Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-09-10
SENATOR HAND
IS EFFECTIVE
THE WAY HE DOES THINGS
Reasons for his Great Successes
in Getting State Attention
to Cape May County

From the Cape May Star and Wave.
. Few men in the State have eve been
more effective as Senators than has
Senator Hand, particularly during the
term which ends this year and perhaps
no man who ever held such a position
in this State has given more time to
looking after the interests of his county
and constituents than he. His efforts
have made Cape May County better
known and its importance better I'M
derstood throughout the State. Men,
bers of the legislature and of the Con-
gress and prominent public men in
other capacities have been his guests
and have learned by observation on
the spot of the important develop
ments in the county and of their impor-
lance to the State and to the country
at large. The visit early this summer
of the Senators of the State TO the
Hotel Cape May, where their annual
banquet to their president was held,
was not only pleasant and profitable
from a social point of view but was al
so useful in opening the eyes of all of
the Senators to the great destiny
which undoubtedly awaits this section
of the State. This information is
needed by other sections of the State,
for it is a curious fact that many resi-
dents of the central and northern sec
tons of the State have the most meagre
ideas of the southern section and have
been thoroughly imbued with the idea
that sand dunes, scrub oak sand pine
barrens are its salient features.
Hands popularity with prominent
men of all sections and the confidence
in him which years of public service
with them has engendered, has enabled
him to correct many of these
ideas and to secure attention to his
propositions for just recognition of its
necessities at the hands of the State.
1t was because of this that be was able
to secur adequate appropriations for
an inland waterway and State assis-
lance in developing a road system in
Cape May County, which will equal in
q short time the best to be found any
where. His indomitable energy has
been an important factor in his many
public successes and his constituents do
not fully realize how much has been
accomplished for the public good by his
sleepless activity at all times. A
prominent Senator at the recent ban
quet said bob is always on the job.
When he wants anything for his county,
none of us are left in doubt about it
and most of us have learned to get in
line at once, for ooner or later we find
that we come around to his way OF
thinking whether we start that way or
not" Another Senator said, "Bob
never fools us. He gives us straight
goods from the start and he has a
mighty convincing way with him
through it ALL"
Senator Hand finds his greatest
pleasure and pride in advancing the
interests of his county, and securing
for it what he believes 1t should have.
He takes all the time necessary to ac-
complish this regardless of private bus
mess interests, and few men could give
as much time to the public interests as
he does. After a short visit made by a
prominent Senator whose opposition to
several measures proposed for Cape
May County's interest at different
times had been quite pronounced, he
said, II am glad / came down. l now
understand why Senator Hand has been
SO persistent In advocating his meas
ures. The boundless possibl tiles for
development in Cape May County call
for State as well as for national aid
along certain lines. I have not under
stood the situation before, but here
after l will be with Senator Hand in
any proposition he makes for the adj
vancement of Cape May County's in
terests."
Recognition of his faithful work has
been given to Senator Hand in various
parts of the county and by various inn
portant bodies by banquets in his honor,
and it is safe to say that no man cog
infant of his work will withhold his
NEED of praise for one of the most eff
fective and tireless public servants
who has ever represented this county.
It Is this record which makes him
formidable as a candidate and which
causes the most progressive citizens to
desire his continuance as the county's
representative in the State Senate.