PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160796, 2 November 1920, Page 3

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

. DIFFERENCE IN CANDIDATES. : NEW YORK, Nov. 1. _ Mr Harding, in virtually all his speeches, contrasted his ■willingness to settle all problems of the nation by consulting with the people to that of President Wilson, who settled everything himself. Mr Harding appealed to the people’s dissatisfaction with the past administration, while Mr Cox appealed to the desire of the people td complete the important uork begun by President Wilson’s administration. THE CAMPAIGN VIRTUALLY OVIiR. k. NEW YORK, Nov. I. The campaign, to all intents and purposes, is over. Mr Harding is already resting from his labours. It is true Mr Cox and Mr Roosevelt intend to make speeches up to Monday night, but the issue is already sealed and is in hands of the citizens. These last speeches of the Democratic candidates will not have any appreciable influence on the result. There cannot be any question, no matter what fortune Mr Cox receives from, his fellow-countrymen, .that he has conducted one of the most .vigorous fights any candidate has ever made. He resembled Theodore Roosevelt in the impetuosity, strength, and power of his speeches and appeals. Mr Cox, unlike Mr Harding, did not mince words, and took up the attack at times with-a tendency towards bitterness. Mr Harding, on. the other hand, pursued the line of conciliation, not attacking ' anybody, speaking mildly, and not attempting to force the contrast of issue with the Democrats.