Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-07-07
OK DROPS ALL,
NEEDING CALL
! OF HOME TOWN
leaves Trails End for Middle.
town and Ovation by
Old Friends.
WILL OF MASS TO RULE

DAYTON, o., July 7.-Gov. James N.
Cox, democratic presidential nominee,
faced a veritable cloudburst as he stepped
on the platform at Mddletown, o.. his
old boyhood town, last night, and as
result everything in this part Of Ohio
was considerably dampened except the
enthusiasm OF the governor and the 5000
people who later gathered in the two
leading theaters to hear from the nomi-
uec
diddletown is the nearest city TO the
village Of JacksonborO, where Jimmy
IS he is familiarity called by all the town
folk, was born.
1t was here he taught school at II. be-
came a reporter and through Paul Sorg
GOT his start in the political world.
On learning Of his nomination yes
terday morning his boyhood friends in
Middletown and Hamilton organized
Cox clubs, arranged a celebration and
) dispatched a committee to the governor
asking that he come Immediately.
The committee found him in an
avalanche of congratulary kilograms
from all over the nation in his home at
Trails End, and the governor, recog
MIXING the right Of first claim on him
by his birthplace. promised to go.
PARTY MOTORS
TO 1IDDLETOWN.
Accompanied by his wife, Mrs. John
Root, Miss Eleanor West and Perry
Shepard, all of Chicago, he motored
twenty-five miles over the Dixie highway
50 Aiddletown.
A tremendous ovation was given him
as he entered the public square in the
center of town and then it began to rain
The crowd quickly gathered IN the
theaters, where the governor addressed
them.
His remarks were confined mainly to
"reminiscences Of the time he spent in
AIiddletown
Carefully he avoided saying anything
that could be interpreted as showing
his stand on the questions at issue be-
fore the convention.
He promised, If successful in his fight
fer election, to see that the will of the
majority ruled, and said that the time
had come when the great mass must
be made to hold its confidence in the
government
The man that breaches force rather
than law is as dangerous TO the COM
munity as any long haired bolshevik in
Russia" he said.
When / was teaching school in this
town we had fifteen minutes for lunch
nc recess, and taught everything from
the alphabet to geometry.
Il vas often wearied, but never felt
ri-5tittered because l was in less for
Sunate circumstances than others.
WATCHED LONG
FOR OPPORTUNITIES.
Il worked hard and watched long fol-
opportunities to better my station IN
life, which finally came through Pau
Sorg when he took me into congress
as his secretary.
This was the turning point in my
l.fe, and want to say to all you young
men that God is good to the young man
who learns as quickly as possible to
use his mind and his hands,
The spur Of necessity brings into
play the stuff you are made Of and in
my happiness OF the hour don't mind
taking you into my confidence to let you
know that I expect to win because Of
the Lessons taught me as 1 labored here
trying TO get a foothold.
If I should win l promise you that
all the physical and mental ability 1
have will not be spared in the endeavor
20 continue 10 give the best in me for
the good Of my country.
"As long as I live 1 will remember
this great reception given me and the
knowledge Of having the confidence Of
those who know me better than all
others viii 20 a long way in helping
me win the fight"