New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-06
Cox Will Aid
Suffrage Fight
I'm Tennessee
Declares No One Has Asked
Him to Keep Hands OFF,
Following Talk With
Mrs. Abby Scott Baker
Discusses League Issue
Says He Expects Taft to.
Support Senate Nominees
Favorable to Covenant
Special Dispatch to The Tribune

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DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. 5.-The League
of Nations and suffrage served to dis
tract the attention of Governor Cox
to-day from tho personal correspond
ence he is attempting to clean up be-
fore Saturday, when he will formally
accent the Democratic nomination for
President.
The Governor again discussed suff-
rage with Mrs. Abby Scott Baker, of
the National Womans party, who is
urging that he take active steps to
obtain ratification of the suffrage
amendment in Tennessee. The
League of Nations was injected into
the days activities by a statement
which he issued.
Whatever will come from the two
days of conference with Mrs. Baker
it is considered certain that Cox will
make some move to line up refractory
legislators in Tennessee in favor of
the suffrage amendment, He said to-
day that so far no one had requested
him to keep his hands off in Ten
nessee, while his aid has been solicited
from many sources.
Statement on League
Cox was pleased o-day by reports
that pro-leaguo candidates had won
ir the primaries of Missouri and Okla
homa. SO pleased was he that he
dictated a statement to be given out
at his conference with newspaper
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I'VE have every expectation that
Judge Taft will urge Republicans in
every state where a primary contest
is on for the nomination of a candi-
date for United States Senator to
support the man, or men, who are in
favor of the League of Nations. By
so doing he can consistently remain
a Republican in the face Of his state
ment that the position of his Presi-
Dental candidate on the question is
wrong
The statement referred to an article
written by Mr.. Taft and published in
CoXs own paper here that the League
of Nations should be ratified with be-
coming reservations and that Harding
goes too far in his demands for reser-
vations. Taft favors q middle ground
between that of Wilson and Harding
and Cox sees in this more an indorse-
ment Of the Wilson stand than that of
Harding. In his article, however. Mr..
Taft said fatty that he would support
Senator Harding
Good News From East
Cox was told by Gordon Woodbury.
member Of the notification committee
from New Hampshire, that Senator
Moses, from that state, is doomed to
defeat in November The Democrats
are to carry the state, Woodbury. said
He invited Cox to make a speech in
Manchester late in August, when the
Governor expects to be in New Eng
land Cox indicated that he would if
the speakers bureau had no conflicting
dates.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, his wife and
daughter, who viii be guests at Trails
end during their stay in Dayton;
Chairman George White of the Demo
cratic National Committee; joseph P
Tumulty, President Wilson's secretary
and representative at the notification
ceremonies; former Governor Campbell
of Ohio, members of the National
Democratic Committee and other prom
inent Democrats will be guests at &
buffet luncheon to be served at Trails
end preceding the notification ceremo-
MES Saturday.