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GOVERNOR cox as A PREst1EN.
TlAL POSSIBILITY
Columbus, Ohio, May 20, 1920.

Columbus, Ohio, May 20, 1920.
To the Editor Ocala Banner:
Nothing in the candidacy OF Gov
ernor James NJ. Cox of Ohio appeals
like his record in Congress and in the
office of governor, according TO the
managers OF the Cox canvass. There
has been no effort to secure delegates
say in Ohio and Kentucky but only
presentation Of the facts in the case.
Sticking close to the admitted truths
the governors name has been com
pelling one in all parts OF the nation.
While his activities in the years in
which his political fortunes have most
largely been in the making have been
confined to Ohio, the governor has
become national figure. This is
held TO be due largely to the fact that
his three administrations stand with
few parallels in achievements in any
of the states of the Union and that
when he has spoken on national mat
ters as has been with a national point
of view, big and broad.
Although not of the Presidents Off
cial family there have been few
stronger defenders in the nation than
the League of Nations has been con-
/ sistent and earnest and he has dis
closed in what manner this question
vitally affects nearly every American
community and home. The Governor
has been especially vigorous in de-
nunciation of the do-nOtbing policy of
the present Congress which has re-
suited in keeping the United States in
state of war and unable to aid in
the great problems Of world recon
struction at a time when all the ener-
gies of the friends Of peaceful develop
ment were necessary to repair the
damage of war
Nor has there even been any doubt
| in Ohio where his record is known
best that he is law enforcement man
through and through. At time when
the Ohio Constitution called for licen-
sing of the liquor traffic it was ad-
ministered fearlessly in Ohio and
great and small respected the law.
He has approved the measures enact
/ ed by the general assembly to carry
out the states constitutional amend
ment and has never hesitated to stand
1 Isquarely for the execution Of the laws
/ of the state.
But the principal thing in the Gov
ernor's appeal has been his own re-
cord and it is frequently said by his
admirers here that if the delegates II
/ the Democratic National Convention
/ in San Francisco could spend week
/ in Ohio there would be no doubt Ct
his nomination by practically unani-
NOUS vote. The states interests
! have been advanced by him in every
] respect in which government has
touched them.
/ This record it is said here is the
/ best sort of recommendation as TO his
future words and deeds if he were to
+ be elected President. He has three
times carried Ohio the last time in
1913 in a time when adverse currents
were running through the northern
states and when in Ohio the Governor
was $4,000 votes ahead Of congress.
sional candidates. It came, too. after
his war service which won him rec0g-
milton as the Best War Governor" n
the United States, a fact which was
used in some quarters as a means OF
attack upon him. Without regard 70
previous political affiliations. the Gov
Iernor rallied patriotic persons who
placed country above party His
lrecord was well vindicated.
/ Now that he has served through
to help restore real peace, the Gov
ernor favors the return of the federal
government to the fields that it oc-
cupied prior to 1914, leaving the
states to develop their powers, re-
sources and functions. He favors
'junking" of war machinery and
world disarmament so that there will
be no Indictment to conflict as springs
from the presence of a huge military
force.
1t is almost superfluous 10 tell what
the Governor thinks of national
budget. He has record on that in
ohio, having established one and
having through its operation kept the
state taves down and the state solvent
when many other states we're creating
deficits and piling higher tax loads.
/ The Governor too, has record in
agricultural Legislation, ia highway
Improvement and II school improve.
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