The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-16
SOME OF THE MEN
In Missouris Strong Congressional Del.
egation Some Things for Which
Roosevelt is Criticized.
tWAsnNGTON, -. c., July L

sWAsmNGToN, u. c., July H..
The three strongest delegations
in Congress, rs delegations, are
the Iowa, the Missouri and the
Texas delegations. Nearly every
man from these three States j. Il
strong man and stands prc.cmi-
nent for marked ability in some
peculiar line Ia writing these
sketches of public men in future !
will take them up by State delcga.
tions. Many members of Cong
ress, in their relation to the gen
eral public, can he disposed OF in
very few words, for they have done
very little to attract general atDou-
ton, although they are good Irgls.
lators. Their work is done very
quietly and in the committee roums.
where most of the effective work Of
a member of Congress is per
formed without the emission of hot
air, without fnufarronadr and blue
of trumpets
Some people have an idea that
unless man shows up every day
in the Congressional Record with a
speech Of some sort that he h. NO
good as Congressman, when the
truth is that just the oppu,itr
makes him the good and effective
member No matter how good u
speaker u man may Ice or how well
qualified 10 speak on any given
subject, he can not say il word nm
less he gets permission of the
Speaker, aud then he is allotted ON
ly n certain number Of minutes aud
must limit his address. Very few
men can exhaust their subjects IN
the time allotted To- them; cannot
do themselves Justice; aud that is
why so few men make sprechrs
The House of Representatives has
emasculatcd itself by the rules il
has adopted and no longer is Il de
liberate body. There are some
men, however, on both sides OF the
House who 10y their intellectual
force have made themselves felt
and deserve recognition.
Take the Missouri delegation,
for instance. | have already men
toned the Hon. Champ Clark and
the Hon. David \. DrArmuud.
There are other strong men in that
delegation, and one of them is the
Hon. Charles Fremont Cochran, of
st. Joseph, Mo. Undoubtedly MIR
Cochran is the most versatile and
widely read member OF the delcga-
tiCn. lie is loaded for bear, SO
to speak, on almost any subject
that comes up for debate in the
House, and when he gets through
with an opponent his antagonist
looks like Il fodder stack after Il
cyclone had toyrd with it. He
never makes il speech without add
ing to the sum of human lntOrma.
ton. In his capacity of lawyer
and newspaper editor he has read
everything and has Il memory like
tar bucket; everything that gets
in it sticks His pet hobbies in the
past two Congresses have been the
war in the Philippines aud the
B0er war in South Africa. On
these two subjects he has hit the
Republicans more hard licks than
any two men in Congress.
Another big man in the Missonri
delegation is the Hon. William s..
Cowhcrd, Of Kansas City. lie is
not only one of the best debaterS
in the House, but one of the best
: lawyers, His cogent reasoning
aud invincibln logic compel admir-
alton and knock down all barriers.
There was an attempt in the last
Congress to put through II steal Of
about n half million dollars, and it
came from the Committee on the
District of Columbia, of which Mr..
Cowlerd is II member. With his
trip hammer logic and unanswer-
able argument Cowherd proceeded
to hit il on the head, and when he
got through talking it was as dead
as Hecter, the Republicans even
refusing to vote for it. Mr.. Cow
: herd has n future. Look ont for
him.
4 X II
The President of the United
States is just now coming in for
some severe criticism in the polit-
ical circles in the capital of the ma.
ton which is causing Democrats to
, smile audibly and administration
J Republicans to vince perceptibly.
There are several reasons for this
criticism. One is the gag rule