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VOTE AGAINST CARVILLE D. BENSON-FRIEND OF THE WETS The reciprocity bill was so drawn as to lower or take off rates on farm products, but not on most important manufactured goods. It was drawn in the interest of the manufacturers, and was opposed by the insurgents of the period for its supposed neglect of the farmers’ interests. The Tariff Board was a Republican means of obtaining “scientific” treatment of the tariff question—in other words, of preventing the slash ing of rates without long investigation. It was in reality an anchor to leeward for the Payne-Aldrich rates. On both measures Cox voted with the Taft Republicans. He voted for a special order for the bill providing for Canadian reciprocity, against recommitting the bill, and in favor of the bill itself (February 14, 1911; C. R., 2562, 2563. On the Tariff Board he voted with the Republicans and the Under wood Democrats against striking out the enacting clause (January 1, 1911; C. R., 1696). He voted for the James amendment providing for the election of two members of the board by the minority members of Congress, for limiting expenditures in any one year to $500,000, and, again with the Republicans, in favor of the bill (C. R., 1699, 1702, 1709). During the Sixty-second Congress the Democrats, in control of both houses, passed a series of tariff-reduction bills, knowing perfectly well that President Taft would veto them all. Cox voted for the farmers’ free-list bill (May 8, 1911; C. R., 1121) and for its passage over the veto (August 18, 1911; C. R., 4174). When the cotton and woolen tariffs were under consideration he voted with the other Democrats against recommitting them with instructions ro await action until the Tariff Board should have reported (August 3 and June 20, 1911; C. R., 3583 and 2355), although he had voted to establish the Tariff Board. Mann proposed a motion returning to the Senate amendments adding steel, chemicals and minerals to the cotton bill, with the statement that such addition contravenes the Constitution. Cox voted yea (August 18, 1911; C. R., 4175). Three days later the question of concurring in these amendments arose. Cox voted present (August 21, 1911; C. R., 4351). He finally voted- for both the cotton and the woolen bill (August 3 and June 20, 1911; C. R., 3584 and 2356). During the second session of the Sixty-second Congress Cox was apparently absent a good deal, and was recorded as not voting on the chemical bill, extending over a period of five months; on the metal sched ule, on an amendment providing $225,000 for the use of the Tariff Board, and on four out of six votes on the wool bill. He voted, however, for the repeal of the sugar duties (March 15, 1912; C. R., 3457), and for the wool bill (April 1, 1912; C. R., 4141). Cox on Military Affairs Cox’s record on army and navy questions is brief and inconclusive. The following are his only votes: On January 11, 1910, he voted against the army appropriation bill (C. R., 510). On April 8, 1910, he voted against recommitting the naval bill with instructions to cut two battleships to one (C. R., 4444). A similar motion was made in the next year’s naval bill. Cox again voted nay (February 22, 1911; C. R., 3125). On February 16, 1912, he voted for an amendment to the army bill cutting the cavalry to 10 regiments, and for the Hay amendment raising the term of enlistment from three to five years (C. R., 2143, 2144). Miscellaneous Votes A number of votes on more or less unrelated matters serve to give some indication of Cox’s position, though, of course, they are affected by partisan considerations. He voted against establishing the Commerce Court (May 10, 1910; MARY LAND SUFFRAGE NEWS Mention the Maryland Suffrage News When Patronizing Our Advertisers. C. R., 6032), which was calculated to take away a good deal of the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission. He voted against the investigation of the sale of the Philippine friar lands (April 14, 1910; C. R., 4670), on the statement of the chairman of the Committee on Insular Affairs that the Secretary of War had already forwarded all the information called for by the resolution. Two weeks later, however, an amended resolution for investigation was introduced and Cox voted for it (C. R., 5512). He did not vote on the Philippine land question in 1912 (May 8, 15 and 22; C. R., 6074, 6513, 6976). He voted for the postal savings bill (June 9, 1910; C. R., 7768). On February 24, 1912, he did not vote on the resolution for the money trust investigation (C. R., 2418) ; but on April 25 he voted for it (C. R., 5345)- (See also under Cox and the Machine .) He voted for an excise tax on incomes above SSOOO (March 19, 1912; C. R., 3637). He voted against exempting United States ships from Panama Canal tolls (May 23, 1912; C. R., 7019) and in favor of prohibiting railroad companies from operating ships through the canal (C. R., 7021). Two important measures on which he was recorded as not voting are the anti-injunction bill (May 14, 1912; C. R., 6470) and the Burnett immigration bill (December 18, 1912; C. R., 864). Summary A record of four years in the House of Representatives furnishes only unsatisfactory material for a judgment of Cox. So far as it goes, it shows him an able and active politician, quick to see what measures and policies promise him advantage, and prompt to urge such measures. His speeches give no special evidence of intellectual power, and his votes, notably on the tariff, no indication of proceeding from any par ticular principles strongly held. On the other hand, his votes, whether proceeding from native sym pathy or from considerations of political expediency, have, in general, been of the progressive rather than the stand-pat variety, and favorable to Government economy in small affairs, combined with lavishness in pensions and like matters. THE ALPHA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY ARTISTS engravers MAC Corner&/ayettedfcr _ ’BA L, mQ/?g, /V/> f FOR RENT Desk Room; bright, cheerful room. Apply 78 Knickerbocker Building. $lO per month. SAMUEL BROWN Largest Wholesale Fur Manufacturer In the South 321 N. HOWARD STREET Second Floor Baltimore, Md. Why Use Stale or Inferior Coffee? When you can have our famous H. C. M. Special Blend at 45c (used by the J. G. L.) sent you by parcel post. Mail us check for 5 or 10 pound trial order. RITCHEY BROS. Baltimore, Md. Kent County’s Canning Kitchen to the Careful Consumer We always grow what we can and you eat what you can and then grow Specialties Stringless Beans Blackberry Jam Com and Tomatoes Fancy Hand-Packed Tomatoes All goods picked and packed under careful personal inspection. All workers and all work done under my roof, under the most sanitary con ditions. To introduce my brand, will sell for a few months at the following prices, de livered, if 6 cases are ordered: Hand-packed Tomatoes, No. 2 cans, 24 in case $3.00 ca. Hand-packed Tomatoes, gal. cans, 6in case 3.00 ca. Hand-packed Peaches, gal. cans, 6 in ease 6.00 ea. Hand-packed Peaches, No. 2 cans, 24 in case 7.00 ca. Combination Com & Tomatoes, No. 2 cans, 24 in case 3.50 ca All can* sterilized in live steam before packing Mrs. A. L. Harris Howell’s Point Farm BETTERTON, MD. 239