Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-10-15
FOREIGN ELEMENTS
BACKING HARDING,
GOV. cox ASSERTS

.ot All of Them. Either.

among the negroes upon raise
claims that it can bring social
equality"
Not All of Them. Either.
With these arraignments Cover.
nor Cox said he had not made G
complete List of the opposition
forces, but said that Senator Hard.
ing was the candidate of more
than q dozen groups workins
through the present reactionary
republican leadership, That the
party had been sold to these sev.
eral designing parties to he prOsti.
tuted for this campaign, was as.
serted by the governor The gov
ernor said
THE campaign for the presi,
dency of the United States has now
reached the point where 1t is pos
siole definitely to get fair appraise.
ment OF the forces that are aligned
on either side behind the candi.
dates 1t is well to take stock OF
these forces and 10 assess them al
their real worth. patriotic or un-
patriotic, to measure them as his
tory viii measure them, and to as
say them in the light Of pretensions
TO a monopoly on Americanism.
In general, 1t is not seemly TO
question the forces arrayed behind
ones leading opponent, but I deem
TINS to be an instance in which
there is a right to examine them
carefully, and | say this because |
nave had no hesitancy in granting
my opponent full and free oppor-
tunlty TO examine the forces and
influences behind my own candi-
dacy. My nomination came in the
open convention. as the result of
the free choice of delegates there
assembled, was not nominated
at any 2.ll a, m. conference in a
smoky back room of hotel suite,
and ! am perfectly willing that the
forces endorsing my candidacy be
examined and compared with those
behind the reactionary candidate
as part OF the issue of this cam
paign,
Il am. however. more interested
in the groups of forces that have
been aligned rather than the indi-
viduals themselves.
Se Crimson Blush.
with this preliminary | assert
candidly rather with sympathy and
compassion, rather almost with
shame for some of those who pro-
Tess to be Americans, that the can
didate of the senatorial ring has
behind him today the most motley
array of questionable groups and
influences that ever were behind
a candidate-an array that to sur
vey brings the crimson blush of
humiliation to an American. and
an assortment of influences that
he must begin Immediately after
the election to repudiate should the
thing of a reactionary
victory darken the happy prospects
)f a victorious and proud America.
Il assert upon results of a can
'ass of these United States from
he Atlantic to the Pacific that the
'eactionary forces do not place de-
Dendence for success upon one
)arty-the historic republican
party which the evil influences of
l912 have again captured, and of
which they are in tull possession. |
II affirm that Senator Harding
S the candidate of more than a !
1ozen groups working through the
present reactionary republican
leadership. | assert and so advise
he American people that the party
)nce led by Abraham Lincoln hasi
been sold to these several design |
ng parties to be prostituted for
MS campaign. / do this so that |
he sober-thinking elements of all |
)artles may know of the uses to /
which the republican organization
las been put that they may re-
,udiate those who have made of !
heir temple den Of disrepute in !
ne attempt to evade the issue of |
ne league of nations, and distract
he public mind from our unswerv-
ng support of peace and progress
The inventory of Infamy.
u shall inventory the strangely
heterogeneous parties that are ar
aged behind the candidate Of the
enatorial group seeking to annex
he presidency:
First, there is the reactionary
'arty of this country. Then there
5 the pro-German party, the par
y whose members opposed our
uccessful prosecution OF the war,
nd gave secret sympathy and aid
o the deposed kaiser, the party
'hose heart would leap with joy
we're this monster of militarism by
ONE strange prank Of fate restored
D power. Then there is the lta
afty, whose members place a flu
lie Italian imperialism over the
lterests of the nation and over and
Dove the peace of the world.
mere is the Low Wage party, an
Fsahlzatlon with definite IN
erstanding that wages must come
own to the levels of 1896 or 1908.
nave encountered personally
lahy members of this party. Then
mere is the suppression party,
nose members say or secretly be-
eve that every bit of progressive
heught is to be choked by deny
lg all classes of liberals the right
express themselves. There is the
Ifeek party and the Bulgarian
afty, with diverse aims but a COM
ION purpose to punish those who !
onsldered the welfare of the world
rising superior to the claims of
ationalistic ambition. There is the
ayonet party. which believes mar
al law is a solvent for all indus
'ial disputes. | have encountered
s members, too, and they are
llck upon the muster roles OF viii
:. Hays money diggers.' Then
lere is the Atavistic party, going
ack TO the economic fantasy that
lie foreigner pays the tax.
A Creed of "Selfishness."
Il assert that Senator Harding is
acked by the National Isolation
arty, whose object is to secure
utocratic position in the world
nd whose creed is selfishness This
arty would prevent the hearing
the cases of oppressed peoples
the world in the court of public
pinion and deny to Egypt, South
frica and Ireland the right to