Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-07
cox AND ROOSEVELT
GET WILSON'S APPROVAL
Ticket Hailed in Washington as
Ideal Combination and
a Winner.

Washington. July THE nomina-
ton ~ Governor James NJ Cox of ono
as the Democratic Presidential nominee,
with Franklin ID Roosevelt, of New York,
as his running mate for the vfce presi-
dency. received the foil approval and
hearty Endorsement of Democratic lead
ers and administration officials yesterday
from President Wilson down.
Just as soon "a the President heard
of Governor C0x's nomination, when ne
avvoke at 3 O'Clock yesterday morning, he
picked up a White House scratch pad
and with a pencil scribbled hrs message
to the aicecssful candidate.
He sent the message over 70 the eE-
erutive Offices TO be telegraphed inlmed1-
atalv 70 Governor Cox at Dayton. he
message wns dispatched at $50. The
original ~ TO be kept in the archives
Last night AZ s.25 o'clock the Presn-
dent sent ths telegram to Franklin ID.
Roosevelt, the Vice Presidential nom
nee
''Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
San Francisco, Cal
Please accept my warm congrattila-
tions and good wishes.
Woodrow Wilson.
Not only il President Wilson pleased
with the nomination Of Cox and koose-
Welt. but u Is understood 70 be mis- IN
tention 10 contribute the best ot ms
eneuaes in advocacy Of the election Of
the Democratic ticket The extent To which
the President will he able 70 aId Governor
Cox viii. Of course, depend on the course
of the Presidents health. Just now, ac-
cording to Admiral Grayson, the attend
ing physician, the President IS IN better
.i ah aF
he vas stricken I'll on his Western trip.
Il has been an open secret here Tor
several months that the White House
considered Governor Cox speeches on the
League of Nations amor the strongest
. presented BY any advocate OF the
| League. Reference has been made
time and again by White House attaches
TO the manner in which Governor CoA
handled the subject in his Jackson Day
dinner speech here recently IN Washing
/ ton. In that speech ne made the state
ment that the American soldiers sent "a
/ Europe did not go over the top with
/ reservations and that American poltl-
/ clans in the hour OF victory should not
| haggle over reservations
/ The wet" views OF Governor Cox were
/ talked about constantly. Democratic
! leaders said that they believed that this
/ would be a direct asset in the campaign
/ although they admitted at the same time
/ that some Democratic "drys' IN North
| ern States would 60 to the Republican
/ candidate because Of Governor CoX's stand
| The solid South. said the Democrats
would vote for Cox en- bloc because he
was the Democratic candidate IN spite
| of the individual stand Of the voterS
upon the liquor question.
1t cannot be denied that the nomlna-
| ton of Cox came as surprise generally
to political Washington, where opinion
was mainly divided rs between McAdoo
! Cox and Palmer
| Cox and Roosevelt were hailed as pos
sessing qualifications for winning the
| election and giving the nation a success
| full national administration. The combi-
nation of New York and Ohio is looked
upon as the happiest that could De made II
political geography in a contest with Re
publican standard-bearers from OhiC
| and Massachusetts,.