The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-07-19
President and Party Nominee
In'EulI Accord on League
of Nations.
COLBY, GLASS ON STUMP
In Governors Behalf -Shep-
pard, Prohibitionist, Also
to Speak for Cox.
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washington, July 19.--(I. N. S.)--
~ OF the political power and in
luenee the Wilson administration
can muster 10 to be thrown behind
Govsrnor James M. Cox, Of Ohio.
oemoeratic nominee for president,
was stated In White House cir.
cIes today. a
just, as soon as Cox delivers his
speech OF MISUNDERSTANDING to
De made Aug. fo--Presldent Wilson
and those prominently Identified
with his administration viii bealn
70 take an active part In a con-
cefted drive TO roll up votes for the
democratic candidate, II was added.
This Is to be the sequel of the un-
derstanding reported between the
cratic nominee is to carry the league
OF nations issue into every state in ac-
cordance with the presidents views and
wishes. 1t was explained. The state-
menls issued by the two men after their
Sunday conference at the White House.
TO- the effect that they had found them
selves IN complete accord, did not sur
prise official Washington. The knowl-
edge that the White House had been
IN IN Almost constant communication with
tne Ohio governor prior to his visit to
Washington--and that the president
ana the man who aspires to succeed
MIN had found themselves in agree
ment before they met-prepared OFF,
cial Washington for the statements.
Cox left Washington after his con-
other administration leaders with defi-
mite assurances that he would receive
tne fullest support that all the far
reaching federal machinery could give
him.
1t was permitted to become known
at that, the White House that the
president was extremely pleased with
the democratic nominee, both PERSONAL
ly and because of his expressed willing
ness to take up the presidents fight for
the entry OF the United States into the
league of nations.
Secretary Colby expressed himself as
fpeing quite enthusiastic about Cox, who,
ne said, had reminded him in many |
ways or the forceful personality of the |
late Col. Roosevelt. The former pro-
gressive republican leader had not met |
Cox before. He explained he was /
greatly impressed" by Cox's "incisive !
himself"
Upon Secretary Colby will devolve
the task of stumping the country for
COX IN direct appeal to progressives
or FORMER progressives.
senator Glass assured the governor
OF ms Willingness to take the stump
in his behalf.
Considerable importance was also at
tacned py Cox's friends to an agree /
and Senator Morris Sheppard, Of Texas.
me principal champion 81 The prohihi- |.
uon cause IN congress, whereby theyI'
senator promised TO also take the STUMP 7
Tor the democratic ticket.
Cox. denied however, he had dis
cussed the moot question of the modi-
iication OF the Volstead act with either
the president or Senator Sheppard.
Further evidences of the harmony
program ,,a am mapped out by the president
"a Ino |
zero seen In Cox's statement that he
mad n reached no decision as to whom
he desired to be chairman of the demo-
cratic national committee in his cam
paign. .-
1t was learned that Ed H. Moore.
CoX,s convention manager, had said he
would not accept the chairmanship.
1t was also stated that Homer g.
cummings would not be reelected when
the democratic national committee
forefathers meet at Columbus, Ohio. to-
morrow. and that whoever was select
ed would be one satisfactory to Cox,
Moore and former Congressman George
White. of Ohio, another of Cox's con-
Ventton managers.