U.S. PRESIDENCY.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16881, 8 July 1920, Page 7

U.S. PRESIDENCY.

DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION'S CHOICE. (By Cab!*—Press Association —Copyrteht.) (Australian and X.Z. Cab!© Association.) NEW YORK, July 5. Governor James SI. Cox, of Ohio, has been selected as Democratic candidate for the Presidency. The San Francisco correspondent of the "New York Times'' states that the Democratic Convention voted to take a recess from 5 o'clock to 8.30 o'clock on Slondav evening, after easting 36 ballots.

It is understood that after the 2Gth ballot Mr Palmer offered to divert his strength to a compromise if the SlcAdoo and Cox forces would do likewise. They refused. During the recess, Sir Brennan, leader of tiie delegation from Illinois, one of the pivotal States, declared that Sir SlcAdoo would not win now under any conceivable set of circumstances that could develop at the Convention. . A conference of the leaders of the principal delegations began an hour before the Convention reconvened, and the hope was expressed that it would result in the choice of a compromise candidate, who would bo acceptable to the SlcAdoo, Cox, and Palmer .factions. The correspondent telephoned, shortly before midnight, that the delegation leaders' conferences during the recess had not proved successful. Sir Palmer issued a statement to the effect that it was apparent that none of the three leading candidates could win, adding, "We have had some informal conferences, but they have not resulted in any decision concerning a compromise candidate." . ! During the recess it was predicted thnt a strenuous attempt would be made to end the deadlock situation, but on the other hand, delegates recalled that :n 1912 the Democratic Convention nominated President Wilson at the 46th ballot. SAN FRANCISCO. July 6. Governor Cox, who has been nominated by the Democrats, after a lengthy deadlock, upon the 44th ballot, is 50 years old. He has been three times Governor of Ohio, and once a Congressman from that State. During his governorship he became noted for progresive changes in the Constitution, on the lines of taxation, banking, schools, agricultural, and labour reforms. He' is the owner of the Dayton (Ohio) "News." Ho supported President "Wilson during the war, arid adopted a firm stand for law and order during the rocent coal and steel strikes, but gained the sympathy of Labour by his peaceful and fair methods. It is understood that he is a firm believer in the League of Nations, and ho recently said that the enforcement of the Prohibition laws was the best thinf. He is known for the geniality and °cordiality of his manner. He plays a good gamo of golr.

Mr James M- Cox was "born at Jacksonburg, Ohio, on March 31st, 18/0, and is therefore in his 51st y® 3 - 1 "- 110 was brought up on liis father s farm, and received an ordinary primary and hio-h school education. For a. time ne was a teacher in a small country school, but tiring of this life, he left home and: worked in the printing department ot a newspaper in Middletown, Ohio, I hen he went "on tho road" as a reporter, and subsequently joined the editorial staff of the "Cincinnati Enquirer. A few years later, in 1898, he bought the Dayton "Daily News," which, under his able management, and witli the rapier growth of Dayton, became a valuable and powerful journal. In 1903 be bought the Springfield "News, ' which he renamed the "Press-Republic, and which rapidly grew in power and prosperity. Later, Mr Cox formed the News League of Ohio, a development of the news agency business, which, ho started to keep pace with the growth and importance of the State. In 1909 Mr Cox was elected to Conpress, representing the 3rd Ohio District in the 61st and 62nd Congresses till 1913, in which year lie became Governor of tho State of Ohio. _ Senator "Warren G. Harding, the Republican Party's nominee for the Presidency, is, like Mr Cos, a native of Ohio, a "self-made" man and a newspaper proprietor ? their early careers being strangely similar. Ssnator Harding, who was born in 1565, was first a country school teacher, then ho worked as a compositor in a newspaper office, and in 1884 he bought the Marion "Star," which he still owns. Of Senator Harding, Mr Cox recently said: "Harding is a man of grea.t personal charm. Strange as his convictions may appear to me, lio is perfectly sincere in his belief that the future welfare of the country lies in the custodianship of the Republican Party under the policies which lie represents. He 19 or the McKinley type, brought up on the Old Guard Republican faith, and persistently clinging to it. _He is a skilled and polished orator. I respect his journalistic achievements, but wo stand very far apart." Speaking of Mr Cox, Senator Harding _remarked: "I don't know what he thinks of me, but Cox is a very shrewd man, possessor of great political wisdom, and has made a very able Governor of Ohio, whom the people like and approve. He has done many things in Ohio. Cox is smart. He understands politics. Hei makes a very impressh'e spcech. I have great respect for his newspaper ability." CANDIDATE FOR VICEPRESIDENCY.

SAN FRANCISCO, July G. Mr Franklin Roosevelt, AssistantSccrctary of the Navy, has been, nominated by the Democratic Convention for the Vicc-Presidency. [Mr Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born in the State of New York in 188": and was educated at Harvard and Columbia U. Law School. He was admitted to the New York Bar in I£o7 and practised in that city. Ho was a member of the New York Senate from 1910 till 1913, when he was appointed •Vssistanb-Secretary of the Navy-1