Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-15
|OX WILL RESERVE
BOMMENT ON LEAGUE
Will He Sees Wilson; Makes it
Y Clear He Will Direct
Battle.

phimtsus, Ohio, July 15.-Tbe reply
eie by Governor Cox yesterday To
atnr Harding made il clear 20 those who
Nv HIM that he Is going To refrain from
public announcement of his position
the League OF Nations until after he
&C Inferred with President Wilson.
pe comment has been made on the
thai since the nomination Franklin
Roosevelt has been much more out
<en In pointing TO the league as the
lary issue than has the Presidential
NEE, although Mr.. Cox has privately
rated that he SO regards 1t.
pvcrnor Cox's announcement left no
81 in the minds OF those who talked
HIM that when he opens up IT Is GO
10 be he who will force the fighting
IN define the issues.
That in doing so II is extremely likely
had he will force Senator Harding ott
he front porch was Indicated today when
LARRY NJ. Daugherty, the Harding pri-
harry manager, made the statement IN
columbus that the Harding people had
rvcr determined absolutely on a front
birch campaign and that the matter
Dkould not be fully settled until the meet
bog Of the National Committee on July
e1.
Word was received by the nominee to-
hay from has manager, L. II. Moore, who
has been Ill IN san Francisco, that nc has
Uncovered and was on his way 10 Colum-
bus. Mr.. Moore Il Is understood, can
avn the management of the coming
ampairn n be wants II, but there are rea-
nns to believe that for personal reasons
Ae may not want u. The governor SAID
hat nc would take no steps toward
backing a man until he had conferred with
It4oorc. The place of the meeting OF the
Democratic committee which VIII he held
{n Tuesday has been transferred from
Dayton 90 Columbus.
In reference "a the selection of n chair
nan, " was stated by those close to the
.yv.rrsor that ono thing might initiate
ENsinsa the election of Homer > Cum
h1nss 10 succeed himself, as a result of his
h,rr,ng keynote speech AZ san Francisco,
lc h going to he very much IN demand as
stump speaker too much To tie HIM
kelf down To the numerous details OF man
3pcmcnt.
ID has been definitely decided that
IL notification ceremonies Will be held
DAYTON IN accordance with the time
,nored custom If holding them at the
me of the candidate. The date, not
definitely hxcd, viii in all probability
ate i'm the first ~ early IN the second
X IN August
me governor had today what was
nahlv one of the most novel expert
r. ever happening 90 Presidential
lminec. -Four men, sentenced to lie
srms in the Ohio pcnltentiary for muir
called on hum and assured him that the
E1shers in the Ohio institutions were
rhind hum.
The reforms that he has brought about
\ the Ohio pcnitcntiarles are one of the
,ings of which Mr. Cox Is most proud
he men who called are all TRUSTEES assign
| 4 10 hnbs in the front office of the local
rron. They were allowed by Warden 7.
y. Thomas 20 walk 20 the State House
Unattended and % return IN the same fash
gn.
When thev stepped into the COVER
&oys Office MIR. Cox warmly shook their
hands. Some doubt existed in his mind at
|rst as 20 whether the leader of the group
as a prisoner or a guard, but a few ques-'
Mons quickly cleared u up. The men then
rcscnted their congratulations. and after
hating for a few minutes invited the
vsrnor to come 10 the prison some Sun
~. So that the inmates may celebrate