The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-21

W 0oAACob4y oe'SsN
Iings and in speeches the election
Of the Cox ticket It will carry
through the campaign a handicat
which. might In itself, defeat 1t
Bryan's silence, his passivity aro
apparent lack Of interest toward
1.-The presidential nominee has beer
worrying the campaign conductors
for some time, but It has by now
got them most distracted.
They had never feared thai
Bryan might bolt, not even feared
Il before the Tammany and allied
machine forces formed the comb;'
nation at the conference at French
Lick, Ind, to put Cox across at Sal'
Francisco. For Bryan had de
clared In q statement early In the
pre-convention campaign that he
was opposed 10 third party enter,
prIses But bis GOODNESS toward
the ticket since the convention has
the leaders fear, had almost as bad
an effect upon bis widespread ano
numerous following In the party
as IL he had come out boldly and
denounced II. Unless they can gel
Bryan actively and earnestly out
upon the hastings beating the bush
es for votes for Cox with his ora
torical trail, the Bryan vote in the
Democratic party they have gocd
reason to fear will be lost to Coz
! and Roosevelt.
/ When Judge Alton B. Parker, Of
New York, was nominated for the
presidency In 1904 and sent his "a
nous gold telegram to the conven'
ton after the nomination. Bryan
did not bolt. He swallowed his
pride and bound up his wounds
and remained regular. He went on
the stump In that campaign, and
did the best be could under great
handicap. But II he undertakes
to do that for Cox this year, Il Is
pointed out that his handicap IN
that campaign will be as nothing
compared to what he would assume
this year. He never said the things
Of Parker that he has Of Cox.
Bryan's main trouble in getting
into the campaign harness as the
leaders are urging him to do, IS
said to be a statement he Issued al
Lincoln, Neb., May 10. In it he
handled Gov. Cox without gloves,
saying:
THE fact that the Democrats Of
two dry states, Ohio and Kentucky,
have instructed for Governor Cox
makes It proper to consider bis po-
sition on the liquor question. 1t is
becoming every day more and more
apparent that be Is the man about
whose standard the wet forces will
gather.
Governor Edwards Is a Joke.
A drunkard IN the last stages o.
delirium tremens would have sense
enough to know that Edwards has
no chance Of nomination. Senator
Hitchcock did not have any chance
even before the Nebraska primary,
hence he had nothing to lose. Gov
ernor Cox Is their man, and he has
fairly won the dishonor that he
seeks.
after dlsEacing his state, he
aspires to q position In which he
could disgrace the nation. For
years the men engaged In the liquor
business have been the real an-
archists Of the country, far more
dangerous than the professional
anarchists. Governor Cox has be.
come Their candidate.
Eis nomination would make the
Democratic party the leader Of the
lawless element Of the country, and
his election, II such q thing were
possible would turn the White
House over to those who defy tbs
government and hold law In CON.
tempt.
@There Is no likelihood Of his
nomination and no chance Of his
election, II nominated. But why
should any Democrat be willing TO
support q man whose nomination
would insult the conscience Of the
nation? For the triumph Of pro.
hlb!ton % Q triumph Of the ma
tons conscience"
Il Is not even suggested that Mr..
Bryan has any secret wilh that
be had not said these things that
be might be free to take an active
part IN the campaign to elect Coz
without qualification to himself.
In tact, close friends Of Bryan re-
sent that suggestion with signs Of
Indignation. Their friend, they
say, Is not that sort. Some Of them
say that they can't see how Bryan
can take any part for Cox even
should he Be inclined % to do.
They predict that he WIN continue
his present attitude Of saying moth
Ing and doing nothing. and that
the present frantic efforts being
made BY Chairman White and many
others to induce the apathetic
Bryan to SNAP out Of It" wfll come
tonSught