The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-09-10
.COX'S SUPPORT OF
WILSON MEANS DEFEAT
Washington's Political
Sharks Regard Visit
AS Fatal

washington, Aug. More ana
more the impression prevails in the
National Capital that when Governor
Cox called upon President Wilson at
the White House he handed Senator
Harding a certificate of election.
The general belief prevails here
that the country had already made up
it's mind to repudiate the President.
His arrogance toward those differing
with him in opinion, his specious pro-
misses of four years ago about keep
ing this country out of war, his ideal
istic and impracticable notions about
Mexican and European affairs, his
flirting with Socialism while flaying
Bolshevism, the general Incompetent
cy and waste of his Administration,
and his efforts to prevent cry slight
est protection of American interests
in the League of Nations covenant,
had completely estranged great mass
es of the people. The Democratic
convention, it was thought in Wash
ington. had put forward its most
promising candidate in that he was
supposed to be somewhat antagonistic
to the Wilson ascendency over the
Democratic party and had not been
nominated by the friends and follow
ers of the President.
Hence the White House visit and
the subsequent utterances of the two
men came like bombshell. Public
opinion was thereby denied. Cox tied
himself to a dead horse, politically
speaking. In so many words he de-
clared that he would uphold the po-
sition of the President in regard to
the league and all other matters, thai
the Presidents fight was his fight.
The President let it be known that
the Cox attitude was eminently salts
factory to him.
Many Democratic members of the
House and Senate were dismayed and
dumbfounded. Some among them
said Cox could do no more in the be-
ginning of the campaign than stand
by the Democratic President and the
Democratic Administration. These
privately expressed the opinion, af-
ter he had made this initial move and
made sure of a united party, that he
would gradually break away from the
absurdities and unAmercanism of the
Chief Executives position and assume
more independent attitude. Repub-
lican members of Congress laughed at
this. They said Cox had buried him
self beyond resurrection by his un-
necessarily taking on the load of
Woodrow Wilson, whom the country
repudiated in 1918 and is ready to
repudiate again.
But both Republican and Democra-
tic members showed disposition 20
wait. They would see what effect
the visit had on the country. They
would see what Cox said in MS speech
of acceptance. They FOUND that the
country reacted unfavorably to the
President, as was to have been ex-
pected. And they found that che &C
ceptance speech only accumulated The
alliance between Wilson and Cox.
They took the position and still hold
to it that Cox is not fighting his own
battle but that of Wilson, ard that
if Cox should be successful at the
polls he would carry on the ideas AMI
methods of Wilson and not of Cox.
Further credence to This Wow is
given by the fact that Cox since his
nomination has shown not the slight
est originality or independence. He
has not indicated that If elected he
will stand out for something different
and better than has already been dope
by President Wilson. He has not Of