Milford chronicle., 1920-09-17

League of Nations has been functioning debating
society many months. during which old ant
have been deyasting the Old World.
THE MAINE elections were simply a landslide for
the Republican ticket and indicate that next November
the entire country will register its reputation of the ad
mnisration by eectng Senator Harding the President
of the United States America The League of Nations
certainly not drawing card in Maine last Monday
at their state election.
AT CERTAIN PERIODS there arise in nations. states.
cities and communities who stamp their mark
the business, social political world by their
full management of public private interests In state
develop are by d-given ability
shape great events In the business world asonsh
the balance of the business by their wonderful
capacity successful business OF such there
in the of Dover, Delaware, who has created
a real power in the local newspaper world-and it has
been accomplished quietly and effectively grand
stand play 20 attract attention When the News
started at the State Capitol. there many who
pected dwndIe enterprises which
preceded it, and with which it into compedon-but
instead there has grown up the
most widely read weekly papers in lower middle Del
aware and this result has been the personal work.
agement and ability of James c. Wickes, who has d-
reced its being from the first year its
announcement made last that Nh. Wickes had
bought out the other the News and also
bought the building in which is located This is not
lucky result of business enterprise- the result
application
ethics and principles of real newspaper maker Sue
cess to Editor Owner-Publisher James c. Wckes and
may his tribe never grow less in Delaware.
-oOo-
GOVERNOR COX and his running mate, Franklin D.
Roosevelt, working themselves up to impassioned
heights oraory upon the subject of how the predatory
Wall Street interests preparing buy the presi-
dency for the Republican party and upset the federal
bank act In view of this York
Evening Posts cordial support" of the
tip ba
to Governor Cox. The Post is owned by Thomas W. La
mont of the firm of j. P Morgan and Company.
J. P. Morgan and Company probably the chief of
our international bankers They favor Cox because
favors the Wilson league and the Wilson league an
international proposition which promises profit to them
If j. Morgan Company are not representative of
Wall Street, know of firm which is And yet Cox
has the support of the firms medium publicity and
public influence We doubt that will be able to divert
attention from this fact by verbal attacks upon
Street the reported S15OOOOO0 or Repub
can campaign fund
In the first place, the charges by Cox and Roosevelt
that the Republicans planning buy the presidency
are merely charges VIII Hays has pointed out that
ed upon not better evidence than item" read
n newspaper" He has pointed Coxs charge on
he subject is equally without proof e
The idea of purchase of the presidency is repu- i
ve that it makes ready weapon and both Cox and
Roosevelt using without substantiaton can
e doubt that if they had proofs they hes-
ate to use them. They have the contrary the .
republican campaign contributions decenral- Is
zed than before, with limit $1,000 for each o
contributor Plans for this decentralization giving
we're made than a year ago. -
1t is popular faacy to believe that all money spent n
campaign sush money Advertising, speakers ex-
enses. postage campaign eterature Office expenses and
of other things which cost great money n
a national campaign all legitimate. Money for
hese to inform not corrupt the With
ut its expenditure there could be intelligent decision
y the of voters II
Any attempt to impress voters with idea that all
ampaign expenditures corrupt itself corrupt If
ampaign publicity and attendant outlay means corrup-
what does the of the organization which is
maintained by Democratic federal patronage mean? -
doubt that there is Democratic postmaster
other federal job holder in the States who is
using both his time and his position their limit to vi
lpport the Democratic ticket?
They paid by the Government not from a cam III
align fund, but they arepaid, nevertheless And they
ope for pay for four years they can NJ
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ishes to make the issue moral one why over
ok this feature? NJ