The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-10-30
A GOVERNOR WHO IS UNAFRAID
and The ENEMIES He HAS MADE
Cox, Like President Wilson, Cannot Be Deferred From
Waunu Warfare on the Foes Of the People
woRKMENs AND LOWER TAXES ONLY SECURED
AFTER POWERFUL oPPosIT IoN-PEoPLE OF THE STATE
NOT TROUBLED CRY OF MACHINE"

Enemies of Gov. James NJ. Cox have
said many unpleasant things about
him. They have called him a choice
assortment of names running up and
down the scale of bitterness and
hatred. But there is one thing OF
which they have not accused him and
that one thing is-cowardice.
Even the most cordial Of the gov
ernor's haters will admit to you that
the governor is fearless. No enemy
is too formidable once Gov. Cox con-
cludes that that enemy should be pun
ished. No feat is too great to be ac-
complished # the governor believes
that it actually ought to be accom-
plished. This lack of fear-the will
ingness to plunge into seemingly
hopeless situations-has not dimin-
ished the hatred of the governors
opponents, but it has given them a
wholesomerespect for him.
The campaign now drawing to a
close illustrates itself the accepted
fact that the governor never retreats
after having taken his stand. During
the entirety of the campaign, the gov
ernor has not once been on the de-
fensive. In spite of the most desper-
ate efforts of the opposing forces to
corner" him'he has at no point been
driven to a position where he was
compelled to explain any official act
of his regime or apologize for it. Thus
the governors campaign has consisted
chiefly of a series of speeches setting
forth the various things his admins
tration has accomplished and asking
the people to place their seal Of judg-
ment upon them. The conspicuous
fact of his campaign has been the abb
sence of apology.
Has Approval of President Wilson.
In this supreme assurance OF the
righteousness of his position, the gov
ernor often has been compared by his
critics to President Woodrow Wilson,
who, both personally and through his
secretary of state, has given his ap-
proval TO the Cox administration. In
the state of Ohio the governor has
faced many of the same enemies which
the president has faced in the nation.
Both have first assured themselves of
their position in every instance, have
made certain they were right, and
then have pushed forward. While one
was resisting the terrific pressure of
Wall Street, the other was combating
the powerful pressure of the liability
insurance companies. One was fight
ing for the equality of business op-
portunity for the people of the nation,
while the other was contending for
justice among the working people of
Ohio. The currency reform and the
revised tariff we're the result of the
determination OF President Wilson.
The workmen's compensation and
lower taxes were the result of the
determination OF Gov. Cox.
During the last few years public
men, who have thrown of the infiu-
ences of special interests and have
performed their duties In behalf of
the people, have been called radical.
The term has been applied for the
most part in an unfriendly sense in
order to convey the idea that the par
ticular official was revolutionary or
Socialistic. In this sense certain in
terests have called both President
Wilson and Gov. Cox radical Be
cause both have refused to acquiesce
In the precedents Of the past. they are
dubbed revolutionary.
Careful DeIiberatlon.
But the present campaign has shown
Gov. Cox to be as studiedly careful in
his official movements as the presi-
dent himself. A review of the history
of the new miners wage law illus
trates the point. 1t was the governor
who stayed the passage of this law
for an entire year until he could have
its every phase investigated by care
fully selected commission. In fact, so
deliberate was the governor in this in
stance that temporarily he drew down
upon him the wrath OF some OF the
mine workers, who misconstrued the