The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-08-31
C0XS RECORD
IS SHOWN UP
Prominent Democrat Gives
Some Political
History.

MARION. Ohio. Aug. 30 no
ports that have come In from state
scouts during the wcDk indicate That
the arm Of sentiment, IN Ohio at
least is toward the republican can
didHto for tho presidency, writes
Philip KlnHDy ln the Chicago Trib.
uuo. The normal republican major
ity In this state, based ON many clcC-
tons, is $4,000, the development of
the campaign ~ Tar leads 10 the
conviction that II nothing goes sadly
wrong this majority viii be- greatly
ivcrcascd In November.
Tho effort ~ Governor Cox IN hls
spoochcs 10 the democratic convcn-
tion a columbus. 20 make It appear
that he had been progressive
qua that senator Harding had been
'rcnctioulry' I'm their ohio political
nctivitics h1s brought forth puugont
comment IN the senator's paper. the
Marion star, and has caused some
nmusomont In republican head
quarters
Opposed by Democrat
An interesting bit of political his
tory In found tn the Ohio book Ot
facts, written In 1918 by Harvey g.
CARRIER, for many years "a leading
democrat I'm Ohio. MI G1rbcr was
opposing Cox for governor. As q
former democratic state chairman
ana former democratic national com
mit'ccman, his support u willis. re-
publican nominee, was political
HCnmtion.
Tho book OF facts refers 10 Cover
nor Cox az the man who tried to
take the credit from Governor Har-
mon for the workmcn's compousn
ti.F. "a Tho fn1tUf tel I#t II
committee for his own political ng-
Rrandizomeut." An editorial in Cox
Dayton paper for January 81. 1904,
rs given as showing whether or not
Cox has been progressive. This
follows: bryan N a greater aid to
the republican party than any ~ its
own leaders. And Just so long as
democrats are permitted TO be ro-
viled, browbcaten, and persccuted
by the tongue and pen Of Bryan and
he Is permitted to dominate tho
party with his 'isms' 50 long viii
II 20 down 10 defeat"
When Bryan Led Party.
Another editorial In the same.
paper, June /. 1904. when n was np-
parent that the rcactlouarics would
control the democratic national con-
vention In ST. Louis, reads: The
democratic party ndd bctU dfIllCtcd
with appendicitis In two successive
campaigns Gs9G-190OD which very
seriously affected its running quail
ties, but the populistic vcrmiform
appendix Of the party will be am
putated at the national convention at
-. Louis ana It's candidate will be
improved"
Parker was nominated and lost
ohio by 665,32O plurality, Mr. Gar
ber referred to Mr.. Cox ns the oppo-
site Of democrat. mo state" he
said, "ever attempted to take from
tho people their right to elect their
own officials until Cox became gov
ernor OF Ohio, hut no sooner had he
been inauFurated than he began to
put into operation the measures
which had for their purpose the con-
oontration In his hands Of all tho
vast power that belongs 10 tho peo-
Pile and by adding thereto the colynt-
less numbers OF appointecs by tho
creation OF new state commissions
and the taking over OF the taxing
machinery OF tho state"
Credited with No Reforms
The Marion Star says: In Ohio
everybody knows that a republican
legislature passed the employers liza
bility legislation two years before
Governor Cox came into office That
"A republican lpgiglnture took the