The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-15
MANY DESERT HARDING ON HIS
 LEAGUE STAND

], New York. Oct. IS = Miss Mabel gChoate, daughter or the late Joseph III. Choate, former American Ambas- sador to Great Britain. who was one ~of the only two New York Republicans who sought election to the Repub1i- I can National convention as a. SUD- | porter of Herbert Hoover for the presidential nomination. has refused to follow Hoover into the Harding Franks and has come out for~Cox and 1 the League.
 One of Miss Choate's first assur- ances of her desire to give practical support was her matching" of the President with a $500 contribution to the Democratic National committee. With many other Hoover adherents, rseveral of whom have followed Her bert Parsons, former Republican Ma tional committeeman, in his defec- ton from Republican ranks on the League issue, she believes that the only way to assure the League is to vote the Democratic ticket.
 The announcement by Herbert My rick of Springfield, Mass, originally "a Hoover Republican. that he has Joined the lifelong Republicans now tsiding with Cox because of the League issue is considered here of the greatest importance because it is thought to reflect the view of those who believe the League is not only a problem of foreign affairs, but one of vital domestic concern. Mir. Myrick Is editor of Farm and Home and the Orange Judd publications, which are devoted to the stimulation and pro- ltection of agriculture and agricultural interests, in view of this his formal fueclaration for Cox and the League is regarded as one special significance.
 Several Philadelphians prominent for years in Republican political circles. have announced that they would support Governor Ccx for the presidency. Col. Samuel P. Weth- Tr yuh n ho ar Hoo, all his life. and a member of the Union Club for IF years, announced as the reason his refusal to vote for Harding that "the things we fought for are sacred and I cannot agree with MT. Harding's attitude on what :he calls the Wilson League. I intend Ito vote for Governor Cox" Col. FWetherill served in France with the First American army.
 Harrison Morris, art critic and writer and a progressive Republican .has also announced that he would support Governor Cox q would be glad to support Republican candi- date," declared MT. Morris yesterday, i"but I cannot support Senator Hard dng because of his ideas on the League of Nations To give up the everything for which we entered the war" MT. Morris. who was for 12 years managing director of the Penn lsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, has
 
 ihere.
 Declaring that a Republican and 1ndependent stampede to Governor Cox has already begun, George White pchafrman of the National Democratic committee, said tonight that eleventh hour plans of the Republicans would fail to check it. He said that he had heard a Republican plan to have Senator Harding suggest a cabinet in advance of the election. But predict sed that the country would vote on the candidates themselves to the benefit of Governor Cox, the state lment follows: "The Republican cam lpaign is in disorder the party ranks have broken. Those who for years have been affiliated with the party because they had believed that it stood for high principal are desert ling it. The Independents who have often supported it are turning to Gov ernor Cox in council and amid deep sorry the Harding campaign manag- ers are seeking frantically to work put eleventh hour plans to regain their prestige"