New-York tribune., 1920-11-03
Cox Is Revealed
AS Poor Loser:
Clings to West
Smoking Big Cigar, His Face
a Forbidding Mask, He
Refuses to Concede His
Nanquishing by Harding
Stunned by Reputation
His Own Precinct, City and
County Give Majorities
to the Republican Ticket
Special Dispatch to Tho Tribun.

6pecldt OtSpdtCh to Tho Tribune
DAYTON, Ohio. Nov 2-In the face
OF an overwhelming landslide for SEN
ntor Harding at midnight tonight.
Governor Cox lefused to make any
statement concerning the election.
1t was plain that the severe defeat
he had suffered at the polls was a
heavy blow to the Democratic candi-
date, who remained at his newspaper
Office until late, hoping returns from
Western states would give him some
thing over which to be encouraged
Il will make no statement until to-
morrow" he said. "Anything that my
newspaper says is purely impersonal." :"
Ihe News. in the only extra put out
tonight, shortly before midnight con-
ceded the election of Senator Harding
under headlines which proclaimed the
Republican landslide, but said in its
story:
democrats appeared to have an ex-
celient chance of winning after the Re-
publicans were finished with th4r first
nights celebration"
One Of the heaviest blows Cox per-
sonally received was the loss of his
own home precinct o. Carrmonte,
where he was defeated by a dozen
votes; the loss Of Dayton by 1900 on
the face Of returns compiled up to mid
night, and the loss OF Montgomery
County, by a plurality which Republi-
cans counted as high as 5000, but
which was certain to reach 5000.
governor Cox sat in the newspaper
office from which he has risen from
obscurty to power and prestige and re-
celvcd in silence the returns that told
OF the overwhelming election of his
opponent.
The confidence that marked his atti-
tudc during the closing days of the
campaign vas gone, His features were
stern and forbidding as he pufted nerv-
ously upon large cigar. He had little
to say, but he frightened perceptibly
every time a bulletin was received
which included anything that could be
construed as encouraging to the fast
sinking Democratic cause.
An air of gloom overshadowed The
News Office. where several press as
sociation wires brought the returns
from all sections of the country. Out
side crowd of Democratic adherents
stood in silence, knowing both from
the meager consolation fed them in
bulletins and from the long waits be-
tween bulletins that the nations YER
dict upon James NJ. Cox's claims to the
Presidency had been an overwhelming
NO"
Refuse to COncedc Defeat
Neither Cox nor any of his close
friends would concede defeat. The one
expression with which they met all in
quiries was, "Rcmember 1916" Yet
even as they said it, wires brought ad-
ditional confirmation of an overwhelm-
ing Republican landslide, and .appar-
emily wiped out all chance that Cox
could repeat Wilson's 1916 perform
ance of coming from behind and win
ming on returns counted several days
after election.
No one close to Cox would mention
Ohio, and little consolation was to be
found in Dayton itself. or in Montgom-
cry County. This was the bitterest
blow Cox sustained, as hs had pinned
much of his hopes of election upon
Ohio's pivotal votes.
Reaches Dayton from Toledo
The Democratic candidate and his
wife spent a quiet day to-day. Their
from Toledo, where the Governor closed
his campaign last night with the
words: THE soldiers shot to end war.
1t IS your duty to vote to end war"
The Governor and his wife remained
on the train until this morning. The
nominee made his first appearance
when two charwomcn, coming to work
in the yards, called out: Come out
here, Jimmie. we just voted for you.'