New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-09
Hobson Urges
Cox State His
Views on Liquor
Governor Gets Message
From Alabama Represent
alive, but Does Not Indi-
cate What Reply Will Be
Reed Pledges Support
Democratic Nominee Enjoys
a Picnic on the Farm
Where He Was Born
From a staff Correspondent

DAYTON, Ohio, July 8.-Governor
James M. Cox, Democratic Presidential
nominee, to-day Received telegram
from former Representative Richmond
P. Hobson, of Alabama, urging the
nominee to make clear his position on
the enforcement of the Eighteenth
Amendment and the Volstead enforce
meSt act
The Governor read the message as
he glanced through other correspond
ence that had accumulated on his
desk at "The News" He declined to
say what answer he would make. but
indicated that he would reply soon.
me Hobson message read:
Dry forces are FESTIVE. Republicans
among them are applying to Harding
tor strong statement. Do not let these
forces have cause to crystallize the
highest Republican candidates. Demo-
cratic convention declared nearly two to
one against plank favoring even home
manufacture of mildest alcoholic bever-
ages. Nlnety-five per cent of population
OF America live in states that have rati-
fled Eighteenth Amendment without
reservation. They are jealous of its in
tegrity. Supreme Court in unanimous
decision warned Congress against au-
thorizing increase in alcoholic content.
National officers of Anti-Saloon League
here have asked me to get statement
from you. They cite that Harding voted
tor Volstead act. Could you give me
clear statement of your being opposed
to Federal authorization of Increasing
alcoholic content? This would save to
Democracy millions of voters who hold
this question above party success.n
Governor Cox said that he would reply
TO HoDson IN due course Of time"
Receives Message From Reed
Another message which the Governor
found on his desk, which pleased him.
was message from Senator James
Reed, of Missouri. 1t said:
II send my sincerest and heartiest
congratulations to you upon your great
victory against what seemed to he
overwhelming Odds l congratulate the
country, because l am firmly CON
WINGED that you will always maintain
and defend our nation and will never
consent to surrender any part of it's
sovereignty or the abandonment of
those great international policies of
achieved unexampled greatness and
power"
Governor Cox slipped out of Dayton
to-day as early as possible, motor
ms, thirty miles to the farm at
Jacksonburg where he was borr and
later rambled around as a barefooted
boy Newspaper men who followed
found the Democratic nominee for the
Presidency on the bank of his home
pasture creek, preparing to bake pota-
toes and broil chops over a camp fire
Seeing that he was trapped he decided
Ito give a party and sent for more
chops
Little Jim on Job
Little Jim Cox, his seventeen year
old son, drove a f1ivver station wagon
into the pasture and unioaded a five
gallon can of mint ice tea His daddy
had been busy for some ten minutes
carefully whiting a couple of shingles
into splinters and shavings and gath
ering armfuls of frewood. The Gov
ernor took off his coat and pushed his
straw hat on the back of his head
Then he took broken handled shovel
and scooped out shallow hole about
two feet in diameter in the sand in a
paper sack in the grass he produced
about peck of pink, new potatoes that
had been grown on the farm and placed
them as carefully as setting Of eggs
into the excavation. Next he scraped
the gravel and sand over the top of the
potatoes and was ready to build his
fire.
The brown paper bag that had held
the potatoes was laid on first, then the
shavings, and next, tepee fashion,
slightly larger sticks. A match was
applied, and in minute the larger
firewood was being piled on the flames.
A wire broiler was hauled out of the
flivver, and also bundle of lamb
chops. Using the rear of the bed of
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