The New York herald., 1921-01-27
CABAL OF ANTIOCH
MEN AFTER POWER
Continued from First Poge.


boss of the PARTY. Any little scrap Of
paper from Mr.. Wilson or Mr.. Tumulty
would have helped. but there wasn't
scrap. The estimate OF the Presidents
position is that he has made up nis
mind to keep out Of II and that he sees
no further reason for patting James NJ.
Cox upon the back.
Cox therefore must get along without
any prestige that a kind word from Mr.
Wilson might give to him. He Is going
to need all the help that he can get His
hours here In Washington are filed with
planning to save his leadership from the
assaults against 1t. The men leading the
assault are shrewd. practical politicians
who take the credit for electing Mr.
Wilson in 1916. the men who very nearly
brought about the nomination of Mr.
McAdoo last July, and would have done
so had not Mr.. Wilson or Mr.. McAdoo,
or both, irreparably angered the big
bosses, Murphy of New York. Brennan
of Illinois. Nugent of New Jersey and
Marsh of Iowa. The coalition against
Cox has been in the making ever since
election day. 1t has not reached the
stage where 1t is ready to demand that
National Chairman White summon the
National Committee together. The mem-
bers assert that they command ma
jority of the committee.
Bryan May Back McAdoo.
Prominent in the anti-Cox group are
Daniel C. Roper, former Commissioners
Of Internal Revenue. and an out and out
McAdoo man; Thomas y. Chadbourne.
Robert w. WooIley, formerly member
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion: Isidore B. Dockweiler, National
Committeeman from California and
former Palmer lieutenant; Campbell
Cantrill of Kentucky, whose wife is
member from Kentucky OF the Women's
National Committee and who himself
was a Cox supporter, and Joseph F.
Guffey, National Committeeman from
Pennsylvania.
These men have been In touch with
William j. Bryan, and there are letters
to show that Mr.. Bryan gives whole
hearted adherence to the plan to de-
throne Cox and reorganize the National
Committee
The plan Of the coalition Is to demand
call of the national committee. The
date tentatively set Is for February 10.
but that Is merely tentative, and few
expect that the committeeman and COM
mittecwomen can be got together so
soon. The expectation is that In obedi-
ence to Cox's commands Chairman
White will decline to summon the COM
mittee In that event the coalition Will
try to get the committeeman and COM
mitteewomen to summon themselves.
There is no rule to fit the crisis, one or
the coalition told The NEW YORK HERALD
to-day. There was rule years ago, but
It got lost in the shuttle somewhere. At
all events the confederates are confident
they can get the body together, with
clear anti-Cox majority. They say Cox
knows now that the majority Is against
him and that he will not permit White,
flor that reason, to have meeting.
II the opponents Of Cox's leadership
get their meeting they intend 10 put up
for chairman In Whites place one OF
three men. The aspirants are Daniel c.
Roper, Thomas L. Chadbourne and Rob-
ert w Woolley. Bryan Is known TO be
friendly to all three. Any one would be
satisfactory to him. Mr.. Woolley perhaps
little more than the others. If they
get White out and one of the antis In, the
next move will be to reorganize the COM
mittee and sweep out all traces Of Cox.
Then an effort will be made to pay the
sizable campaign debt owed to banks by
the Democratic National Committee.
| 100000 Debt In Embarrassing.
This debt, sso0.0 900 in round figures, is
| at once the weakness and the strength OF
the Cox position. IL Is weakness De-
cause a number Of excellent Democrats
are. embarrassed and actually are In
some financial jeopardy. These are men
who indorsed big notes placed with
banks by the committee and who find
themselves In the natural circumstance
of being held personally responsible by
the banks. One Of these indorsers was
Jouett Shouse of Kansas. Mr.. Shouse
went on note for s125,000. Subse-
quently he paid his part of the assess
ment. but the bank holding the note re-
fused to let him remove his name as an
indorser until the entire note was paid
The coalition against Cox is ready and
even anxious to tackle the problem II
thinks 1t knows where 100000 can be
found pretty pronto II Cox is retired
Bernard M. Baruch of New York Is mem
toned as a possible angel in this event
There are others in the East equally
anxious to see Cox put out Of the leader
ship.
Mr.. Cox himself would not discuss the
situation He said to THE New YORK
HERALD just after leaving the President: !:
For the time being I am on the
boards. There Is nothing can say,
nothing / need to say. ! am going to
Europe soon for long rest"