The Republican journal., 1908-09-03
f-ecMAN BURLEiGH
.oNGRE VIE THIRD DISTRICT.
4 the Senior Member Of
1se W'rF Deleeation-His Record
the Ns s+oor of Maine.

. mpasition that stoops to
-i.u and personal dis
-uch methods are an in
.o-eliigenee of the voters of
oqrties and have never
.u Maine. Indeed they
..., been a boomerang to
nave employed them.
ley arouse the disgust
The decent men in all
.tsv are known to have
,3,luw and bigoted per-
The organ of the Demo-
made it evident early in
.upaigm that, in the alb
il purposed to conduct
PERSONAL abuse and dis
The Republican papers
and The more decent Demo-
have been willing to con-
.4gsive occupancy of this
..uhliean papers have seen
bV a resort TO such
... ielter Democratic papers
...r tnev could not hope to
...- -iuse they champion in
lars nal abuse of men of
... .N-s aud characters, and
.- aad able service to the
......,.. no one, neither will it
a-tneu the Democratic
linking citizens whatever
-..r t.ltlcal affiliations.
- long and honorable
.usssnan Burl@igh places
....l Of any personal at
,r34u by all intelligent
.. U he one of the most
hrs of the National
.r.g l1day second on two
...urtlnt cnmmittees-the
...... and the census COM
him Immediately in
the most important
ia the House. Such
-a one only with years
.fea in the House. The
Governor Burleigh's
Cummittee on Public
VA by the fact that
If service there Maine
..rlt half as much money
MS as was secured
r.. previous history as a
.. .,.4 district has secured
uurl in the way of
r public buildings
Pc in Congress as it had
.... ,- since the organiza-
i'm $50.
snzs Of His Position on the
-0sps Committee /
. apparent when We con-
... mt it is this committee
.t-ge Of the apportion-
-utation in Congress
... returns of the census.
,4rr that another United
.... viii be taken in 1910,
new apportionment will
iI ne seen at once how
- . aIo he for Maine to have
tIgis committee standing
..4 It Is does Governor Bur-
iaIy fortunate for the
.. T., if he should then be
rnSi-
..-.A he is Immediately in
.l. his membership on this
uHJch enabled Maine, at
the last apportionment, to
uambers in Congress IN
Ing reduced to three. Ten
=1. after the Maine delega-
= r1-.l then in the House OF
e. Reed, Nelson Dingley,
utella and Seth l.. Mill
aeIed in retaining four
- VII. rngress for our State in
ueut of that time, Mr..
.pr.sscd the opinion that
n puld such a victory be
rE The next apportionment
ulv see Names represen-
.' House reduced from four
.ol wears later, however, as
III. census committee,
Nrleigh was able to or
ty through a bill, bear
mich provided for a
..- Iu Congress sufficiently
hle Maine to retain all
orescntatives in Con-
Yu Magazine. which pub
.atTlit Of Governor Bur
-. ue- declared that, while
great speakers in the
..... its great organizers
... ID on the fingers of
that Governor Bur-
srized as one of them.
red that the victory
curing the passage of
il7 was lone of the
5=a1al triumphs ever
member of the National
u intelligent man-Republ1-
nn. rat-suppose for a mo-
'1 age. or a doorkeeper, or
-stuger," as one of the
u9us Of the bosses cites
C0ugreSSman Burleigh.
ruized and won a victory
not q shallow assertion
'a -llt TO the intelligence Of
he third Congressional
6ytainly strikes US that
sanding in Congress is
h.. Uiority. His influence
rom length of service.
l., matter how ambitious
- have very little influ-
TWO do not and cannot be-
rly Where their pre-
''- Mt IF Speech max
hring them influence;
-ra it, committee work.
t6 in their committees
'"lt- Besides, new mem
y" .' get and cannot get, in
course NJ things, appoint
'' f' more important COM
"0"'e than the above were
"t11 The great influence OF
'1a national councils has
il II. keeping her representa-
. Washington until, by length
-7 ali hard, continuous work,
" h'e te rise to commanding
Is 2wa The great committees of