The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-07-08
DEMOCRAT PAPERS
DESCRIPTION Of COX

gives the following sketca Of James
Nj. Cox, Democrat Presidential nomi-
nee. OF course, it is the best that can
be said for Cox, but will give readers
an insight Of the man:
Men call Jimmy" Cox, ohio's three
time governor, a regular fellow"
He can tell a good story and appre-
ciates hearing one. He is a fair whist
player who enjoys the game most
when he wins. lie is an engaging
conyersationalist.
But above all, James NJ. Cox likes
the outdoors. He is an enthusiastic
fisherman and hunter. When he is
in Dayton, almost any morning he
may be seen at sunrise taking a brisk
canter over the country roads near
his farm, alone or accompanied b.
Mrs. Cox and James, Jr. When in
| Columbus, he tries to get in a round
or so of golf every afternoon.
For several years he has spent his
summers at a cottage in northern
Michigan, where, with his entire
family, he allows nothing to distract
from his enjoyment of the outdoors.
In season many a field in Kentucky,
Tennessee and Alabama have known
his presence and everywhere he has
hunted, his fayorite dog, Tom, has be-
come a crony of the natives.
His love of hunting is in reality a
love of hunting dogs. Nothing in re-
cent years has grieved him like the
death of old Tom, run down and
killed by an automobile "a few weeks
ago.
Cox believes his ability to forget
work and take rest and recreation is
his highest asset. When applying him
self at his Office, the governor drives
with endless energy, but works with
out friction. He will not be stampeded
to quick decision, although his judg-
ments are formed quickly and then
promptly executed.
Governor Cox was fifty years old
two weeks ago.. He is robust, weighs
about 1865 pounds and is stockily built.
Cox was developed in the hard
school of experience. His early edu-
cation he got in the public schools.
When quite young he started to work
as a printers devil, then taught
school, became a newspaper reporter,
was private secretary to a congress-
man, a congressman for terms, be-
came editor and owner of two Ohio
daily newspapers and was finally
elected governor. His third term as
governor will end in 1921.
Cox was born on a farm near jack
sonburg, Ohio, a few miles from Day
ton. He spent his youth working on
the farm and attending school near
his home. AS he grew older, he, like
other boys of the neighborhood, went
to seek his fortune. He obtained en-
ployment from time to time on Dayton
and Cincinnati newspapers, as prin-
ters' devil. Later he became a report
er and copy-reader on the Enquirer,
Cincinnati.
In 1898, Cox bought the Dayton
News. In 1908 he bought the Spring
field Press-Republic, forming later
the Springfield News. These two pa
pers now constitute the News league
of Ohio of which Cox is owner and
editorial director.
Cox represented the third Ohio dis
trict in congress from 1909 to 1918.
In the latter year he began his first
term of governor, his election as a
Democrat having been hailed by Re-
publicans as an accident" In 1915
he was defeated for reelection by
Frank b. Willis, Republican. In 1917,
however, Cox came back strong and
won the election over Willis. In 1915
he was again elected governor for a
~two-year term.
SO4 hdd OdAClg d0ouhiCu INT uu-
ties of governor in 1913 when the
great floods. inundated Dayton and
the valleys of the Miami and Scioto
The man who dominated the situation
following the floods was Cox. He as
sumed complete charge, declared mar
tial law, and in three days, during
which he never left his Office, started
the wheels of relief moving and had
rehabilitation under way.
During that series of disasters Coz
was chief magistrate, commander-in-
chief, head of the life saving service
provider of food and clothing, prin-
cipal health officer, seyerest disciple
marian, hardest worker, most hopeful
prophet, sanest counselor, kindest
p~hilantrophist and most accurate re.
porter" according to a contemporary
editorial writer.
Indicative of Cox's management Of
affairs in Ohio was his action in re-
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