The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-05-31
CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY
1.-THE LIVES OF GREAT MEN ALL
REMIND u.s.

The Dawson News Receives Copy
of Book Containing Biographies
of Big Men at the Capital.
There are many persons who think
that biography is dull That de-
ponds entirely upon the circum-
stances. When the biography is of
the auto or self-made sort and has
to do with our contemporaries there
is little difficulty in taking close per-
sonal interest in it. That accounts
for the eagerness with which the
appearance of the latest editions of
| the Congressional Directory is al
ways awaited
! 1t is almost superfuouS to state
that the Congressional Directory is
the official record of all the mem
bers of congress-; and the members
themselves supply the sketches. And
there is where the fun comes in. The
members seem to lose sight of the
fact that the correspondents and the
public know the source of the
sketches, so they get under the mo-
lasses barrel, turn on the spigot and
enjoy themrelves.
The new Directory, for a copy of
which The News is indebted to the
thoughtfulness and kindness of Con-
gresham S. A. ROddenbery, contains
something like 400 pages. The Sa-
vannah News seems to have looked
carefully through it and found it's
contents highly interesting. That
pape says:
From cover to cover it is one
grand, sweet song of success in life,
most often in spite of terribly ad-
verse circumstances. There is not
failure anywhere. How could there
be a failure, or the appreciatiye sub
ject of the sketch would lot be
member of congress? Not a few Of
the photographers tell how they
raised themselves by their bootstraps
from poverty and ignorance to emf,
Inence in their districts and the first
place in the hearts of their constitu-
ents. Such narratives, manifestly.
must be helpful to such of the youth
OF the land as chance to be on the
congressman free mailing list. The
book is an complication on every
page of the proyerb that where
there's a will there's a way"
At each session there are new
members, and it is the newcomers
who furnish most of the amusement.
| The seasoned congressman has
learned to be brief The Hedging,
however, wants to tell all about him
self He writes of his father his
grandfather, his wife's mothers I'M
Gle, and so on but mostly he fills
the space with his own struggles and
! triumphs. 1t is almost astounding to
| see how many triumphs of virtue
and brains have landed men in con-
i gress, and how devoted the members
are to the best interests of the peo-
! pie. One member in the new Di-
rectory modestly confesses that he
is the most prominent man" in his
district. Another sets it down that
he is married and lives with his
wife. " Another is proud of the fact
that he won his election by the mar
gin of one vote Another SAYS he
was living in an adjoining state
when he was nominated, and feeling
''the call of duty he returned to the
district and made the campaign and
won.
The Congressional Directory is far
from being a useless publication, 1t
contains the addresses of all the
members, the numbers Of their dis
tricts and the figures by which they
were elected. Except for this pub
LEGATION there are great many men,
bers of congress who would never
get their names in print.
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