Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-09
cox LOVES A FIGHT;
HARDING AVOIDS IT
Contrast of Records of Presiden-
tial Candidates Shows Wide
Difference.

4 Columbus, O, correspondent oil the
New York World says:
A comparison of the public records oi
the two Ohio candidates Tor the rresi-
dcney il most interesting. Neither our
ing his service as a member of the State
Senate nor when he was lieutenant gov
crnor did Warren G.. Harding 1--we IN
Columbus. lie maintained his home In
Marion, coming 20 Columbus only as
occasion required.
As member of the State Senate made
up entirely OF mediocre men he iailed 10
make any particular impression lie
sponsored no important legislation, nor
did he distinguish himself by opposing
any measure. Ills personality inade nun
we'll liked arncrallv, and nothing but his
fine address and oft-rcrnarked resemblance
in appearance aud manner to Mckinley
slpccstcd that he would ever rise higher
IN public service. :.
The ONLY time he asserted himself
poltically was near the close of his second
term in the senate, when he became n
candidate for the nomination of his party
for governor. -
Mark Hanna, then running things
for the marty. told him ne had picked
Mvron Il Ilcrrick for the nomination.
Harding publicly protested but hnally
envc IN to Hanna and took the nomination
for lieutenant governor instead, and with
Hanna and lIcrrick campaigncd the
State under the slogan Hanna, licrrick,
Harding and Harmony" But he refused
to stand for reelection to the subordinate
position and by 50 doing missed the honor
of being governor. for John Nj. Pattison,
a Democrat, defeated Herrick.
Gen. A. l.. Parr,s. whom the Rcpubll-
cans nominated in Harding place Tor
lieutenant governor, was elected, and when
pattlson died. three months after inau-
gtIratIon, was promoted to be chief
executive.
Two years later Harding secured the
nomination for governor and that time
was beaten hv nearly 100000 by Judson
Harmon Here at the capital 1T was
generally believed that his political sun
had set, hut the burying of Foraker under
the Standard OIL scandal opened the way
for him 20 come back into politics IN the
Senatorship.
cox MORE AGGRESSIVE.
Gov. Cox has been far more aggressive.
AZ the beginning Of his career IN State
politics he wholly made over hIs party
Reactionary leaders had generally been
an control Tho same year he was first
a candidate for governor the State chose
delegates To- constitutional convention
and the governor stumpcd the State IN
support of the proposition 10 make the
old document progressive.
Ic advocated the initiative and
referendum and the adjustment of n
large number Of State offices and the
combination of duties held INTO State
commissions Pending his Inauguration
hc sent a commission 10 Wisconsin TO
study the government Of that State, and
Il came 90 has hand rs governor 10 put
the new provisions of the constitution
INTO effect.
The unprogressive element Of the party
turned against him and AZ tho end of his
first term he was defeated. but he retained
control 81 the state organization of his
party WAS able 20 force his nomination
Tor n second term two years later. secured
election that tune with n large element Of
the Dcmocrsts still relusing 10 support
HIM and two wears later repeated this,
being three times elected governor, a
thing no Democrat ever did before. and
hut one Republican Rutherford B. Hayes
A MCCONNELL sCRAPPER.
In these eight years Of fighting IN and
about the governors office Cox has come
to he regarded rs a scrapper Of the firSt
order. determined and uncompromislng
adversary OF watcNcr he regarded as
wrong
Senator Harding, on the other hand,
has impressed people here as being
inclined 20 compn mise and adjust differ.
cnccs and 10 avoid n conflict II possible