The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-08-16
COX GAINS FRIENDS
On HIS FIRST TRIP
l0UTSIDE Of OHIO
Talks Plausibiy to Wheeling
Crowd in Which Are
Many Republicans
Has AN UPHILL FIGHT.
Vigorous in His Criticism of the
Reoord and Policy of His
Opponent.
BIZ Dopid Laurence.


ming WORLDLY
WHEELING. w Va kuE, 10.
tcorlright. 1920. Coy. caxb hrst
, affori OUTSIDE his own State waa par
hard chAraets-iste Of bis whole cam
paAga.--lt ~,as uphill ThS hret andl-
sncs.g-tAe Democratic stAEA convAn-
non 81 West virginlA--oan be dis
nlsssd without much comment The
partlhAns assembled liked The speech
and the speaker. cheAred him ana
oazna away cneerAd over thar Ag-
grosalvs leader. The ssAOnd audience.
gathtred out .; doors at night on the
grasay slope that forms a sort Of
rAhfial bleAnhers al tho river 'front.'
was Ade up of Republicans a. well al
Dernterats.
II ANAs an average crowd. Gov
cox weiss carried vau. He got
close 10 his audience and talked .
,languhge they fully understood II
was typical Jimmy Cox speech,
whica nosans that he told tho crowd
they could continue 20 Gail him
'JlnsayS' " be we're elected President
ana Mat they could forget about
tie Nte of President: that DO wasn't
fighting Harding personally, whom
be rSspeots5 ana admired, but fight
ING ~ record IN public LIE and the
party that nominated him AZ Chi
cago. and that performance COUNT
IS nipsty-nins thousand tlrnes more
tAen l.rponniRa." IyhlA thana AnAbl0d
the Governor 70 define in elArnbntAEy
terrnk why hs regarded Harding as
reattionafy and hiInRAlf as prog!
ressiFh
cox TELLS or FIGHT WITH
HARDING ON CONSTITUTION.
Tha Ohio Governor talked about the
new CAIS1tulon In Ohio and how
the poor man ussd 10 be denied jus-
toe and how injured worzmen were
unable 70 get ,compensat ton thro,leh
the oourts He told how Harding
fought tho adoption of the new Con
tttutlon and how be. Gov Cox. won
the tlght Ia referendum by an over
wholm1ng majority Thsn he dis
cnsssd his, own methods Of dealing
Win Industrial troubles and declared
proudly that he had not east . single
soldier into q labor controversy;
thAt the State AiltA mad not fired
single shot nor pointed q Angle
bayouet 70 settle a strlse And W'hea
tho Governor asked his audience 10
inquIss OF any employer IN Ohio Il
property had been preserved or Of
any employee Il the state haa done
hlln Violence. OF Of any Justice OF tho
Supreme Court II the majesty OF TIRE
lav mad ptsa up eld, there ware real
cheegb
For they have had thsls til - IN
dOstrlal troubles N the West Virginia
coG nelds and even the Demoara.ic
Govetnor Of the STATE lsnt any TOO
rorular With labor rhA audience
vas tar more interested IN the Gov.
ernotis discussion Of Industrial IN
resi- thar anything SlsS and It is a
safs predietin, that be vii! win mora
VOTES II the bigger eitiss by talking
about that than the Lea gtfe y Ma
tioas with al ~ complexities.
ePEEcA CAUSES HIS HEARERS
TO START THINKING.
Ths Tr.ter Wound ret say that Gov
csr trek his audieaee ~ sto~r ard
won 800 per cant er even y par csat
rAare q scnverts e his cause Hut HI
cic lntroducs enough p,aus.si!!ty y
rs aHgamen, az. talked just enoug.
about things tAe average crowd
undtrsands % send thousands : ms
thinkihg more ooaerttely about cam
paSgn issues Ard that Is progress
AZ least WITH an audience that caSn'
WIN 20 many w-al set preiudlcss
For the Govssnor seems 20 atn,
he is hghting upsnl wAsn re tackles
me notion that "this IS Republ.oas
year I coaterding that vhue ina
view fn,av have Z n~eyailes s~~,,