Show from the dotty ol 01 11 MS EARTHLY SON HAS SET the balls of congress aill never anre echo the applause app laase wilh which of sunset acx were went to be greeted the brilliant orator the gentleman the exquisite humorist whose name has been associated with the lives perhaps more familiarly than I 1 hat of any other member in the leot avo decades is no cnora ilia aleith in new york last evening bitet a short illness samuel S cox las been a well known figure on the political stage ever since the clofe of the atar A native and a favored son of ohio which state he represented in congress eight he moved in to new york where political honors were again showered upon him liis be continuously represented bis district of the nations metropolis in the popular branch interrupt d only by the term of hs residence in constantinople as united states minister to turkey lait bis constituents again honored lim with election to the fifty ft congress it is a curious curi oue fact that the very tra of character v aich brought him his greatest popularity really stood in the way of his advancement to higher honors this was his irrepressible wit lie was a man of splendid attainments tain ments and excellent judgment and w as rarely gifted in the elegant use of both tongue and pen but no one knew when his climaxes would end in a joke and the more tian graces of his mind were hidden by the scintillating flashes of his humor in other words he lacked alie dignity v aich his other gifts w hae eo well adorned and he will be lesa as a states man than as a acaster in tha eigher forms of debate sir cox was a lawyer by training but a journalist fourn alist by choice and practice his familiar nick name was non by a marvelous mai piece of word paint ng a sun el as been from shipboard off the south american coast lie was a contributor to the le aling periodical of the day and was a public speaker of great popularity aa his genial pree oce will be missed from the pages of the magazines and thu throughout the land bis loss v ill be most keenly felt by those who knew bis drollness and genial good humor aigid the doll and tedious happening of a aas bion |