The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-08-25
The democratic c.andidates For presi

The democratic candidates for presi
dent and vice president apparently be,
lieve that the race is to be won through
q display of inordinate activity, You
would imagine from the strenuous cam.
paign which Roosevelt, the candidate
for vice president is making, that it all
depended upon the number of, towns to
be visited by the candidate. No sooner
was he notified of his nomination than
he struck out FORE trip to the Pacific
coast andi back again, not forgetting
that he should appear pn the platform
at every station where. the train stop
ped The writer happened to be in one
of the large towns of North Dakota
through which his train passed about
eleven O'Clock at night. and word had
been sent on in advance Of his coming
that he would be prepared to meet the
people at that hour of the night. A
very few people were at the station
when the train pulled in and the candi-
date alighted from the train and select
ed position on the depot platform
from which he addressed those who had
come to meet him. His remarks were
somewhat confusing as he drifted from
one point to another with lightning ra-
pidity. His chief argument against the
republican party was that the party
was not progressive and its candidate
x
in making the claim that Mr.. Harding s
nomination was brought about by old
line republicans rather than the pro-
gressive element of the party. He for
got to mention the fact Of the person
mel OF the gang that nominated Mr..
Cox and Roosevelt at San Francisco. He
should have told the crowd that the
candidates at San Francisco were NOM
mated by the old democratic machine
a 10 nm NJ nj N a pfa q
ply and other Tammany leaders. When
comparison is made OF the elements re-
sponsible for the nomination of the diff
ferent candidates for president and vic
president, the republicans will have lit
tie to fear. The truth is the republican
organization this year is unit and so
called progressives and standpatters
are vieing with each other in their en-
thusiastic support of Harding and Cool
idge. The republican party is more of
unit this year than it has been for
many years and a spirit of confidence
prevails throughout the country that
this is to be republican year. Gov
ernor Cox apparently has made UP his
mind that his success depends upon
the charges which he is making against
the republicans that a large campaign
fund is to be subscribed in order to
elect the republican ticket. He seems
are being subscribed by republicans to
buy the election. This, of course, is
the popular argument but the difficulty
Is that there are no facts to justify
the charge. There is much more reas-s
on to believe that while the democrats
are making the charge that the repub-
licans are raising large campaign
fund, that the democrats themselves
are engaged in this particular work and
are trying to cover up their tracks by
charging that the republicans are do.
ing the same thing. Mr.. Cox is .evi-
IDENTIFY possessed of an unusual amount
of nerve to- go out on the stump to at
tack his political opponents in the way
he ID doing. When he is called down
and demand is made upon him to pro,
d,Ice proof of these assertions he will
And that it is easier to make a charge
than it Is to prove it. Everyone knows
that the republicans are having trou.
lsles OF their own in raising funds and