Connecticut western news., 1920-07-08
Cox and Rooseuelt Are the
 Democratic Contentious Choice
Covernor of Ohio Nominated Most Prolonged
 Deadlock History of National Political Parties
 Franklin D. Roosevelt Assistant Secretary of Navy, Nominated by Reclamation Running Mate
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES OF BOTH GREAT
 PARTIES STARTED LIFE AS PRINTERS DEVILS

sonburg. There the love of litera- ture awoke, and so, completing his course at the country school, the fu- ture governor and Congressman went to high school at Amanda, Butler county, Ohio.
 Governor Cox entered newspaper life through the familiar door of newsboy. From selling newspapers he grew up to want to make them, so he became "printer's devil' and started in to learn the printers trade. Tn this, the democratic can- didate was like the republican nom inee for President, Senator Harding. The charm of the presses and ink singing wore off after a while and he became a country school teacher, also like Harding.
 Fourth Estate Call Strong
 The call of the Fourth Estate was strong in him, however, and soon he was back in the newspaper field as reporter at Middletown, Ohio. His talents soon won him an editorial desk on the Cincinnati Inquirer"
 Tn 1894 he had his first Washing ton experience as secretary to Paul J. Sorg, representative from Ohio in the Fifty-third Congress. MT. Cox remained with Representative Sorg in confidential capacity until Aug ust 15, 1898 when he re-entered newspaper. work as owner, and pub fisher of the Dayton News"
 Five years later, in 1908, MT. Cox acquired the Press Republic" of Springfield, Ohio. He changed the name to the "Daily News" of that city, operating the Dayton and Springfield papers under what is now known as the "News League" of Ohio. His journals, under his eff cient management, have grown to be strong and leading publications in Ohio and reflect great credit on his newspaper and editorial ability.
 Elected to Congress
 While always holding the active interest of the newspaper man in politics, MT. Cox was never can didate for office and never held any until he consented to accept the nomination for and was elected rep resentative from the Third Ohio Dis trict to the Sixty-frst Congress. MT. Cox enjoyed a decided democratic victory, his plurality being 13,00O over his nearest opponent.
 Representative Cox remained in Washington until 1913, when he was the unanimous choice of his state for governor. He was elected in that year and served one term, when he was defeated by close vote, but in 1917 he was again elected governor and has served ever since
 His second reelection, in 1918, made him the only democrat elected governor three times in the normally republican state of Ohio. The only republican elected to three terms was Rutherford B. Hayes, who was elected to the White Houes before the expiration of his last term. Married Twice Governor Cox was first married cn May 23, 1893. His bride was Mayme I. Harding, of Cincinnati. They had three children, Helen, James and John. Following divorce he married Margaretta Blair, daugh- ter of Thomas s. Blair, prominent Chicago business man. They have enc daughter, Anne Governor Cox now lives at Trails End, near Day ton, their country home, where Mrs. Cox indulges her one hobby, garden ing. Society leaders of the state de- clare that she altogether neglects social activities.