The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-10

we'll organized that they reminded one
of Republican functionsesef bygone days
Governor Cox himself stood in the re-
viewing stand and waved his hat, as Roose-
welt used to do, and waved his hat at
every marcher in the parade The same
Affection acame up out of the marching
thousands as tifey yelled for Jimmy
Cox, and he would yell back first names
galore. :
Anybody who sat and watched .theApa.5
rade go by for two hours could not bSit
have observed, the deep-reoted Loyalty of
BE- MAJ 'cheTs TO Cox They threw up
ssfifeffs at4tss as they went BY, they ci1eeied
him Hssini and again as if he were soalltA
military hero rather. than. mere.@eandi-
date Even the coal miners who cames
with tlgen, torches on their hats tried by
their banners to express their gratitnde1
for. Governor Cox's interest in legisla-l
ton .beifefiting their working conditions. 4
special effort Swas shade to bring
folks from. Marion,> Seuator Hardingfs.
home town, and about. 1900 people from
that town, mostly 4abofers and their
families, marched irS-the~ parade-for nor
smallv the town. of Marion is about evenly
divided as between Republican and Dem
ocratic victories All this amused the
crowd and certainly astoimded this corr.
who in the nast week tried
hard to find a single window in Marion
without Harding picture IN it.
The one big defect in the ceremony
was the long speech of introduction by
Senator Joseph Robinson of Arkansas
permanent chairman of the Democratic
national convention, -1eho etook a long
while Ia tell the governor he had been
nominated. Indeed after Mr. Robinson
had spent considerable time denouncing
the senate rules for permitting unlimited
debate and filibustering, he managed to-
flibuster the crowd into WEAKNESS while
it waited patiently for the main speaker
of the day. The Harding managers did
much better. They cu"tailed Senator
lodges speech and gave Harding all the
time he needed But the latter spoke in
small pavilion where oratory and elo-
quence eould be practieed with dramatic
effect. While Governor Cox stood in the
open air under skies that sprinkled a
shower of rain intermittently or else
poured hot rays Of sunlight on sweter-
ing crowd
The parade of Democratic strength was
the thing, the speech of acceptance was
secondary In fact. the Cox managers
must have realized that the delivery
of the address could not be accomplished
impressively, for they had copies of the
speech printed and distributed in the
crowd SO that folks could take them home
to read or perhaps could follow the remarks
easier as the governor spoke. Only the
small crowd of a few thousand who had
seats in the covered stand could really
enjoy the spoken words. They evidently
liked the speech for, after several hours
of speaking they shouted for more" and
almost compelled speech from Franklin
Roosevelt, vice presidential candidate, af-
ter Governor Cox had concluded.
Applause came frequently and with un
questioned spontaneity As the governor
compared President Wilson with the sol
der who was wounded in the World war,
declaring that one fell in the trenches
while the other broke down with the
overwhelming labors of the war, there
was an unmistakable response from the
crowd The league Of nations, too, got
as much applause any part OF the
speech. especially as the governor out
lined his two vital reservations. and then
said he was in favor ~ gong II the
league -Ag- = y ~ sAA-4
Every reference to the removal of high
taxes was cheered and il the attitude Of
this crowd Is an index Of what Ohio folks
IKE. II IS apparent thdb tutS AdftA To near
more about reducing taxes From polit
zeal point Of view, the affair was a suc-
cess. The speech satisfied the Democratic
committeeman and committeewomen who
had come from many different states and
it stimulated the Ohio Democrats 70 re
doubled effort II was more Of joll't-s
cation and political festival than the
Harding ceremony
y But there. again comparisons are diff
calf. The Cox managers used the onpor
tunitv to open the campaign in this.
doubtful state of "a electoral votes. The
Harding affair was staged for psvcholog
ical effect everywhere ms a repetition Of
the Mckinley style Of campaigning And
the notification ceremonies in each case
reflect exactly the TYNE of camnaign that
Is comirr with Harding mostly on the
front porch in a ouiet little town ands
Cox TRAVELLING around for big political
offairs pounding in his arguments IN mil
liant fashion before large audiences. with
street demonstrations and all the arts
known to the stump.