Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-06-01
Our Wsstern.Born Cengressmen.

"New-England born and New.
England owned" is the last terrible
term q virtuous Democratic paper Of
this State applies to the men Iowa
has IN Congress. In the fl6rid rhst.
oric Of the fierce indictment, "How
can our State expect to be faithfully
represented by men who were New.
England born and are New. England
owned? Birth and blood will tell,
especially with Republican Congress-
men," This is sharp, it true. Rut it
isn't true in it assertion and arraign-
ment, any more than it is sensible
and sound in argument. As our
State is not old enough for as very
handily to have Iowa-born Congress.
men, and we are compelled to take
carpet-baggers, i: would not be singu-
lar, since Iowa is largely State Of
New England people, if the univer.
sal Yankee should be found upon our
Congressiona! delegation even to the
extent Of . majority. The Yankee Is
generally about as sharp as the rest
Of his neighbors, is always around.
and rarely fails to keep o good look
out on the best chances Of making
successful the asplrstions Of number
one-and he 10 as often found inside
OF politics as any other man.
But, and q rather remarkable fac.
it is, the gentleman originally from
New England" i not among the lot
OF eight Iowa citizens now occupying
Congressional chairs. We had sup
posed he was there, until this furious
outcry of our Democratic contemUo.
rary led us to examine into the mat
ter. We find that our delegation is
unusually Western in it's character
more 10 than the delegation of any
other young State. Seven Of the
eight are Western born; and the
eighth only New Yorker. The sin
OF birth place in the latter cannot be
very scarlet in the eye Democratic,
as New York is how the paradise OF
Democrats, the Eden where the
prophets are and the masters live.
Perhaps, since we are upon this
subject, II will not be uninteresting
to look over the record OF the nativ-
ity Of our Congressmen. Senator
Harlan was born - near Iowa as he
we'll could be in the year 1920, in the
neighboring State OF illinois, in the
county OF Clark. Senator Wright
was born, Is he il always proud to
tell, except when the Democrats rule
the State to ,ts disgrace. in good old
Western Indiana-at Bloomington,
which at that early time of 1920 was
being born pretty well West, thank
you. Representatives Palmer and
Moo cCrary, being born . little later,
the former in 1929, the latter in 1884,
but too early tor Iowa to be IN the
question, could do no better than to
be born in Indiana, too-Mr. Palmer
at Manchester. Mr.. McCrary at Ev.
ansville. Representatives Cotton,
Walden and Orr, are also commend
ably and essentially Western 10 orr
gin, being all born in Ohio tho first
in Trumbull county in 1926, the sec
ond in Adams county in 1886, and
the third in Fayette county in 1882
Mr.. Donnan, owing to circumstances
over which he had no cootrol, was
born in New York, Saratoga county
in 1884. He was not responsible foI
this, and mended the matter. if mend
ing it needed, by coming West u
soon - he was his own man.
So, as tho record attests, our Con
gresemen we're all - near Iowa born
IS they we'll could be. Three Hoo
siers, three Buckeyes, one Sucker
and one New Yorker, are singular
congregation OF men to call "New
England born" and, from the synpa
thy of origin. "New England owned
And as they arc Western in birth, &c
are these gentlemen Western in sym
pathy, association aud aspiration. Al
the same time while they are this
they are also something better-men
who, like all true Westerners, will
do all they can for their own State
and all they can for their nation. II
Is these full, round men. true to the
interests of the people they represent
but above I'll sectional selfishness
who can make the Congress Of oul
Government what It should be; and
this stamp of,men our State selected
when, without asking them theil
birthplace, it chose tor Congressmen
the eight citixens now representing II
1t Washington.-rState Register.
The four Eaglish Georges have