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Show I POLITICAL COMMENT. Reading the editorial comments, on the speech of acceptance' of Governor Cox, in no degree helps to clarify the political atmosphere. atmos-phere. The Republican editors declare Cox is vague and evasive and his appeal for the league of nations is a mere plaj at politics. The Democratic writers are delighted with the declaration. Here are two sample paragraphs disclosing an irreconcilable def-ference def-ference and a gulf that cannol be spanned i San Frani Lsi 0 I IhTonicle No man capabli of making such a speech as thai can b any possibility b elected pre, ident. It is mostly a gravely ill-tempered tirade of no pro. bative or argumentative value Never before has a candidate candi-date been guilty of utterances not merely so utterly undignified, undigni-fied, but so wretchedly abusive New York Times Governor Cox commits himself in the fullest way to the league, in language which no one can mistake. If the Republicans wanted the issue squarely joined, they have it. And they have also, it is evident, a man w'ho will keep them busy defending themstlves and explaining ex-plaining and apologizing until November. Deep prejudice is beginning to be manifested and judgment is beinp pronounced not by open minds but by tfci narrowness of par- tisan bias. |