The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-28

tlon OF the food furnished the soldiers
Tie had found that In some instances
II was costing only II cents day. In
no instances was II greater than tho
cost Of the food for the oonvlcts IN
the federal penitentiary. Here was q
class OF men whom the politicians
had lauded as the nations heroes, but
they were being fed upon less than
the convlcts were allowed
Friend Of Veterans and Children.
The sundry civil bill gave "iimmy"
his opportunity He was recognized
and made the point that he thought
the old soldiers were as much ontl'
tied TO an increased appropriation rs
the animals at the ZOO, TO say tho
least, and congress saw the point and
allowed an increase for subsistence,
Every member OF every soldiers homs
In the United States Is today enjoying
better food than he would be enjoying
but for the watchful eye OF the mem
Der Of congress from the Third Ohio
district.
Two measures that have become
laws at the present session Of con-
gress, and with both OF which Con
gresham Cox was closely identified,
give some idea OF the mans eonstruc.
tive progressiveness, One Is the law
authorizing the federal government 10
improve the water power at Great
Falls, just above Washington, and ia
mako light and power for the govern
ment
The government already owned tho
falls and a right Of way to the city,
but had made no effort TO conserve
the power. Cox saw the economy Of the
thing and took II up, with the result
that army officers, already in the EN-
ploy Of the government, have been set
10 work to effect this great saving to
the government
The other measure is known as the
child's bureau lava provision for es'
tablishing a helpful bureau TO gather
data and facts pertaining TO the EN-
ployment of children. The measure
was advocated by humuanltarians
everywhere, but somo OF the lawyers
of congress thought II was unconstltu.
tiona Cox turned upon them for 50
much as suggesting that such hui
manitarian measure was unconstitu'
tional. He called attention 10 the fact
that these same lawyers saw nothing
unconstitutional In appropriatins
money for the study Of diseases Of
Iv,N fhavs fsff al 1ftVf
written all over a measure to study
the diseases of children. There was
nothing unconstitutional in appropri.
ating money to stamp out diseases Of
trees, but as soon as It was proposed
to take some means Of stamping out
diseases among human beings the cry
of unconstitutional" was raised.
He made such a fight for the childs
bureau bill that, despite the fact It
might have been killed for the time
being by resorting to the point of
order" It became a law, and will
prove to be one of the most important
legislative enactments of any con-
gress.
Cox as a campalgner.
Jimmy" Cox will make a "whirl-
wind" canvass for governor. He
couldn't make any other kind and be
consistent. That is his way.
During his canvass for congress
he spoke on an average Of three times
day He held MONDAY meetings
at the factories and shops, and spoke
twice each night. He literally burned
up" the roads. He slept wherever
midnight overlook him, and was out
with the chickens. His friends-or
some of them-predicted that he
could not maintain the pace he had
set. But he did He came under
the wire in a drive after six weeks
that would have killed an ordinary
man, and the night of the election
he took his place in his newspaper
office and helped to get out the Tex
tras" carrying the announcement Of
his own phenomenal victory, as
though he were not interested in the
result. He was "one of us" again as
soon as the polls closed, and he did
a mans work upon that most trying Of
all nights in newspaper office-elec-
tion night.
Incidentally, he carried the district
by a majority OF 10000 votes--a dis
trict that had been sending Republi-
cans to congress for so long a time
it had become a habit until Fighting
Jimmy" got into the game