The Republican journal., 1920-08-26
HISTORY, MOSTLY.

In the Democratic convention at San
Francisco there were two administration
candidates, Mr. McAdoo and Mr. Palmer.
We find nothing wrong about that. The
administration had a right to present
these candidates and to urge the nominal
ton of either of them. The VETS had
the same right and SO did Tammany or
any other group of Democrats. The dele
gates representing the Democrats of the
country were, in the main, the ableSt
Democrats Of the United States 1t was
fair light in the convention, fought in
accordance with the rules, there was no
striking below the belt and at no time
did it degenerate into rough and tumble
In which there was gouging and biting
The newspaper reports of the proceed
lngs showed that, as compared will other
conventions, it was an orderly and a
rather dignifed affair.
The convention praised Mr. Wilson and
his administration in such ornate eulogies
as are customary after men who have
held high places, are dead This was
premature to be sure, but it was consid-
crate and kind. The convention then
proceeded to kill Mr.. Wilson, politically
we mean, with that deliberate care and
thoroughness which hould always char
acteriZe the conduct of public execu-
ton. Mr. Cox was nominated. This
IF hir
administration and of his henchmen from
Mr.. McAdoo down to Joe Tumulty. 1t
was n no sense a reputation of the
tenetS Of the honest men in the Democrat
ic party of whom there are many, but of
the construction which had been put on
those tenets. We presume these men
believed that Mr.. Cox was a Moses who
would lead them out of the political
Egypt in'which they had been wandering
for many years. In this they were mis-
taken, for two reasons, the first being
that the nomination of MIR. Cox did not
cause the political death of Mr.. Wilson.
Mr.. Wilson is still alive, very much
alive. Moreover the nomination of Mr.. |
Cox did not, in the slightest degree i'm
pair his political vitality. He is today in |
as absolute control of the Democratic
party as he has been at any time during
the last four years and this fact must be /
very depressing to those gentlemen who |
strove so nobly and so righteously to put
him in cold storage. The second reason
was that few days after the convention
Mr.. Cox was afflicted by an attack of
cerebral vacuity in regard to all political {.
matters. He did not know whether he
favored the league of nations or whether
he was opposed to it. Nowhere in his
gray matter could he find fragment of
convection as to what he thought of the
league or about any other matter of poiti-
cal Importance. Before sitting down to
write his speech of acceptance he wanted |
to know what he thought about all these
matters and to be able to state to the
voters what he would do if elected to be
President He went to Washington and
Mr.. Wilson furnished the empty cham
bers OF his visitors brain with thoughts.
taken from his own somewhat UNIQUE
aggregation. Just what thoughts were
transferred we do not know but after the
goods had been delivered and Mr.. Cox
had departed he said:-'I am absolutely
at one" with the President. 81 will carry
out any promises he has made" That
is all we need to know.
Mr.. Cox who was nominated by the
men who were opposed to Mr.. Wilson
and his policies, the men who were strong
enough to put Palmer first and then Nc
Adoo out of the running, now find that