Show National Men and Affairs I I What's the Matter With Florida Governor Cox Makes Reply Former Democratic Standard Bearer Proves He Is Out of Politics for Good n By T S SMALL LL f Special Correspondent of o The Copyright 1926 12 Consolidated Association WHEN THEN Former Governor James JamesM VI M Si Cox of o Ohio arrived In New York Tork the th past put week after artor spending the th winter at Miami b he was promptly met with the th ques question lion tion What That Is the th matter with Flor Florida ida The one Ume Democratic candi candi- candidate dat date for president paused for a mo moment ment mont and then turned upon his questioner What Is the matter with the United States 1 ho he h countered I IThe The Tho Th interviewer r was puzzled Wh Why nothing I Is the th matter matler with the United States State he h r l ask atle that I Why do you question T But your awful tall fall all In values I In Wall Wail street your our bear raids and tumbling of ot prices of tl what tin s what does all that moan mean t 0 that tint said laId the th interviewer with apparent relief that do does doe not mean there Is anything wrong with the United States State It mere merely meant II meant that the stock tock market was sold over sold played over ov r-pl r And there th re said ald Governor Cox you have hayt an answer to your our first flut question Unquestionably there has hia been an overselling and over over- over playing of o Florida real ral estate The perIod of readjustment has hie come coma It Il Is Iii proceeding n an orderly man man- manner manner ner and the th people oC ot Florida are glad They didn't know just juat where things were going to stop or how to stop them But Dut the th arrived was safely paused passed and Florida's constructive era has hu been resumed at accelerated pace The Th shoe sho strIng speculator have like gone the th locusts We W called ClIed them down In Florida the th boys bos because they would make mak a I small payment to bind a bargain on a x strip of land They were a aI I nuIsance while the they as lasted lasted as an any pest must be a a nul nuisance ance One On southern state stat some om time ago erected a a monument to the th boll boil weevil Th Th's s pest came alon along and wiped out the th cotton otton crop But Dut It taught the th armero rs tire the th value ot of diversIfied crops and brought greater prosperity than ever to the tate state Down In Florida I think they should erect a monument to tho th binder boss boS bo s They brought mat mat- matters terl to a peak they carried Flor Florida ida through an Sn n experIence which was bound to como come corn and now they have gone some som ot of them sadder I and wiser But t they tY took nothing from FlorIda They couldn't The Th things thing that make mak Florida are ar eternal eternal- the th sea the sky the th sun aun and Ind gulf Culf stream the th fruits and flowers the fertility of ot the soli soil Profiting by the th example ot of California Florida Florid Is la turn turn- turnIng turning ing to Industry Th n Is t no longor long lonc- or r talk ot of cutting the tho th back coun- coun country country try coun try up Into buildIng lots Jn instead tead great at dairy ett ests are ar coming In there Last witt winter tel some of Florida's milk came cam from as tar faraway away a as Wisconsin Florida soon oon will be producing everything that can be b produced in t the e state stats Once you have hav got cot ot a a population you also have human necessity and human necessity I Is the th rather father or of Indus Industry try No Xo there her Is nothing the th matter therIs with the tho th United States and there Is nothing the th matter with Flor Flor- FlorId FlorIda Id ida r I rI I Governor Govern r Cox had bach another In- In In In experience ri nce while Ito he h so- so so sojourned In New N w York Tork He H was Wal led l d Into making makinI a few tew terse teree and nth rath er en pertinent remarks remark regarding th the politiCs of the th hour He lie express expressed ed d himself moet mort freely Creely so free free- freeh freely h 1 ly In fact that ono of lii hi his oldest frIends called him on the th telo tele- telephone tel phon phone Governor he h confessed 1 have been thinking think In all the th time that like others who have hav held h high office and been honored by byth their lr part party you really did not moan mean It when you said sald you had haJ quit politic politics for tor good but bur when wh n r I Irad read your interview this morn morning In I 1 knew darned well you were In earnest I I think said ald the th governor that the th man roan who Is I out of pub pub- public public lic ho lift life Is a a most fortunate per per- per person son on for tor we w havo have come corn to an era ot of intellectual dishonesty and h- h hy- hy hypocrisy hy hypocrisy we w are ar a whole nation or of Parading hypocrites this Ihl wa way an anSI t that at traveling under false falle ban ners afraid ners-afraid afraid to say what we w think or afraid to even think at all We W see lei e senator running after aCter th votes volel of racial groups regard regard- regardless less less leAS of their duty to their coun- coun country coun country tr try We W 0 hear the wets and the thedr dr drys denouncIng each other at Washington wo we w try to set st our our- ourselves our selves up as amoral moral critics and bar persons at Ellis Island with no not t thought ou ht of ot cleaning our own on house We W hear great Croat employ rs ot of otmen men tell the th world of ot tho wonder ful ful value of ot prohibition and see ace these men drinking dailY dally and nl nightly In their own homes home home vio violating latin laUn lating with all their mIght the th law they hold up to their working workingmen men Something must be b done don about thIs whole prohibition question Frankly I 1 do not know what It should be b I 1 do not think wo we w have corns come to a a solution but whether you are ara ar wet or dry you must ad- ad admIt admit ad admit mit that corruption stalks through the government an and 1 the th greatest fund ever vr known In this country has grown crown rown up under pro prohibition The Th people are ar light hearted Hint and say gay ay T They ey dont don't seem m to care carThey The They are more Interested today In the baseball scores than In any announCement on a profound In International question which might come from rom the White While Hous Houa And now nou concluded d the tho th gov Cov do you ou still agree gree that I Iam Iam Iam am out of politic politics tor for all tIme lime I 1 do said raid ad friend |