The Washington times., 1920-08-12
GOV. cox TO VISIT
HARD|NG'S TOWN
Democratic Nominee Will Make
Brief Stop at Marion on =
Way for Address.

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COLUMBUS. Ohio, Aug. i2.-Gov.
James M. Cox, Democratic Presiden-
tiai nominee, set out today for Camp
Perry rife range, determined to score
some bulls eyes before the day was
over.
| In an address this afternoon before
rlnemen participating In the national
rife matches he expected to take a
few hot shots at enemies OF the
League Of Nations, and hoped to md
time either before or after the speech
to demonstrate ON the target range
his skill with both rifie and shotgun.
Is GOOD RIFLE SHOT.
81 promise to outshoot any OF you
boys" the governor told newspaper
men who were with him on the train.
''but before you risk your reputation
l must warn you that used to be a
pretty good shot" The governor
then told how. at Chillicothe camp
during the war. he shot a match with
a colonel who was instructor OF
marksmanship, and beat him with
| bOtn rine ana Suu.
| II had just returned from hunting
big game in Canada, however. and
had my hand in" he added.
The governor had intended to motor
directly from Columbus to Camp
Perry, but was persuaded to go by
| train to Toledo and then travel by
| automobile the remaining distance OF
approximately thirty miles. Since his
acceptance speech last Saturday the
governor has suffered from head
| aches, and friends argued that the
long motor trip involving several bad
detours could scarcely be expected to
hasten his recovery.
WILL STOP AT MARION.
The governors train will stop for
few minutes at Marion, the home OF
Senator Harding. and the army OF
newspapermen from the Harding
camp planned to be at the station to
greet Governor Cox.
| Senator Harding. his Republican
opponent. will be engaged in a series
| of important conferences at his home
here with a number OF Republican
leaders from different States.
| The Senator will continue to con-
duct his front porch campaign while
| Governor Cox Is stumping the coun-
try, It was said. Later in the cam
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addresses elsewhere but he is re-
ported to be unalterably opposed to
his taking the road" on any barn
| storming trips" 1t was declared.
! CONFER WITH SENATOR.
Among those scheduled to confer
with Senator Harding today were l.
A. Caswell. Republican national COM
mitteeman from Minnesota: Clarence
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national committee and Charles Q.
Chandler. chairman of the Board of
directors of the First National Bank
OF Wichita, Kan, who is close
friend of Senators Capper and Cur
tbs. OF that State.
The Senator's home is drawing
rapidly increasing number of visitors
from various sections OF the country.
AS the campaign continues Republican
leaders are expected to come here
more and more frequently while plans
| have been completed to bring a num-
Der OF delegations from different
States on occasions when the Senator
will meet various issues Of the cam
paign with addresses from his front
porch.
GOVERNOR LIKES TO HUNT.
Cox is an inveterate hunter and
goes into the woods each year just as
| soon as the season opens. His favor
| ite hunting ground is near Hodgen-
willie in La Rue county. Ky. 1t was
| here that Cox came near losing his
life several years ago.
Cox was in a field where too many
| were hunting. He was coming up
ravine with a full hunting bag when
| a stray shot struck him. His hunting
companion found him. The bullet en-
tered his left cheek. A few inches
over and higher it would have been
| fatal.
There appears to be some mistake
here" the Ohio Governor said when
| the party which had fired on him
came up. when I came down to
Kentucky I paid $25 for the privilege
| OF shooting, not being shot at And,
besides, when we started out this
morning you fellows said you could
| shoot You haven't done anything
except wing me. I hope you will be
good enough to help me get the shot
out Of my cheek"
Cox helped remove the shot. ban
daged his face and kept on hunting
The Governor will return to Colum-
bus today. He will go to wheeling
w. Va, Saturday to address the Dem