Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-28
MANY DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
ARE C0NFERRINC With COX
this WEEK IN WASHINGTON
nsistance Made That Before Leaving on the European
Trip, the Party Machinery be
Reorganlzed

Ecthcr under compact and energetic
organization to take advantage of the
Republican mistakes and embarrass-
ments which obviously are just ahead.
The immediate point at issue is thc
meeting of the party deficit and the
question whether or not & new chair
man shall be chosen.
The present official head of the party
organization, cN-congressman IeorSe
White, of Ohio, was chosen by Mr..
Cox just after the latter was nori-
mated last July. 1t is always the cus-
tom to accord to a candidate for Pres
ident the privilege of selecting his own
, chairman to conduct the campaign.
Those Democratic leaders who want
to reorganize the party take the posi-
ton that this tenure by courtesy ends
with the election, and have been frank
in their demand that White now resign.
and let others take the leadership. The
Cox group is practic!1g the policy of
resistance by inertia. White declines
to resign, and his opponents say that
in this position he is influenced by
Cox. and CoSs political manager, ed
Moore of Ohio. The other group de-
clared thai IL White persists in his
refusal to call a meeting of the Ma
tional committee they will bring such
q meeting by a round robin of a ma
jority of the committee. The commit
tee now has ono hundred and four
members, hfty-two men and fifty-two
women. Then anti-Cox group claim
that they have the adherence of the
bulk of the women members and that
with these they have much more of
the majority.
The men who arc mentioned for
chairman, II the ant-CoN group win
their purpose. are cX-1nterstate Com
mcrce Commissioner Robert woollcy,
cS-Internal Revenue collector Daniel
:. Roper. and Thos. l. Chadbourne OF
New York. Tho last named seems to
be curious combination of rich Wall
street lawyer and supporter of such
liberal men and Institutions tho
Eov. Percy Stickney Grant. and as
socistion for labor legislation. All
three have been adhercnts of McAdoo.
But their supporters claim the move
mcnt is not in tho interest of any PROS
pectivo candidate for honors in 1874,
but is wholly In the direction of party
compactncss and aggrcssivcuess for
tho present
Cox, in spite OF tho overwhelming
quality OF his defeat. is not to be
looked down upon for the position of
party leader. official or unofficial. He
is experienced and effective in organ
ization. lie is rich and has no other
public duties. lie could give the bulk
OF his time to the work. and barring
the atmosphere or recent defeat. no
could and would do a good job of pull
ling the party together in the sense OF
detailed organization.
In addition TO Cox, and McAdoo
Bryan is active toward purpose OF
his own In the direction OF party lead
crship. In an issue between the friends
of Cox and the friends OF McAdoo,
Bryan would side with the latter.
Tho issue viii probably be settled
soon. Tho party has a deficit of about
three hundred thousand dollars. About
half OF it is carried as a bank loan,
but the other half consists of ordi-
nary debts contracted during tho cam
pagn and long overdue. The chief
need of all for Democracy reorganiza-
tion is the country's need for an alert
and effective opposition party
Copyright. 1921, by the New York
Evening PosD