The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-12-29
MN RELY ON HIS JUDGMENT
Judge Diamonds Strength as
a Leader in Congress.

1,,its of the Missouri Congressman Which
Have Led TO His Advancement in PoIitica
Iife-How He Came to Seek Hsnors Out.
eide Of His Professional Talk With Hin
an Topics Of Current Interest.
wellington Post.
Tn the next congress Judge David
, DeArmond Of Missouri viii have
i .ba distinction Of being the leading
n.mbsr OF his delegation Ia congress
= noint of continuous, unbroken
..rvics. OF course MIR. Bland has
.se, more years OF public life, but
Es career has not been uninterrupt-
Al Even in length of service, how
Uer. Judge DeArmend will rank
| ns1t to Bland.
Judee DeArmond entered con-
ors,s in the session after the mem
orable ffty.6rst, wherein Speaker
Read ruled with iron hand and first
won the title of czar. FL e. cal
| revolution which followed those
stormy days brought .. demo ratio
house into power, and Judge Dear
| uond's first experience in national
affairs was under the spsakership of
| Mr.. Crisp, who, by the way, the
Missouri member regards as one OF
the greatest leaders the democratic
party has sver seen Naturally
upobtrusivs and modest, Judge
DeArmoud did not attempt to force
J himself to the front 80 soon as he
had taken his seat in congress, and
| 80 the first session passed without
special attention being directed to
him; but even then his colleagues
| discovered that in the new represent
tstive from Missouri there was a
reserve power which indicated nan
! Of great ability; that his judgment
was admirable, his political saga city
| Of unusual breadth, and his grasp of
national questions far deeper and
mere intelligent than ordinary. AS
the years have passed The manifesto
lions of these qualities have become
more and more marked, until now
Judge DeArmond is universally
1recognized as one of the strongest
men in the house. When he is
spoken of as a possible leader, the
remark is accepted as just and
| proper tribute to his eminent char
asteristIcs; while his speeches ere
listened to with the attention which
is not accorded by the mem bers to
any one who is not far above the
average in word and thought.
A COMBINATION OF GOOD QUALITIES.
The man who has thus added TO
the fame of Missouri in the halls of
congress-who is proving himself
capable of taking up the mantle of
Benton and Vest sad others who
have made and are making the state
famous for neutrality-suspicious. an
interesting subj 7ct for u character
study. Some man force themselves
upon public attention through ply
seal size, others because Of some
mental popularity which distin-
gu,shes them from their fellows, and
still others because they are identi-
med with some Legislative hobby,
which they ride in and ont Of seaeon.
Judge DeArmond has risen in the
public eye through mono o. these
causes BE is email in stature; he is
not tho champion Of any one reform.
Notwithstanding this, he presents
IcombIuation Of so many good quail
'leS' he is possessed Of so much
inherent strength, that he has come
70 occupy the highest position which
\ man IN the ranks of the national
legislature can hope to reach-a
position where he is accepted as the
Igpe Of the American citizen. Upon
Ilis Judgment men have learned TO
Isely' taking his decision as the
Wrecks abided by the u5;erances Of
t0e Detphic oracle, while his loyal
temperament aad his sympathetic
opposition have knitted his friends
70 him as by chains Of steel.
FROM his Scotch Irish father,
Iudge DeArm0ud inherited an in