The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-08-12
Is The Legatee of
President Wilson

has signed a contract in blank, de-
clares the Republican Publicity Asso-
citation. through its president. hon
Jonathan Bourne. Jr-. in the following
statement issued today:
'It is difficult to imagine how even
a partisan Democrat can longer pic
ture Gov. Cox as man of presidential
caIibre Immediately upon the close
of his conference with President VIII
son relative TO the League of Nations
question. the President announced
that he and Gov. Cox were absolutely
at one Gov. Gpx announced that
whatever Presid@ Wilson had prom
ised he would exert his utmost efforts
to give.
Every observing and thoughtful
man must know that on a subject OF
such importance and involving so
many intricate problems it is practi-
caIly impossible that any two men ex-
ercising Independent minds could be
absolutely at one 1t is not at all
probable that there were any two of
the 90 members of the United States
Senate who were absolutely at one rel
ative to the various phases of the
league covenant. Men OF varying view
points and of different lines of reason
ing, would naturally find in a question
of such large and complicated charac-
ter. features of more or less impor-
tance upon which they would differ
When. therefore. il is announced that
.wo minds are absolutely at one the
conclusion is inevitable that one of the
minds has absolutely surrendered to
the other. Il is also a necessary con-
clusion that the mind that surrendered
nself is not Of sufficient calibre 70
guide the destinies of the United
States so far as they are affected by
the administration of the executive
powers of the government
AN even more astounding declara-
ton following the Wilson conference
is the statement by Gov. Cox that
whatever Woodrow Wilson has prom
ised. he viii do his utmost to give.
Every man who has followed the VIII
son career not only in domestic af
airs but particularly at the peace con-
terence must realize that no man ex-
eept Woodrow Wilson himself knows
what all he has promised: nor is. there
any reason to believe that President
Wilson has taken the American people
into his confidence to the extent of re
vealing to them even the essential fea-
lures of the promises he has made. II
must be remembered that at the peace
conference two treaties were negoti-'
ated: one of them a treaty of peace
iwth Germany. and the other a treaty
of alliance between the United States
Great Britain and France-an alliance
of defenSe-which latter treaty Presi-
dent Wilson promised would be sub
mitted to the United States Senate a
the same time as the treaty of Yer
sailles. Notwithstanding that promise
which President Wilson carefully con-
cealed from the American people. tn
treaty was not presented at the same
time as the treaty of Versailles. nor
was it made known to the American
people until knowledge of its existence
became public through other chsnne'.
an dthe Senate forced the President to
disclose the promises he had made.
This one instance of duplicity. 90
use no stronger term. iustifies the as
sertion that President Wilson NAV
very likely have made other promises
which he still couceals. and which
may be embarrassing to the American
people IL thev shall bestow upon t.as
Cox the power and authority to carry
out the Wilson pledges. BY his dec
laration. Gov. Cox has signed a con
tract in blank to carry out pledges ye
to be disclosed. He has given 20
Woodrow Wilson carte blanche to m
in the blank spaces of that contract
in any way that may appeal to the
mysterious workings of the Wilson
mind. VIII any sound business man.
any careful manager of his own bust
ness affairs. accept as wise executive
a man who thus binds himself 10
carry out promises the nature and ev-
tent of which he can not possibly
know?
There are two ircortrover!ti''.
evidence of weakness on the patr OF
CoS-frst. his being absolutely at
one with Woodrow Wilson and. Sc
ond. his unqualified pledge to carr
out any promises Wilson may have
made"