New-York tribune., 1920-07-26
Cox Expected
To Soft Pedal
League Issue
Politicians at Washington
Saw He Has Noted Reac-
,ion in Country After Con-
ference With President
Finds wilson a Liability
Chairman White When
in Congress Rejected
Dictation by Executive
By Carter Field

WASHINGTON, July 25.-P Politicians
...urniac from Ohio are very definite
: .heir predictions that Governor
,.,,es N. Cox viii DO everything pos
Me to escape going through the cam
.,;ea carrying Woodrow Wilson as a
.0litieal liability.
This does not mean that the Gov
..,o- will commit any overt act. in
.s.;r opinion. On the contrary his
..srsnces 10 the when he
~.kss them-vill be unctious. But
=, Ohio Governor has already heard
10 reactions OF the country on his
,;s,t to Washington last Sunday. and
- one has ever accused him of being
: 200, politician.
Governor Cox, say friends who have
..me to Washington in the last few
s.vs now is convinced that the thing
=, do is TO soft pedal the League of
Netions issue, and TO arouse the coun-
~ Il possible. on the pressing neces-
~ for progressive and forward look
SaN ltA -
mc legislation.
his is the sort Of offensive which X
!, declared Governor Cox would like to
-sks HIS friends are certain that he
:. convinced after hearing from the
.,nrtrv on his visit to Washington and
- statements indicating that his mind
eoss slcng with the Presidents on the
'.soue tina. the less said about the
Psgue The better.
Plans to BE Aggressive
Cox mas been convinced ever since the
ssrlv morning he was nominated that
Ss had to make an aggressive cam
pejgr-that it was not possible tor the
nsmocrats to win il they were kept on
.se defensive. His il mediate decision
70 make a complete swing around the
circle showed that. and there have
cen other indications.
Since that time George White. who
sagnt for HIM a, san Francisco as a
reatcnsn- to f. n. Moore, has been
u, in charge o. the campaign by be-
as made chairman Of the Democratic
National Committee White Is under
TO delrsion wha-ere. as 20 the in
.siiSility O. Woodrow Wilson. Not
ven II the palmv days ef Wilson S
rrst administration Eas Mr.. White a
tociio follower of the President.
In the House Of Representatives Mr..
White, although ncw member. fought
resident Wilson'S cherished Alaska
abroad project The President sent
ssr Mr White az the time and at
tempted ~ This unusual attention to q
rev member of the House TO win the
7oung Ohioan over. But White had
leon 10 Alaska, seeking gold in the
Eioadike. as he told the House in a
7smsrkable speech later, and the Presi-
:eHt did not convince him at all. He
ame oack from the White House and
iagh. the bill.
Beaten b. Wilson's Appeal
In 1918 White went down to defeat
his district in Ohio. and his friends
say that he surely would have beer
elected if il had not been for the
RESIDENTS appeal for Democratic
Congress
u know personally" said one Of
Whites stanch friends here to-day
nat literally hundreds of voters in his
eissrict told Y hite that they woulc
asve voted foy him until the president
nsde that appeal. but after that they
felt driven to vote fer the Republican
r'miree. White knows the President s
9pesl beat him, though ne might not
.s wiling 70 say 50 publicly"
So Chairman White is anxious TO get
ome issue or which to elect his frione
aorern0r Cox. removed from Woodr<,
Wilson, almost to the point Of isolation
a' and the Governor both desire aue
must have the support Of Wilson ant
MS admirers, of course, but both ap.
PFseate keenly that they must do theil
fsntlng TO get something in addition
.9e a.. they must not ALLEVIATE the anti
wilson voters. They do not want ts
..n any rlsk of q renatitinr, Of LOIS