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October 31, 1889
The Caucasian
Raleigh, Goldsboro, Clinton, Wake County, Wayne County, Sampson County, North Carolina
What is this article about?
Anecdote of Sunset Cox's innocent humor as Speaker during a cotton tax debate, where his witty remark about 'the same old question' from a North Carolinian to a South Carolinian sparked laughter, causing the question to be forgotten.
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THE SAME OLD QUESTION.
Sunset Cox, whose death was recently reported by 'The Globe,' used to say some undignified things while temporarily occupying the Speaker's chair. His humor was, however, never of that kind that was calculated to cause disorder, but was innocent and harmless and productive of a great good feeling among the members.
On one occasion, during the debate on the cotton tax, Mr. Cox was in the chair, when a North Carolinian Congressman arose and interrupted a member from our sister State from the south of us.
"The gentleman from North Carolina desires to ask the gentleman from South Carolina a question," said Chairman Cox, solemnly, "and," continuing, "if it is the Same old question it is in order."
In the explosion of laughter that followed, the gentleman from North Carolina forgot utterly the interrogation he wished to propound to his brother member from South Carolina.
Durham Globe.
Sunset Cox, whose death was recently reported by 'The Globe,' used to say some undignified things while temporarily occupying the Speaker's chair. His humor was, however, never of that kind that was calculated to cause disorder, but was innocent and harmless and productive of a great good feeling among the members.
On one occasion, during the debate on the cotton tax, Mr. Cox was in the chair, when a North Carolinian Congressman arose and interrupted a member from our sister State from the south of us.
"The gentleman from North Carolina desires to ask the gentleman from South Carolina a question," said Chairman Cox, solemnly, "and," continuing, "if it is the Same old question it is in order."
In the explosion of laughter that followed, the gentleman from North Carolina forgot utterly the interrogation he wished to propound to his brother member from South Carolina.
Durham Globe.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Sunset Cox
Congressional Humor
Cotton Tax Debate
Speaker's Chair
North Carolina
South Carolina
What entities or persons were involved?
Sunset Cox
North Carolinian Congressman
South Carolinian Congressman
Where did it happen?
Speaker's Chair, Us House Of Representatives
Story Details
Key Persons
Sunset Cox
North Carolinian Congressman
South Carolinian Congressman
Location
Speaker's Chair, Us House Of Representatives
Event Date
During The Debate On The Cotton Tax
Story Details
Sunset Cox, while in the Speaker's chair during the cotton tax debate, humorously announced a North Carolinian's question to a South Carolinian as possibly 'the same old question,' causing laughter that made the questioner forget his intended query.