The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1920-07-10
NOMINEE FOR PRES.
SOMETHING ABOUT
COX, DEMOCRATIC
Regular Fellow" Friends Say; Ro-
bust Executive Developed In
Hard School of Experience
First After Pro6teers.
THREE TIMES ELECTED Gov
ERNOR OF OHIO.
Started Life as Printers DeviI-To-
day Owns Two Daily Newspapers
Yet Young Man and Has
Had Active Career.
OHIO GOVERNOR WAS PRINT.
ER'S DEVIL-HIS RISE.

1S73-Born at Clarksburg, w. Va.
1S89-Reporter-devil on a Dayton
paper.
1s9s-Bought Dayton Daily News.
l903-Bought Springfield paper and
formed News League of Ohio.
19O9-Began first of two terms in
Congress.
1913-Governor of Ohio.
1915-Defeated for Governor by
Frank B. Willis.
1917-Defeated Willis and began
second term as Governor.
1o19-Began third term as Governor.
1920 - Mentioned as Democratic
Presidential possibility.
Men call jimmy Cox, Ohio's
Ihree-tlme Governor, regular fell
iow.."
he can tell good story and appre-
cIateS hearing one. He is fair whist
player who enjoys the game most
when he wins. He is an engaging
cOnverSatlOnaIlSt.
out auove ala, James III. Cox iiAc-
CAS ouLuoorS. ne IS AL enLnuSiaSL..
usuerInan and nunIer. w hen ne Is IN
Deiy Guil, t4iiiiosC any mofnIiig ne may
De seen az sunrise taking DflSk
walk over country roauS near his
Iarm, alone or accompanied by Mis-.
COX ana James, Jr. Hnen In Col
umDus ne Jrles 10 get III rouno or SO
or goII every afternoon.
For several years he hts spent his
summers at cottage in northern
Mlcnlgan, where, with ms entire tam
ny, ne Allows nothing TO distract nim
from his enjoyment OF the outdoors.
In season many a. field in kentucky,
tennessee and Alabama have known
his presence and everywhere he has
hunted his favorite cog Tom has be-
come crony of the natives.
His love of hunting is in reality a
love of hunting dogs. Nothing in re-
cent years has grieved him like the
death of old Tom, run down and kill
ed by an automobile few weeks a.
KNOWS HOW TO REST.
Cox believes his ability to forget
work and take rest and recreation is
his greatest asset. When applying
himself at his office, the Governor
drives with endless energy, but works
without friction. He will not be stam-
peded to quick decision, although
his judgments are formed quickly
| and then promptly executed.
Governor Cox is 46 years old. He
is robust, weighs 165 pounds and is
stockily built.
Cox was developed in the hard
school of experience. His early edu-
cation he got in the public schools.
When quite young he started to work
as printers devil, then taught
school, became newspaper reporter
was private secretary to congress.
man, congressman for two terms
became editor and owner of two Ohio
daily newspapers, and finally was
elected governor. His third term as
governor will end in 1921.
Cox was born on farm near Jack.
sonburg, Ohio, few miles from Day-
ton. He spent his youth working on
the farm and attending school nea,
his home. AS he grew older, he, like
other boys of the neighborhood, went
to seek his fortune. He obtained EN-.
pIoyment from time to time on Dav.
ton and Cincinnati newspapers, as
printers devils. Later he became q
reporter and copy reader on the Gin.
natl Enquirer, Cincinnati.
In 1898, Cox bought the DAYTON
News. In 1908 he bought the
Springfield Press-Republic FORMING
later the Springfield News. These
two papers now constitute the News
League of Ohio, of which Cox is own.
er and editorial director.
FIGHTER OF FLOODS.
Cox represented the Third Ohio
District in Congress from 1909 to
1913. In the latter year he began his
nrst term of governor, his election as
DEMOCRAT having been hailed by
Republicans as an accident" In
1915 he was defeated for reelection
by Frank B. Willis, Republican. In
1919 he was again elected for a two
year term.
Cox had barely assumed the duties
OF governor in 1913 when the great
floods of that spring inundated Day
ton, and the valleys of the Miami and
| Scloto. The man who dominated the
| situation following the floods was
Cox. He assumed complete charge,
declared martial law, and in three
days, during which he never left his
office, started the wheels of relief
moving and had rehabilitation under
way.
During the series of disaster, Cox
| was "chief magistrate, commander
in-chief, head of the life-saving SER
vice, provider of food and clothing,
principal health officer, severest dis
| ciplinarian, hardest worker, most
hopeful prophet, sanest counselor,
kindest philanthropist and most accu-
] rate reporter" according to con-