The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-07-09
cox AND ROOSEVELT SELECTED

James M, Cox, three times
Governor of Ohio, was nominated
for the Presidency early Tuesday
morning by the Democ ratio Nat
ional Convention in the break up
of one of the most prolonged
deadlocks in the history of the
National political parties.
In took "A ballots to make a
choice, and it was not until the
thirty-eighth, when Attorney
General Palmer withdrew from
the race, that the long succession
of rollcalls showed any definite
trend.
In the turnover of the Palmer
delegates Cox gained the advan-
tage over William G. McAdoo,
his rival for first place since
early in the balloting, and that
advantage never was lost.
1t was within the power of
the Wilson Administration to
nominate either Palmer or Nc
Adoo, or someone else who had
been part of the official family.
But Mr.. Wilson literally kept
hands off and his two opponents
Palmer and McAdoo, suffered
from poor leadership and mex
perienced management. A coal
ition of Palmer and McAdoo
forces early in the convention
would have defeated Cox. When
Palmer released his dele
gates, the moment for such a
coalition had passed.
The convention had grown so
weary that the Cox managers
knew they had but to hold out
and win their battle on the basis
of a fatigued body of delegates.
James Middleton Cox was
three times Governor of Ohio,
an honor enjoyed by anly one
other Ohioan, Rutherford B.
Hayes.
Born on a farm, educated in
the public schools, a printer s
devil, a school teacher, a news
paper reporter, a private secre-
tary to a Congressman, owner,
manager and proprietor of two
newspapers, member of Congress
for three times Governor of
his State is his record to date.
Business success parallelled his
political achievements and
through his own efforts Cox has
amassed a fortune. Mr.. Cox be-
came, the leader of the Demo
cratic party in Ohio in 1912 when
he was nominated for governor.
AS one who had brought radical
changes in the State Constitution
he took the field in its behalf.
His first term as Governor
was devoted chiefly to forward
ing the the enactment of laws
to put the new State Constitution
into effect.
But Ohio was evidently not pre-
pared to assimilate all the new
laws, for Cox was defeated for
reelection. But his party re-
elected him for a third term in
1918, being the only Democrat
to winI.in Ohio.
Mr.. Cox was born in Butler
county. Ohio, in 1870. He attend
ed district school and held his
first position as a school teacher
of the school in which he took
his first lesson. He spent even
ings and holidays in a printing
office. In a few years he receiv-
ed his first assignment on the re-
portorial staff of the Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Cox represented the Third
Ohio district in Congress from
1909 to 1918. In the latter year
he began his first term of Gov
ernor, his election as a Democrat
having been hailed by Republi-
cans as an accident. In Is he
was defeated for reelection by
Frank B. Wills, Republican, In
1917 however Mr.. Cox came back
strong and won the election over
Willis. In 1919 he was again
elected for a two year term.
Franklin D. Roosevelt is a
virile, outstanding, able Ameri-
ran with manv of the character