Evening star., 1920-07-06
COX THRICE GOVERNOR:
TWO TERMS IN CONGRESS
Equally Successful in Business, Gaining
Wealth BY Oun Energies Al fer
Start on Farm.

I newspaper. he succeeded So wen
! with this venture that he purchased
4 in 1903 the Springfield Press Repub-
Iican-now the Springfield News. He
| formed the News League OF ONO.
Under his management both these
! properties have developed and his In
come from them today is very large,
! though he has been forced to turn the
actual management over to others.
| Gov. Cox is a wealthy man. He owns
a magnificent home on the outskirts
of Dayton. called Trails End. Recent
| ly he has purchased the old home In
! which he was born, in Butler county,
and the farm lands. So far as possible
he has restored the old home exactly
as it was when he was boy, show
! ing an unusual streak of sentiment
| in a successful business man and poll
tician He is a believer in the breed
ing of fine stock. and he has set to
work building up model stock 1arm
on the old place
| Outdoor life appeals to Gov cox.
| He is interested in all kinds of sports
Horseback riding. hunting and golf
are his favorite paStimes. He is no
| mean golfer. it is said. Once every
year he breaks away from the az
! fairs of the state and takes 10 the
woods in company with his son. and
spends several weeks roughlng II ana
After being out of the governors
chair for two years Gov. Cox ~,seo
a comeback in 1915 and defeated W IL
lis for the office. He was elected gov
ernor for the third time in 1918 and
is now serving as chief executive OF
the state. He is a hard-worklnS eA-
ecutive. too, and does not spare MN
self or his subordinates when ne Is
the prison system of the state mas
been revised along humanltIf IAN
lines. Gov. Cox takes personal ,n-
terest in these matters. When plea
is made to him for executive clemehcy
he makes a practice lnvarlaoly
seeing the prisoner oe1ore ne fa's
lust to look at Gov. Cox gives no
indication of his age. It's true that
fifty years is no great age, out !he
governor gives the impression OF o =,
ing years younger. Perhaps thls is
due largely to his outdoor exercise.
He is of medium height and sturdy
build. with a strong neck. which usu-
ally indicates combativeness
Easy Of Access; Hard Fighter.
The governor is easy of access. He
is courteous always. and has the repu-
tation of treating his subordlnates
Justly and kindly. But when he Is on
the warpath he is apt to hit right and
left. with little regard where his
blows fall. When he has been backed
into a corner, as the most adroit poll
ticians sometimes are. and has come
to a showdown. he has been found
fighting vigorously. his friends de-
clare.
did a good lob He took the lead in
organizing and putting through meas
ures to aid in the national defense. AS
an aid in the stimulation OF the pro
duction of foodstuffs he brought about
<f a a r
school at Columbus. and the manutac-
turers of tractors were urged TO dis-
play their machines and to. teacn the
farmers how to run them: EHorts at
selling the tractors to the farmers
we're tabooed by tie governor, how
ever. If the farmers were impressed
and desired to purchase afterWaro,
that was Sanother thing-in fact, II
was what the governor hoped fer. But
at the school no soliciting OF trade |
was permitted:
even at that a charge was brought |
against the governor that he was IN
terested in a tractor r-manufacturlng
concern When he was addressing |
meeting one night ne maze reference
to this charge. go
at have been charged with having |
an interest in one of these tractor
concerns he began. There was an |
old farmer sitting near In the au-
dience, and he piped up in an inter-
eSted way. -,
.'What make. gov'ner?'
mo, no, you don't understand" said
the governor, I'm not interested In |
anv tractor concern" Whereat there |
was a roar of laughter, from the crowd,
for the governor had missed the point. |
Nevertheless, Gov Cox has sense |
of humor, though sometimes it seems |
to be concealed. When the first Off !
GERS training camp at Camp Benja-
min Harrison. in Indiana. was about |
foh Nf
officers drawn from Ohio. Indiana and |
Kentucky. the governors of the three |
states. Cox, Goodrich and Stanley, |
were invited to attend and review the |
young men. 1t was warm summer |
dav and Gov. Cox was clad in uncon- |
yentional sack suit and straw hat
Gov. Goodrich was dressed much the |
same way. Gov. Stanley. however. !
was late in arriving. His colleagues
inquired what had become of him.