The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-21
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REPUBLICAN, WHIP IN HOUSE
Many Representatives Have Same
 Ambition.
virginia Does Not Call Its Chief Execu- tfves To Higher Places Bpt Kentuckisns Are More
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Washington. Sept. 2o.---(speciaI. )-- A great many of the members of the House of Representatives have the atn- bition to be Governors of their re- spective States.
 The latest man of prominenoa to an. nounce that he will try to become the executive of his State Is the Hon. James B. Watson (RepubIicanj. who represents the Sixth District in "Hoos- ierdom," and who lives at the buat- ling town of Nashville. Mir. Watson f. what is known as the whip of tha House for his party here. That means that he attends to the business of keeping the Republicans In line to carry out all the edicts of speayket Cannon and the other two members of the Rules Committee. Watson sees that pairs are properly maintained with the Democrats on important meas ures, and if too many of the Repub- licans are absent from the Capitol he Is expected to have them corralIed and In their seats when their votes are needed to drive through bills, resoIu- tions and gags" to be applied to the helpless minority, led by John Sharp Williams.
 Congressman Jim" Tawney, of Min
 
 Congresses, but after his appointment as chairman of the Appropriations Committee his time was too valuable to devote to this work and the naxt best man the majority leaders thought of was Watson
 He was born in 1884 and is one of the healthiest and finest looking men in the lower branch of Congress. His popularity is acknowledged. and his supporters are decidedly of the opff- ion that he stands splendid chance of becoming Governor of Indiana.
 Ambition of Congressmem.
 Most representatives who leave the House to seek Governorshlps have the ultimate ambition of landing ln the Senate. That seems to be the aream of thetr lives.
 Among Democrats in the House who in recent years have stepped out 0f Congress into gubernatortal mansions are the following, Sayres and Lanham, of Texas; Little. of Arkansas; McMIl- lin and Patterson. of Tennessee Swan son. of Virginia. and Dockery, of Missouri. A term or two before Mir. Dockery became Governor William J. Stone of the same State held the ofilce. Mir. Stone is the only man in Missouri of modern times who was able to get to the United States Senate Ever so many men fin both parties have tried 1t but failed.
 In Virginia for the past eighty years or more there has been in effect a sign over the Governors mansion at Rich mond; He who enters here leaves po- litical hopes behind" The Yirginians apparently think that If a man is hon ored with the Governorshlp that should satisfy his ambition, and they do not make their retiring Governors Senators Governor Montague made dash for the Senatorship and was badly dis. tanced by seantor Tom Martin.
 Hon. James B. McCreary, United States Senator from Kentucky, was Governor of his state when he was only thirty-fve years old. Years later he served several terms in the House of Representative here. becoming prom inent enough to be the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee dur ing the second Cleveland administra- ton when both branches of Congress were Democratic. Then Mr MoCreary. supposed to be politically ended. scooped in the Senatorship. However. the pace was too heavy for him. and if the Democrats retain their grip on things in the Blue Grass" State Gover- nor Beckham will succeed Mccreary in the Senate on the 9th of March, 19e9.
 ~BOb' Taylor Landed.
 Ex-Governor Bob" Taylor of Ten-. nessee was a member of the House when barely of the constitutional age. Three times he was Governor of his State. He made two attempts to secure Senatorship before meeting with success Benton McMillin also tried for the senatorshlp and failed. Cover nor Frazier snatched that prize when the other fellows were not looking. Now rumor has it that former Sen- ator Edward W. CarmRck is camping on his trail and will do his utmost in the next contest to retire Senator Frazier. the tallest man in the Senate to the shades of private life
 Among some of the Republican Con. Rressmen who went out of the House to become Governors of their States were the late Mir. Greenhalge of Mas sachusetts. big "Bill' Stone of Penn sylvania, and MT. Markham of Califor- mia. Greenhaldge was one of the most rasping debaters the House could boast of towards the close of the last cen- tury. He was also both witty and sa rc stic