The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-08-10
Sketches Of Strong Con-
greSSiOnaI Delegations

Washington, Q. C., Aug 10.-The
three strongest delegations in con-
gress, as delegations, are the Iowa. the
Missouri, and the Texas delegations.
Nearly every nan from those three
states is strong man and stands pre-
eminent fJr marked ability in some
peculiar line In writing these
sketches of public men in future /
will take them up by state delegations
Many members OF congress, in their
relation TO the general public can be
disposed OF in very few words, for they
have done very little to attract gener-
al attention, although they are good
men and good Legislators Their york
is done very quietly and in the com
mittee rooms, where most Of the ef-
fective work Of member Of congress
is performed without the emission OF
hot air, without fanfarronade and
blare Of trumpets.
Some people have an idea that un-
less a man shows up every day in the
congressional record with speech OF
some sort that he is no good as a
congressman, when the truth is that
just the opposite makes him the good
and effective member No matter
how good a speaker man may be or
how we'll qualified to speak on any
given subject, he can not say a word
unless he gets the permission OF the
speaker. and then he Is allotted only
certain number OF minutes and must
limit his address. Very few men can
exhaust their subjects in the time al
lotted to them cannot do themselves
justice; and that is why SO few men
make speeches. The house OF repre-
sentatives has emasculated itself by
the rules Il has adopted and no longer
is deliberative body There are
some men. however, on both sides Of
the house who by their intellectual
force have made themselves felt and
deserve recognition.
Take the Missouri delegation, for in
stance. have already mentioned the
Hon. Champ Clark and tho Hon David
"a neArmond There are other strong
men on that delegation, and one Of
them is the Hon. Charles Fremont
Cochran, of ST. Joseph. Mo- I'M
doubtedly Mr.. Cochran is the most
versatile and widely read member Of
the delegation. He is loaded for
bear, so to speak. on almost any sub
{ ject that comes up for debate in the
house. and when he gets through with
an opponent his antagonist looks like
fodder stack after a cyclone has
/ toyed with IT, He never makes a
speech without adding to the sum Of
human information. In his capacity as
lawyer and newspaper editor he has
read everything and he has a memory
Z like a tar bucket; everything that gets
in It sticks. His pet hobbies in the
past two congresses have been the
war in the Philippines and the Boer
war in South Africa On those two
subjects he has hit the Republicans
more hard licks than any two men
In congress.
Another big man in tho Mlssour
delegation is the Hon. William s. Cow
herd. OF Kansas City He not onl IS
IS one OF the best debaters in the
house, but one OF the best lawyers.
His cogcnt reasoning and invlncible
logic compel admiration and knock
down all barriers There was an at.
tempt in the last congress to put
through a steal Of about half mil.
lion dollars, and it came from the com
mittee on the District OF Columbia. OF
which Mr.. Cowherd is a member With
his trip hammer logic and unanswer-
able argument Cowherd proceeded 10
hit II in the head, and when he got
through talking It was as dead as
Hector the Republicans even refusing
to vote for IT, Mr. Cowherd has fu-
ture Look out for him