The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-09
CRoCKODILE TEARS

George b. Cox, the rejuvenated
Republican boss of Ohio politics, now
that he has held his convention and
gotten his slate through without hav-
ling it seriously broken, has come to
realization of the fact that It will
never do for him to take too prom
inent a part in the coming cam
Ipaign, and has determined to make
bluff at being out of fix over the nom
nations, in order to make the vot-
ers think that he has had nothing to
do with it.
In a long interview, which was
given out Friday evening, he tries
to make It appear that he is greatly
dissatisfied with the result of the
Columbus convention. Cox has not
forgotten the drubbing which was
given to him three years ago, when
the people Of Ohio, the Republicans
who were not tied down by him.
turned and elected. or assisted in
lelecting, John NJ. Pattison to the
governors chair and retired Myron
IT. Herrick to private life. In order
to make things look good in the mex.
campaign, Cox announced his retire
ment from politics. The ruse worked
with a large number of the enemies
of Cox and his machine. but with
many 1t did not work and the re-
suit was the cutting down Of the
large Republican majorities which
had been rolled up in Ohio in years
previous to the last state election.
With a national and state election on
hands, Cox could not bear 10 sit
back and watch others running il,
and from the very day of his retire
ment he has been setting stakes to
get back into the saddle. He
formed au alliance with Walter
Brown, Of T)loGo, AMI sta,e Ari!lor
Guilbert, with the result that the
trio, with Cox as the central figure.
controlled the last Republican con-
vention as thoroughly as conven-
tion was ever controlled in Ohio.
The attention of the delegates at
the convention was directed to
Taft's candidacy for the presidency
and they were made to believe that
this was the most important thing
to be considered. While holding this
up before the delegates, Cox, Brown
and Guilbert were fixing things up
50 that when the time came their
slate could not be broken. In only
one place was there at any time
danger of a break and that was the
selection OF a candidate for State
treasurer. Green was slated for the
place, but the recent developments
regarding the manner of doing bugi-
ness in the office in which he was
chief deputy. threatened to beat him
out, but even there the slate went
through. For Lieutenant Governor,
the slate had TO be changed because
of Mr.. Eagleson's appointment of
Mr.. Welker, a strong Cox man and
an opponent to the investigation of
Cincinnati, on the committee. Cox
and his bunch knew that the voters
would never stand for Eagleson and
he was dumped overheard and Mr..
Treadway was named.
''Boss" Cox can try as hard as he
may to cover up his tracks. He may
profess dissatisfaction with the ticket
and endeavor to make 1t appear that
he had no hand in It's selection, but
the voters cannot be fooled in any
such manner. They know who was
the boss of the convention and they
can be depended upon on eection
day. Three years ago, those men
who had grown tired of Cox's rule
made Ntheir boasts that they would
put him out of business. They did
1t, but he has started up again at the
same old stand and it Is up to them
to prove their sincerity by putting
him out again.