New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-08
Cox Hailed as
Free Candidate
By Robinson
s'Neither Midnight Combi-
nations nor PlutOcratic
C. b als'' Made His
Selection, Senator Says
Past Record Is Upheld
Notification Speaker Lays
Stress on Progressive
Laws Passed in Ohio

DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. 7.-Senator
Joseph T. Robinson, of Arkansas. as
chairman of the notification committee.
made the formal speech to-day, notify
ing Governor James NJ. Cox of his
nomination for the Presidency on the
Democratic ticket.
Senator Robinson hailed Cox as a
candidate in whose selection neither
midnight combinations nor plutocratc
cabals were instrumental" The speak
er laid stress on the progressive legis-
lation which he said Governor Cox
had put through in Ohio despite op-
position.
The Democratic platform was CLEAR
and unmistakable" in its meaning as
to the League of Nations, the Senator
said.
Senator Robinson said in part:
The honor and responsibility at
tending this nomination came to you
because your position respecting cam
paign issues is known to be in har-
mony with the platform adopted, and
because the record of your public serv-
ice demonstrates rare leadership.
However we'll equipped in mental
ity one may be for public life, capacity
for safe leadership in great crises can
only result from experience. Four
years service in the House of Repre-
sentatves when Congress was dealing
with issues vital to the country's prog
ress familiarized you with legislative
procedure and with the Importance Of
cooperation between the legislative and
executive departments.
Praises Governors Acts
at is not surprising that the whole
some reforms accomplished in Ohio
through your efforts as Governor at
first challenged the antagonism of
every questionable influence in the
state. In spite of opposition which at
times threatened to become overwhelm-
ing, by gallant and courageous per-
Torrance of duty, you won, and retain,
the admiration of grateful public.
1T seems appropriate to state in
this connection some of the things of
permanent benefit which your inta-
tive has given to the people of Ohio.
"The new constitution, ratified
through your efforts, made possible a
series of Legislative and administrative
reforms without parallel in number
and Importance in the annals of any
other state.
ut is not practicable here to review
in detail these reforms. They vital
lied existing institutions and created
new agencies for the promotion of the
happiness and prosperity of progress
sive people.
you secured the passage of a work
mans compensation law which thirty
other states have taken for model
This measure provides compensation
for workmen according to the degree
of their disability and at the same
time safeguards employers against I'M
fair and extortionate claims. 1t has
worked SO we'll that it is said the num-
Der of lawsuits involving workmen's
compensation decreased from approx
mately $4,000 in 1912 to less than fifty
in 1919
mo better example of courageous
discharge of duty is known than the
manner in which you dealt with the
industrial problems in Ohio during the
war. With firmness and patience YOU
harmonized apparently irreconcilable
contentious between employee and en-
ployer, and without resort to force
succeeded in keeping in continuous
operation the steel mining and trans
portation industries Of the state, ad-
mittedly indispensable to the comfort
of your people and to the success of
our armies.
"The budget system is an enduring
monument to your genius in states
Aii"Aoiiip. liio HcdouIc pldCtu tHe VAIL
Gus state departments on a sound fl
nancial basis. Notwithstanding the
greatly increased cost of administra-
ton incident to the war the state gov
eminent has been operated without in
crease in tax rates. The measure has
proved so satisfactory that the Repub-
lican nominee has declared for SINH
lar system of coordinating national
income and expenditures
Improved School System
"When you became Governor you
found the rural schools of the state in
adequate and poorly maintained. A
masterful organization was affected
which resulted in cons olidatons from
which has come the best rural school
system in the Union.
"The reforms inaugurated in the
prisons of Ohio during your admins
trations have made the penal institu-