The Holbrook news., 1920-07-09
covERNoR cox TRIUMPs ar SAN FRANCISCO.


 After six-day struggle with the various clements within the democratic party James Cox given the nomination for president by the Democratic convention San Francisco after wagng three c0rnered fight for fourty-four ballots.
 Cox was picked as winner several weeks ago, not only account of his geographical location but because of his eminent fitness for the office.
 He was three times governor of Ohio, an honor en- joyed by only other Ohoan Rutherford B. Hayes and has given Harding awful walloping before and will probably turn the trick again in the national election.
 Born farm educated in the public schools print CTS devi school teachers newspaper reporter, pr- vate secretary to a congressman owner manager and proprietor of two newspapers member of congress for three years and three times of his state IS his record to date.
 Business success paraleed his political achievements and through his own efforts Cox has amassed fortune Mr. Cox became the leader of the democratic party in Ohio in 1912 when he nominated for governor. As one who had brought radical changes the state M tution he took the field in it's behalf His first term governor devoted chiefly to forwarding the enact men of laws to put the state constitution into effect
 But Ohio evidently not prepared to assimate all the new laws for Cox defeated for reelection But his party renominated him in 1916 and he reelected for third term in 1918 being the only democrat to win in Ohio.
 Legislation for which Governor Cox is best known in cIudes a model workingmens compensation law and child labor law which have been extensively copied by other states Educators of the country say the Ohio school code enacted under Governor Coxs direction will live as a monument to his achievements.
 Mr. Cox born in Butter county Ohio, in 1870 He attended district school and held his first position teacher of the school in which he took his first lessons He spent evenings and holidays in printing office. In few years he received his first assignment the report oral staff of the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 After ten years with the Enquirer he went to Wash ngton as private secretary to Congressman Paul Sore of Ohio At the close of this service he purchased the Dayton Daily News borrowing of the money pay for Later he purchased the Springfield Daily News. He first elected to congress in 1908
 In his talk to his own employees in Dayton, Ohio, Governor Cox remarked:
 ''The greatest gift that the Almighty God give to any in public life is to permit him to into know the life status of the who works. Providence was good to meit my life privilege to through the ranks know the torment of the boy who is without funds and II know his anxiety to how he will get an education that will help him achieve his ambitions If House this best equipment for man in public life-ex perience in the ranks with those who toll .'
 Cox has always been man of acton has clean and envabe reputation in public affairs, and Ohio the mother of presidents will be the battle-ground of the greatest political skrmish in her history this fall.
 Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York. assistant sec retary of the navy, and cousin of the late Theodore Roosevelt nominated by exclamation for vice-pres the old timers of both political parties concede that the democratic nominees going to prove hard combination for the republicans that already split three ways to outstrp in the final struggle in November
 SPENDING AN INSANE FOURTH.