Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-07-31
HARDING CALLS ON
 COX FOR SPECIFIC
 STAND ON LEAGUE
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have been able to give Senator Walss assurance that would have saved the
 latter from the uncomfortable ne cessity of admitting that they did not agree about article ten.
 "There is further evidence that the den ocratic nominee is obligated to stand by the foreign policy of the present administration. Mr. White, ! the new chairman of the democratic national committee was interviewed in Washington yesterday and said 'progressivism is to be the paramount issue of the campaign. And later he added, 'progressivism necessarily car ries with it the league of nations, and he indicated very plainly that the democrats intend to attempt forcing other issues tc the front to keep the public mind away from the fact that their candidate has given his pledge to support the Wilson policy toward the treaty and the league.
 "It is perfectly understandable that the democratic campaign manager should desire to have the whcle sorry business of democratic foreign poll cies forgotten. But the country will not forget. The more .ho democrats attempt to get away from His ques tion, the more insistent the country will be to know what they intend to do if they are entrusted a;th the ad- ministration. It is as plain as day light that accord could not have been established by the president and the democratic nominee, except on condi- ton that the latter assume all the liabilities of the presidents program.
 "No matter how it may be camo- flaged or glossed over, it is more obvious every day that if the demo crats should win, their effort would be to compel ratification of the league covenant without essential modifi. cations.
 Senator Walsh's statement makes this perfectly plain. He admitted himself in disagreement with Gov ernor Cox immediately after long talk with the governor. Senator Walsh has heretofore been just as ardently opposed to article ten as any of us. But for the sake of democratic har mony he is now apparently willing to forget about it, and to try to in duce the country to forget about if by pushing other issues to the front
 C. 0. P. Fund Popular.
 "In connection with Chairman Whites statement that 'progressivism is to be the paramount issue of the campaign l note that Mir. White an nounced that the democratic commit tee will not restrict itself. to S1,000 contributions as announced by tic republicans, and that he said that any such restriction was buncombe. have misgivings as to whether our country will agree with MT. White. At any rate,' it will be regarded as a queer sort of progressivism, this polk ing fun at sincere effort to limit the amount of campaign contributions
 "The republican arrangement has undertaken in all good faith to raise truly popular campaign rund. It is believed that this will be accom- plished and If so 1t will be most notable advance in political manage ment. It is true that with the ium- Der of voters sut stantially doubled by reason of woman suffrage, and with the increase ia expense of cam paingning, a good ctsl of money will be required to carry an effective ap- peal to the people. Nevertheless, the republicans have undertaken to raise the money in snnall amorrls by popu- lar subscriptions. They lope to suc- ceed.
 "The democrats flout any such sug- gestion and at the very outset of the campaign proclaim that they have no intention of attempting such re- form. They will discover before cleo tion day that the country is not pro pared to approve their program of unlimited campaign funds. Undoub.- edly it is quite true tl'at certain pow erful international interests which are deeply concerned in carrying out the present administrations foreign olicy, are prepared to contribute most liberally to the democratic funds. Un- doubtedly it is true, too, that without