The Washington herald., 1920-07-07
WHITE EXPECTS cox
TO REASSURE DRYS
AND BRING HARMONY
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
ny WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE.


Of the Democratic party. The Coz
band came out of the convention
booming "Tammany'' and Ohio
alternately. wet New Jersey" an
nounced the chairman of Nugent's
delegation, '.votes for Cox" The
Boston Irish led the break on the
thirty-ninth ballot, for the Irish
neid the President responsible for
the defeat OF the Irish resolution
and II was easy for the big booze
bosses to mobilize the Irish when
tney were needed.
Eight Years. Work Lost.
Following the Irish brigade came
the anti Wilsonites from Georgia,
readers of the Cleveland Democracy,
aad In the next few ballots the far
j south began rallying to Cox and
atter that 1t was the bandwagon
ana defeat for all that Wilson had
built up in the Democratic party
Tor eight years. Labor is disgusted
at the platform, claiming that II is
a cowardly straddle. the drys of the
Middle West and the women every
where are sick at the nomination
y 80 anu Ten Ol am
many. And here this morning q
curious situation has developed. the
young idealists from the Federal
bureau who came here to stage-
manage the McAdoo boom are grit
ting their teeth at Wilson. Yet
w'thai there is not temperature. It
is all deadly in its detachment from
lpe-as gentle as the Republican
shivers at the nomination of Hard
ling.
Nation shcil-Shockcd.
ruly the people Eeve pinned small
faith upon their parties. Yet they
retain party habit which demands
much and expects little. The DEM
ocratic convention in its peculiar
Democratic way~ has produced a re-
suit much like the result Of the
republican convention, a Platform
and candit ate which curiosly re-
he"t party "a pathy, andN the party
apathy Is due largely to party con-
fusion. And that reflects the deep
uncertainty ii the American people
about everything. The war has
dazed the world Morally and spirit
ually We are sheli-shcckcd. We are
earnest enough. lctriotic enough. in
telliSent enough, but our emotions
are furious but shallow. our impul
ses are honest but eak, and as a
people-if our parties reflect our
mood-we are waiting for some
hing. People may have instincts
like animals to know The coming
storms. For we are like a herd with
some deep prescience of rouble-
smiling. believing. milling. restless
at what. for what, nc one knows.
Dry Declaration Expected.
In the meantime Cox is sure tc
send his reputation to a dry clean
ers and remove the Murphy spots
from his nomination by an insipit
dry declaration. That probably will
fool the Democratic drys who wan'
to be fooled. but it will not fool the
vets, They will be for him. And
they have a chance to win. better
than a fair chance, for with the
passing of the Wilsonian idealisn
from the control of the Democratic
party, came in a powerful. cunning
realism, which is going to make
a tremendous struggle to control
Booze and big business always are
allies, and given the solid South
whic hwill swallow any Demo
cratic dose and the materialist:
now have to add TO their dry
strength along the Atlantic sea
/ board. only one or two big doubtful
States like Ohio. Indiana. Illinois
or Wisconsin. and the Democrats
can elect a President.