The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-09
CONGRESSMAN BRon won mrs.
was FaRsus for G-,tlns Much Prom the
Park HArrei
BRIsroL. Tenn July Malt,r Preston
Brownlow dicd this evening Of Bgight's
disease at job nson City. Tenn

BRISTOL, Tenn july NAitsr PRESTON
BroWnlow dicd this evening Of Bright .
disease at johnson city Tenn
Walter Preston Brownlov was on" Of
tho Old guard who had reputation as
master politician and who. cold facts
and figures show. had secured more Gov
eminent appropriations for his district
in his seven terms OF service IN N had all
OF his predecessors put together Among
his colleagues in the House he was known
"a tho -one host gettsr, but even those
who believe no mad" a point of grabbing
more than his share OF pork Whenever a
barrel was opened and sometimes when
ono wasn't seldom fah"d to support
him with their votes when tho time came
He was a. we'll known ~ lmost any
member OF tho House and more popu lar
than most lie held tho record Of having
Inads only ono speech in fourteen years
service On that occasion he spoke five
minutes in roply 70 a member who h-d
attacked an appropriation Tor ths Frs I
Tennessee district When n got through
the appropriation was passed. unanimously
Tint no said afterward. is the adj.
vantage of not Cabling all the time
IL wasn't what | said but the fact that
spoke at all that killed all opposition TO
my proposition Always take the enemy
by surprise
There are iInnnumerabie stories about
Mr. Brownlow, his manners and methods
His colleagues never tire repeating his
reply To the representative OF an uplift
magazine who was IN Washin gton years
ago interviewing members ON the prin-
ciples that actuatcd them IN tho per
Torrance Of the public duties
MIR Brownlow, said this uplifter
you have been IN Congress a good many
years and are known as an organization,
or machine Republicon But have YOU no
faith. no principle. no creed that guides
your conduct outside Of party lines?-
Young man. replied MIR Brownlow
IN his Tumbling voice, i have the proud
record Of never having voted against any
propagation to take money out Of the Fed
The uplifter gaSped and Mr. Brownlow
ambled on his way Hls friends say hls
statement was almost literal At that
Ingratitude MIR Brownies considered
the one ineNcusahlc crime He never was
guilty u 10 himself One day a man who
had done a favor for MIR BroWnlow asked
hlm To vote IN committee for an incresee
in salary to All official in one Of the Cow
eminent departments why. Mr. Brown
low he said let me tell you something
This il the most meritorious case
Mr. Brownlow interrupted with n
snort DO you want me 10 vote for an
increase to this man. he asked
Indeed ! do. sald the friend
Then said MIR Brownlow. that's
enough Never mind about that rpen-
torIous business
Although he was born IN virginia Mr.
Bro willow had lived practically all hls
life in Tennessee. His father died when
ne was 10 years old and the boy had hard
sbsdding for a ~hile. First he was
timer then "A locomotive engineer IN
th. Clays OF the old wo.d burners on the
southern Railway. and from engine driving
he graduated into the newspaper business
tie served a. a reporter On the Knoxville
WHO and Chv0nicis, which WAS then edited
ny his uncle. the late senator william e.
BTuwnlow Later he bought the HtTcid
and Tribune. Republican paper pub
lished az Jonesboro. which no has owned
ever since.
The list OF hi- public hpnor- - long
lie was five times a delsgat" Ia national
conventions Of the Republican party.
was for years m"mter Of the Republican
national committee and with the exc-p-
ton of a brief period when he was On tn"
outs with President Roosevelt whom
u" neither liked ~ admired. was the
distributor 81 patronage Tor nI- state
Rack in lssi h. was pu-tpaast"r ~ Jones -
,
e the VI lee 81 Representatives IN IA"
Forty seventh Congress. ~" Was twIc"
the Republican nominee for United Sts tes
senator
Mr. Bruwnlow vas fond 81 cau!ng at
teatlOH To- the TACT th.t for seven con
~ccutive terms he had represented IN
the HUus- a. protectipnISt Republican
the district represented from lsIS To 1853 hy
President Andrew johnson ~ - free
trade democrat
IA 4.
her ~ the Appropriations Committee
and one Of Chairman Tawucy's principal
aIdS and advisers His membership IN
this committee gave hun exceptional
opportunities for looking out for the
interests 81 the district. and he improved
them all This was So much the ca=e
that several years ago his colleagues
Ou the committee notified hun not t. ask
for anything more for his district. He
had gone the limit, they said and had TO
IT,, up for a while lie agreed. and several
DAYS later Appeared before the committee
- make formal statement This was
sufficiently unusual 10 insure fun AT
tendance Mr. BrOwnlo~ told the com
mittee how much he appreciated their
kindness 10 his district. that his people
appreciated Il also and that IA "a result
had decided 10 present TO the Government,
free Of all encumbTancc-. "A Valuable
piece Of land IN Tennessee in which the
body Il Andrew johnson was buried
After he got through talking most m"fn.
ber- ~ the committee were IN tears and
all Of them thanked him and his district
profusely
but they changed their tune the next
s-ession when Mr. Browulow again APP
reared before the committee and hiandly
asked for an annual appropriation 81
something like $4,000 70 take car" 81 the
cemetery the people % his district had
worked on on the Federal Government
He got IL too. hut was told that IN the
future Greeks tearing gifts would -
looked upon with suspicion
~ STHE ~ LEERS ~ VIVA.