The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-10-23

james NJ. Cox, governor OF Ohio. the
samo james NJ. Cox who is running.
for PRESIDENT The home folks say
not. They insist there Is hardly the
slightest resemblance except Ms to
physical appearance. On The stump
In the presidential campaign he IL
dirrt, seems TO have a lot OF nervous
energy. Is quick and snappy In his
actiors. takes applause without re-
sentiment. hits hitler and rnithcr and
seemingly with something OF q punch,
and fairly CXudes the "forward-look-
ing, progressive" stun OF the imam
who does things"
Back homo they gay they never
heard before Of the CoN who Is out
On tho big time circuit. They insist
that virtually all the representations
being made for him In the national
struggle are spurious. They produce
the record aud on that tnay nsscvc-
rate With ~pOsitlvcncss that no such
man ~ Cox Is represented to be ON
the national stump over was governor
or the mother state OF presidents.
The most fuls0me aud most COM
~piimcntary pictun'iz1tiOn OF Governor
Coz that has appeared In print since
the San Francisco convention was
publishes In the Review OF ReVicws
in the rccent August number. 1t was
hAAAA'H ny AlNNAAh kn'lhs hl fil~
plOyo Of Governor Cox, and, there
fore, presumably entirely approved
by tiic governor. This picture, there
fore, may be taken as the one Cover
nor Cox painted or himself. a score
OF achievements are set forth as thu
basis FOR thu claim that Governor Cox
Is not only 'forward-loOking" and
progressive" but Is the fast-working
public official who does things FOR the
uplift and publication of govern
mont
Some OF the home folks e~ndoavorcd
without success TO nave the Review
Of Reviews print several corrections.
SO they got up the statement anyway
FOR their personal satisfaction. a
summary OF It follows;
/. THE WARNES LAW: The Re-
view Of Reviews picturization sets
this down as one Of the first great
achievements of Cos as governor. II
abolishcs all assessors IL the state,
taking from the people the right to
elect their local taxing officials. and
placed the entire power In the hands
OF the governor. Undor this law aD-
cording to Che Review Of Reviews
story. revenues increased enormously
nnd taxes fcll.
The story Is written In the present
tense, lending the Impression that the
a. WIN - ~ tNANNNAAlNa ms "a AANNAfA D
Of ltct Il turned out To he ono Of the
most unpopular laws ever enacted by
the Ohio legislature. and was wiped
of the statute boOks OF the state five
and onc-half years ago. after II was
disclosed thai tax lcvicH had greatly
increased instead OF decreasing under
Its operation. II was 40 unpopular
that the democratic platform OF 1916
itself pledged the people Of Onto hat
~ NlU IamHnaUmHNn NNuNs.H a.. NNNnNHN
would not return to the Warnes law
scheme In any way and would unact
no law that will take AWAY from the
local subdivisions the power OF
selecting their own officials"
Yet the impression has been per-
mitted To 20 forth across the country
that this law. which Mas repealed
five years ago is still In force and
Is one OF the biggest things accom-
plished for the people Of Ohio by the
''forward-looking'' governor.
ON another page ~ the Review Of
Reviews story II is stated that o u
single piece Of legislation enacted
during the governors first term was
repealed by the succeeding rcpubli-
can administration.
The record shows that several such
pieces of legislation were either
greatly modified on actually repealed.
~ " ~ AN NV hhAHh wv AtAANNNAAAH
GUS example.
.. WoRKMEN'S COMPENSATION
ACT The Review OF Reviews story
say that probably no one measure
written into the laws of Ohio has
stood the test OF time and reflected
moro credit upon It's author (CoX)
than the Workmcn's Compensation
law, . 49,.
The record shows that this law
was one OF the outstanding achieve
mcnts of the administration Of Jud-
son Harmon, that the subsequent
compulsory feature, which was pro-
hibitcd by the then constitution was
provided for In, the constitutional con-
vcntiOn and ratified BY the people In
September 1912. long before Cox be-
came governor, aud that In writing
the new feature into the bill there
was no party contention. Percy Tot-
low, at the time vice president Of tho
Ohio State Federation of Labor. said
over his signature: "GovernOr Cox
had absolutely nothing to do with the
evolving OF the Worltmen's Compen-
sation law"
3. CONSTITUTIONAL CoNVEN-
TON. The Review Of Reviews story
left the impression that Governor
COS ana the new progressive consti-
tuition OF Ohio were ono and the same
thing.
The record shows that Cox was not
a member of the constitutional o
vention and the record also fails to
disclose that he ever attended n com
mittoc meeting.
4. THE BUDGET LAW. The
picture shows Governor Cox as the
father OF the Ohio Budget law.