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Show DEMOCRAT CLANS RUSH TO DAYTON TO HEXRSPEECH Many Campaign Decisions Will Be Made in Conference of National Leaders ! DATTOV. O. Autr. fi. Democratic WtOnSta- wrc P'lthertnp; h" today for their great quadiiennlal event, the ' presentation tomorrow to the American Ameri-can electorate of a presidential nominee nomi-nee Governor Cox of Ohio. All was In readiness for tne governor's formal notification of nomination by Senator Robinson, of Arkansas, who presided 'over the fin Francisco convention, and the candidate's address of accep'-ancc accep'-ancc declaring tho broad lines of th-? 1 campaign. Governor Cox hoped, during the! ! presence of leaders here for the notl-j notl-j ficatlon ceremonies. to settle cam-ipalejn cam-ipalejn organl7.atlon affairs, dispose of 'state and personal business and be 'ready, after his address tomorrow for, unlimited campaigning until election day. WHITE ON WAY Among Important early arrivals due srere Geore"6 White, chairman of the Democratic nationol committee, and ; Senator Harrison, of Mississippi, head Of the speakers' bureau. They were expected to announce, respectively. I the special campaign committee and; the governors first speech-making Itinerary after approval by the candl-i date. With Governor Cox's accepl.mce i speech In type for tomorrow afternoon's after-noon's papers, speculation Increased today regarding the brief but Import- J ant Insert he ha announced would be forthcoming tomorrow. The governor continued to hold It a secret. Speculation Specu-lation on Its message centered prtn-! Clpally on three subjects, n possible ' cbnilenge to Senator Hording, his Re-1 publlcnn opponent, for Joint debate of the league of nations, a specific state-ment state-ment on Article Ten of the league, covenant or a definite announcement) regarding the nrohlbltlon Issue. k T TAt.i E BIG ISSUE. Democratic leaders here seemed Agreed that the league undoubtedly WOUld be the great campslgn battle-ground battle-ground and awaited wPh keen Inter-' est the oddress of Governor Cox ' which, he hns announced, will be so 1 plnin that school children m.v. 1 1 n - ( derstand. His promises for an ag-grrssive ag-grrssive and offensive campnlsm ear- j rled personally to the people from coast to const also npparently found unanimous favor. Besides the Interests of himself and j Franklin D Roosevelt, the vice presl-I dentin! condldate. Governor Cox Is' pl.mning to carry with the national; ticket n Democratic congress. On the' league issue close advisers mv he1 ( N that it will he settled definitely; ln the November balloting for presl-dent presl-dent and senators. REVIEW OP PIIiGBIMei The governor is scheduled to besrln tomorrow's address about 3 p. m., I several hours after newspaper pjibll-cation pjibll-cation of his address ln most locall-ties. locall-ties. The parade of visiting d-lee-; tions, expected to oggreirat about 16,-OOo. 16,-OOo. Is to start for the Montgomery county f.ilrprounds about 1 o'clock. 1 A review Of the pilgrims by the gov-j ernor and Mr. Roosevelt and Senator Robinson's notification address are to1 precede the governor's speech. Many special trains end automobile; caravans were scheduled to arrive) early tomorrow. Uniformed Democratic Demo-cratic clubs and bands galore are promise. V Hope that former President Taft would aid toward electing a senate favoring the league of nations, was expressed yesterday by Governor Cox. "We hove every expectation." he said. In a statement, "that Judge T:ift will urge Republicans to support the man or men who favor the league of nations. By so doing he can consistently consist-ently remain a Republican In the face of his statement that the position of his presidential candidate on this question Is wrong " Governor Cox's statement was prompted by reports of success In the Missouri and Oklahoma Democratic senatorial primaries of pro-league candidates, and by assurances of a Democratic victory In New Hamp- shire Governor Cox declined to comment' on the statement from Republican; headquarters at Marlon that free tickets tick-ets and expense money were being of-fered of-fered to Marlon citizens to attend the i Democratic celebration here tomor-! row. Governor Cox has received wordi that because of urgent business engagements. en-gagements. William G McAdoo and Attorney-General Palmer, who were ;imong the Democratic candidates atl Sjii Francisco, given special Invitations, Invita-tions, could not be present. |