Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-19
COX ALWAYS A FIGHTER.
BUT NOT ONE OF KIND
THAT CARRIES A CHIP

Business men in Office are desirable
ne thinks. But it is the man rather
than his profession that he looks to.
1t makes little difference whether a
man sells groceries or practices law.
II he can make good.
What the People Want.
The people want in Office a man
VINO can take situation by the slack
OF the pants and the scruff Of the
neck and shake results out of it."
COX is of the executive type him.
sell. His success has been due to
the ract. IT Is said, that in business
ne Kept an eye on the outgo along
WIN the income. When a thing
needed doing he did it. He illustrated
his idea of the man who does things
oy telling story of his own expert
ence.
Turing the Dayton foods" said
ne' I was too busy as governor to
give a thought to my newspaper
property there. My every minute was
taken up by the effort to save life
and property. There were fourteen
feet OF water in the office Of the
Dayton News, covering presses and
dynamos. and the News went out of
action"
A friendly rival came to tho rescue.
Robert r. Wolfe Of Columbus, owner
OF two newspapers there. opposed in
politics to Cox. knew Of an old news
paper press that was standing idle.
Paper Printed I'm Street.
He Communicated that press, put
1t and some type on a fat car, found
an old road engine and rushed the
outfit to Dayton" said Cox when
I heard of it the Dayton News was
being printed in the middle of a
street-but it was being printed. That
sort OF man gets results
We were riding over the old Ma
tfonal pike between Columbus and
Wheeling Built in 1925. it was a
muddy shame until some years ago.
During the war it became essential
to open that road for heavy truck
travel. The railroads were being
proved unequal to the strain.
Il sent over to the penitentiary,"
said he, and selected a gang Of
negroes who were serving time for
minor offenses.
Get to work on the roads, I said.
and I'll pardon every one Of you
who makes good. But this Is up to
you. If a man escapes or misbe-
HAYES the rest will find their chances
darker"
He paused to laugh.
They Made the Dirt Fly.
I rode by that gang on this road
one day." said he, "and I never nav
dirt fly in my life as it. was flying
then. They just ate up the job ana
they wen oappy at it."
Did any one try to run AWAY.
''One did, said he, and the others
caught him and beat him almost m
death"
The Ohio penitentiary and the Ohio
budget system are interreIated. War
den Thomas is trying to furnish tbe
convicts with enough overtime work
that they may send a little money
home to their families. and under the
budget system certain articles made
in the penitentiary are sold to the
state or the counties at a slight ad-
vance above cost before they may be
offered to the public. 1t means a saw
ing of the public money.
1--WE must have a budget system in
every state and in the national gov
eminent" said he. 1T is mere BUSH
ness. The old system is folly work
ing hand in hand with graft"
Tells About Old System.
Some stories followed to illustrate
the manner in which the old-time
Ohio officeholder blossomed and f1ori-
ated under an unsupervised system of
spending.
Then money was appropriated by
the grab-bag system for the different
departments" said he. and it was