Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-21

and conducts profitable OIL business
at Marietta. He has long been familiar
figure in Ohio politics and men Droueht
in contact with him, credit him with rare
executive skill as well as political sagnc'ty
of high order.
Mr. White is not much of a speech
maker but possesses the faculty OF driving
straight to the point in mind with dlfec,,
and comprehensive phrases lie said
after his selection that he had not formed
anv plans. but that he would immediately
set about doing so after conierring WIN
Gov Cox and Mr. Roosevelt and the MEN,
bers Of the committee tomorrow. one Oh
his fist undcrtak kings will be to select
an Executive and Campaign Committee.
He expects to go to New YORK within
n few days to establish headquarters ana
to oil up the machinery Tor the campaign
which will be inaugurated immediatey
after the notification OF the candida'eS:
Gov Cox will be officially notified oi ms
nomination probably on August % ana
MIR. Roosevelt two days later. these
dates are absolutely certain
GOV cox SPEAKS.
When Gov. Cox was introduced, he
turned to Chairman White, saying:
IL want to offer my congratulations TO
the new captain of the ship l also want
TO speak that which is IN the heart oil
every Democrat in the Nation, my graft
t,,de and appreciation for the magnificent
service that the retiring Chairman has
rendered the party. | am more than
delighted to have associated with me In
this campaign that stalwart young Demo-
crat from New York, MIR. Roosevelt.
From this hour we will go forward with the
determination to win.
II ask YOU to go back home and TO
give assurance not only TO your ctate
Chairmen but to the men who VIII
fight in the trenches that the platform
adopted by the Democratic Party at nan
Francisco is a promlssory note, ana Yen
them that shall see to 1T that 1t VIII De
paid in full every dollar and every cent,
we enter this campaign not merely
hopeful but with absolute confidence
| because we are supporting the cause that
will win | am a ,Ieifersonian Democrat,
and | believe pre-eminently IN the rights
of the States. Now YOU members of the
| National Committee know that your
body has it's distinct ions, but urge you
not todo anything to mterie'e with
State Chairmen in the conduct oi their
| campaign.
I'VE have gone into battle against
the strongholds which must be taken
now Those stronghold arc not new
| 10 us and we have successfully stormed
the same rampa rts before. We nave
! fought for progress before ana the
| excellent gentleman who lives a lew mics
| from here Harding fought honestly
/ in 1912 for reaction. We won because
we stood for progress and we snail WIN
again This will be a contest between the
modern rife OF Democracy and the
| colonial flintlock of reactlonary kepuD-
L k.,f1n hat any
of the members Of this committee Will
! disagree with me when ] say we must
| keep faith with the electorate IN Novem-
Der
FOR PUBLICITY NOW.
~ hone that we shall he in a position
! to let every man know not only where
every dollar contributed to our cause
comes from. but where and how 1t IS
spent. We do not want publication OF
| campaicn expenses after election We
want the people advised before OF every
| contribution and circumstance and TO
1 understand that when Democracy as
/ sumes responsibility in Washington It
4 will assume no obligations but those dc
| tated by conscience and the tear OF God
This is not private work. There
! fore let us make a buget and render
| an accounting. weekly or monthly,
of money received and of the sources
from which il came, | think we should
insist that the Senate Investigating
! Committee to examine into campaign
| funds continue in session until the
! ballot boxes have been closed IN Noven-
! Der.
/ "You know that a campaign fund
| tremendous enough to stagger the nnagi-
nation is being raised BY the other side.
] n IL l. ha@ ,nH STeH6
/ them in their enterprise. That should be
| one of our chief assets IN this campaign.
"My time and strength are yours.
/ will go where your judgment shall direct
me to carry our fight into every COM
munIty, and ! give you my assurance
/ that as God gives me strength and
vision shall endeavor 10 justify the con-
/ fidence imposed In me. /,
/ At noon the full committee assembled
with forty-three out of the htty-iour
men committeeman IN attendance and
/ ten women. who sat for the tlrst time
as full-hedged members of National
/ Committee in the history OF the country
They were Mrs. Elizabeth Christian
/ of Washington State, Miss julia Lenders
| of Indiana, Mrs. J. {. Cantrell OF hen
/ tucky. Miss Esther Ogden OF New York,
Miss kellogg Fairbanks of ILLINOIS, Mrs.
II. Otto Wittpenn of New Jersey proxy
/ Mrs. George Sevey of Illinois proxy,
Mrs. a. Y. Pyke of Ohio. Mrs. Kent
Hughes of Ohio proxy and Mrs. George
Bass, manager of the womens section
/ o. the committee.
ASK TENNESSEE TO ACT.
! A memorial from the National Ameri-
can Woman Suffrage Association urging
the National Committee to assume the
responsibility of achieving the ratification
! of the Anthony amendment to the Con-
tstjtution in Tennessee and North Carolina
/ and to rest satisfied with nothing short of
/ that achievement inspired the adoption
of a resolution urging the Democratic
members of the Tennessee Legislature to