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Show moore declines !to be manager j of mnm Governor Cox Announces Hii Choice for Position Will Not Accept COMMITTEE -REQUESTS PASSAGE OF SUFFRAGE . Meeting of National Body Is Delayed by Candidate's Long Conference COLUMBUS. .. July 20. Governoi Cox, Democratic presidential nominee announced today tint Lldmund II Moore. Ohio's national committeeman and the governor's convention manager, man-ager, had definitely and finally refused refus-ed election as chairman of the national committee with its duties of managing manag-ing the national campaign. Meeting of the national committee, set for ll o'clock. was delayed In starting because of s protracted conference con-ference between Governor Cox and Committeeman Moore, of Ohio. A memorial asking the committee to aid in ratification of the woman Suffrage amendment was presented ; Toi .vlrs Came Chapman C.vtt, president presi-dent oi the National AniiiiJcanVoaiiLB faufttugy Uifltio-fT ' ACT oi Jl si lt 1 In behalf of the women of the country." the memorial saiJ. "the N'a-tlonal N'a-tlonal Woman Suffrage association reminds re-minds tin national committee or the I democratic party that within the grasp o. the party lies the Opportunity ' to render an uct of supreme justice to tlu women of America by securing th-i6th th-i6th latlflcailbn of the federal stif-liage stif-liage act. i if fai greater moment than party service is the question of right, but we stand at a crisis in American history where both Questions are i i easing i-'rom every angle of consideration w . urge the Demcctlc committee to assume responsibility of achieving the Lcntlflcatlon of the amendment by Tennessee Ten-nessee and North Carolina and to rest satisfied with nothing short of that in hievement." The JJeiuocrntlc national committee unanimously adopted a resolution urging urg-ing ratification ol the. woman's federal fed-eral suffrage amendment by the Ten-nei Ten-nei see and North Carolina legislatures. legisla-tures. Governor Cox said he had no other personal Choice for tht chairmanship and the national committee, which nut here today to elect a chairman and make other campaign plans, arranged to appoint a sub-commlttec to confer with tho governor and his running mate Franklin D. Roosevelt. R I USES lo ut N Tho governor's announcement camt after two hours conference with -Mr Moore which telayed the convening ol the national committee, I tried In every way possible to !n-duce !n-duce Mr Moore io accept," suid the governor, but he said finally and positively that because 0f pressing personal reasons lie could not ' Requirements of his law practice, which Mr. Moore said had suffered during former Governor Harmon's " impaign, four years ago. and again during the Cox pre-con vention light, made It Impossible for Mr Moore' to t-.ke over the campaign management. '"v.rnor Cox staled. in appreciation ol services, Governor Gover-nor Cox presented Mr. Moore with 1 gold watch with an inscription dedicated to "the man who held the line" at San Francisco. When the committee convened, 31 committeemen answered the roll .ind thirteen sent proxies Of the new committee women, eight nttended, twelve others gave proxies. Chairman Cummings was directed on motion of Mr. Moore to thank the California people and ther Interests there for their handling of the San Francisco convention. The committee look a recess until 4 o'clock to give lime for the sub-l sub-l onmutif e s conference with Governor Cox and Mr Roosevelt. |