Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-07-15
COLONEL BAILEY WRITES
OF DEMOCRATIC LEADER

Writing from San Francisco to the
houston Post. of which he is editor.
OF the desperate effort made at the
Democratic convention to prevent the
nomination of Governor Cox. Col.
George NJ Eailey. whose reputation
aS rehahl" newspaper man is CO.
extensive with the bounds of the
country. prints the following in a re
cent iSSu" OF his paper:
rh"re w"r" many atrociouS things
written and said about the nominee
aid for Will" it looked very much
as il the men who wrote and said
them would accomplish his DOWNFALL
His domestic" affairs were rather
SCandalouSIy aired. Ills political enc
mics or rivals painted him as a re
dictionary and far worse than that.
And all tn" while the perfectly
wcll-b"haVcd aud exemplary CHIEF
eNccutiv" of ohio. holding for the
hird time the highest honor with'u
tn" gift of great commonwealth.
was at his home in Dayton. Innocent
~ surprising himself II respectable
gentleman. lie was in hliSSful iEnor
anCc of the ordeal to which his rcpu-
tation aS Il man and official was being
subjected out here 10y the patriots
who had assembled to choose u con
tender for the presidential chair Per
hapS If he had known or even Sus-
pcctrd all these things he would have
showed the possibility of the pr"Si-
dcncN away from him.
In phio. where his life is an open
book. and one of the siN best sellers
81, A
not have been said. for his calumni-
ators might have had their noses
mashed. Here II was impossible I"
run down every lie while II was
Il "sh. Th"r" w"r" too many of them
and the liarS were both smooth and
plausible.
"Among other things. COX was
painted as Il man "f immoral char
:lctcr. as rcaCtiOnarN. as tool or
Wall street. as n protector of vice. a.
"A hircling of the liquor traffic. ami
nearly everything except burglar
and II horse thief
''rhc women heard many Of the
storics for the women were imp"r-
tunatc and they w"r" wont to h"ll"N'
that the distinguished governor made
vice of every character 4 speciality.
Sow that he is II nominee there IL
nothing To fear along this line. Tor
there are four months of spotlight To
reveal all the truth about him.
"n is astounding how quickly Il
presidential nomination can clear up
! mans reputation among the dis
terminating ones of his own party.
II is Il common thing to hear men
who were blasting him As hours ago
row SAY that he iS after all the
strongest man who could have h""n
nominated: that g"0Eraphically he ~
tn" most aVnilahl" ON" who offered;
that his record iS typical of onr best
traditions: that his p"liti"al record
will attract tn" best elements OF
American citizenship in his support
that his achievements in Stat"Craft
are wonderful.
Some who w"r" swearing N"st"r-
dav that they would vote the Kepnh-
icam ticket if h" were nominated
are now hoaSting him as the best
nominee the party has put forward
In many u year. IT all goes I" show
the hcklcnrSS ana mCanncSS of poll
tics.
"Hcing - little frccr to speak now
| can say what WAS in my mind
many weeks ago ahout cox. He IL =
most attractive personality. highly
intelligent man. and one who has
demonstrated his ability as vote
g"ttcr. | knew Governor cox before
his gOVrrnOrShip days and knew him
+" hc a high class. intelligent gentle
man. ! knew, for instance, that h"
was not II rcaCtionarN, for he was
elected to the ohio goVcrnOr"hip a.
a progr"ssiv" ANA that q new conSti-
. tf,,., sir..
was involved in his election. He
made good all along the line. ! knew
that II" was an upright editor and
publisher VIII" had nothing In com
mon with tn" liquor traffic or Wall
street. ana that the sanctimoni"us
r.scalS who. 10y d"cciIful tongue and
written word. were HSprrSing his
character here In SAN Francisco. were
lying about him. if indeed. they knew
anything about him at all
II knew. too. that he had been IN
line right along with President Wilson.
that h" was war governor whose
T.; triotiSm was "Nc"llcd 10y that Of no
contemporary. and that ne was bet
tel progressive docr than most OF his
critics were suycrs.
II knew that H." was not strictly
aligned against the Wilson adminis-
trati"n. that aS an executive ne was
strictly for th" enforcement of tn"
law. and that he was Il constitution
nmlliii"r in II" sens" whatever.
''WhntcN"T may haV" been ones
preferences. every Democrat whose
interest in politics is good govern
In"nt and efficient aud economical
Eov"rnm"nt. may investigate this fine
'hi"n to his hearts content and find
that the more one investigates him
the better one will like him"
Candidates for Supervisor.
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