The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1920-07-09
DEMOCRATS TO'
MEET JULY 70.
IN CONFERENCE
Call Is Issued for National
Committee to Confer With
Nomipee-Moore May Lead
Campaign.
WANT AN OHIO MAN

DAYTON, O., July 9-The first i'm
portant conference to arrange Demo
cratic party plans will be held here
Tuesday, July 20, according to tele-
gram received by Governor Cox, the
presidential candidate, from Homer
S. Cummings, chairman Of the nation
al committee, today.
Mr.. Cummings telegram stated that
he had called a meeting Of the en-
tire national committee for that date,
to confer with the governor Cox
stated, however, that he was not GER
tain whether conference Will be
held here or in Columbus, as in a
previous telephone conversation the
latter had indicated the conference
would be held In Columbus.
Governor Cox believes that the in
formation contained in the telegram
supercedes the telephone conversa-
tion.
Waits Arrival Of Roosevelt
Other plans for the national cam
paign continue to be held in allegiance
by Governor Cox, pending the arrival
from San Francisco OF Franklin D.
Roosevelt, the vice presidential can
didate.
Governor Cox has given no intima-
tion as to whom he wants for cam
paign manager. 1t is known, however,
that many Of his friends are urging
the selection of E. H. Moore, of
Youngstown. Ohio, the governors pre-
convention campaign manager, whom
the nominee is known to give much
of the credit for the final action Of
the San Francisco convention.
Whether Mr. Moore would accept
the position, or like Harry M. Daugh-
erty, Senator Harding's pre-conventiOn
manager, step aside for some other
person, may not be known until his
return from San Francisco.
Plugging for Ohio Man
1nasmuch as Ohio is to be the chief
battle ground in the campaign, both
candidates being from the state, some
of the governors friends say it is i'm
perative that a manager be chosen
who is thoroughly acquainted with
political conditions in the state.
They admit that Homer Cum
mings, chairman of the national COM
mittee, and who is being urged in
some quarters for the position. would
be a good man for the job, but be-
cause of the expected battle in the
Buckeye state, they feel that Mr.
Moore Is the logical man to manage
the campaign.
Whether Governor Cox has dis
cussed the question of selection Of a
manager with any Of the leaders is
not known.
This is expected to be one of the
questions considered at, the coming
conference. OF course. Governor Cox
will talk over the matter with Mr.
Roosevelt. his running mate, before
any announcement is made.
The governor declared a half holi-
day in politics, yesterday, and spent
the afternoon at his old home near
Jacksonburg, 80 miles south Of Day
ton.
A score Of newspaper men and
camera men who trailed the governor
found him in a grass covered ravine
roasting potatoes and broiling lamb
chops over a camp fire.
He personally served his hungry.
intrusive guests. and spent part of
the afternoon in the shade Of a big
willow tree answering questions about
farming. He conducted the news
writers about his estate showing them
everything interesting about the farm
and his old home.
The governor has intimated that he
may go to Washington in the near
future for a conference with Presi-
dent Wilson.
Two congratulatory messages were
received by Governor Cox today from
women's Democratic organizations.
They came from the Young Wom-
ems Democratic League of New York
City and the Inglewood Jane Jeffer-
son Club. a woman's Democratic or
ganization of Arahoe county. Colo
Both pedged the Democratic candi
date their hearty support