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Show and Party Worker Active Campaigner Since Spanish War. I"1 culyrful career hLsuiK'r flitor, soldier and M candl- norker, 1i.uik Knox, Parly Republicans Illinois f tlie ffrhe noiii! na non for president. !. teen one of the most widely Seled public ... In the coun-lD been In ev- only Inis be some of orate in tt.e Lnion, Inter- his but tunes, many of governbeads eT, with the result- l.i- -t Not ga Europe tn year In his a series of editorials of gov trends on the newspapers 3",n and abroad ernments at home both national and alilcb attrae'e ahonhon. world wide a seetlonal or natHe has been every national polin ional a quarter of a itical cainpilrU f,r m ibe past two years, ami century to rotiMS Americans In an effort tbe to dangers lie felt aenerally new in the fundauient.il fire were made has Knox policies. half the more than in speeches As a result states of the Cnlmi. nndei taken, for the of this ta-- ! to specific most part, in answer deal" for ins services, he himself today projected Into (nds In an honor-,b!the political limelight unpersonally although sought, manner. a precinct party Starting as worker in Michigan in 18!)S, Frank Invitations e. helped nominate and elect Osborn as governor of that state and was state chairman of That the state committee In 1910. Knos Chase light was made by progressive and liberal Republicans, with Osborn and Knox In tbe lead, against mo- that were dominating nopolies state. In 1912. feeling that the Presid- ent Taft had lost his popularity the atate. Knox declined to bestate manager and come Taft's frankly told Mr. Taft he favored In Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt be candidate of the Progres-- ; live Party for president, Knox fol-- ; lowed him, but ut the same time got from Mr. Roosevelt a promise that the Progressive Republican state officers of Michigan should be renominated and only a Progressive electoral ticket placed In tbe field by the new party In that state. As chairman of tbe state committee Knox called the state convention to order and was elected Its chairman. Thereupon Senator Joseph M. Dixon of Montana, national chairman of tbe 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 to contrary Knoxs understanding with Roosevelt, but In a hasty conversation, Dixon Insisted he was carrying out orders from Roosevelt given him In Oyster Bay a few days before. With characteristic honesty, Knox promptly advanced to the rostrum and resigned both as chairman of the convention and as chairman of the state committee. He waa When Theodore came the followed to his room by party leaden who begged him to accept the nomination refused, a for Governor, but he year and a half later, when Theodore Roosevelt heard the facts he admitted he gave Dixon the orders but added : Frank, I forgot to except Michigan. In 1910 Knox campaigned in New England for the election of Charles . Hughes for president He had, In the meantime, acquired a news-Ppe- r at Manchester, N. H., which he atlll owns. He did a like party wvlce for Harding and for Coo-dgbesides assisting In the nomination and election of numerous lovemors, senators, members of Congress, state and local officers. In 1912 President Taft made Knox member of the Board of Indian e, Commissioners. As f? general manager of the chain of papers In 1928, Knox dId not participate In ths Party politics of that year but bis Hearst easiness interests took him ry section of the country. Poteworthy that Mr. Hearst brought port of n 1931 into It Is that his newspapers to ths the Republican ticket. Frank Knox, in with Theodore T. Ellis of Worcester, Mass., bought The Chl- y News' When the panic af 1932 began Knox was national an of the drive against the .. .r Df of Bold and, as such, vis many sections of the country. was strongly urged to accept chairmanship of the Republl-- National Committee and sd Peremptory was the demand that, ln 1934, he had to a c Ine Eurr the honor categorically. year he assisted both Senatorial and (Z Repnbllcaa i.!!Iesonnl eonimlttees In an caPaclty and spoke for Re L !C4n candidates In Maine, Wls D',PfnnsylTanIa Ohio, Mlcbl-tnd Illinois. thU W8y Frank Knox hM not nw wder Personal acqnalnt- ano. n most Pnbllc men of the fiav s v thro,,sh his wide travels nJS, ormed of 18 8,80opln-k-,n Ion in public , ctlons ef the country part-Mrah- lp ,7 B u si Republicans, as governor of Michigan, and himself became clnliumu of the Republican state committee In 1912 Nrauk Knox supported his old communder. Col. The.eh.te Roosevelt, for President. At the conclusion of that campaign lie sum his Michigan paper at a handsome profit and, prompted by the urging of Gov. Robert Bass, another pro" gresslve governor, with his old partner Muehllng he bought the Manchester, N. H., Leader. Tills lie combined with another local paper, and, together, they still own and operate the Union-Leadetwo of the progressive newspapers of New England. Always constructive, always looking for some way ln which to make things better, Publisher Knox became aware of the difficulties In which agriculture and Industry were finding themselves In the New England states, it was his Idea that, to protect their Interests, those states should act as a unit and to that end he took a leading part In forming the New England Council, one of the countrys outstanding examples of by a large group. It has survived economic stress and successfully fought off dictatorship from Washington. Over-agfor the draft, able to command Influence If he wanted an officers commission or a softer berth, Frank Knox enlisted as a "buck private In the New Ilamp shire militia in 1917 when the United States became involved in the World War. No militarist, Init a profound patriot when his country needed men, Knox, qualified by his previous service lu Cuba, quickly found himself In an oilicers training camp over ids protest. He served throughout the war with the artillery train of tbe 78th division, participating In the St. Mihiel and Argonne campaigns. He came home this time with his hearing slightly impaired, although It was believed for weeks that an unexpected discharge of artillery had deafened him for life. The first day home lie reported for work In a coat, all he had saved from his civvies1 before going to war a second time. Knoxs success ln New Hampshire attracted the attention of Publisher William Randolph Hearst. When invited by Mr. Hearst to take charge of hl3 Boston papers, Knox, who was ln no sense a candidate for the job, fixed what he regarded as a prohibitive price on his services. To his astonishment, Mr. Hearst agreed and Knox ran the papers for a year with such success that he was tendered the general managership of the entire Hearst chain of papers. In that Job Knox applied the same general rules of budget balancing and editorial Integrity which be bad followed all bis life. Once again, Knox found himself traveling the length and breadth of the land, acquiring and applying a knowledge of local affairs, sectional Interests and meeting the leading business men, statesmen and politicians everywhere. When he retired from this post In 1928 he expected to settle down In Manchester with his wife In a new home especially adopted In design and site to a troublesome throat ailment from which Mrs. Knox had suffered for several years. But Knox found he was not the kind of a man who can retire until the last horn Is blown. In 1929 Walter A. Strong, publisher of The Chicago Daily News, suddenly died. The newspaper was an Institution In the city of Chicago, devoted to the public service, Independent, read and believed In by the citizens of that city. Knox, without enough money of his own to buy such an expensive property, came into the picture with Theodore T. Ellis, a successful manufacturer of press accessories. It waa sold to them after the executors and directors had canvassed the country for a man of character eligible to conduct a newspaper on tbe high standards It had acquired. The principal editors and publishers of the country individually assured all Inquirers that In Knox the right man for the job had been found. Knox has run The Chicago Dally News on the same principles that made him successful at the Soo and ln Manchester. He has stood manfully behind the forces of law and order which have brought the underworld ln Chicago to Its knees the same old fight he fought at Sault Ste. Marie ln his earlier days. His campaign for a new political conscience, In which courage and common honesty stand out as Its chief characteristics, Is showing results. He has Improved the financial position of his newspaper, retiring ln the first four years, over $4,000,000 ln bonds and preferred stock. This, too, Is a throwback on his ability to balance budgets, save money and, at tbe same time, give quality service. He has continuously fought the New Deal" as contrary to some of the things he found to be fundamental American principles: You pay your debts; you don't spend more than you earn; you make no promises you cannot keep ; you keep the promises you make, and you tell the truth unsparingly about things as they are. Illinois Republicans agree with Knox and believe In him. 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