The Washington herald., 1920-07-11
NJ RAYMOND G. CARROLL

New York. July 1o.--This big town
overwhelmingly favors Cox. There
10 no getting around the fact His
selection as the Democratic stand
ard bearer has the widest popular
approval among the subway strap
hangers and bus riders, who con-
stitute the genuine New Yorkers.
There IS also general satisfaction
over the revival OF the partnership
of Ohio ana New York as exempli-
ded IN the ticket. Cox ard Roose-
welt The last time there states
were political firm was when Nc
Kinney and the other Roosevelt
swept the country.
II is being repeatedly said that
The presence OF a member OF the
Roosevelt family CT the Democratic
ticket will mean thousands Ct pro-
gres>ive votes in New York State.
1T Republican headquarters I was
told that Cox and Roosevelt might
possibly do very veil in some of
he, large cities where there was
large foreign population. but that
Harding and Coolidge would roll
up a staggering vote in the rural
districts and cities OF secondary
s'zc.l where the bulk OF the coun-
try vote lies-
Regard HrIding as Damp.
| There seems to be q prevailing
impression in the restaurants and
clubs where folks gather trat on
the prohibition question the real
Harding Is moderately damp" and
the real Cox Is dripping wet
: Nothing in the career of either man
| justifies such an assumption, but
il is next to impossible TO eradicate
q popular rumor once IL gets a fair
start on unpopular Truth.
Another odd thing Is the tangling
! up Of the Identities OF the candi.
dates. Gov. Cox is being peddled
ON broadway as the son oc the late
George Cox. the Republican boss oi
Cincinnati, who made large invest
ments in tn. thtstrical district here
Not once. but twenty times, j have
eNpla ined that there was no rela'
! tionship between the men from Chic
I bearing the name OF Cox. They
have even iugged into the nixuT
I the late Sunset" Cox, who was
once Minister to Turkey. as a blood
relative of the Democratic nominee
Harding's Name Confused.
Senator Harding is being con-
stantly confused with w. p. O.
Harding. of the Federal Reserve
Board. and Gov. Harding, of Iowa
Mr.. Harding. the banker, is a hard
shell Democrat and came north
from Birmingham, Ala, while the
Iowa Harding is a lawyer and not
a newspaper owner.
Nothing has hurt Gov. Cox SO
much since his nomination as the
congratulatory letter from Presi-
dent Wilson. whose unpopulsrity
still holds with the man in the
street. l heard one man say:
IF Wilson is for Cox, I'm for
Harding. Unless Cox openly repu.
dates Wilson / shall vote the Re
publican ticket for the first time.
Frank A. Acer, the lawyer who
probably had the largest number
of clients ever taking -hefr trou-
bles to one Office. tells me that one
of the twenty-eight juniors han
ding this business was Joseph
Tumulty, secretary to the President
Mr.. Acer had exactly 10000 cli-
ents. members of labor unions who
paid 81 year apiece for whatever
legal assistance each might need
in that time. Our company wa,
: lesislated out of business" sale
Mr.. Acer, by bill sneaked through
the legislature which prohibited .
corporation from practicing law
Tumulty while with this concern
got his remarkable insight of con
ditions in the labor world without
which the Washington administra
tion probably would long since have
gone on the rocks.