New-York tribune., 1920-08-07
White Reveals That Nom.
inee Will Begin Battle
Where President Left
off at His Breakdown
Governor Speaks
Here on August 28
Stage Is Set i'm Dayton
for Notification To-day:
$4,000 To Be i'm Parade

LAY lON, ONO, Aug. 6.-Governor
James M. Cox is going to take up the
nght for the League of Nations iust
where President Wilson, leader emcri-
trs of the Democratic party, was forced
to leave off last year by his physical
breakdown.
lhls was revealed tonight by George
White, chairman Of the Democratic
National Committee, on the eve of
formal ceremonies notifying Cox that
re has been chosen the party standard
bearer
White made public the general itin-
erary Of the Cox campaign tours. bear
'ng out advance reports that it is the
Democratic purpose to do exactly what
president Wilson set out to do-to 90
from coast to coast, reaching the great
est possible number of people with a
erect personal appeal and preaching
the gospel Of the Democratic party
He will speak in New York CITY on
August %.
League His Main Theme
That this gospel will have the Will
son League of Nations as it's pre-
dominating theme was made positive
to-day by Governor Cox himself, who
While not revealing what is contained
IN MS speech OF acceptance to-mo"row
Kept the league as the almost exclusive
topic OF conversation between himself
and scores of callers who bcsie~cd hin,
at his Offices
nose who came away from meetings
with the Democratic nominee declared
themselves convinced that it is the
nominees intention to take the league
standard in toto from President vii
sons hands and carry it about the
country as his greatest appeal for votes
some, perhaps good ma orty, of
those who saw the Governor. expressed
delight that they had the assurance he
would be whole heartedly for the Will
son program. There were many. never
theless, who were either dubious as to
The wisdom Of such a course or else
frankly disappointed
Governor Cox, following his formal
speech of acceptance. will commence
his direct appeal to the county from
exactly the same spot upon which
President Wilson opened his nation
wide appeal for the league Mr.. Wilson
opened his campaign in Columbus Sep.
tember a, 1919, speaking in Memorial
Hall.
The first speech after tomorrow SC
far scheduled for Cox is at the Demo
cratic State Convention in Memorial
Hall. Columbus, August II.
From then on the Democratic plans
by a strange coincidence, are remark
Wilson tour last year. President Will
son went into the Middle States and
the Central West, and thence on to
! the Coast, for swing back over the
| country, in the midst of which he col
lepscd.
Coming Here First
The Cox tour calls for start
through the Middle States and the
Central West, thence to the Coast, fol
swing back over the country to the
East, and thence to the borders of the
South, if not to the South itself. ex-
actly as Mr.. Wilson planned.
The one point in which the itin-
eraries of the two tours vary is tina,
President Wilson, following the Co.
lumbus address, went directly upon
his business of getting from coast tc
coast and back. White announced to-
night that Cox would make several ad.
dresses in the East, notably the one ir
New York City August 28 before he
starts across the continent His West
ern tour proper is scheduled to bcgir
September l, and it is expected it vii
be October before the Democratic
nominee will head eastward.
Democratic chieftains have told Co,
that they believe he can win man,
Western states, particularly California
by giving them a great deal of atten.
ton. Tammany under Chief Murphy's
leadership, is expected to take care OF
New York, in which Cox plans to make
several upstate speeches in October
Leaders have assured him that he does
not have to worry as much about
arousing sentiment in the East and
Middle States as he does in the West
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