The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-06

My effort was to discover what hi
thought along other lines.
opinion on Public Men.
,.. The tendency Of public men T. t.
lose touch with public opinion. A mar
in responsible office should take coun'
sel-but in the end he must go into hi
room and lock the door and work out
the answer for himself"
He thinks the bolshevild but a pass
| ing menace bred by the unrest of the
| times. His is the practical view.
Down in his heart the average mar
wants peace and home and modest
! prosperity" said he. by and by the
bolsheviki will begin to acquire little
| property and see chance for work and
will die. Men are more or less alike
The same motives have always ruled
them"
Business men in Office are desirable
he thinks. But 1t is the man rather
than his profession that he looks to. II
makes little difference whether man
sells groceries or practices law, II he
can make good.
What the Public Wants.
1.-The people want in office man who
can take a 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 himself.
His success has been due to the fact
that in business he has kept an eye on
the outgo along with the income. When
n thing needed doing he did It. He il
Illustrated his idea of the man who does
things by telling a story of his own eX-
perience
During the Dayton floods" said he,
II was too busy as governor to give
a thought to my newspaper property
there. My every minute was taken up
by an effort to save life and property.
There were fourteen feet OF water In
the office of the Dayton News covering
prsses and dynamos, and the News went
out of action
A friendly rival came to the rescue.
Robert +. Wolfe, sof Columbus, owner Of
two newspapers there, opposed in poll
tics to Cox, knew OF an old newspaper
press that was standing idle.
Printed In Street.
HE Communicated that press, put 1t
and some type on a fiat 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 1t was
being printed. That sort OF man gets
results"
We were riding over the old national
Pike between Columbus and Wheeling.
Built in 1926, it was a muddy shame un-
became essential to open that road for
heavy truck travel The railroads were
being proved unequaled to the strain.
81 sent over to the penitentiary,"
said he land selected a gang OF negroes
who were serving time for minor Of
fenses.
"Get to work on the roads, said,
land I'll pardon every one of you who
makes good. But this is up to you.
II man escapes or misbehaves the rest
will find their chances darker"
He paused to laugh.
did any one try to run away"
zone did" said he, land the others
caught him and beat him almost to
DEATH"
The Ohio penitentiary and the Ohio
budget system are interrelated. War
den Thomas is trying to FURNISH the
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 slight advance above cost
before they may be offered to the pub
lie. 1t means saving OF the public
money.
I'VE must have a budget system in
every state and in the national govern
ment," said he. 1T is mere business.
The old system is folly working 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 fioriated un-
der an unsupervised system of SPEND
ing:
grab bag system for the different de-
partments," said he, land 1t was al
ways spent. No money was ever, re-
all
each department is fixed by the budget
commission, and the things for which
the money may be spent are defined
Every year the departments turn
money back into the state treasury.
How HOY does, does labor like the use made OF
Labor does not like It," said Gov.
But he believes in the fairness Of the
working man.
1--WE are all human" said he. We
are all very much alike, Once they
them they are on the level with you"
On one occasion Pennsylvania strik-
ers sought to hold a mass meeting ana
when interferred with by the state con-
they crossed the line into
Ohio.
Strikers Crossed State Line. Il
"Pennsylvanians sent word to me,
said he, and asked me to stop. the
of the strikers. You know |
that under the Pennsylvania law the |
meeting of three persons in a public |
place may be considered an unlawful |
assembly. l sent this word back;
lover in Ohio We have not yet re-
pealed. the Declaration of Independ-
cnce.'"
The strikers held their meeting and
relieved the pressure by talking ana |
then returned peaceably to Pennsyl- |
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