Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-10-17
No Question About II.

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"Should Congressman be re-
elected ?" asks Spokane paper, and
in column editorial the "question"
is discussed. The conclusion reached
is that If g Representative is honest,
able and ambitious, he should be re-
turned to Congress as long as he
manifests growth and the Willingness
to serve his party, his State and the
Nation. But why should there be
in the mind of anyone question
about it? During his first session
the "kid" in Congress, even the
"kid" who goes to Washington with
native ability and the experience as
a iawmaker that may be had in a
State Legislature, is lucky if he
learns his way to all the committee
rooms in the bowels of the Capitol,
to ssy nothing of the more important
matter of learning his way to the
hearts of chairmen of the important
committees. He is fortunate if he
has the opportunity to do more than
to make speech or two that will be
read in the columns of the "home"
paper, and perhaps listened to indul-
gently by some of the old guard in
the House. He ia more fortunate
if he is assigned to places upon COM
mittees which play part in legisla-
tion instead of the committee upon
ventilation and acoustics, or other
bodies which may never meet from
December to July, and which per-
form no important function when
they do meet.
No matter whether he 6e of the
majority or of the minority party,
the member of Congress does not
become really useful until after his
first term. The exception to the
rule only proves it. Statecraft is
not learned in a day, and measure
of Statecraft is needed by the Repre-
sentatives upon either side of the
House who would do things. In the
North, more than in the South or
West, it is recognized that the law
maker should be trained man Just
as the successful lawyer must be.
If he outs his parliamentary milk
teeth in State Legislature he goes
to Washington with the advantage
over the Representative without
such experience. If his first ses-
sion's work proves that no error was
made in selecting him to represent
his district, he should be retained to
develop his talents and his acquaint-
anceship-and the latter is a thing
of no small Importance in Washing
ton.
The salary of member of Con-
gress is not large enough to tempt
the man who is most capable of rep
resenting his people oreditably. The
Representatives to whom the salary
is the inducement are members of
the majority, which, if not silent, is
not listened to when laws are being
made. To man of ability and am
bition there is an opportunity in rep
resenting district that will reward
merit with long term of office. To
the district that will keep good
man in Congress as long as he will
stay and can demonstrate his in
oreasing usefulness, there is an op-
portunity not only for "spork" and
such material rewards, but an oppor-
tunity to become known as a dis.
trict which desires and sustains
creditable representation in the Ma
tional law-making body. The ques-
tion of "whether good members of
Congress should be reelected" is not
open to discussion. Cou-
rier-J Journal.
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ment of diseases of the bladder and kid
neys. Sufferers from backache and other