Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-07-07
COX A BLUNDER.

The democratic national convention has gone
and done and did it," In test Of endurance the
brewery and wine interests could stay the longest
Getting soHdly behind Cox they simply stayed pun
until the other crowd surrendered from sheer Elk
hauston
As a result New York may go democratic Mas
sachusetts may; New Jersey will; Ohio becomes
Idoubtful; so does indiana Wisconsin Is probably
Very doubtful. Several Of the smaller eastern states
Twill probably be democratic
A campaign of indifference or silence on the
Honor question on the part of the republicans will
ELECT Cox The democratic policy will be to organize
Ia tremendous silent liquor fight in states which are
probaby wet and then to point to both the party
patforms and insist, in prohibition territory that
liouor is not an issue and that party lines should be
adhered to- 49,.
If the republican party fails in its opportrnity
ito aggressvey carry the fighting to the democrats
on a high moral issue the leaders are so cowardiy
land hort-visioned that they deserve to losa' Ihe
democrats have placed in their hands the very thing
they lacked-a moral issue.
Republicans of character felt their backs stifieh
when Cox was nominated. All misgvings OF prog
ressively inclined republicans gave place to relish
Tor worthwhile fight. Will timd leadership
Ia nse them back into state of quas-indiference?
Listen now for the word that Cox is not wet
srhat will be ding -donged in the of the dry"
democrats Win they "fall for that fake? Cox
victory will be worldwide proof that America mas
receded from its position on prohlbtioh' congress
will so construe it. The issue cannot be lodged.
The democrats have made frghtful blunder--
nnless the republican leaders now proceed to make
a worse one by failing to take up the chaiiehse.
The party of expediency is always doomed in Amer
fca when firmly faced by the party of high principle
With the nomination of Cox, the League of-Na-
tons issue fades to secondary place Even the
issue of the high cost of living looks less outstanding
Like Raymond Hitchcock, the comedian, the ma
tiona democratic party could recite tuesday MORN
ing
Last night at twelve I felt immense
But now feel like thirty cents;
What difference just few hours can make
We suggested the other day that character was
the pre- eminent characteristic of William j. Bryan
He has steadfastly refused to bolt his parry on a
mere ppolitical question If the republicans take a
high position the liquor issue, we predict tha'
party ties will not hold him. AS a political asset
Mr. Bryan would be useless to the republican party
as moral asset in the face of great moral issue
his Influence and example would be profound "
In the Minneapolis Morning Tribune of last Fri
day July q was a syndicate newspaper article OF one
column length, dated San Francisco July /, signed
and copyrighted by William Jennings Bryan
Here is what he wrote about Governor Cox of Ohio
1.-THE governor of Ohio has done many
things worthy of commentator. Speaking
politically, it could not quite be said as of the
rich young man of him that he had kept all
the commandments from his youth, but he
certainly does lack thing and that Is 10y
atty to the home in its death grappe with the
saloon.
"A man who take oath to support
the constitution of his state and then sit in his
office at the capital and without protest or
lifting a hand to prevent it, watch the brew
ers the disers and liquor dealers tempo
rariy out of business but hoping to return,
attempt to overthrow everything that'tthe
temperance forces of Ohio have accomplished
In fifty years is not the man to put in the
White House such time as this.
when he tied up with the brewers at Gin
cinnau and went into the governors office
with a majority only about half great as his ,
increase in the county in which Cincinnati is
located he sold his birthrght for a mess of
puttage, and in politics it takes more than two
years to get brthright out of the pawnshop.
No man can go before 26, 600 900 women vot-
ers with the smell of beer on his garments"-p