The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-01-26
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
(Nat!onal Poli,ira, Correspondent

the Intcl.gcncerD
; Washington, JAN. -. - Ex-Governor
, Cox is spending this week III Washing
ton, and several other Democratic lead
crs are here because Cox il here. SON"
Of them come 10 renew pledges OF loyal
! y, and others for quite an "positc pur-
pose. Cox is going 10 Europ", An II Is
! insisted that before he leaves tho coun-
! try for a prolonged stay the party ma =
chinery shall be rcorgauizcd. and cspcci-
| ally decision be cmadc as 70 who Is
70 BE-. 50 10 speak. the official party
! leader.
On that point. Il fac;ional feeling tina;
has been accommodating ever since IN"
! election is Close to q head. Governor
Cox's friends urlauciy talk" the position
that the party leader was chosen al thc
San Francisco convention, and that COX
, Is the man. Cox Is not 1T AL disposed
to relirQuish leadership. HIS atNtud'.
! leads 10 the inference on the part or
/ Cox's opponents within the party tina,
! he having nothing 70 since MS tenn
as Governor Of OHIO ended. would IKE
| e. spend the next four years leading IA"
: Democrat party. CoNS coming trip 10
, Europe is interpreted as sign Of has
/ Intention to equip himself for contlnu-
! Ing leadership by famllariz!nG himself
with our foreign affairs and all those
] Issues that hang about tho League
Nations.
Tho Cox Demand. -.
That he should have the privilege o.
leading the party IN the formal sense
OF being It's presidential candidate again
thre" years from now. Is openly de-
manded by his friends who say II WASH I
, Cox who was beaten in November. buy
! Wilson: and that Cox should have an
: other chance. The opponents OF Coy
and while they base their arguments
and actions on the good Of the party. u
might. as we'll be conceded that most o.
J them nre friends Of Nctdoo-Clalrn
there should be 4 clean sweep and new
deal. and that the party should at once
! pull itself together under compact and
, energetic organization 10 take advantage
! Of the Republican mistakes and cmoar-
easements which obviously are just
ahead. The immediate point al issue Is
the meeting OF tho party deficit and the
question whether or not new chairman
! shall be chosen.
Tho present utf:cia! head OF the party
orEuui2a ton. cX-CunGresSmsn George
| White. of Ohio. was chosen by Mr.. Cox
lust after the latter was nominated last
July 1t is always tho custom 10 ac-
cord to candidate for President the
privilege OF selecting his own chairman
TO conduct the campaign, Those Demo
! cratic leaders who want 70 rcorEaniH"
the party take the position that this
tenure by courtesy ends with til"
' ton. and have been frank in their de-
u g.
! others take the leadership. The Cox
group is practIcing the policy OF resist
ance BY Inertia White declines 10 re-
sign: and his opponents say that IN this
position he is Influenced by GoHern"r
| Cox and CoHS political manager. I'D
! Moore OF Ohio. The other group de-
clare that II White persists in his re-
; fusal to call 4 meeting OF the National
: Committee. they will bring such mc"t-
: ing about by 4 round robin OF major
ity Of the committee. The committee
now has one hundrc&sand four members,
: nfty-tao en- and hrty-;wo women. The
anti-C'ox group claim that they have
the adherence Of the bulk of the woman
! members, and tina; with these they have
much more than majority.
! The Antioch Crowd.
The men VINO ArcUlellontu lOI S't'I
man Of the antiA'ox group win their
purpose are rSLlntcrstatc Commerce
| Commissioner Robert Wooley. eN-lnt"r-
! nal Revenue Collector Daniel S. Roper
and Thomas l.. Chadbournc OF New
/ York The last mated seems To Dc cur
ious combination OF rich Wall Street
lawyer and supporter OF such liberal
men ard institutions rs the Rev. Perez
Stirkncy Grant and the Association tor
: Labor Legislation. Al three have nc'n
! adhcreuts OF Mc!doU: but their sup
! porterS claim thr movement Is not II
! the interest Of any prospective candidate
I FOR honurs IN 1874, but Is wholly in the
/ direction Of party c0mpactncsS and &S'
greSSiveness for the present.
! Cox, in spite of the UN"rwhciminS
quality of his defeat. Is not 70 be looked
down upon for the position or party
, leader. Official or unofficial. lie Is OK
rerienced and effective in organization
, he is rich and has no other public duties
He could give tho bulk az his time to the
work. and. barring theatmosrherr or re-
cent defeat. hc could and would d" 4
! good job of pulling the party together
! In the sense Of detailed organization.
! In addition 10 Cox and McAdoo. bryan
= Is active toward purpose OF his own
, In the direction OF party leadership
In an issue between friends of Cox and
the friends Of McAdoo. Bryan would
side with the latter.
The issue will probably be settled
! soon. The party has deficit of about
! three hundred thousand dollars. About
| half Of /, is carried as a bank loan, brt
the other half consists Of ordinary dents
contracted during the campaign and long
overdue. The chief need Of all for
! Democratic reorganization is the Coun-
| try's need FOR an alert and effective OPP