The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-09-18

vile, O., and the other in st. Louis. Mr..
Cox's nephew, who is the superintendent Of
the Smithsonian institution, was also tele-
graphed for. DIR. Lockwood said that the i'm
mediate cause of death was heart failure and
the cause peritonitis kilograms were sent to
Sergt.-at-Arms of the House of Representatives
]. p. Leedom and to Speaker Carlisle.
Samuel Sullivan Cox was born in GAINESVILLE,
o.. Sept. 30, 1924, and was the son of Ezekiel
Cox, member of the Ohio senate in 1928.
He went 10 the Ohio university at Athens, and
afterward graduated at Brown, winning many
literary prizes during his college course. He
adopted the law as his profession, but soon
abandoned it for journalism, becoming editor
OF the Columbus Statesman. Ii was his "gor-
geous" editorial writing and sophomore de-
scriptions that earned him the sOubriquet Of
Sunset" The following SKETCH in the States
man Of May 10, 1888, is generally regarded as
having furnished the occasion for supplying
Sunset 10 him:
What glorious sunset was that Of last night
How glorious the STORM and how splendid the set
ting of the sun We do not remember ever 10 have
seen the like on our round globe The scene opened
terpenetrating luser which coOred the foliage and
frightened every object into It's own hues. The
colors grew deeper and richer until the golden
iuster was transiused into a storm cloud, tull Of
finest lightning, which leaped in dazzling zigzags
all over and around the city. The wind rose with
fury; the slender shrubs and giant trees made
obesisrce TO his majesty. Some snapped
before its force. The strawberry beds and
grass pats turned 10 see Zepbyrus march bv
As the rain came and the pools and the cutters hur
ried away. thunder reared grandly and the rebells
caught the excitement and rang with hearty chorus
The south and east received the cOpous showers aud
the west all at once Frightened up in a long, poll
ished belt OF azure worthy OF sicilian sky.
Presently cloud appeared in the azure belt of the
form of a castellated city. IL became more vivid,
revealing strange forms Of peerless fanes ard ala
baster temples and glories rare and grand in this
mundane sphere. 1t reminded us Of Wordsworth's
splendid verse in his Excursions"
The appearance instantaneously disclosed
Was of mighty city, boldly say
wilderness OF buildings, sinking far
And self withdrawn into wOndrous depth,
Far sinking into splendOr without end.
But the city vanished only 10 give place TO an
other isle, where the most beautiful forms of foliage
appeared, imagng a paradise in the distant and
The sun, wearied of the elemental commotion.
sank behind the green plains of the West. The
great eve in heaven" however went not down
without a dark brow hanging over its departing
light The rich flush of unearthly light had passed
and the rain had ceased when the Solemn church
bells pealed, the laughter OF the children and
joyous after the storm is heard with the carol of
birds, while the dark and purple weapon of the
skies still darted illumination around the Startling
cottage, trying to rival its angles and leap into its
dark windows.
In 1855 he served for time as secretary of
the American legation in Lima Peru. On his
return he was elected to congress and served
four terms from 1857 to 1865. In 1866 he To-
Gated in New York City. During the war he
was a Union democrat. In 1868 he was elected
a congressman from New York City and has
served most of the time since. His aggregate
service in congress amounted to nearly thirty
years. Several times he had been prominent
candidate for the speakership aud was recOg-
nZed as an able pariiame ntarian.
He was the introducer and champion for
many years OF the bill concerning the life
saving service, which was finally passed. IL was
through Mr.. Cox's efforts that the salaries of
the letter-carriers were raised and a vacation
was allowed them without loss of pay. This
latter measure involved an appropriation of
$4,000. He was on the committee to investi-
gate federal elections in cities, kuklux troubles
and the New York postoffice. In 1872 he
defeated as candidate at large for the state, but
his successful opponent afterward died, and he
was returned to his seat. He was reelected in
1S74-76 and rs, total congressional service
of twenty years. In 1885 he was APP
pointed minister TO Turkey, but returned
a year afterward and was sent back to con-
gress. He has always had the reputation as a
humorous and effective speaker, writer and
lecturer. In addition to much newspaper and
magazine work he has published the following
books: "Ihe Buckeye Abroad" (1S5ll; "Puri-
tanism in Politics" (1S63); Eight Years in
Congress" (1s65); "a Search For Winter Sun
beams" (1S70); "Why We Laugh" (1S76); Free
Land and Free Grade" 1870; Arctic Sun.
beams" (1SS2l; "Orient Sunbeams" (lSS2); and
''The Three Decades of Federal Legislation"
Mr.. Cox was the best-informed man and the
most accomplished scholar in the lower house
of congress, says 0. o. Staley in the Courier
journal. He was elected a member of the
Thirty-fifth congress from Columbus, o., and
after serving three terms from that state re-
moved to New York City and engaged in the
practice of law. The democracy of that state,
recognizing his worth, elected him to the forty
first congress, and, with the exception of two
terms he has been a member of congress ever
since. His actual term of service as a con-
gresham is twenty-three years. During
this time he had been four times elected
speaker pro TEN, and discharged the
duties of that high office with signal
ability. He was a man of great integrity.
There were no dark corners in his character TO
be hid from sight. His life was an open book
Of rare worth, without defect. His politics,
like his religion, was born of genuine convic-
ton. He had convictions. and they pierced
and possessed his soul. He was an indefatiga-
BILE worker, often touching the extreme limit of