Show political life of frank knox active party worker and campaigner since spanish war in his busy and colorful career as a newspaper editor soldier and party worker frank knox candidate ot of the I illinois republicans for the nomination for president has been one of the most widely traveled public men in the country not only has be been in every state in the union some of them many times but his interviews with the heads ot of governments in europe last dear resulted in a series of editorials in his newspapers on tile the trends of governments at home and abroad which attracted both national and worldwide world wide attention lie he has been a sectional or national I 1 figure in every national political campaign 1 for a quarter of a century and in the past two years in an effort efrost to rouse americans generally to the dangers he felt were fundamental in the new deal policies knox knos has made speeches in more than halt half the states of the union As A a result of this task undertaken for the most part in answer to specific invitations for his services he finds himself today projected into the political limelight in an honorable although personally unsought manner st starting arting as a precinct party worker la in michigan in 1898 frank knox helped nominate and elect chase osborn as governor of that state and was state chairman of the state committee in 1010 1910 that fight was made by progressive and liberal republicans rith a ath osborn and knox in the lead against monopolies that were dominating the state in 1912 feeling that president tatt taft had lost his popularity in the state knox declined to become tafts state manager and frankly told mr toft taft be favored theodore roosevelt ile he directed the roosevelt pre convention headquarters at chicago and in that capacity came I 1 into intimate contact with party leaders from ohio to the pacific coast when theodore roosevelt became the candidate of the progressive bartyl party for president knox knot followed him but I 1 at the same time got from mr roosevelt 1 T elt a promise that the progressive republican state officers of michigan I 1 should be and only a aj progressive electoral ticket placed in the field by the new party in that I 1 state As chairman of the state committee knox called the state convention to order and was elected its chairman thereupon senator joseph M aln of montana national chairman of the roosevelt campaign to the utter astonishment of knox made a speech demanding the nomination of an entire progressive party ticket from governor down to constable this was wholly contrary to knobs understanding with roosevelt but in a hasty conversation dixon insisted he was wag carrying out orders from roosevelt given him in oyster bay only a few fe w days before I 1 with characteristic honesty honest y knox ox promptly advanced to the ros rostrum tram and resigned both as chairman of the convention and as chairman of the state ommittee committee e he was followed to his room by party leaders who begged i him to accept the nomination for governor but he refused A year and a half later when theodore Roos roosevelt eveld heard the facts he admitted he gavel gave dixon the orders but added frank franki I 1 forgot to except michigan when roosevelt died a letter was en route to him from knox in france thanking I 1 him for his generous praise of knoils record in the world war in 1918 1916 kriwox campaigned in new england tor for the election of charles chariw E hughes for president he had in ID the meantime acquired a newspaper at manchester N H which he still owns ile he did a like party service serice for aorl bardln harddng and for coolidge besides i as in the nomination and election I 1 of numerous governors senators niem mern j bets bers of congress state and local officers in 1912 1012 president tatt taft made knox a member of the board of Is in than dlan commissioners As general manager of the hearst chain of papers in 1928 knox did noti note participate in the party politics of thail year but his business interests took him into every section of the coun country tir it Is noteworthy that mr hearst that year brought his newspapers to the support of the republican ticket in 1931 frank knox in partnership with theodore thieodore T fills ellis of worcester mass bought the chicago dally news when the panic of 1932 1032 began knos was national chairman of the drive against the hoarding boarding of gold cold and as such visited many sections of the country he was strongly urged to accept the chairmanship of the republican 1 national committee and so peremptory was the demand thata when in europe la in 1931 1034 he had to de 1 dine cline the honor categorically the I 1 same year he assisted both the ref re f 1 publican senatorial and congressional comm committees ittzes in an advisory capaci capacity tt I 1 i and spoke for republican candidates in maine wisconsin pennsylvania ohio michigan and illinois in this way F rank frank knox knor tum not only a wider personal acquaintance than most public men of the day but through his wide travels and his newspapers he Is also intimately informed of public opinion in all sections of the country dally daily tills this information la Is re enforced by a monumental personal correspondence and numerous oumer oui C from all wallet walks of ilfe af T 0 |