Evening star., 1923-07-07

were operative at San Francisco are
liable to be brought up again. The
desire of the democrats to carry Ohio
was as much an inducement to the
dvlegates in 1920 as anything else.
Were 1t not for the general landslide
and reaction of the country in 1920.
the friends of Cox insist he would
nave carried Ohio. They point. in
deed. to the election last autumn in
Ohio when Gov. Donaghey. friend of
vote.
Tnere has been talk that Mr.. Cox Is
not in good favor with the democratic
organization in Ohio because he did not
conform to the wishes of his former
aides, George White and Ed Moore,
when the question of selecting a NOM
inee for Governor of Ohio was talked
over last year in the councils of the
party. Since then, however, Mr..
Donaghey's victory has tended to har-
monize party differences in Ohio, and
while no doubt the enemies of Mr..
Cox are making a good deal of a stir
against him on the theory that he
could not command the support of
the Ohio delegation it would be sur
prising indeed If he did not again
go to the convention with the Votes
of his own state. 1t will all depend
upon what the chances of Cox appear
to be outside of Ohio. If there is a
sentiment for him in other states the
ohio delegation will be found fighting
vigorously for him. He will be Ohio's
how.
Stand ON League.
Aside from his intimacy with the
leaders in the eastern and middle
western states, Mr.. Cox has in the
last two years been more outspoken
than any other democratic leader in
the country on the subject of, the
league of nations. If the democrats
really feel kindly toward Woodrow
Wilson, IL there has been revival
of Wilson sentiment, former Gov. Cox
Is the only man who has been men
toned for the democratic nomination
who has had the political courage to
stick through thick and thin to the
Wilson doctrine.
Nearly every other candidate has
deviated from the Wilsonian position
Mr. Cox has made it clear, however
that he did not intend at any time
that America should enter the league
of nations without reservations. He
was quite willing to accept reserva-
tions which would protect American
sovereignty and meet the objections
of those who sincerely questioned the
ambiguity of the covenant. If Euro
pean questions are an issue in Amer
lea next year, former Gov Cox will
have placed himself in a position to
argue that problem from intimate
knowledge gathered on personal in
vestigation of the principal European
countries.
Takes Defeat Calmly.
Mr.. Cox was elected Governor of
Ohio the first time he ran but was
defeated the second time. A defeat,
however does not disturb the courage
of James NJ. Cox. He was twice
elected Governor of Ohio after that
defeat. and any man who can be
elected Governor of Ohio after that
has a resiliency in politics that the
leaders are not likely to ignore. With
President Harding, the republican
a native of Ohio. the demo-
cratic leaders would be bound to
consider the chances of carrying Ohio.
the vote of the eastern
states is important and Woodrow
Wilson was elected largely with the
aid of the west, it must not be for
gotten that he also carried Ohio.
What democrat can carry Ohio
against Warren Harding? The friends
Of Cox say that the Donaghey victory
in the last election at a time when
extraneous issues were eliminated
showed that the position of Mr.. Cox
in Ohio had been restored. Mr.. Cox