Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-08
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bis tour through Montana, Washington and
the Dakotas was . continued ovation.
From December, 1857, to March, 1885. save
about six years, he was continuously in con-
gress. and only Judge Kelley and Sam Ran
dali, Of Pennsylvania, outranked him in
continuous service. His nickname Of "Sun-
set Cox" may have been given in consequence
of his initials, rs. ST." but its first applica-
ton was soon after the publication in his
paper, The Statesman, Of Columbus, O.,
May 10, 1853 Of a sephomorical description
of a sunset, beginning as follows:
A GREAT OLD SUNSET.
What storrnful sunset was that Of last night
How glorious the storm, and how splendid the SET
ting Of the SUM Wed not remember ever to have
seen the like on our round globe The scene
opened In the west with q whole horizon full OF q
golden interpenetrating Mstar, which colored the
foliage and frightened every object In its own
rich dyes. The colors grew deeper and richer,
until the golden luster was transformed into Q
storm cloud, full Of finest lightning, which eaped
In dazzling zigzags all round and over the city.
The wind arose with fury, the slender shrubs and
giant trees made obeisanOe to itS majesty. Some
even snapped before its force. The strawberry
beds and grass plots turned up their whites TO
See ZephyruS march by
AS the rain came, and the pools formed, and the
cutters hurried away, thunder roared grandly,
and the fire bells caught the excitement and rang
with hearty chorus The south and east received
the copious showers. and the west all at once
frightened up in a long, polished belt of azure,
worthy Of Siciiian sky. Presently cloud ap-
peared in the azure belt, In the form Of castel-
lated city. 1t became more vivid, revealing strange
forms Of peerless fanes and alabaster temples and
md in tf.ipr cYAba
reminds us OF Wordsworth's splendid verse in his
Excursion"
The appearance instantaneously disclosed
Was Of mighty city, boldly say
a wilderness Of buildings sinking far
And self withdrawn into a wondrous depth,
Far sinking into splendor without endl
Mr.. Cox's first speech in congress attract
ed much attention, and his address late in
1862 when he described brother congress
man as flying from the field Of Bull Run
hanging to the tail Of a stampeded steer,
''like Anchises borne from burning Troy on
the shoulders of Eneas," made q nation
laugh in spite of its sorrow. In this same
speech he summed up the Missouri contro-
versy of the time In such an admirable and
humorous style that it was at once accepted
as correct by the public. This was the speech
in which he told how Fremont's greatness
twas blasted by the consuming torrent Of
'Blairs Rhetoric that being the title of q
popular school book Of the time. One Of his
last speeches was on the fisheries and fish
commission, in which he said:
Mr. Speaker, there never was an interest in this
country so cared for by the government as this Of
fish Our first efforts, at least in New England,
began with fish. When our ancestors-I refer to
New England, where / was educated-when our
ancestors went to King James for charter to go
across the seas and COLOMBO Massachusetts, the
king asked the Puritans:
.'What is your object? What do you intend?"
Their answer was: ITO worship God and catch
fshr 1,aughter.l
Then the king rejoined: 81 give you the char
ter Fore Gad 1t Is the apostles own calling!"
[Renewed laughter.l
Why, sir, even in the early churches OF New
England the early and piouS Puritans used to
sing:
Ye monsters Of the bubbling deep.
Your Makers name upraise;
Up from the sands, ye codliugs, peep
And wag your tails always.
Laughter and applause.l
So that in early New England the cure and care
Of fish was conconitant with commerce. liberty
and sanctity. In later times New England has OBJ
tanned congressional enactments giving free salt
for her fish, while the miserable man In Chicago
cannot get free salt for his pork [Laughter Con-
gress has always had kindly word for the fisher
men. For many decades it gave bounties at SO
much per cod. These fishermen have not become
less tenacious Of their rights since the bounty
ceased They are power In numbers and infu-
ence They number million or more of men
constantly engaged in their hardy and hazardous
occupation. Their calling is associated at the
present time with some curious wriggling in dplo-
macy Laughter. But wherever they are and
wherever they adventure, they should be cared for
by the fostering arm Of the government
The main object of this BILL sir is not to assist
the fishermen SO much IS the consumers Of fish.
1t would send out the seed broadcast that food
harvests may grow in all the waters of this land
/ trust there will be nothing done here to impair
the usefulness Of this bureau. I trust as this
bill takes no money out Of the treasury, that no
further objection will be made to its passage;
that the president may be able to select good
practical man of science and energy, whether he
be Democrat or not, to occupy and honor the
position. I am not sure but that there may be
found some good, scientific Democrat In this
country to administer this office. [Iaughter.l All
the sciences cannot be nonoDolized by the Re-
publican party. There may be Democrat dis
covered with the qualities Of good, scientific
fisherman. The president viii find him The
president himself is somewhat of expert in
.at line. lLaughterl
The last letter written by Mr.. Cox referred
to an engagement to lecture on the Yellow
stone country before the Steckler association
of New York city; it was to Julius arburg-
er, president of the association, and ran thus;
NEW YORK, Sept. 6, 1889.
DEAR FRIEND-After your work Is done tonight
come around to my house and see me- am down
sick with a malarial fever, and have been since
we fixed our lecture l have tried and medicated,
ETC. in hope to be well for the 10th inst. Perhaps
may fail Come and let me talk 1t over. 1t will
be great disappointment to me if can't get up In
time Yours, S. S. Cox
Four evenings later, at $50 p. m, the very
time he should have been before the club, be
breathed his last The immediate cause Of
his death was peritonitis His wife, who sur
wives him, was Miss Beecher, of Muskingum,
O., an heireS and very intellectual woman.
They had no children
Maj. William Warner.
William, Ilo-uar- who iS SDokan of sY1c-