Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-07

The action of the convention has
placed control of the party and the
party machinery in the hands of dan
ccrous and most INSCRIPTIONS men.
The issue thus raised Is Of such supreme
/ Importance that it overshadows every
other issue. Important as the League
Of Nations il. the entrance Of the
| United States into that beneficcnt COM
! bination of peoples organized to dis
courage war is of less Importance than
! the prevention Of group of discrcditcd
professional political spollsmPn from
! getting control of the national admin
I istraton.
The only two Democrats who have
occupied the White House in seventy
years were on the outs with Tammany
and the men of the Tammany kind in
other states. Grover Cleveland fought
the sI--ismcn of his own party and
won: Woodrow Wilson turned down
Nugent and Smith in New Jersey when
he was elected to tho gOvCruorship and
he had no use for Murphy when he be
came President. Yet Murphy and
Taggart and Brennan have loaded them
selves on the back Of the consentinS
Democratic party in the hope of getting
from a Democratic President what
neither they nor their predecessors have
eyer been able to get from presidential
candidate nominated in spite Of their
objections.
Their course doOmS tho Democratic
party to defeat. It destroys the fight
| ing chance which il seemed TO have
when the San Francisco convention was
called to order. 1t insures the election
Of Harding and uudocs the eight years
work of Woodrow Wilson in making
his party a useful fail for chastisnG
the Republicans when they failed in
their duty.
The nomination Of Cox through a
combination of tn" worst state bose
throws all other issues into the shade.
Tho mcn backing Cox do not care any
thing about the league. There are no
marty principles for which they care a
tinkpr's dam. Discussion of what Cox
. is or thinks Is Of less than little i'm
O. nOrtnncn under the circumstances
Wh"ther he is n wet or dry or is
merely moist may interest II few.
Whether hr will attract the woman vote
,lo", not seem ~ have nF " tho
thinking Of tho Delegates IL rnsr
degree. Vet the Democrats have u,rn
c.rr'ing themselves to prov" thai they
and not me Republicans were th" only
persons who could be trusted t. defend
tho right Of women tn vote. so one
seemed to care about his views on t"ya-
tion or federal budget or any other
,ubicct with which the President viii
, have tu deaf. The state bosses were
determined TO get man who would
play the game Of politics with them.
The Democratic newspapers ntlarhcl
Senator Harding for his announced
purpose 10 restore party government in
, Washington and to abolish the White
: House autocracy because the senator
! had admitted that he would consult the
/ leaders Of the Senate, who are the
elected representatives of the PARTY.
They manifested disposition to wage
{ the c0mnHiSn on that issue.
But the San Francisco convention has
poured water on all their ammunition
, and made il as harmless as snwdust.
, It has reduced the issue of the cam
raign to the control Of the presidency
by the Republican or by the Democratic
party. with all that is implied in that.
The Republican candidate will consult
with the elected representatives of his
party. The Democratic candidate IL
forced to consult with tho bosses Of his
party who brought about his nomina
ton. bosses for whom even the decent
Democrats have always been compelled
to apologize.