VOLUME XXIL N0, 102
HARPERS WEEKLY
the so-called Pos-eflice King of Watkins, whieh
od Eebsyler with
THE SPEAKER OF THE NEW
YORK ASSEMBL)Y
upos his foseth
tenm is the Loe
FREMOST Cek, ho has jost been elcted
Spraker by the lDrpabdiean majonits of tle As
Railroads, and as ach earned the cutspoken bs-
tiliay of the lobby. Be lhas alio bees a nemler
of age, the yostgest
Lower Hoase of the New Terl
was born daring the Yrenet cangaign, ssd upen
ford valuslle experience is the shaping of paldie
Cox has ben fortate in jcssing he en
deace asd ssppoet of the younger ssen of his
England stoek The Dasnoxs, lis mother's fas.
ily, wyre aong the eneliest English colonists wbo
oted Cotnectiost, the family at se tine lising
The riral od MrCoe is the Speakership o
was ailitioss to sarpass the recond of all peede
able tract od land, thes estallising an eputed
ef tho Spesker. In the cacs lich ated
Cole's Mile, do the Cos trace their rigis Dax-
of the Speaker, wa
berm ins
ooved thence to Ectc
Coy early in the poe
el the towa od Conert. Beh grndsires of the
Bpaker were selliers in the war of 1532
Mr.Cota l. the third on el h fony of eight
cially ฯ-n that cla** . Is fonally amping i
Mr. Ceee gsre es
to a eatinnt which was warmly en-
farm whieh las been in the pssessicn the
Cocx fanily for bearly s cestury, and which is
ti the bo of motber and his father,
be our high ain ad psrposs, kipi eser lo vw
hso Eree from the ri
one, will peitItll be bis effort to nale
this, if possible, the sltet esos ef recent
İ.bc law oeke of 0. 1. El tır, tken jedge of the
teighborisg conty od Eclnaşler. le was adslt
ted to the bar in 1sso, and ie ow eigaged with
bis beother is a lacrative practice in the village
The new Speaker is of molism heigla, light
The politieal life of the Spraker begn yik his
koghealy, and presess e elole with ciearsces
He nest astracted thbe at
wation of his lcality by alcking avd oaking
