Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-02
W|SEACRES SAY cox
SPEECH WILL GAIN
WHITE HOUSE 0. K.
Weeks Live Politics Also
Will Include N. Y. Demo-
cratic Proceedings.
BY n. @. MESSENGER.

BY n. O. MESSENGER.
Important political events. national
and state. are scheduled for this week.
Candidate Cox, in his speech next
Saturday accepting the presidential
nomination. Will set the pace for the
dernocrAtic national. campaign and
elueidate his position on the league Of
nations. !: interest III this tfanscends
for the moment all other corsidera-
tions Of national politics:
The New York democratic state con-
yention will be held at Saratoga, to
recomm end to the primaries a candi-
date for governor, one for United
states senator and to take up or side
step, as the case may be, the near
wet or dry issue. New York politics
always rank close second in i'm
portance to national politics.
For q fortnight there has been un-
bridled speculation and gossip over
the prospective pronouncement OF
Gov. Cox on the league OF nations.
The republicans have been having no
they see it, having Gov. Cox "in a
tight place" in Co ordinating his
known views on reservations with
President Wilson's. The democrats in
the past few days have chirped up a
bit. and say that when Gov. Cox
speaks the republicans may laugh on
the other side of the face"
Clafih Clash Would BE Fatal.
The Miseacres among the politicians of
both camps are predicting that those
who expect a clash between the candi-
date and the President will be disap-
pointed. As they figure it. it is un-
thinkable, politically. that such an out
come can happen. They argue that 1t
would be fatal to democratic prospects
for the candidate to throw over the
President and thA national platform and
take a position Of his own choosing on
the league of nations. different from that
established by the democratic national
convention-which' was also the Presi-
dents.
What they expect to see is this: That
Gov. Cox will find in his prolific lexicon
words describing his views on the league
which will be susceptible of interpreta-
ton by that master of the English
language, Woodrow Wilson. satisfactory
to himself, and that a ringing letter
of Endorsement from the White House
will Immediately follow the candidates
Once that is done, the practical poll
ticians look forward to seeing the rank
and file of the democratic voters, who.
in their opinion, are not very much ex-
way. considering the alleged differences
between the President and the candidate
as a closed incident, and going ahead
with the big thing nearest their heart
winning a victory and securing the
Offices.
Advices From Saratoga.
Pre-convention advices from Sara
which will be presented at the demo-
cratic convention tomorrow. Assam
ing that Gov. Smith will be renomi-
mated, main interest attaches to the
senatorship. and to action or silence
on the near-wet question. Gov. Smith
ana charles F. Murphy. boss of Tam
many, are the dominating figures in
the convention and whatever they de-
eide upon will be done. r.
Onposftfon has developed to the pro-
nosed RECOMMENDATION of Robert
lansing, former Secretary of State.
for the United States SSenatorship, on
the ground that it might be construed
Wilson. and the New York democrats
consider President Wilson still a fig
ure to be reckoned- with in the senti-
ment of the democrats of the state.
Rainbridge Colby is mentioned as a
possibility. handicapped. however. by
the fact that he halls from Manhat-
ran and the upstate democrats are
|demanding selection of candidate
from their section. Henry Morgen,,
lanes B. Haven are "also mentioneI''
in Connection with the senatorship: :,
"a ndiaacy is due to the consideration
that a large section Of the woman
voters of New York. including repub-
i;cans. has declared war on Senator
Wadsworth. who is up for e-election,
and the democrats. by putting up q
notably strong man, hope town that
seat in the Senate.
2 Near7Wet Question. -
On the rlear-Wet question, the faith.
fuI Ffihd, Themselves in 1auandary.
Last February, tie democrats. in con-
ysntion at Albany, adopted a plank
as wet as the Atlantic ocean. At
kSan Francisco the New York delega-
'tion waged . Vigorous figat for a
over. even though with siEhs ofsre-
Eret from many Of those who did It.
Murphy and the delegates from the
big cities want declaration now
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