The evening world., 1920-08-09
Ceremony at Dayton Was
Planned for Its Effect on
States Party Workers.
LIKE A c.. o. P. EFFORT.
Big Delegation from Marion,
Harding's Home Town,
Proved a Great Surprise.
By DGUtd Laurence.
especial Correspondent Of The Eve
ming Worldly

Harding notification ceremonies
would be as valueleSs as an attempt
70 compare the respective qualities, of
the two candidates themselves. They
can be contrasted. but not compared.
And Just as each candidate is a diff
ferent type of man, 10 was the noti-
fication ceremony In each case diff
ferent typo OF afDair.
Tho Harding exercises were mar
monious with tho small town cedobra-
tion Idoa- The Cox mobilization was
distinctly a big city iInotion-dndeed,
very much Nike State fair with big
crowds, plenty OF bands marching
clubs and cheers.
The Republican managers depended
for their stage effects on simplicity
and solemnlty and publicity oppor-
tunities outside Of Ohio. y The Demo-
cratic managers depended for their
stage effects on Jazz and concentrated
their attention on Ohio.
Delivery of the speech by Gov. Cox
was secondary to the instilling OF
enthusiasm into thousands Of party
workers who went back 10 all parts
of Ohio with plenty of ginger and
hehting spirit. The speech itself had
been printed in the newspapers OF the
country whom the Governor started
speaking. The parade was about the
biggest thing OF its kind in twenty
years.
cox APPEARS As TIE BUSINESS
MAN OF ENERGY.
II one could close his eyes for mo-
ment and forget the names OF the
parties whioh had nominated Cox and
Harding, the contrast involuntarily
would mean that Cox was the Repub-
lican nomlnee--the business man, the
aggressive defender OF the League OF
Nations on the basis of economic ad-
yantaGes. and tho foe Of high. taxation
with splendid political organization
and lots OF street pnrades, while
Harding, would normally At IN with
the Democratic style OF campaigning
with its JeffersoniNn simplicity. with
the appeal to the mass as an unpre-
tentious citizen who wants common
counsel In government and with the
anti expansion cries voiced by Bryan
in 1900 when America got the Philip
pines and became world power.
|, Really. leaving tho party labels
aside, the notification ceremonies
were 80 Oig and well organized that
they reminded one OF Republican
functions OF bygone days, Gov.
Coy himself stood in the reviewing
stand and waved his hat, as Roose-
! welt used to do, at every marcher In
the parade. The same affection came
UP out OF the marching thousands as
they yelled for Jimmy" Cox, and he
would yell back first names galore.
! MARcHERs SHOWED DE EE p
ROOTED LOYALTY TO COX.
T Anybody who sat and watched the
/ parade so by for two hours could
not but have observed the deep
!, rooted loyalty of the marohers to
. Cox. They threw up their hats as
! they went byi they cheered him
again and again as II he were some
military hero rather than a mere
. candidate. Oven 'the coal miners
who came with Fheir torches on
their hats tried by their banners to
express their gratitude for Gov
Cox's interest In legislation bene-
! flting their working conditions.
4 A special effort was made to brinI
A folks from Marion. Senator Harding
. home town. and about 1900 peopl
n from that town. mostly laborers an,
a their families. marched In the parad
for normally the town OF Marion 1
y about evenly divided as betWeen re
il publican and DemocVatlc vicLOT lea
u Ali this amused the crowd, ana Ger
o tainly astounded this correspondent
: who in the pabt week tried hard (
- find a single window in Marion with
out a Harding picture in II.
The one big defect in the ceremon
was the long speech OF introductio
by Senator Joseph Robinson OF Ar
y kansas, permanent chairman OF tn
Democratic National Convention, wh
took a long while to tell the Governo
y ne had been nominated. Indeed, afte
In Mr.. Robinson lad Rpent considerabl
rs time denOunoing the Senate rules fo
n permitting unlimited debate and Mi
m clustering, No managed 20 filibustC
4, the crowd into weariness while h
waited patiently for the main speak,
=. OF the day.
:" The Harding managers aid muc
le' better They cuTtailed Senator Lodge
w Apeech and gave Harding all the tim
ag hC needed. But the latter spoke in
small pavilion, where oratory and elC
quence could DO practised with dri
q, matte effect, while GOV. Cox stood
Al The open air, under skies that sprlI
=, kled a shower OF rain intermittent
u NJ on else poured hot rays OF sunlight {
- q sweltering crowd.
- SHOW OF STRENGTH BIG THIN
or OF THE DAY.