Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-03
GOV. COX PLEDGES.
HARDING SUPPORT
- n}tHtyuWI-N NlNHvth i.
Proves a Good Loser and
: Smiles as Friends Offer
Condolences. .

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Assocfated sPress) Gov. Soxs Sne saee
feated presidential al. ,fanalo tsnnn In senate ay
HardinE, the President-elect. 2lsoEink
siuut56rt .as 4 citizen to the e1ecutixe
authority .in. whatever emergency
might arise - "a.
feated candidate today. read:s
..In the spirit of America. l. accepe
fhe decision Of the majority, tenoer
as the defeated candidate my con-
1ratulations, and pledge as a clti1en
my support to the executiVe a,tsa
in whatever emergency might arse.
From early last night the goyerv.r
had no illusion about the hnal resun'
hut he refused to make any statemSl1
His newspaper. extra announcing ~
publican. Landslide: Harding Mlns. VIZ
Repression, but once that 1t was IN tne
Z street he manifested little interest IN
tthe accumulating returns.
The governor proved a good loser, ana
1 the last hour spent at his once was yoe-
voted to confronting disconsolate callers
He never lost bis smile nor DID MIS-.
Coz. who spent the evening with MIN.
To ali friends who came with conoo-
lence, he added these words 10 ms 5,
smile: I'm proud Of your interest
assertion that for him the result was
|impersonal:s
Before midnight his thoughts turned
to his coming vacation. Once when
talking OVER the long distance telephone
connecting shis office with the natlona,
Senator Harrison of Mississippi. chair
man of the democratic speakers bu-
reau during the campaign, that ne was
ready at any time to- go on a nuntlng
trip to the senator's home estate.
Outside !. the governors newspaper
plant there gathered Cox crowd 10
watch the returns, but it, too; lost in.
terest and dispersed before midnight
after receiving little cheerful news. Not
far distant In nearby street anothsr
quarters and made merry until the
early hours Of this morning: Its shouts
reached the governor. as ne quit MS
ohop for home shortly after mldnl9nt.
/ Dayton itself did not accept the gov
ernor's candidacy with great favor. He
/ lost his own precinct by II votes. but
incomplete returns from Montgomery
county, including the city, gave him a
! few hundred lead over his opponent.
Takes Result SmilinEly.
The governor remained at his office
until shortly after midnight, but aban-
doned watching the returns. The last
hour and a half were devoted to re-
ceiving disconsolate friends, and the
governor thanked them all for their
interest in him. He never lost his smile,
and took the result philosoph:cally.
Mrs Cox, like her husband. seemed
in good spirits
Announcement that an extra would be
issued was made at the governors news
naper ONCE at 1915 O'clock and soon
afterward word came from New York
that Chairman White also had con-
ceded Senator Harding's election. At
that time the governor was In his pri-
yate office at his newspaper plant,
where he spent the evening with MEM
bers Of his family watching the returns.
Showed No Emotion.
Reporters who called found the gov
ernor smiling and smoking a, cigar, He
showed no emotion. an attitude he had
maintained throughout the evening. fol-
lowing a day spent quietly at his home
! near here. Friends who visited him
during the evening said the candidate
} realized his defeat long before the ap-
pearance of his newspaper extra. Mrs.
/ COX also seemed unaffected. as did the
7 governor's daughter, Mrs. D. H. Ma
Apparently the most consoling news
Of the evening for the candidate was
unoflcial returns showing in 33 OF the
[ 96s prec nets in Montgomery. county, In
Guiding Dayton, that Gov Cox led his
I onnonen. 5,21S votes to 5000. The
| cannty democratic headquartefs, how
| evcr. reported that Harding carried
| Carrmonte, the governors own precinct
| BY twelve votes