The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-31

the same time would nave dealt pouy
blow to the candidacy of Governor COX
HIMSELF.
OF course, the Republicans on the sena-
torial committee are in the majority, put
/ i'm an investigation it is the publclty
that counts, the leading questions asked
and answered on the stand and the
implications of testimony The hepuo,i-
cans felt that they could easily show the
basplessness of the charge that an effort
had heen made to purchase the office OF
cbipf executive and they rested their
case entirely on the thought that even
If their plans called for larger quotas
than had previously been spent It stu
was necessary for the Democrats to
nraye that any of the sums raised mad
| been speut or would be spent lllegltl-
mateIv In New York, for instance, the
writer encountered many Republicans
who were not disposed to grow eXclted
| over the Cox charges. They believed the
nublic would understand the high cost
Of campaigning was an inevitable cohse
mience of the high cost of everything
| nowadays. The point they were conh-
| dent. about was that the Democrats
couldn't prove even by implication the
charge of corruption.
On the other hand, the Democrats rely
unon the suspicious already created Dy
| tbn admission of Treasurer Upham oil
| the Republican committee that the
Quotas called for nearly $S,0O0O0O, While
| Chairman HAYS estimated the quotas at
approximately S3000,000. The Demo
cratic senators on the committee are eA-
pected to develop by sworn testimony
| INST what the quotas were for states anu
cities and if the sum reach anywhere
near Governor Cox's figures, they VIII
feel that they have proved their case
with the public at large -
/ In the meantime, Governor COX Pla,is
his battle for the West. This week he
starts for the coast.
/ Senator Harding's speech of last Sat
urdav was- carefully planned in confer
enee with Col. George Harvey, VINO i
said to be responsible for many OF the
doctrines on foreign policy enunciated IN
that speech. The colonel enjoys the
raro distinction of having been adviser to
Democratic as well as Republican candI,
dates for it is a fact that he rendered
. valuable counsel to Woodrow Wilson
who however, dealt crushing blow to
what friends OF Harvey thought was
nroper ambition for the distinguished
/ editor-namely, the Enthusiastically to
Great Britain. 1t wouldn't be surprising
if Colonel Harvey got an ambassadorshlT
if Senator Harding is elected for he is
close friend of Elihu Root and especially
familiar with foreign questions.
Political leaders read and re-read the
Harding speech in an effort to satisfy
themselves of the exact change IN the
Harding position for while he rejected
the Wilson league in his speech OF &C
ceptance he now makes 1T clear that i
tho machinery of the Wilson league i
Isuitable for the purpose of internatlona
lco-operatfon he will use it. This IS ex
pected to make many votes for the Re
publican candidate among the ardent
4 friends of the league wlEo had begun K
! set Harding down as a bitter ender Q
r the johnson type. Yet democratic
r pointed out that in urging the worlC
I, court, Senator Harding was IN reahtl
Z urging a part of the Wilson league To-
! the court whicls Elihu Root has helpeC
to frame was proSided for iq an artieGl
!, Of the Wilson covenant and VIII owe IL
: existence to the present league OF ma
g tions. wv
: Still these fine points which the aver
/, age voter isn't expected to analyze bu
i which are expected to convince close stu
E dents of foreign policy that Senate
, Harding VIII Hbl AdaiN oh a pony -
! isolation, but will engage in large task
J. of international cooperation. In
sneech was the direct result of a de
mand inside the. party that he take
. stand closer to his original position in tn
senate when he voted for the Wilson
{ covenant with the Lodge reservations
! Lets be done with wiggling and web
a bling" remarks the senator as he con
4 cludes his speech and many of his friend
think that at last he has come on
: squarely for the present league of nation
though with safeguards and revision
md with proposals for International co
, operation that viii preserve all the goo
: | in the Wilson covenant and add advan
tages that experience since the armistic
Twill have dictated.