The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-22
COX ID CONDUCT FIGHT WITH HIS FRIENDS AT HELM Pushes Wilson Into Back ground by Shelving Cum
 mings and Ignoring
 League Issue
Fly CLINTON W. GILBERT

n Columbus, O., July 21,--(SpeciaI.)-- Governor Cox made himself the demo cratic party at the meeting of tht democratic national committee here. Ht did these things:
 First. indicated the issue on
 which he will seek the presidency--
 liberalism against reaction.
 Second, chose his own man. ex-
 Congressman George White, to be
 chairman of the democratic na-
 tiOnal committee in place of Homer
 Cum innings.
 Third, pushed the Wilson fssue
 into the background by shelving
 Cummings and by mentioning
 neither the League of Nations nor
 the President in his speech.
 If one may judge from yesterdays developments, the visit to the White House was one of respect from the new head of the democratic party to it's old head. The democratic candidate will make his own campaign with his own personal friends in charge. ignor- ing the League of Nations as an issue as much as he can and brin ging for ward an attack upon the republican party as an instrument of reaction.
 The day was Cox day. It began with a conference in the morning at the Neil hotel, in which the governor talked over the national craftsmanship with his campaign manager, Edmond Moore, and the state leaders who were Instrumental in nominating him at San Francisco. the most active being Wilbur Marsh of Iowa and George Brennan of Illinois. At this conference Moore de- clined definitely to serve as chairman of the national committee.
 Then came the all-afternoon confer ence of the governor and the subcom : mittee appointed to select officers for the national committee.
 At this conference MT. White who as- sisted Moore in managing Governor Cox's campaign and who served with Cox in Congress and is close friend of Cox. was chosen chairman.
 NOTABLE FOR OMISSION
 Following the election of Mir. White came Governor cox's short speech to the committee, which was chiefly notable for it's omission of all refer ence to the President and to the Lea gus of Nations and for the stress it laid upon liberalism and it's appeal for the support of the progressive mi nded voters. The governor spoke of his young democratic associate on the ticket, MT. Roosevelt, and told how the party had won by fighting for progress in 1912 and how his opponent at that time had been for reaction. He declared the side of progress always was the winning side and asserted his in his own victory.
 It was not a stirring speech in phrass or manner. It was brief and informal and evidently made without prepara. tfx.,, t.,,t tttn daft, of Cox, the candidate, taking control of his own party through Moore and White and marking out of the issues of the campaign, if he has the force and ability to catch the ear of the country and choose the issues to suit himself.
 The day left no question as to
 who k the master of the democratic
 party when anything had to he
 done. Edmond Moore, for Cox, rose
 and told the party what to do. He
 continued to do this even after he
 had resigned from the national
 committee to make place for
 White. fact to which the governor
 alluded yesterday in the speech.
 and though Moore had no official
 position. the party will go right on
 listening to himf throughout the
 campaign, for Moore will be. for
 campaign purposes, Governor Cox's
 Colonel House. He will he the un-
 official manager of the party,
 speaking for the governor.
 You have only to see Moore and White in action to see that the rela- lion which made White Moores as. sistant during the primary campaign was not accidental. and that it will rontinne though White is chairman Moore has, no official position Moore older than White. his mind always al
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