New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-14
Bryan Demands
Party Pledges
On the League
Calls on Cox and HARDING
to Promise They Will End
Deadlock in Senate hv
Accepting Referendum
Democrats emphatic"
Republican More Sonorous.
He Says, but Sees Lit.
tie Choice Between Them

Special Dispatch to The Tribune
LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 13.-WYliam
Bryan, in statement made public bers
to-day, urged that the Presidential can.
didates. pledge their parties to abide bv
the result Of the election in disposipe
Of the peace treaty. that the deadlock
in the Senate may be ended Conpar-
ing the acceptance speeches Of the can
didates, Mr. Bryan said:
"Of the two speeches Senator Hard
ing's is more sonorous. while Governor
Cox's is more direct md emphatic.
"Both favor woman suffrage and
express the hope the one more state
necessary for ratification will soon be
secured. Senator Harding spends a
little more time on the subject. but
Governor Cox puts his views a little
more forcibly
"On the subject of universal military
training both are silent. although
either one might have made more votes
with a single sentence on this subject
than he could have made with the same
number of words on any other subject.
"On the labor question both speak
strongly for the wage Garner but the
tone of Governor Cox's utterances ON
the subject Will probably please the
wage earners more than the tone Of
the Senator's remarks. But neither OF
them spoke with sufficient deiniteness
in behalf of the general public.
Little to Choose on PROTECTING
ION the subject Of prohteering. thers
is little difference between the posi-
tons taken by the two candidates. lust
as there is little difference in the oosi-
tons taken in the two platforms. Gov
efnor Cox is little more emphatic
than Senator Harding in his denuacia-
ton of prohteering just as the Demo-
cratic platform is q little more en-
phatic than the Republican platform,
bat neither presents d remedy on the
SUBJ ect OF Mexico. Governor Cox uses
language calculated TO please those who
oppose intervention. while Senator Har-
ding employs'a larger number of words
with less de.initeness as to purpose.
"On the liquor question there is lit
tie real difference between the posi-
tions taken by the two candidates.
1
ment Senator Harding considers it
'unthinkable TO evade the law while
Governor Cox spurns the very idea
that a President would violate his oath
OF Office by failure to enforce the law.
"There is one interesting contrast
that can be drawn between the two
speeches. Senator Harding wants to
20 back 10 normal Governor Cox
wants to 90 forward. The former re-
/ CARDS the war as a distraction, and
seeks to- restore the conditions that
previously existed. Governor Cox
urges a forward movement to meet
new conditions and responsibility.
- have left for the last the subject
which both candidates put first
namely, the treaty. Both consider this
the paramount issue and both are hope
full. Each contends that the solution
lies in the triumph of his party. SEN
ator Harding calls upon the country
to trust the Republican party to con-
clude peace and then safeguard the
peace Of the future by an association
OF the nations, but ne does not outline
the plans upon which iais can be Sc
cured or eliminate the time that it may
require.
Cox Plan More Definite
Governor Cox indorses the Demo-
cratic platform and praises the League
of Nations as framed at Paris and now
accepted by nearly al the nations.
Governor CoX's plan is certainly much
more definite than Senator Hardings,
but he, like the Senator from Ohio.
falls back on faith when he speaks Of
the future.
TOO many issues enter into the cam
paign to make the defeated party ac-
cept the election as d mandate on any
particular issue.
"If we are 20 have a referendum
why not an agreement between the
parties TO accept the result as bind
ing? VIII Senator Harding pledge the
Republican Senators TO accept and
carry out the Democratic policy on the
treaty's situation if Governor Cox
wins? VIII Governor Cox pledge the
Democratic Senator's to accept and
carry out the Republican policy if SEN
ator Harding wins
IF such an agreement can be maze
/ between the leaders, with the indorse-
ment of the Senators, referendum
will mean something. Otherwise what
assurance have we that we will be any
nearer to settlement Of the question
after the election than we are now1'