Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1885 — SUNSET COX. [ARTICLE]

SUNSET COX.

llis Clean Record in Congress— A Man Who Will Be Missed

By Everybody.

Gen- Boyton. telegraphs The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette-' No one will have to ask ‘who is fcS.fcS, Cox?’ when he reads or bjs nomination as minister to Tarkey. For iweuty-eight years, with the exception ot short intervals, Mi, Oox has been a well-known figure in the house ot representatives- His actual service has covered only a few months less than a quarter of a century, and for more than twenty years of that time he has been one of the prominent men on the floor. Everybody is glad of his nomination, and at the the same time everybody is sorry that he is to leave with the exception of the small divisions among memb-rs among whom he has been brought into eonflect from time to time in the unavoidable rivalries of the floor, be has een universally and deservedly popular. His will be a vacancy which all who have been familiar with congress for any length of time will notice and regret. First, and best of all for him, it can be said that, in all this long public service, his name has never once been connected with a job, or with the interested support of quetionable legislation. He has kept his record and his Dame stainless. His prominence on the floor, his influence and relation to the great commerical city of the country, could have been used immensely to his own advantage had he chosen to so benefit himself. But he has lived throug these temptations at Washington, constantly putting them aside and behind him. and has built up for himself a name as an incorruptible public servant. In the broad sense, his record in congress is not a matter of party aloneThrough always a cosistent and often an extreme democrat, yet, in ganeral attainment, in variety of effort, in the support of meaures looking to the general good, in practical work in legislation, in keen debate, in brilliant repartee, in parliamentar z knowledge and skill in entertaininn discussion, and ever ready wit, his position rises above party and belongs to that portion ot the general history of the house of representatives in whica men of all parties take a pride. He has always been a student, a persistent reader, an industrious and entertainiug writer, and always a genial gentleman. He has been so long, so widely, and so favorably known here that his leaving is a matter of general personal interest and re o ret. The matter of party does not enter. Many of thoes who will miss him most are as pronounced in their republicanism as he as has been in his democracy. But they honor him for his steadfast integrity and varied attainments. Of late he has become somewhat weary of his congressional life. His reegnized fitness for the speakership has often made him a candidate, but with little hope of success, since the eastern wing of his party has heretofore been inclined to a more radical protection position than he could support, while the west had its own candidates. Bo on occount of of antagonisms in the epeakship contest, he has not recivel for many years the recognition in committee positions to which his long membership and abilities entitle him. It is not strang that, after a service extending further back' than that ot any other member, he should tire of being assigned to secondary positions when he has so long deserved the best. His service in eastern lands *i(l eventually yield rich returns to he public, since he can not fail to use his pen for its instruction andentertainment Everybody will mica him. Eveybody i* glad of the recognition ht | hat received, and Washington will surely wish him a prosperous journey, pleasant ye n of servlet, and a safe return.