The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-10-22
rs CHARLEs N wHEELER

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COLUMBUS. Octfber 22.-rhere
may be apathy In Qlher states. But
down In this old Buckeye common
wealth Il In hot Ntough TO Try po-
liilcal egsn on alqbst any four cor
ners- The foreca3C too, Is q rising
thermometer. ~
The setting ~ unique IN national
campaigns. Ohio gets n president
no r1atter how Z goes In November.
Both have livW there their entire
lives thus far. 4hel- %noighbzors know
an about them{ These neighbour. too
are OF the gostipy sort-and scrappy.
II you WANT n complete answer TO
the question IL What kind Of n man
Is CoN2' journey down TO Ohio. There
you get lighf on the governor ms he
wal before Ise went on dress parade.
There you Iearn to know him ms his
cronies an9 neiEhbors know him, and
you find Out just how he Is judged
by the med who fought for and against
him In thb politics 81 the last twenty
Cox Too Smart
Well, then what sort Of a man Is
Cox, fr0m the Ohio viewpolnt7 Does
he mea3ure up TO tho great office OF
the P~rqsidency7 Is he fully equipped
TO staigh In the shoes OF Cleveland,
MckinBuy and Roosevelt? Is he big ?
IL hcf able7 Is he q statesman ?
ditiolb OF the world7 Can he think
In N big way7 Can he act In n big
wayf What OF his native equipment
Wnyt OF his experience7 Is there
prQtnise in his public record? Is he
OF presldential size?
fGov. Cox has n pleasing personality
hfi would not he roughly criticized In
01hio without cause, but he Is roughly
jb%riticlzcd Just now for his general
Hack Of sincerity. His intellectual
honesty In impenched. lie Is toe
nimble. o shifty. too smart, say
lthosa Ohio people who KIN w his past
and watch his present course on the
stump.
AZ the reports came back 10 the
home papers OF how Governor Cox
seemed to be wet In wet states. dry
In dry states, jollying the progress
sives In progressive states and stand
pattets IN the standpatter states. even
nsnsing to pay n tribute TO Bryan
after having roasted him to n turn
in u newspaper In the carr. ;algn OF
1870 many Of these people back
home who know the record as Il was
made up, the governor begins to
appear insincere In every line OF con-
tcntion.
Perhaps the most striking OF his
mistakes was his presenting himself
ms a progressive to the farmers of
tho northwest. Back home they can't
account for this except. as an impulse
10 say something 10 catch the fancy
OF the crowd for the moment.
II. n. Disliked Cox
Since making this claim the cam
paign in his behalf has been devcl-
oped In the northwest where the pro-
gressives and non-partisan leaguera
are strong along the line Of present.
ing tho governor as n wide-nwake,
hustling. progressive. a sort of RooBc-
welt type.
What Ohio folks tell you is that
n OF the men the late Theodore
Roosevelt had u deep contempt for
was Governor Cox. They tell you
that on the occasion OF Roosevelt's
last public appearance In Columbus
he refused to permit Mr.. Cox to Ut
on the : me platform.
In his newspaper, the Dayton news
Governor ';ox went after Roosevelt
savagely. The o,.e epithet applied to
the late president which seemed to
cause ais greatest res4ntment was
that OF ''crawfish".
In an editorial printed ~ the News
on January 70. 1915. appeared this
reference TO hOosevelt:sF
One OF the serious mistakes made
by Theodore Roosevelt when he start
cd the Progressive party was when
he adopted the Moose as an emblem
and overlooked the qualities OF n
crawfish."
10 cali Theodore Roosevelt a craw-
fish to his Ohio supporters was the
last word In a %gratuitous afront. AL