The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-10-09
HON. ]. F. c. Talbot
WILL BE MUCH MORE USEFUL In CON-
GRESS Than Mr.. GARRETT
Has Secured More Pensions for His
District Than Any Other Con.
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Although. the reelection of Mr.. Tai
bolt to Congress next month seems as
sured it is hoped by the friends of that
gentleman that every Democrat in the
district will vote for him, in order to
show appreciation of his services dur
| ing long period of years at Washing
ton. In fact, politics being left out
of the question, and looking at the
situation from a business standpoint
entirely Mr.. Talbot should be return
ed to Washington, no matter what his
politics are; for his extended expert
ence at the seat of Government has
enabled him to accomplish more for
his constituents than any new and
untried man could possibly do for
years to come. Mr.. Talbot has thor
oughly learned the business OF repre-
senting a constituency, for 1t is busi-
ness, and must be learned like any
other business; and the longer man
is there, the more he is able to &C
complish.
The writer's acquaintance with af-
fairs at Washington, and the way they
are managed, enables him to speak
in this regard, and he does not hest
tate to say that Maryland has had no
better representative there than Mr..
Talbot. He is always on hand, and
is always ready and willing to look
out for the most trivial thing in which
any of his constituents may be inter-
ested as well as to pay careful atten-
ton to such greater matters as may
come I'D for consideration. He does
these things for everybody, Republi-
cans and Democrats alike, and it is
within the bounds of truth to say that
Mr.. Talbot has secured action on
more pension cases for the people of
his district than any other man who
ever went to Washington from Mary
Iand-and in large proportion OF
these cases the pensions were secured
for Republicans. The writer knows
of many such instances, and many
worthy people and some unworthy
ones, both white and colored, are pass
ing their last years in comfort owing
to the pensions paid them from the
National Treasury through the untir-
ing zeal and unselfish energy OF Mr..
Talbot. For many years members or
Congress have had much to do with
securing pensions for old soldiers and
their families, and one of the most
familiar figures in the Pension Office
has been that of Mr.. Talbot, who has
never given up a case until he Sc
cured action, and prompt action, by
the department. Cases have anguish
ed and been delayed by red tape, and
for other reasons, while the district
was represented by others. When Mr..
Talbot "came to his own again." and
took the cases up, there was prompt
and almost always favorable action.
He knows how to manage such mat
tiers as well as any man In pubic lie.
In the matter of securing appropri-
atoms for public buildings and other
works, Mr.. Talbot has done as much
as any man who ever represented the
State, and he has aided the represent
atives from the Baltimore City dis
tricts to get much Of the money with
which have been erected the magnlh-
cent Federal buildings now in the city;
and it was largely through his aid
that much of the money now being
spent at the Naval Academy was Sc
cured to be laid out within the limits
of the State AS business repre-
sentative in Congress he has few
EQUALS and no superiors; and the
longer he is left there, the more effec-
tive and useful he will become. That
the position of Congressman is more
business than a political one, has
become recognized to great extent
all over the country. The Congress-
man is really the business represen-
tative of Government, rather than the
political representative; for political
matters there, while important, take
UP comparatively small proportion
of the time. The business end of the
work is becoming more and more i'm
portant every year, and the Govern
ment is really no more than a great
CORPORATION, in which the members of
Congress are directors, whose duties
are to see that their people get their
share of the dividends in the way of
appropriations. 1t is no exaggeratiOn
| to say that Mr.. Talbot is one of the
best directors of this great govern
ment corporation VINO ever represent
ed the MARYLAND stockholders on the
Board. He is no dummy director, but
a real live, active, hustling, working
member of the great body.
Whether people who are opposed
to Mr.. Talbot politically may admire
him or not should not enter into the
question of his return to Congress by
large majority. From practical,
business standpoint, he can do more
for his constituents in month than
his estimable opponent could do in a
whole term, for Mr.. Garrett could do
absolutely nothing, however able and
conscientious he may be as a man.
Mr. Talbot is practical and exper-
fenced. Mr.. Garrett is impractical
and inexperienced, and as represen-
tative would be utterly useless and of
no force or effect. No one would pay
the slightest attention to him except,
perhaps, in a social way, and the Sec
ond District would be in no wise bene-
flied by the social success of its repre-
sentative without other qualifications.
! PAUL WINCHESTER
Making an Invalid's Bed.
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