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Show Thousands of Congratulatory ' Messages Piled Up Today in Newspaper Office. DAYTON. O., July 7 Governor mmw Cox. the Democratic candidate 1 president, was busy today at ; rmpcr office trying to rea J a portion ! ,,f Ihe thou-ail.ls f ongTatUltttOrj telegrams which liuve been pouring In since his nomination, bio arrived at the office, at t:30. fresh ani ener-Kettc. ener-Kettc. 1th him perusing the leK-Krams leK-Krams was Colonel George H. Wood, his former adjutant-general nt.ARS PROM M7ADOO. Among the congratulatory telc-I telc-I prams received was one from William fl G. McAiloo. his chief opponent for the H nomination. ll Bald H i' eon- gratulutlons and assurance of my cor- Another from Carter Glass, s.vrc- ' tary of the treasury, said: "Plea:;o ac-copt ac-copt mv congratulations on your :ioin-, :ioin-, Inatlon." Vice President an I Mrs. I I .Marshall also -ciit congratul it ions . 1'ranUlin i. Roosevelt, the vice presidential nominee, aent the follow -Ing telegram In response to t . xtr-nor'e xtr-nor'e of last night: ' The sinecr-.- con-gratulatlons con-gratulatlons and warm regards of your team mate are all yours. I will stop off on my way cast to convej them to you in person." I from em w ri i RSON I. One of the most highly prised IJ felicitation can-.'- lr.-m Colon. 1 H YVattcrson 'the governor said h particularly pleased over It because Colonel Wattcrson represented to him the Ideal Journalist. Colonel Watter-son's Watter-son's telegram said; Your nomination re-vllallzcd De-niocracy. De-niocracy. it will stir the Democratic heart of the nation with a reflection of a triumphant past and the forecast of a radiant future. To the bosom of one old Kentucklan It brings a tlood of fighting memories along w.th the B assurance of glorious leto. MOUH PROM SPORTSMJ v Another highly prized message came from Jake Daubcrt, of the Cincinnati MM Reds, it said mMW 1 "It eras In the Ptars that the P.cd I should v.-in the pc(thal H la Ihi stars that you f.ho.il'1 be president I The first part of Oie messsge was I I the governor s own language in con-gratulatlng con-gratulatlng the Reda on winning the pennant Tex Rlckard, boung pro-, inotcr. also sent congratulations. Governor Cox saiii he had received congratulatory messages from ever) HI candidate before tne San Iranelsco convention, many from the rank! ol I labor and ciuj.JI mm o ii ess men througnout th i BEES RUNNING HATE BATURDA1 The governor an'l Lr Nicholas Mur-ray Mur-ray Butler, who was a candidate for the Republican nomination had play-: M golf together at Augusta. US, in1 his message of congratulations Dr. CU'l'T advised him not to "lil politics h entirely cut out golf. Goxernor Cox is a golf enthusiast. b He will address contestants in the H Ohio golf tournament at a, uinner to- j C night at the Dayton club. H .The governor announced today that' lie probablj will not. return to tlie 1 B i eeutive office at Columbus this weel H f Me expects Mr. Roosevelt, his running1 MM mate. In Dayton about Saturday. Governor Cox believes the Ucuio-j cratic vice presidential . nominee. E Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant sec-H sec-H retary of the navy. Will be a good running mate. " Cox and Roosevelt.' that's catchy H Isn't It." commented the governor asi H he first learned who his assoi late on H the ticket was from Tne Associated Press at his homo at Trail's Luu The H governor left his newspaper oifico in I I ml the city before the vice presidential H nomination was made ana his office H had forgotten to telephone him the re- ENJOYING HIS PIPE H Governor Cox was .sitting in a re- Hl cllnlng chair enjoying his pipe and 1 Bj chatting with some newspaper repre- B fcntatics when lntormeu of .Mr. Hi ltooevelt's nomination He appeared' Hj Mi 1 1 pleaded with the selection made j by the convention and at once dictated H to the newspapermen the congratula- H tory telegram which he sent to lir, H Roosevelt, also the one sent to his j campaign manager. E. H. Moore. H The governor aumitted that he was Hi not intimately acquainted with Mr Hl Roosevelt, but declared him to be "a 11 lgorous. upstanding, courageous and II progressive DemocraC" He com-1 H mcnted particularly upon two ad-H ad-H dresses made by the vice presidential candidate, one beforo the national J Democratic oommlttss in Chicago lust winter and the other on Americanlza- B' tlon in Dajton. He said Mr. Roose- H1 veil's service In Washington has given B him a wide experience and a wide PBbJ acquaintanceship. , CLASS HA1 RED 1) LNGEROl B H In his ftrsi public audress alter his PPV nomination In Hlddlstown last nlgnt, H Governor Cox declared in commenting H upon the industrial unrest in the II world, that any littcmpt to exploit j class hatred is equally as dangerous aS the Bolshevist In Europe. Ho asserted that the golden rule1 ' works much better than the bullet, or the bayonet and that in all Industrial Indus-trial disputes, there is a middle ground which must be followed In order tiiai Justice be done to all. Those In public places must guard the freedom of the many from tin, exploits Of the few, DC said. PUNS ACTIVE CAMPAIGN. Governor Cox said he will make no plans for the campaign until he ha had an opportunity to confer with party leaders, most of whom will not get back from Ban Francisco until the latter part of the week. He said he may go to the executive office In Columbus Col-umbus today or tomorrow to clean up work there. The governor Indicated in his tele-gram tele-gram of acceptance to Convention Chairman Hobblns that he would make an active campaign rather than the ' front porch' variety planned by .he Republican nominee COMMITTEE MEETS. SAN FRANCISCO. July 7 The new Democratic national commltteo met here today and, after a discussion of plana for organization 'adjourned subject to the call of Chairman Cum-mings, Cum-mings, who expects to bring the committee com-mittee together for permanent organization organi-zation in about two weeks Tho meeting meet-ing probably will be held in Columbus or Dayton, Ohio, where the committeemen commit-teemen expect to meet tho presidential candidate. Governor Cox. No other business was transacted today. |