The courier-index., 1920-10-29
THE SITUATION IMPROVES
(EDITORIAL)


 
 Thoughtful studious serious-minded democrats have been rather discouraged over the outlook for the election the democratic presidential ticket next Tuesday From the time Cox and Roosevelt nominated at San Francisco hC ten days or two weeks the democratic camps have been in gloom despite the apparent spirit of optimism the leaders sought to dffuse among the voters Gov Cox ever his remarkable campaign extending all the way to the Pacc coast and during the past two weeks in the doubtful states of the east has unaestonabv turned the tide toward the democratic ticket.
 This has been one-nan campaign from the beonninp The democratic national committee has, of course put the best speakers n the party in the field but has attract ed any attention the presidential nominee Cox was known as game fighter before he nominated He has exclusively proven himself such the great campaign he has waged during the past three months Every speech he delivers terrific blow to the prospects of the repb He has put Hays Harding Lodge Root Taft Johnson Borah and the whole capoode of reactonares and bitter enders in ridiculous attitude before the voters He may not win but will not be of any lack of political sagaciy strategy logic he has failed employ his campaign.
 In conversation with of large affairs the Courier Index editor has recently been informed that the big bs ness interests of the nation for Hardng because they like him personaly-not because he has shown any elements of statesmansp because he offers any prac tica solution of the problems confronting the tion-but because they want change" from Wilson Big business tired of paying taxes tired of governmental s pervson tired of commissions that into their affairs tired of the and everything that has grown of the titanic conflict Big business has lost its balance Big ness is bigger coward than the little onehorse farmer The latter takes his losses Some years he makes than bare living with hard work In other years he comes in debt. He perhaps grlmbeS and Whines little but he pays his taxes small in amount but mighty big in propo ton to his possessions Big business pays big taxes shamefuy small in proportion to its wealth. It has not the grits and hardhood and patriotism stand up the rack fodder fodder When merchandise declines and is stuck for few thousand dollars in losses, following of rvaed prosperity and extortonate prices it hoows and yels and cries for change in administration" The mill lions of of average and moderate remain true to first prncples-true to the governmentrue to the party administration that has tried to solve industrial and economic problems in the interest of the masses
 If the who today abusing Wilson could, by an extraordinary stretch of fes span live another fifty years they would be ashamed to acknowledge they condemned of the worlds greatest statesmen and hu manarians Washington had his critics Lincoln had his defamers Wilson has his coterie of deractors who inn agne they are the embodiment of all the loose wisdom not cornered by the college professors
 The reforms instituted by the democratic administration during the past eight stand unpaaed in the govern mental annals of this nation during the past fifty years No administration since the civil war has faced such tre mendos unprecedented problems have come up since Wilson first naugurated president Tart payed the coward and left the vexng Mexican situation up to wilson for settlement Wilson's policy of watchful waiting while severely criticised has proved the wise ana proper po to nrs1e The world war with all its turmoil its sacrifices ntod and unreliable hearaches it's breaking asunder or all the sacred ties of the home Its tremendous cost US thousands of qualifications and restfctons oVertuIs aoeod customs curtang rights and privileges long since cons;dared odgiven-was successfully handled and olorousy concluded Yet men who call tnemseNes paoe and loyal timd to display their parzansp drino the nfict-immedatey bounced upon wilson TOT
 ino the sgnng of the armsce and began studied ana damnabe campaign dscredt America in the eyes or the world with the sole object in view of protltng pohtcal by any minor flaws they might be able to DICK Ill 'e pe"0 terms. ,,,,, ,.o.ioo,s
 If there ever was time when red-blooded Americans ogbt to go to the polls and exercise their franchise III au ;starng stingng rebuke to political buccaneers no"
 tn1T that time The Courer-IndeX believes the char acter of campaign waged by the republican party the as ,snp and vasclatng policy being pursued by Hafang th eanrnaia of lies being scattered oroadcast over @ w t liscredt the achievements of the democratic ad mnst2aton merit at the hands of the voters the only con formation they are privileged to give and that the over