The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-25
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Il. CARROLL BRB WSTER.
In the Fifth Congressional district the po-
itical parties are nearly equal, and it is con
sequently matter of the first necessity for
the Republicans, if they desire to succeed at
the polls, to put their very best men
men who by their ability and integrity will
command the confidence and respect of all
parties, who will by their high personal char
acter give the Democrats an assurance that
their interests as citizens will not be compro-
missed for any considerations of mere parti-
sanship, but that the people of the whole
district will be fairly and ably represented.
Next October member of Congress is to be
elected, and the discussion of the merits of
the various available candidates has already
commenced The Fifth Congressional dis
trict has many able men in it, but among
them all there is perhaps no one that has so
many of the necessary qualifications as L.
Carroll Brewster, whose nomination is urged
in forcible manner by a correspondent of
the Germantown Telegraph, who says that
Judge Brewster ',oiU not ask, bit he oiU not
refuse tie nomination.; and in my judgment
he is the only man yet named whose selection
would be confirmed by the people. The
district is closely divided between the two
parties, and we cannot hope for success unless
we present an able, tried and unimpeach-
able candidate.
1t is n notorious fact that the average
ability of the Pennsylvania representation in
Congress is not, and for many years has not
been, as high as it ought to be. With the
largest delegation next to New York, we have
constantly been at disadvantage in compa-
rison with other States, simply because we
have not sent our best men. Our Congress
sional representatives have too frequently
been trading politicians, who prefer to seek
Office rather than to wait and be sought, and
it is needless to say that the interests of Penn
sylvania have suffered in consequence. Such
a man as Judge Brewster will be a credit to
the State on the floor of the House of Repre-
sentatives, and he will command the conf
dence and respect of his fellow-members of
all parties as we'll as of his constituents.
Judge Brewster is a gentleman in the best
sense of the word: his talents are of the high
est order, and his scholarly requirements are
second to none of the public men of the
day. AS lawyer he holds front rank, and as
a statesman he is influenced by large and
liberal views that will elevate him above the
tricks and wire-pullings of the mere profes-
sional politician and make him leader in
the national councils. Judge Brewster is also
graceful and eloquent speaker, and his ora
torical talents will give force to his utterances
and weight to his opinions Judge Brewster
has never sought Office, and he certainly will
not take any steps to secure the nomination
for Congress in the Fifth district. 1t remains,
then, for the Republican voters Of that dis
trict to do themselves credit and to secure an
able and honest representative by requesting
Judge Brewster to become their candidate
The Democrats cannot present any one who
will be able to compete on equal terms with
f. Carroll Brewster, and if he receives the
nomination Republican victory next fall
may be considered as an assured thing.