The Alaska daily empire., 1920-07-08
COMPARING CANDIDATES

Ar. two men, opposing candidates for the Pres idency of the United States, no matter how widely separated their homes might be- would be sure to come in for lots of personal comparison. The lac' that Senator Harding, the Republican nominee anu Governor Cox, the Democratic nominee are both Ohioans will naturally tend to make such comparl- marked.
 The question being already asked and one that will be asked and answered possibly thousands or times between and next November is How do the two men stack up?" Roger Lewis, writing for Golfers Weekly several weeks ago, before either or the big conventions had been held, after personal visits with the and the result of con- versations with them, their enemies and friends in their home state, gave his impressions in most interesting article
 Said MT. Lewis:
 both country newspaper edi-
 tors, both strongly entrenched in the af-
 fections of their native State; Republi-
 can, the other Democrat both newspaper
 men first and aspirants for political office
 second; admitted by his friends to be
 cautious conservative, the other called by
 his enemies a radical reformer; with
 marked talent for graceful oratory, the
 other a rather blunt of action; one
 bearing the heritage of Republican beliefs and traditions, the other with no heritage save that of his achievements-one looks as a President ought to look, and the other who acts Governor ought act
 In only one phase is there any similarity in their character That is found in their devotion to the newspaper business. Deprived of any political fu- neither would be seriously hurt, but take away their newspapers and both would be robbed of the thing which gives color and substance to their lives But where their newspaper life ends and public personalities begin, the comparison dips into a sharp contrast. MT. Lewis describes this con trast follows:
 Human nature breaks along nevit
 able line of cleavage, and the two groups
 into which it splits have always been and
 always will be distinct and opposite. One
 is conformist and the other nonconform-
 ist One assents and the other dissens.
 One believes in the gospel of things
 they and the other in the steady pres
 sure of change and progress One has its
 roots in the past and the other reaches for
 the promise of the future To the usual
 political terms, one is conservative and the
 ether progressive When these different
 types appear in politics they always
 to be camoufaged, that they give of
 fense to The conservative is said
 by his friends to be eonservatiyely progress
 siye. the radical is toned down by his
 supporters into q practical reformer.' But
 eamouflage peals off readily. No amount
 of tactful speechmakins diff
 ference essential Cox and Harding are,
 generally speaking, two antinetical types.
 CoXs natural instinct is that of the pion-
 ger Harding is by nature, association, and
 training the pronounced protagonist of
 things they are"
 Such is the composite pictures of the men, one of whom is to be President United States for at least four years from March A. next and prob ably longer if he makes good. Will the American people choose Harding. bound the past with un- breakable ties and opposed all forms progress or will il be Cox the antitype Of the former? We believe that they have their forward in 'he march of progress and will repudiate any ef- fort to face them about to the