The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-08-15
COX DID NOT
STIR CONGRESS
Record Was One Of Quiet
and Discreet
Mcdiocrity.
MINDFUL OF PENSIONS
Did Not Shine During Years
He Served in House Of
Representatives.


WASHINGTON. Aug IT,. IA'i"I
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standing brilliancy OF I'i'''.'
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the six years OF 0'u"'o' i'''"''b
Cos 1t 30 courross Two terms.
from Murrn 1903. 90 January H
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goN'rn"rfh'p or 'hl'' u" WIN"
meantime had boon elected. liH
pape ia NOT attached to any big con
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second term hc became "'Ih"'' ''
the appropriations committee Wh'i'
nm, puhIIrliy or glory attaches.
but which Ig the second committee
az tho houso and has lots ~ hard
work Bcmg mndc a member ot
his committee I'm his second torn
indicated he had got along well iu
tbo marty organization. and rather
foster than is usual. although II was
The same thing that the late w y.
Borland Of Knnsas city accom-
plishcd the next term.
pcnsion bils. from the record ep-
nonrod 10 he the Ohloang chief and
outstandlnp interest. ana this also IL
hetratps ono phaso OF the demo-
orntic nominees character hts
sbrcwdncEg for politics and his
"nla wing tho pnme" all the time For
a. 40 o. district was ono Of the
iar,,o ,,,tt0r,i soidicrs' bomes of the
court,r II bad nlways been rock
.thhoa ,crrbiIr,p ,s most OF tho
unton soidi,r voto ,yap. But on be-
iny elected COY nppllod himself 80
industriouslv 10 looking after the IN
tcrcg,s ~ Tho homo and tho voter-
ans tbat be carried n tho next time,
snd a. was Tho deciding factor I'm
his raco
In,roduccd a, pcnsious nIIIa
THO rccords disclosc that I'm his
four yeors I'm the house. Cox intro
hucad ala nrivatn penslon bills.
sroLoht,, N roncrd Tor ,bat length Of
servIce mt there was the Gus
,on,ary "soldlor no,Iticsr In this FOR
,ho nro c,ice has alwoys been for the
nomn,tttoa nm nenaions to nllot to
&c. rnenbcr univ 20 many bills each
80 r,ho ,,o,nhor .oes tbrough tho
Ia,ah 10 tntrodncod and hicks out
,bo b,na,ni he nost aesires 10 20
,hrorsh Tho huil, wait over The
,n,,,,I,cr cots mo crrdit ~ bnvinc
tried IN cot tho bills through. Any
boyv 1, makes votes. and that IN the
wsv Tho cnnne ia nloyed
u,,t be dId mora than thnt for the
.oiIiars' hnrra ita started n cam.
naIgn against what he called reck-
less sauandering OF funds I'm their
manarement and for better care OF
Inc Veterans In one he called at
tention 10 the fact that an addl-
tional appronrIatlon OF 10000 was
hei,g nadn for food for IN, animals
in the geological park and no more
money for the veterans in the SOL
diers' home The speech hit the
headlines and Il won the DAYTON
soldiers, homo vote. His second
term no was not aa active In local
hr district matters ns tho fret. Cox
also smoke ard voted for tho Sher-
wood "dollar-n- day pension bill,
lust as most of tho other congress
men did.
Learned Oratory in Congress.
He pIonecred I'm urging the carry
ing OF mail by alrplanos. making n
spoech back in 1911. in which he
said alrnlancs should be encouraged
and there would he no need spend
,nr "countIcss millIons' upon battle
ships which could bo blown up from
tho mir by dynamite dropped from
airplanes He put in one hobby
bill, n resolution 20 give the bureau
OF standards $4,000 10 investigate
tho protective mrasuras against
lightning. He also spoke n couple OF
times on the way the Philippines