The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1920-07-10
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE.

We do not claim the gilt OF prophecy but predict
with confidence that the next President Of the United
States win be newspaper man, he will be from Ohio
and he will be golf player. The nomination Of Gov.
James M. Cox by the Democratic National Convention
makes Ohio the hub Of the campaign and makes it GER
tain that the state which rightly called the mother
of Presidents will give birth to another The careers
Of the two candidates singulary parallel Both are
Of coonia stock with Scotch ancestry both horn
in Ohio, both were brought up farm, both began
newspaper work in youth, both achieved ed
tors and publishers both entered into politics and at
tanned high office But both cannot be elected President
of the United States. The people, next November will
decide which one of them shall in that high Of
fce and the decision will be based upon many consd-
eraons aside from the comparative character and quail
tiles Of the two candidates.
One thing is certain: there viii be no solemn refer
endum" the eague Of Nations That was never pos
sbIe in fact but the nomination Of Gov. Cox makes
the pretense impractcable. For Gov Cox docs not fit
the platform utterance No doubt he will indorse the
platform but if he will accept the league plank with
menta reservations, allowing hmsef to interpret the
Walsh amendment very broadly and literally Gov. Cox,
let it be said is not supporter of President Wilson's
got and title" view of the covenant "He win not say
that he is against the League Of Nations it stands
writes friendly biographer, 'but he lets you know in
-hs own subtle yet positive way that he would prefer
League of Nations that is American than the pres
emit league" He is quoted saying that 1.-THE funda-
mental principles of the present covenant should be
taned" but his idea of what the fundamental prn-
cples is not the that of Mr.. Wilson. In short,
Gov Cox like Pomercne, the Democratic Senator from
Ohio practical reservaonst eve should not close
our minds to reservations that might be Of re-
concilng differences" he says which has always seemed
to to be the sensible way to look at the problem,
but which has not been the Wilson way and there is
nothing in the Democratic platform justify such
attitude The convention after clarifying Wilson ard
his league policy in the platform nominated candidate
who is opposed to that policy and whose views and SYM
pathies lean toward, wholly in accord with the
Democratic Senators VIII ovoted for ratification with the
demned in the platform.
And the convention, although the majority of its
bers were dry and although it refused to make any
concessions nthe platform the powerful and active
wet interests, nominated candidate who is cassed
wet This consequence of the superior political
strategy of these interests, and while there is prob
ability of any legislative result of importance to the
VETS should Cox be elected the ghost of the prohibition
issue will stalk through the campaign creating discord
in the democratic camps Mr. Bryan, who in this mat
ter has millions of voters behind him. said recent
y 81 have already expressed my views of the candidate
and Of what he stands foar and indeed he has, in such
terms would appear to make his support of the cand
date impossible No doubt the wetness attributed to
Cox will draw many votes to him. particularly in the
urban centers, although he President would hardly
dare to fail in the enforcement of the law but whether
it will not take many votes from him in the
country from the women especially is at least open
question Some of the correspondents at San Francisco
spoke of the ovation Bryan his 'valedictory" We
recall that at the 1916 convention in St Louis they said
he was "dead" But Bryan will be neither dead nor
dumb until he is put under the ground.
Turning from these considerations to the personality
of the Democratic candidate is but fair to say that
he is of many attractive qualities that have made
him very popular in Ohio, popularity attested by three
elections to the office of governor in state that is
normally Republican. He is neither radical nor a
of judicial temperament and disposed to be fair to all
interests. There is nothing of the autocrat about him
There abundant proof of this statement in the fact that
throughout Ohio he is known as Jimmy" Cox Try,
gentle reader to imagine any American citizen calling
Woodrow Wilson, "Woodie" We said in discussing Sen
Lodges keynote speech that $50 far his theory
of administration and government concerned there will
be no Wilson dynasty The Democratic party will see
to that" Well it has to it. That issue of the
paign is already settled.-St Louis Globe Democrat.
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