Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-03
PARTY |SUNEASY
AS:COX NEC[ECTS
LEAGUE |NF|GHT
Fear Effect on, Public. Mind if
He "changes Horses in
Midstream" Now,

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Unea4tnesR tsstucreAstDg in some fen-
ocratic circles over the position Cindf.
date COT e dndinx himself in. rsaa4fve
t0 ala immeufate sesec8im OF cempod91l
issuea. ThA question ID being asked
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not IN +dact. weakened tne teaGoe ot
nAtiopas jk1se, the one upon which his
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INVERSION in1o tne unprontaole sanelne M
OF campaign 1u1dA.s s
It is Z hardy partisa6 Who oonteraal
now. that Gov. Coz. hag made z a,cce11
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sumption. of hearinxs before, tho: inyusti.
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when tl,a chair,nsn Of thair nationai
comrnittee. GeorxA white: testifief fhis
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Is IN earnest IN niS 1ovo0C ., U1 tne
league q nations. lo0 per cent Wuson
made! qemocraric pohucaano are ASK
ing. ie is aamitsea M tnae Lne,e .t -
groundwork Tor DOUBT IN tnis respect
created by the incident Of the new demo-
cratic campaign manager later Qualliy-
ing the unQu2Hned acceptance by Gov.
Cox OF the Pree1dents league, on the
occasion OF the 'Whlte HOUSE SUNDAY IN
terview.
,..;.., ,.,,.;,;.,. :, ~. democratic
-fI@cu!9i puSs pone,E.as sht IN LII - .aen.cas
upper clrcies IeAn]e .nas Viz WI. t,.e 1850
9eMocfauS suScesH =. III ~ So. an,,ntrv -
tne stoun1sMei sI 1 IN III. n,ss,eS ~ ~ yo,iti
1nu.Hs ma as.;nts.rat;nna nI1 ,sn1ac Eng demo
cratic domination with Republican con-
troll After all is said and done, and
with all due respect to all higner ideA,s
the workers In the democratic ranks
know that 'the real thing they are W
against" as they express II. Is this -un-
questioned and undoubted spirit abroad u
the land. It Is needless to reason OF
argue whether it is just1dable or NOT;
they know 1t exists.
President Wilson's solemn referendum
on the league Of nations, with the appeal
to sentiment. ethics and ideals involved
was accented by many democratic lead
ers as the best issue they could stress
to OFFSET this possible drift away from
the democratic party. Other democratic
leaders felt that while 1t would be neces-
sa-y to assent to the Presidents atti-
tude as reflective Of the democratic posi-
it the better.
1t is generally assumed that Gov
Cox himself felt that way and thought