental idealist has. And 1
t was these sober, cool-headed peo- |
lie back there" who rolled up those !
eally terrifying votes for Harding.
70 wonder Senator Harding sitting :
n his home, with his noble but SLAM {
cred wife beside him, felt no false {
ride and prayerful in his realiza- $
ion OF what this great vote of faith {
leant. I
We refuse to record this as a par G
lsan victory, great as it is. 1t is a '
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Il