Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-10

effort of the chief Meade leaders
to play the game with the old men,
ter. 1t is true the bosses who favor
ed Governor Cox's nomination be-
cause they thought him wet enough
to help their local tickets In state
and city campaigns did not actually
control majority of the Democratic
convention.
Nomination Not Tainted
Jimmy Cox didn't get tainted
nomination. No, the delegates who
were for McAdoo were converted by
those infinitely painstaking processes
of persuasion which are known only
to those who have worked on con-
vention floor in the heat Of battle:
the speech made by Senator Pat Har-
rison, of Mississippi, nominating
Cox, together with the skilfully pre-
scented arguments concerning Coxs
fine record as governor Of Ohio dur
ing three terms, helped create, SO
an atmosphere entirely favorable.
The deadlock and struggle came be-
cause of the vets who were espous-
ing Cox.
The Democrats must be o given en-
political wisdom which the Repub-
iicans should have followed. The
managers of the McAdoo forces v1r-
tually entered into an agreement thar
the choice must be McAdoo or Cox;
SO long as either had change to
win as against any other candidates.
The Democrats didn't eliminate their
strongest vote-getters simply because
Of rivalry between managers as a.
Chicago. One side mere surrenoereu
to the other. r.
First Palmer withdrew. then NC
Adoo's men capitulated. Disinter-
ested Republicans say Wood or Low
den or johnson would have been pet
ter vote 1ge Rsn 15in i leadeFs at
Chicago considered the resentment
over the Wilson administration SO
great as to make it possible Tor any
Compromise candidate to rae lneo
power on the momentum OIL the
"t Rnt the Republicans felt sure the
Democratic candidate would Pc Me MG-
Adoo or some counterpart OF WI,
son. 1t happens that the Democra.ttS
nominee was given birth oy paTen1s
who are almost as resenttul OF Wooo-
NV ~ Wilson's treatment Of organlza-
tion Democrats as are the hePu,u
loans on other issues Wilson1an: Inc
truth is, Governor Cox may pc Iou ,,S
praising the League OF NaI1ons, an4
upholding the RECORD OF hut anfhusi-
astic Tammany and other Democra.iS
asoa o,, 10 lions will spread the word
thToI1ghout their various electoiaeee
that Cox means new oeaI, 4;m
cabinet and no obligation 10 r eCai
in office the Burle so bs ana f heIped to
diminish the presidents prestlge' MT
will Jimmy Cox be required 70 SUI
merge a domestic issue IKE Ine Ism I'm
If living to that Of internatlonia1Iaishh Nv
He will not be be h in b fsSb Behalf for
snvthing that has happened In WASH
inSton In the last eight years any
, r,5 than will Warren Harding DC
he1d to account for the mistakes u
Taft. -. rsaua
11oo,,eSffonably the Democrats
:, u IN ai,eSroWed their chances in the
arot nv throwing off the Wilson pur-
den. though they have taekn t stt1i
chance with the west Wn1cn -
treasures its idea III W,l ann as $3.50 some
thing too big in history TO be Dru;s St
Cd aside by mistakes in the appolii'
ment of third class postmasters.
Republicans at Chicago Grew s aws
from FRO mre tns ed to the good old days Of
Simple campaigning and slnnpie
81 aid the Democrats who spen1
more time arguing about peer ane
wine imam IH0y uAu va" NAAS 4
Even after the platform was auopteu
the liquor issue was the controlllng
factor in the movement TOT anu
against Cox. ~
It is to be an old-fashioned cam
paign on both sides, probably Witt
the torchlight professions ana
marching clubs. Jimmy Cox VIII
not have much of quarrel WIZ
Senator Harding about the League OF
Nations. Both will ask for the same
thing-the ratification OF the treaty
with reservations that reconcile all
differences" For be 1t known that
the twenty-one Dem ocratic senators
who voted for the Lodge reservations
threw most of their support here I
Governor Cox since they expected
him not to offer them up on the al
tar because they differed with Presl-
dent Wilson on the matter OF reser-
vations.
The league issue is likely to be |
obscured in the east unless hiram
Johnson jumps into the fray and de-
nands that Harding interpret the |
Republican platform too literally
The present outlook is for straight
out fight on the merits Of Republi- |
canism and Democracy apart entire |
iy from afar Europe. Wars may
come and wars may go. Politics. II |
nothing else, is back on a peace |
basis.
SUFFRAGE Rill Dies