The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-01
COx HAILE ED AS COUNT TRy'S
 BEST CHOICE

UlOt UHUIOl < San Francisco, July I---The De- mocracy of Ohio, the home state of the Republican presid entoal nominee, urged the national convention today to select Governor James M. Cox as the Democratic candidate for Presi- dent.
 With Cox as your candidate, Ohio is Democratic, and with Ohio Demo- cratic, victory is yours," declared Judge James G. Johnson. of Spring field, Ohio in formally presenting Governor Cox's name.
 '.The election this year will fix the status of America for a generation" said Judge Johnson. Not only will it decide whether we shall take our rightfu1 place at the very head of the nations in a united effort for civiliAa- ton, or shall lapse into sullen ostra- cism in the face of opportunities for service to humanity which people ever had; but it will also decide whether the domestic progress and vast productive energies of this con tinent shall be turned back into re- a.ctionary channels after a period of splendid achievement in Democratic administration.
 When this country was forced into the great world war, our people in common with their fellow countrymen en in all of the states, were thrilled by the call of the great man who sits in the seat at Washington and Lincoln and who with superb spirit and match less phrase interpreted the highest as- pirations and the invincible purpose of the free peoples of the earth. If envy, hatred and passion shall deprive him of his just recognition now, and deprive his country and humanity of the benefits of his vast service in their behalf, succeeding generations will pay increasing devotion to his honor. The mighty appeal he made to the resistless forces of civilization will place him among the colossal figures | in the history of mankind.
 l ''As we enter the great contest now impending, our opponents fan every flame of discontent. They pool every. discordant element, in order to carry | the election. Unmindfu1 and regard less of the effect on the welfare of the Republic, and on the orderly processes | of society, they arouse bitter preju- , dice and set in motion forces which it is easy to see may become absolutely | uncontro11aple- They do not hesitate to cast cloud the glory won for our country hy the millions of our 1 boys who grandly carried the flag to 1 the battlefields of Europe and with ,unconqueraIble spirit placed it at the very front of the columns of civiliza- | ton.
 '.All the world felt that Democracy. freedom and friendship had a new mea ming in the earth.
 The American people must now de- l eide whether that proud position which our soldiers and our people won shall be abandoned or whether we shall show ourselves worthy of the l inheritance we have enjoyed.
 | ''The Dem mocratic party needs a. can didate who holds in his heart the memory of the glorious record of the lincompara1ble American boy and who looks forward with courage and ca
 pacity to grasp the opportunities and to meet the difficulties and dangers yet to come. He must know the be 1 ginnings and the reasons for the Re public. He must know it's spirit; and the spirit of the wise men who found.
 ed it. He must know that American ization is not an idle ceremony thai it is not thing to be gained in a day
 or a year, but that it is the result o1
 the slow processes of education ano
 of the influence of association anc contact with those who have enjoyed
 and appreciate what enlightened lib erty is. He must know that America
 cannot hold herself away from the
 rest of the world, that ecience and in
 vention and genius have removed al
 barriers on land and sea and have
 brought together all the races wheth
 CT they will or not. He must realize
 that the huge debts imposed upon al
 the nations by the bloody struggl'
 make it imperative that the Anne /.a1 President shall be man of great bus mess and executive capacity; tha this debt can only be paid by wealtl produced in the factories and mine
 and the farms of the country, ant
 that there must be the devoted, unitet
 and harmonious work of every cap
 italist and every worker to accom-
 plish the mighty task. The taxe must be intelligentIy paid to the en' that this capital and this labor ma. be, as far as possible, unfettered.
 t"The great State, of which I hay spoken, presents a man who has thes
 qualities in full and rounded meas
 ure His strength is not the passin
 fancy of a mere lucky turn on tn
 political board. It is the solid strengt,
 and power that is slowly fixed in tn
 judgment of the people after actus
 performance and service. His friend do not generalize, they specify. Flo X eight years he has been under tn = ISearchligf1t of our state. In each c , the years new problems were met, ne, l. difficulties encountered, new demand e made upon his tireless industry an upon the resources of his 1eadershi
 and stat manship. He has constant :, ly grown with the severity of the tes s At every crisis and at every ne, r trial, he has developed a splendid re ,, serve force and capacity.
 '.AlI saw and admired the resolut
 stand he took for the impartial en y forcement of the law He demande e ofevery subordinate executive off > cer in every county and in every mu :. nic:paIity the same unquestioninE of
 servance of equal and exact justic,
 His spirit was so high and his sens n of fairness so even and manifest ths : no soldier was ever needed to marc
 fbetween capital and labor.
 "Recognizing the right of ever a man to, his opinion on every prt s. posed public measure, after the di