Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-10
Tour of Pacific
Coast States
for Coz.
Northwest Also to Be
Main Objective
of Party:
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

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DAYTON. Ohio. July 1O.-A whirlwind
tour of the Pacific coast states and the
northwest by Gov. Cox will start the
democratic campaign. Many requests
are reaching the governor from states in
those regions urging him to come there
to speak. The west settled the election
in 1916 and put Wilson In the White
House for his second term. 1t Is be-
lieved that 1t will be the determining
factor in the coming election. For thar
reason it is not unlikely that Gov. Cox
will yield to these repeated invitations
and go west.
W. W. Blain of Mitchell. S. D.. called
on the governor in person to urge that
he tour that state and others in the
northwest The republicans. 1t Is argued.
will lose many votes because of the
Nom Partisan League strength in that
section, and the democrats are anxious
to pick up all the votes lying around
loose. California and Minnesota have
put in pleas for visits by Gov. Cox. In
fact, he has been urged to open the
campaign in California and assured that
the prospects in that state are better
this year than they were in 1916.
Notification Plans Delayed.
While plans for the formal notiflca-
ton of Gov. Cox probably will not be
made until after the democratic
leaders have returned from the west,
and possibly not until after the meet
ing of the democratic national COM
mittee July 90, in Dayton or Colum-
bus-the meeting place has not been
finally determined-it was said today
that the notification may not take
place until August Is or 20.
This Is a matter which must be set
tied. according to Gov. Cox. by the
national committee or subcommittee
thereof. selected to make the arrange
ments: Gov. Cox and his running
mate. Franklin D: Roosevelt Will hold
in Columbus. in all probability. This
is contingent upon the date Mr..
Roosevelt returns from the west.
Gov. Cox plans to go to Columbus
Monday, and remain there for some
time.
The governor received number Of
letters from men he has pardoned and
put on probation. wishing him success
during his administration. A number
Of prison reforms have been estab-
lished In Ohio and men have gone
out from the jails and made good.
Clerks Busy with Telegr.ms.
{ DAYTON. Ohio, duly, j Gov. Cox
is making strenuous efforts to get
affairs In shape here for his return
to the executive Office at Columbus
Monday morning. A number Of clerks
are busy with the large stacks of
kilograms and letters of congratuia-
ton. getting them in shape to be
who was chief medical officer Of the
37th (Ohio National Guard) Division
during the war, Is assisting with the
messages.
The governors Dayton friends are
pleased with the prospects Of his
90 hn 1ut iyrprr RI 6iof fal u
into the western states. and they be-
lieve such plan will be approved by
the national committee. They desire,
however. to see the governor make
vigorous campaign in his home state.
though they profess to see in the
pr~trr, On the Job.
'eytonians are much interested in
having as "a Lci OF inc, campaign ac-
tivities in their home city as possible.
and. although the governor has stated
that his personal headquarters will
be in Columbus. they believe the
democratic candidate will see to 1t
that Dayton gets to see many OF the
generals during the campaign. They
the official notification ceremonies
going to Columbus. They feel certain
the notification will be at Trails
End. and the only thing yet to be set
tied in connection with it is the date.
The governor has no conferences
scheduled for today. though, as on
other days. it is expected there will
be a number of informal calls. Yes
terday. he paid visit to the golf
course, where tie Ohio state tourna-
ment is In progress. He did not play.
Concentrate in West.
That the west may be developed into
one of the chief backgrounds early
in the national political campaign was
the inference drawn from yesterdays
developments here.
Gov. Cox IN his talk with newspaper
men. left the impression that he. at
least. was interested in the PROPOSE
ton of an early Invasion Of the west,
stated however. that campaign ar
rangements are in the hands Of the
national committee and that he could
say nothing definite until he has con-
ferred with the committee.
1t is known that democratic leaders
have their eyes on the Non-partisan
League vote in the northwest and are
anxious to corral as much Of 1t as
possible. Consequently it is expected
they will not overlook an oppor-
tunity to acquaint the league voters
as soon as possible with the qualif-
cations of their candidate.
Messages continue to arrive in a
constant stream. The governor has
not found time yet to answer many of
the congratulatory kilograms and let
ters. He said last night he expected
to wire Senator Reed of Missouri his
expression of thanks for the courteous
message received from the Missouri
senator.
The date for the civic demonstra-
tion planned by the Dayton Chamber
of Commerce has been changed to
July 80.
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