The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-06-30
ENDORSES PATTERSON.
Edgefield Man Says to Keep Patter-
son in Congress.

Washington, D. c., June 9, 1910.
Editor Edgefeld Chronicle: En-
closed please find my subscription 20
your valuable paper which to me is
letter from home.
Kindly indulge me while l recall a
few random thoughts and observa-
tions. Everybody has a fractional
interest in Congress, and this interest
has increased since statisticians es-
innate that in less than two years
tenderloin steak will be extinct, un-
less the beef trust is destroyed by a
Democratic Congress. Under the
present tariff law the working men
say they are eating oxtail soup and
tongue to make both ends meet. 1t
is:no mean honor to help make laws
for ninety millions of people whose
intellectual and moral standards are
higher now than at any period Of
it's history. Henry Clay refused G
reelection to the U. 9. Senate that
he might become member Of the
National House in the early days;
and John Quincy Adams, one Of our
presidents, possessed of extraordi-
nary talents, became member of
the lower house and served there
eighteen years after his term in the
White House. He thought the work
and membership of that body COM
patible with the dignity Of the ex-
President.
The people Of the second district
are fortunate in the chioce of Hon.
J. o. Patterson, who is deservedly
popular here, as he is with the peo-
pie whom he represents. He has
made good" as Representative,
and is a genial, big-hearted, and broad
minded man, true type of Ed ge-
field hospitality and yeomanry. His
magnetic personality is good as
set for his constituents, as it at
tracts the attention of the depart
ment officials who see him often press
ing for action in improvements in his
district He is deeply interested in
his work and eminently fitted for it.
The imposing and spacious office
building of the House of Represen-
tatives, whose corridors echo the
clatter of hundreds of typewriters,
is material evidence of a closer re-
lation between the people and their
Representatives than ever before.
The man who is seeking a big salary
and little work will not get accom-
modations beneath it's rocf Time
was when Congressman devoted con-
siderable time to playing cards, and
the story is told of Congressman,
fresh from Washington, dropped in
to see a neighbor in his district, to
whose house a prayer meeting was
being led by the pastor of the neigh
borhood church. "Will Brother
Smith kindly lead?" was asked by
the pastor at the beginning Of the
prayer service. Waking, with a
start at the mention of his name, the
Congressman almost broke up the
service by replying: 81 led last time;
it's your turn. What's trumps.
The Hon. G.. D. Tillman was the
embodiment of accumulated intellec-
tual wealth, earned by close STU
dent, not only of government, but
profound thinker on all subjects.
The Hon. W. Jasper Talbert's terse
and vigorous speeches concerning
pensions were like bolts of lighting
out of clear sky. They spread con-
sternation among the G.. A. R. in and
out of Congress and caused them to
become more familiar with the Con-
gressional Record than they had ever
been with Holy Writ.
And the Hon. J. o. Patterson, while
not a native of Edgefield, like Till
man and Talbert, is her next choice,
and is keeping her worthy Of past
history. These men, in succession,
have represented ably and we'll our
district for more than 80 years, and
while making enviable records, have
reflected great credit on their con-
stituency.
A NATIVE OF EDGEFIELD.
Congressman j. o. Patterson.