The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-02
WITH CANDIDATES
FOR PRESIDENT
Harding Watches Exhibition
Ball Game Between Home
Team and Chicago
Cubs.
cox OFF ON VOYAGE
Starts Swing Around Circle Which
VIII Take in Nearly Every State
West Of Missis.
sippi.
by Raymond Clapper, United Press
Staff Correspondent.

!
MARION, Ohio, Sept. Big league
baseball and school teachers competed
for the attention of Warren G. Har-
! ding today
The Chicago Cubs arrived early to-
| day to call on the candidate and play
an exhibition game with the Marion
emiprofessional team
On their heels, in special car
from Chicago, came dozen heads OF
educational associations, representing
seven hundred thousand school teach
ers.
Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, is
expected during the day. The teach
ers were headed by W. T. Mccoy, of
the Chicago school committee; Will
liam D. Owen, of the National Edu-
cational league and c., B. Stillman,
president of the American Federation
of Teachers, and R. G.. Moore, presi-
dent of the Illinois State Teachers as
sociation.
Harding came out fatty today for
throwing the strength of the govern
ment behind the American merchant
marine through subsidiaries or other
means.
This policy is corollary to his pro
itective tariff policy, the one intended,
according to Harding. to protect
America from the outside competition
and the other to carry goods to all
corners of the world advantage geously.
Cox Off on Trip.
I [By Herbert w. Walker, United Press
Staff Correspondent
nor James NJ Cox tonight is to begin
the most extensive stump tour ever
undertaken by presidential candi-
date.
Starting on his big 'swing around
the circle" just year to the day
after President Wilson made his ma
ton wide tour in the hope of obtain
ing ratification of the peace treaty,
the democratic candidate with his
pledge that the United States shall
enter the league of nations, will wage
his battle in every state west of the
Mississippi river, except Arkansas,
Texas and Louisiana. His first
speech will be in Lansing, Michigan.
tomorrow
Cox's shedule calls for an average
of about four speeches daily for a
month, although this number probably
will be increased by rear platform
talks.
Tentative plans provide that Cox
shall return to Ohio about October 3,
but after brief rest, he is expected
to make a whirlwind finish ofsthe CAM
paign in the east and middle west,
thus making his stump battle con-
tinuous until election day
Twenty states will be invaded by
the governor on his western tour.
When this tour is completed, Cox
will have spoken in all states except
the south, Illinois, New Jersey and
Maryland and North New England.
Answering an intimation of Senator
Kenyon at the senate campaign expen-
ditures committee hearing yesterday
to the effect that his western tour will
cost 100000, Cox said today that the
total cost as estimated by Senator
Harrison of the speakers bureau, is
s2S, 900, part of which Will be charged
ito accompanying press representa-
.tives. all of whom pay their own ex-
penses.
Ed. H. Moore, Cox's convention
manager. is now at the senate CAM
paign investigation in Chicago, as the
governors personal representative
having left bere yesterday with an as
sertion that the department of justice
would be asked to prosecute any re-
publicans whose testimony is shown
to be false by democratic evidence.
He has all the additional evidence
Cox has collected.
Governor Cox will be in Chicago
Saturday and Sunday, should the SEN
ate committee desire his appearance
although it was believed this will not
he asked with Ed Moore there as his
personal representative
Speech to Farmers.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 2.-The
time has come when more good old
hard headed farmers must have their
feet under the table when important
national policies are determined .
Governor James M. Cox declared
here today, in addressing representa-