New-York tribune., 1922-12-17

man. II may be that one Of the newly
elected Governors will loom up and fit
these specifications.
Plea TO Foreign Vote
Zone thing Is certain, and that is
his attitude on international affairs
must be very clear cut, and such as to
appeal TO the large number Of foreign
voters, includDg the Irish, in the big
cities Of the North and Middle West
The primaries as we'll as the elections
this year demonstrated that the people
Of this country are practically frozen
In their opposition to the league and
to anything that they regard as a for
eign ENHANCEMENT. Personally, I am
convinced that many Senators in the
recent primaries and elections suffered
severely because they voted for the
four-power pact. am not contending
that this is an intelligent view on the
part Of the voters Swayed by this Issue
They simply regard it as an alliance
with England and Japan"
Discussing the Presidential outlook
confidently in their Offices, Republican
leaders discount the significance popu-
larly attributed 70 the recent election
on the following theory: This year the
Democrats had no national target
against which the Republicans could
make their attack. The Republicans
had the burden Of the tariff bill and
of the administration.
Dilemma Confronts Orators
This was beautifully illustrated by
the dilemma Of one Of the Democratic
national orators. He started of with
a speech which rang pretty near all Of
the changes which the Democrats were
using anywhere. When he reached
Ohio, however, he had TO leave out
the pro-labor and extremely progress
sive parts Of his speech because his
main idea there was to re-elect Senator
Pomerene. In Indiana he could make
no slur on the achievements Of the
Washington conference because Rails
ton, the Democratic nominee for SEN
ator, had enthusiastically indorsed
them. In Missouri he could say moth
ing favorable Of the Democratic for
eiRn policies because he was seeking
there to aid Senator James A. Reed.
Crossing over into Nebraska, how
ever, he was obliged to reverse the for
eign policy portions Of his speech en-
tirely because the Democratic candi-
date for Senator was for the League
without reservations. He also was
obliged in Nebraska to leave out his
attack on the Esch- Cummins law and
its alleged guaranty Of railroad diU-
dends because Senator Hitchcock had
voted for the Eseh- -Cummins law. In
the next state, Wyoming, this orator
was obliged to leave out the main part
Of his speech, which was an arraign-
ment OF the Republican tariff law in
general and of the wool schedule IN
particular, because Senator Kendrick
had voted for the wool schedule and
for the tariff bill as a whole.
There were 7ther dilemmas too
numerous TO recite which confronted
this orator as he moved from one
state TO another.
The point Of the whole thing Is that
in 1924 the Democrats will not bo able
TO take different sides Of the same
issues in different sections Of the
country. They will have a candidate
for President and platform. Presum-
ably. their national nominee will tour
the country and his speeches, as has
always been the case, will be printed
all over the country every day. Per
hans the greatest strategic weakness
of cox's campaign two years egO was
an apparent disregard Of this fact
His speeches in the West did him more
harm in the East than 1t did him good
in the West and vice versa. OF
course, the Republicans will be up
against the same thing, but they were
M against 1t this year. Conditions
two years hence Will, in n way, provide
a fairer contest.