Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-02
GOV, cox ANO WIFE
VOTE IN BARBER SHOP
Movie Men Busy With Machines
as Democratic Nominee
Casts Ballot.

by Associated Press to Every Evening
DAYTON, Ohio. Nov. 2.-Governor Cox
was An early voter today but found more
than 200 of his ncighbors had cast Their
ballots ahead of him.
Accompanied by Mrs Cox, the governor
reached the polling place, combination
barber shop, confectionery, tobacco store
and print shop, mt 10 O'Clock, but the line
of waiting voters delayed the deposit OF
their ballots until 1917 n. IN. The polls
were in Carrmonte, n suburb of Dayton,
and about mile from the Cox home,
Trails End.
The vote cast by Mrs Cox was not her
first. ms she had lived IN Illinois and voted
at State election few Years ago. In the
voting booth here she showed her knowl-
edge of the old Australian ballot. marking
up four different forms composing It IN two
minutes and beating hor husband by
30 seconds
Neighborly greetings and good wishes
from his friends greeted the candidate as
he arrived Mt the polls. coming from the
tram which had brought him home from
Toledo. where he closed his campaign
last night 4 battery of cameras We're cen
tered on hum at the polls, and lolning the
line OF voters the governor remarked To an
elderly woman:
There is lot of excitement IN Carr
monte today.
~ ~; this town needs TO bc walked up
was her rejoindcr
After getting his ballot No. go the
governor found himself without pencil
but many were offered him and the one he
borrowed was returned 10 the owner, who
remarked;
al Lre
next President
The candidate responded with q smile.
Mrs Cox's ballot was numbered 235
The governor 5 special train arrived here
before dawn and the governor remained
asleep until o clock Then after break
fast he started for his home stopping on
the WAY AZ the polls.
While in the railroad wards where hls
tram was buried amid some old discarded
locomotives and coaches, the governor
was seen hv two women who had been
busy n another part Of tho yards cleaning
up coaches.
"Hcv. Governor como out here, ! Just
voted Tor YOU called one Of tho women
The governor hurried to the rear plat
form and shook the womans hand and
SAID
I'm very much obliged 70 xpu
This afternoon tho governor went 70 his
farm near Jacksonhurg, the place Of hl'
birth, planning u return here early u th'
cvcnIr { to his newspaper office 10 rccclv,
the election returns
IS a parting Shot to his campaign, the
governor issued an election day statement
III which he declared
am confident that the cause for whlct
7 have stood during the entire campngf
viii IT, victorlous today The campalg
7 has been based entirely upon a grea'
moral issue ard 10 All tho history 81 th'
world whenever a great moral issue ha'
hcrl presented q the people i has TO
failed II viIl lot fail to-day
Pouehkccpsie \ y. Nov ? frank
lin u Roosevelt Democratic candidate
ior the Vice Presidency cast his vote a
Ia IS NJ M the third district u the towi
81 HYDE Park I'll the town hall His hal!o
was number ~ Nrs + - Roosevelt an,
Mr. James Roosevelt: the candidate
mother. accompanied hum q the poll
and cast their ballots following his.
Crcinnati. Nov . Rev Aaron Wat
kr- prohibition candidate for presider.
was accompanied 10 the polls here toda
III his wife Mrs Watkins sitter votlr
for her husband said il was the thrill 4
4 lifetime iar him Willard Watkins VII
is 4 student al he I University u Clncln
mats voted an hour earlier haf hls paref Z.
He also voted the prohibition ticket