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ENTHUSIASM FOR COX
Winchester Says His Nomination
Pleases Democrats in all Parts of
The Country.

Baltimore, Md, July Z. 1920.
The nomination of Governor Cox
by the Democratic Convention at San
Francisco has DCen received with a
great amount OF enthusiasm here in
Baltimore, and reports from other
sections indicate that democrats gen
orally throughout the entire coun-
try are highgly gratified at the out
come of the convention and are filled
with strong hope and confidence in
the result of the election in Novem
Der. The Democratic nominee is
undoubtedly the strongest candidate
that could possibly have been nomi-
mated. He is a man in the prime
of life, in full health and vigor, is
known everywhere as a strong, Wig
orous, personality, of far above the
average ability. His popularity in
his home state is evidenced by the
fact that he has been elected Cover
nor of Ohio three times, after most
grilling and strenuous campaigns,
through which he came unscathed by
the attacks of his enemies. He has
been literally through the fire, and
has escaped unframed. AS a bust
ness man, as a journalist and news
paper writer, as a man of unblemiSh
ed moral character. the people OF
Ohio have three times chosen him
for Governor, and all even his po-
litical opponents, admit that he has
proved himself to be one of the best
executives the State has ever had.
That he will make a popular and win
ming candidate for the Presidency is
the prediction Of a large proportion
of the people whose judgment Of
public affairs is not warped by parti-
san rancor and political spleen and
hostility.
In striking contrast to the Repub
lican convention of four weeks ago
at Chicago, the democratic conven
tion was an Embossed affair, and all
its actions inexperienced in the
open, and in full view of the whole
country There was no one boss, or
coterie of bosses, at Chicago. There
was no Penrose to dictate What
should be done, and to give the sig
nal as to when and to whom to NOM
mate. In fact tie whole convention
at San Francisco was probably the
freest from outside; Interference and
dictation of any that was ever held
in this city or any other land. What
was done in the way of platform res
olutionS and nominations was the
untrammeled' act of the delegates
themselves, the majority dominating
and ruling the whole proceedings
from the first day to the close on the
final adjournm All this augues
well for the campaign, and it looks
6an1nPratC a
would again receive the approval of
the people, and be entrusted with the
government of the country for an
other term of four years. 1t should
be a matter of pride to the demo-
Gratis of Maryland that several of
their delegates voted for the success
full candidate from the beginning and
that at the close they were practically
united in favor of Governor Cox. The
party goes before the people with
platform patriotic in every plank and
American in the soundest sense from
start to finish And on this platform
are candidates who represent all that
is soundest, best and ablest in the
patriotic citizenship of the whole
land. And there is every hope that
the ticket will win. No boss die
tated any act of the Convention, no
plank in the platform was placed
there by any special interests, fnan-
cial or otherwise and the platform
was adopted in the open, after free
and vigorous discussion, and the
nominations were made after all the
candidates had a fair chance, and af-
ter one of the most thrilling and dra
matte fights in the history of Amer
lean politics. The whole convention
from the election of the delegates
to the final adjournment on Tues
day, was as fine an exhibition of real
democracy in action as this country
has ever seen, and there is no rea-
son to despair of the republic after
what has taken place in San Fran
cisco. All good and patriotic citi-
zens can now rejoice, and thank
Heaven that Providence still reigns
and that the great American Repub-
lie is still a real democracy, despite
all the ominous forebearings of the
past five years. And today in Balti-
more democrats and good citizens
generally are smilingly rejoicing at
the outlook for the future, and are
preparing to go to work with heart
and soul. full of zeal for the election
of the whole ticket, and for the trl-
umph of the party which has alone
stood for popular rights, and for the
greatest good to the people for more
than a century.
PAUL WINCHESTER