New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-07-30
HARDING At HOME,
COX WILL TRAVEL
CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT
PLAN TO CONDUCT UNLIKE
CAMPAIGNS.
LACK OF COAL CARS LOOMS
Transportation Shows Slight Improve
ment. But Conditions Are Far From
NormaI-How to Keep Women on
Farm Subject of Federal Inquiry.
BY JAMES

TsiW SupJeCt OF FeoeTdi inquiry.
BY JAMES HoRNADAY.
Observation-Disclosures campaigns Will
be conducted this year by the rival
candidates for president of the two
big political parties. Senator Hard
Ing, the Republican nominee. will stay
at home in Marion, Ohio, while Gov
ernOr Cox, the Democratic candidate,
will take to the stump.
These announced programs make of
Interest the experiences of the rivals
In the past, and yet a comparison does
not prove the efficacy Of either. What
has been victorious for one, may have
meant defeat for the other. 49,,
When Washington was first elected
president in 1883, the campaign, such
as Ii was, was confined to a strip of
country 200 miles wide, from Massa-
chusetts to. Georgia. Then, the popu-
'ation was four million, and now the
country, ten times as great in area, Is
more than twenty-five times as large
IN population. But this difference in
territory and population Is mere than
offset by improved transportation, and
the accessibility of the people through
the daily press.
Twice Washington was elected unan-
lmously. When he left office. the po-
iitical parties had lined up, but it was
Tor Andrew Jackson, the fighting Dem
ocrat. to be the first candidate for
president to change the method Of
campaigning. which before his time
was conducted with considerable de-
:0rum.
did not try the stump, because, we are
told, neither was an orator. Henry
Clay, however, was a great speaker,
but was silent while a candidate.
Jackson and Harrison toured their
wi states. but did not attempt long
tours. Cass, Scott. Fillmore and Blu
chanan made a number of speeches,
but In 1885 Fremont kept still and let
his friends do the campaigning.
Too Much Speaking.
On a number of occasions too much
speaking has embarrassed candidates
sometimes the candidates did the
talking themselves and sometimes
their friends, the most conspicuous
case probably being in the Blaine cam
paign of 1884. Then, IL was the re-
mark of a friend that proved unfortu-
nate for Mr.. Blaine.
In 1880, Stephen A. Douglas, candi-
of the more conservative Demo-
in the northwest against Breck-
inridge, the choice of the slave states,
undertook whirlwind campaign
throughout the country agninst Lin
coin. the Republican nominee. Doug
toured every state, except u few
In the South. his trip being the most
sensational stamping tour ever staged
mp to that time. He was on the road |
for two months, sometimes speaking
as often as twenty times a day.
Lincoln remained at home In Illinois.
no important speeches and wrote
no letters on political topics that found
heir way into the public prints. Sen
ator Seward of New York, however,
took the stump for the Republicans
and toured o of the country. For
breckenridge, a tour was made Of the
by William Yancey. Presi-
cent Buchanan, Democratic incum-
'ert, made n speech from the White
House, and II was widely published.
With the passing of time. the candl-
have more and more come To
axe charge of the campaigns them
The personal element has en-
cred into the campaign more and
more. and the parties in a measure
been showed into the background.
Roosevelt. Taft and WILSON,.
been great travellers. In 1896.
5ryan stumped the country, but Nc
his opponent, remained at
zone.
Steps for Coal Supply.
Although the temperature is sufi.
iently high In tie national capital
uring the summer months to put out
I mind the wintry blasts CT JAN
airy. government officials are hay-
ng 1t impressed upon them daily
hat great suffering WIN ensue this
inter unless steps are taken which
I'LL assure the northeast. the middle
rest and the northwest an adeouate
supply. Not a day has passed In
weeks but that representatives
{ the various sections of the country
ave not pressed their case before the
ar Of the Interstate Commerce eom.
,ission and other governmental aren-
les. B.,
The car shortage looms large in the T,
oal situation. 1t may he said that ne |
result of action taken by the In
,rstate Commerce commission some /,
Improvement has been observed In the
Fovement Of cars used for the trans {
crtation Of coal. but conditions are ,
II from normal. Without a SUNNY
cars the coal mine is helpless: coal \
eing transferred directly from the a
Inc to the waiting car. When there $
no supply of cars, the mine shuts q
,wn. n
Members Of the Interstate Com v
cree commission believe that one So u
ton Of the coal supply problem Z
confronts the country annually .