The Washington herald., 1920-07-26
By wYTHE WILLIAMS.
tWnsbipgtob Herald Public Ledger
Service. Special Cable Dispatcho

! Paris. July 25.-Myron T. Herrick
! former United States Ambassador to
! France, in an exclusive interview for
| the Public Ledger today, talked
seriously Of politics for the first
i time since leaving America 1t was
evident from everything he said that
the former ambassador who headed
the Harding delegation at the Chi
caSo convention, intends on his re-
turn to Cleveland next month to
wage heavy warfare in the pivotal
State that is the home of both can
didates. He said:
The storm of queries leveIcd at
Gov. Cox by Senator Harding, fol
! lowing the Democratic candidates
interview with the President. in
which he received the doubtful hall
mark of Wilsonian approval, i'm
mediately put Cox in a weak, de-
fenslve position. where he will re-
main from now until his defeat is
proclaimed. Harding is, as his uues-
tions clearly indicate. a campaiEner
Of the first order. In donning the
mantle of Wilson. Cox made a tao
teal mistake. Many disappointed
Democrats believed that on many
points Cox was counter to Wilson's :
policies. This gave him his great
strength in the San Francisco con-
NCntiOn.
Weary of Wilson.
The Democratic party was suf-
tiCiently weary of wisconsin to turn
to man of independence and
courage and at the same time with
a party record that was all that
could be desired. That he should
now echo, with Wilson, the words
we are agreed thus indicating that
he will follow to the last the Will
sonian phrasing of the treaty and
the league of nations covenant, is
something hundreds of thousands of
Democrats never expected. From
now on Cox will be doing all the
explaining-for Wilson as well as
himself-while Harding will force
the attack.
Regarding the contest purely as
a contest and not speaking from
party interests, 1 would say that
at the outset Cox has succeeded in
getting into a bad strategic posi-
tlon. OF course if Cox felt he
simply could not carry on without
the White House stamp of ap-
proVal, L imagine that is about all
majority of Americans care to
kno" SO far as he is concerned.
II he had the idea that he was TAX
ing on the Wilson mantle because
ne thought Europe wanted it, it
may come as surprise to the
American people to learn that Eu
rope never did believe the league
OF nations was practical without
haVlng preliminary treaty.
treaty that would provide immedi
ate reparations, that would insure
devastated regions being restored.
EUROPE yielded on this question
because 1t thought America de-
manded 1t as we'll as Wilson. If
only our peoples had been able to
understand each other. Failure to
40 SO earlier was entirely due to a
strictly censored press.
Cox Definitely Wet.
another point-Cox is definitely
wet ana has got the Anti-saloon |
league OF America solidly against |
him. 1t is evident that America |
VIII never return to the open sa-
loon, notwithstanding there are
many people who thought it was |
aooisned IN an unfair way and that |
the suppression of light wines and |
peer was carrying things too far. !
put 10 go back to the days of the |
W WhlskN rebellion in John Marshall's |
me- the New England States then |
threatened to secede because the |
government decided to have a rev. {
sooe TAX ON alcohol and thus pro.