Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-21
Plans Aggressive Fight
Throughout Country From
the Start.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

came after day of uncertainty, with
| true democratic unexpectedness. z. H.
, Moore, Ohio democratic national COM
mitteeman and Gov Cox's pre-conven-
ton manager, had positively refused to
take the job because his personal af-
fairs, neglected for months while he was
striving to have Cox nominated, de-
! manded his attention. Homer S. Cum
mings, the democratic chairman for the
| last two years. had been eliminated.
May BE Slap vt Wilson.
Just how much of a slap at the Will
son administration the -passing over of
Cummings really was is still being de-
bated here. But it was evident from the
! first that the Cox ticket did not intend
| to bear the Wilson tag any more than
| it already does after the White House
conference on the league tof. nations
But to get back to the new leader
1t is not given to many men to be
elevated from the rank Of lieutenant
to major general in, one day. George
White is a close personal friend of
Gov. Cox. He is an Ohioan? He was
the field man" in the Cox preconven-
ton campaign, the right-hand man Of
Manager Moore. He was. not even
member of the democratic national
committee. sine qua non for election
as chairman.
When he was elected to the state
legislature in 1906 he asked to be put
when he heard the list of assignments
read he found he had been assigned to
the temperance committee.
Is n Thorough Dry.
Then 1 began to look into the pro-
hibition ISSUE" said Mr.. White today.
He reached the conclusion that the
saloon and whisky must go. He went
into a fight for local option and licked
his republican opponent, who ran on a
wet" ticket, and in Congress he voted
1or the national prohibition amend
ment. He has been Independent of the
.Ant1-Saloon League, but, friendly with
It, 1t is true that he had some words
with a representative of the league in
San francisco recently. but that was
because the league man was attacking
his candidate. Gov. Cox, for the nomi-
nation.
So Gov. Cox's campaign is to be run
by dry" Incidentally there was
slight suspicion that 2. H.. Moore was
a little too much of wet" to have
the job Of chairman of the national
committee.
Gov. Cox has seventeen days in |
which to prepare his address accent
ing the democratic nomination for
PRESIDENT, his formal notification Of |
nomination being made at his home.
Trails End. near Dayton. August Z.
Cummings FlatteneA Ont.
The democratic hosts. fsurative,v
speaking, folded their tents and stole
away last night. AS matter Of fact.
their rooms were needed at.the Desh-
Ter Hotel for the incoming republican
national committeeman on their way
70 attend the Harding notification in |
Marion Thursday.
But the democrats did not leave un-
III they had real meeting. Because
of the hitch in the selection Of a
chairman they did not get down to
business until late in the afternoon
Then they made up for lost time. and
mere was enthusiasm galore. Every
prominent democrat who was men.
TONED got hand, and Gov. Cox.
when he addressed the meeting, wa:
cheered.
The Cox steamroller had fattened
out Mr.. Cummings, but apparently
mere was no hard feeling. Mr.. Cum
mings was hailed as great chair
man by Gov. Cox and members Of the
committee. He is going to take the
stump, and admitted that is what h,
has wanted to do all along, and what
he would not have been able to do id
ne nao peen retained as chairman.
The woman members of the national
committee were given Representative
through the election of Miss Charl |
Williams of Tennessee as vice chair
man. But the attendance of the WON.
an members, or lack Of attendance. at
this hrst big meeting since they be-
came members was a distinct sur
prise. Some Of the older man mem.
bers declared they thought the women
which lies in the Office OF. natinn.1
committeeman. :
But Few Women Present.
There are fifty-three woman men,.
6ers OF the committee. but only a !
dozen were present, and most Of
those held proxies for COMMITTEES
women who were absent. The national
of Columbia-Mrs. Thomas +. Waish
lis still In the west, where she has
been entertaining Vice President and
Mrs. Marshall. The woman members
OF the committee have exactly the |
have. -o'
Among the women present weret
Mrs. Campbell Cantrill Of Kentucky, |
w. r. Pattengall Of Maine, Mrs. Julia
Landers of Indiana, Mrs. A. b. pike
of Ohio and Mrs A. L. Smith Of Chi
cago, all members Of the committee.
sey. Mrs Kellogg Fairbank Of Chi
cago, Mrs. George Sevey of Chica %
and Mrs. @Kent Hughes Of Ohio.
Costello to start Clubs.
John F. Costello. national commit
teeman for the District of Columbia.
ie1t mere last night on his way back
to Washington. Before he left he
took up with leading members Of the
committee and with Gov. Cox, the es
Enlistment of league of Cox and |
Roosevelt clubs throughout the coun-
try, with the league headquarters in |
the National Capital. He said that
the plan had met with approval and
would be carried out. Mr.. Costello
will head the club in the District. and
Mrs Thomas F. Walsh will head the I
woman's division of the clubs. There
Is to be an organization in every state !
and In every county and district. The !!
organization of these clubs, it is
urged. will aid in the campaign.
When Gov Cox was in Washington Il
Sunday, Victor Murdoch, member OF 1
the Federal Trade Commission and Il
former representative from Kansas. Il
told the governor how. in 1910, he had Il
been sitting in the House one after L
noon with Representative Hubbard, Il
talking about presidential POSSIBLE Il
tiles. They agreed. Mr. Murdoch said. L
to select two men, one q republican Il
and one q democrat, who stood the i
best chance of being President. MUIR
dock picked the republican. Paul How
land OF Ohio and Hubbard, the dsmo-
crat. naming Gov. Cox. then a member /
OF the House. Democrats here ex-
pect Mr.. Murdoch. who was an ardent |
progressive. to support Gov. Cox dur
ing the campaign.
SPECIAL TRAIN FROM N. Y. |