The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-10-22
.COx's Attemt to Win Votes
of PrOgrlssiUes Abuses Ohio;
Once Called Roosevelt 'CrGwfish'

most any dignified cuss word they
could have passed over In the heat
OF "A campaign, but TO liken Roosevelt
to a crawfiah, who never backed up
on anything. they say, was the es-
sence OF vulgar insult.
They all seemed to have remem-
bcrcd this. II was M OF the assaults
under the skins OF his lifelong
friends.
Plays To P~rogrcssives.
Since the governor has be9n play
ing up to the progrcssicvea OF the
northwest. the Roosevelt people In
Ohio have been digging up the old
records, and now the whole state
Is mulling over an episode OF the 1914
campaign when Cox wns defeated for
governor by Willis.
A New York film promoter pro-
posed to Governor Coz that he be
given some real publicity In the NOV
ing picture theaters by showing him
to the audience rs a progressive
Ohio had been split squnrely In two
that Is, the republican party had bet
two years before. with the progress
sives getting almost an even break
and resulting In the election Of Cox
by a minority vote.
The governor seems TO have APP
~ oNfh ~ HAAhs NJ lfaAnA 1t0A kN r.
Burba. tho governors secretary, on
September 20, 1914, sent the follow
ing telegram to NJ. a. Neff, Hotel
Imperial, New York;
Words and slides. "a progressive
governor who does things and does
them right"
This slide seems to have been used
for a few days. and then something
happened. Governor Cox himself
d. - - - .N.NA.a.
man. At amy rate the telegram was
signed James NJ. Cox" II was dat
ed Columbus, October 10. 1914, adj
dressed to NJ, A. Neff. 1909 Longacre
building. Now York City. and read
as follows;
Please zee that the word pro-
gressive' n taken from the slide"
A few days later, October 20. Mr..
Burba, secretary to the governor, sent
n reinforcing telegram to Mr.. Neff,
reading as follows:
you have our consent to use n
story concerning the moving picture
him. Hope you have had word pro-
gressive' taken from Slide for gov
ernor."
Accuses OhioaI,s
The Harding people and particular
~ the former p~rogressives. are now
c%ircularizing Ohio with these tele-
gram and in many places are dis
tributing photographs OF them.
one OF the ohiqans who got con-
siderably wrought up when the tel
egraph'S dispatches came back to the
home papers sitting forth the gov
ernor's "%joilyng'' OF the Did Roose-
Welt leaders an In the northwest, was.
George II. Clark who Is supporting
Harding and Is practically managing
the Harding campaign in Ohio.
In this campaign" Mr.. Clark
said, we are hearing n lot about
progrosslveism. We are asked TO be-
lieve tthat upon the death OF the
lamented Roosevelt the mantle
of 4 progressive leadership fell
upon the shoulders OF James NJ. Cox.
can you imagine it7 Into what
strange paths has progressiveism de-
parted, with Cox carrying the banner
and every other outstanding leader
who followed Roosevelt marching In
an opposite direction under the lead
ership OF Warren G. Harding7
lis Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., a pro-
Rrcsslve? Well. he is not following
Cox. Is Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Long
tain, n progressiye7 She's out speak
ing for Harding. Is Mrs. Douglas
Robinson, hts sister, a progressive?
She's as far away from Cox as II II
possible for any loyal. patriotic AM
erican woman to get. Is Senator
Arthur Capper n progressive2 or ,
Brown. Arthur Garford. James
Il. Garfield. clifford Pinchot. Henry
Allen. Senator Medill Mccormick,
Raymond Robins, and scores of
others who acknowledge the lead
Of Roosevelt. progressively At
all events they are against Cox"