Arizona republican., 1920-07-20
eovernor cox and the President

 presidents views with respect to the League of Ma tions We have that from the president, from the governor himself and it is confirmed by the testi- rnony of Franklin D. Roosevelt who stood by and saw them in accord" The evidence of an eye wit ness cannot be sneezed otherwise treated light ly Mir Roosevelt stood by awe-stricken and open routhed. with a proper suppose, of his own nttleness. MT. Roosevelt is not selfish He was sorry not others there to enjoy that inspiring spectacle. wished he that every Amercian could have been silent witness to the meeting between these two great men," whose splendid and high purpose are an inspira- tfon"
 If every American could have been there, doubt less Mr. Roosevelt believes it would then and there have been all that there would have been nothing but wait until the night of Novem- Der for a formal count of the votes.
 Though MT. Roosevelt the chronicler of this famous meeting did mention them, those voices II air. which have guided Mir Wilson, were no doubt again audible that Governor Cox may have heard them. been great thing if every American citizen could there to hear them; then the election would have been cinch. Who could go back the voices
 We accept the genuineness of MT. Roosevelt's ac- count of impressive. inspiring meeting. of the things he the voices" he probably heard, as fully as Mark Twain believed account of modern miracle whose reator stated that there was an angel present He not only saw that miracle him. self but the angel him it. And who. Mark asked. could doubt the word of an angel?
 But it is not a miracle that MT. Roosevelt de- Miracles unexpected things; subversions of the laws of nature. But this accord" some thing we ali expected. If had heard that the president and the governor were not in accord we would have regarded that a political miracle something contrary to the law of politics.
 It was not difficult for the governor to say that he accord with the president as to the presi- dents obsession inclined to hurnor people
 
 T am the Sultan of Turkey declares obsessed individual
 Sure you are" replies his auditor; you're czar all the Russias too if SO" Governor Cox could very we'll have taken is- sue with the president the League of Nations Though the president twice repudiated first by the people large November, 191s and again. by the Democratic party more recently in the very nomination of Governor Cox. he still has large fol- lowing which the governor will very much need. By his agreement in general terms with the presi- his obsesson he attaches the support of the president If he had disputed the president at that conference he would have incurred his bitter enmty The president formerly believed Democrat is who votes the Democratic ticket but he has since the qualification, so that a Democrat is one who agrees with the president to the League Nations.
 Governor Cox understood to be rather in different subject. He had taken stand dur ing long and bitter controversy His two papers, most democratic papers did, favored the treaty but without insisting the un- dotted the uncrossed 't's" In the absence of any evidence the contrary. Democrats who were opposed to president, classed Governor Cox among those who willing to accept the pro- tective Lodge reservations.
 will however, know the extent of the accord" Shortly, governor will issue his speech of acceptance. That will tell the story in part, but not wholly. Speeches of acceptance only little more binding party platforms It will be in the governors campaign utterances that will learn all about accord" predict that the gov ernor a nice sense of touch will play with a pedal just loud enough not to the accord into a discord