The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-09-25
THE CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE"

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ed to be working actively to defeat him in the election.
The new Cox issue is. in brief that western newspapers do not
agree with him, do not fall into line with his adoption of the Wilson
league of nations, do not believe he is big enough to handle the Job OF
president Of the United States and do not think that he should be or
that he will be elected. To Governor Cox this attitude on the part
of a considerable majority Of all the newspapers in the states Of
Washington, Oregon, California, New Mexico, Colorado and other
states whore he has been travelling and speaking lately, is a crime
lie blamcs win HAYS for il and because of this condition brands the
chairman Of the republican national committee as a 'sneaking guer-
lila who "poisons wells for the destruction of the enemy" This
is strong STUFF; . stronger even than the statement in which Cox
the senate committee investigating campaign expenditures and state
the facts regarding the republican campaign fund, under oath; an ac
lion Cox has not vet mustered the courage to do with regard TO his
yeasty campaign fund charges which rise over night.
he has eei nad shr ron Souts te IN whole Seie't Of ' his We SSap tor IS due neSt to tSs
fact that representatives of the republican national committee have
fected a plot to suppress the news about him and his speeches. When
the returns from Maine DG. came i in he made 81 the e. statement ate @"a tn, the the over %d
his associates went in there early and arranged it, incidentally
and for that matter in the east, and prominently displayed. Every
other statement Governor Cox has made has been published by every
western newspaper with a telegraph connection in its office; provided
the trained, seasoned and wholly unprecedented representative Of the
have thought il worth paying telegraph tolls for transmitting. The
trouble with Governor Cox appears to be that he does not understand
hear about that he is not getting down to fundamental truths re
n may bs re- recalled S%10h n 'I passns g, he ne' attributed N t. i' thursday m~ad ~"i to i .tisd'l A. J.
mighty, an assertion which Mr.. Wilson will no doubt resent; that
government expenditures that he is emitting any sober reference
q, and a' seS Se = syssm 9d that ss will not as saate his s. sGpdsa toward %d'p pre
hibhion enforcement or discuss that issue which his nomination made
a national issue in this campaign.
Instead Of discussing the great issues of the campaign, and the
great national problems and their remedies, which Senator Harding is
discussing every day with calm and convincing dignity, MI. Cox has
been hurting personalities and denunciation at his opponent, has been
taxing the eiphers on the nations linotype machines in imaginative in,
menacing shadow Of will II. Hays. which he sees lurking beside every
over bis private car with tho smoke from the locomotive, and finally
has been thrown into a state of near-hysteria by this new bugaboo
The conspiracy Of silence
Another thing that Governor Cox does not seem able ito under
stand is that the newspapers of the west have been against him from
the day he was nominated at San Francisco. Western newspapers
print all the news they can get, as quickly as they can get it. They
make up their editorial minds as soon as the facts are inland with
Il few well known exceptions, their decisions remain unchanged until
sound and logical reasons r. advanced for changing them.
Cox was nominated at San Francisco as the candidate of the
vets the interests in the democratic party dominated from Tam.
never yet deceived the American people upon a great national issue,
no matter how little favor his attitude o some issues in the past may
ports by the great press associations said so The Yves. is for proli-
biton and Cox is not That is one reason the west is against Cox,
and has been against him from the start.
As speedily after his nomination a a semblance of dignity would
permit, Cox FASTENED to the white house and there received the sane
ton and approval of Woodrow Wilson; and in exchange for this he
adopted the Wilson league of nations, which by right Of authorship
of this period, no matter how Governor Cox may strive to unload it
s"ss. a a%t Al% Ss oyomi ca I I ssa f. if . ss. = nw .nSe srS% ,sst a al Sy
strength TO give, and when he made that statement one of the
very vasy Jew y a wm1 ne M %S = o ~ sg"r ssso O@ for ei is on on tS"h ~ Mr. IT,
Cox, because the west, like Maine, like Connecticut, like Wisconsin
primary or election is against the Wilson league Of nations.
This attitude of the people of the west Governor Cox has encoun.
tered has been forced to recognize in silent or perfunctorly cheer
ing crowds has seen reflected in newspaper editorials wherever he
has .1sn been |" from r. s Oregon q i t. !. Go ! SsaO id dsrs n &c ep hs, !, q I Sy TmI TsS 81
that guerilla" who has been sounding the battle cy against Wilson
,u.sra anse iSe DAY. ' NJ. " Wilson, s,of brought i 'S back s sSs isSsUs eo @%s,ss' fTo%
Paris and the peris Of il and the menace Of 1t aud the utter folly Of it
was revealed to the waiting nation
Governor Cox has found that his sensational, demogose outer,
against an alleged republican campaign 'slush fund" to buy the cleo
ton away from him simply puts him in the light Of a bum sport
see through his purpose in raising it to save him from discussion OF the
real issues Of the campaign. Still seeking 70 dodge the issues he has
ss sssap i.,sgy Il Pp sHeus ''' ''" ''''''" Of MS fertile imagination ''
ts, " examine Just briefly the is.ids Of this conspiracy q
bit is trad In Albuquerque he said, and yesterday he found ii staring