Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-08
Esteem Of Neighbors Above Price.

bOrs. those who know him best are above
all price. They know his good points and
bad, his strength and his weakness, his
idiosyncracies, his foibles, his hobbies;
they see him when not on dress parade;
they understand better than anybody else
what sort Of son, brother, husband and
father he is; how he deports himself in
the common, the everyday affairs of life.
Under our peculiar dual system Of
government every representative has two
constituencies: One. All the people Of his
own district. Two. One 394th part Of the
people Of the District of Columbia, or to
state the latter proposition more accu-
ratcly, every member of the House is one
of the 1914 representatives Of the District.
every representative must feel an
abiding interest in Washington because
founded by the Father OF His Country,
who, taken mp one side and down the
other. is the greatest man that ever lived,
and inhabited by all his successors. it is
finally be what we all desire it to be. the
finest capital in the world. 1t is a mat
ter of pride With representatives and SELL
ators to make it the city beautiful. MT
ting seat OF government OF the mightlest
and foremost people the sun ever looked
down upon.
For nineteen years have been among
you in a position upon which the fierce
light of publicity constantly heats When
l first came among you I was flaxen-
the almond tree. In the narrow sense
represented the people Of the ninth
congressional district of Missouri, and
you of the District of Columbia. In a
what capacity God has given me to rep
resent the people Of the whole country
and to promote the prosperity. honor,
glory and happiness OF the whole Ameri-
can people. Serving under your eye, you
should be competent judges of my ef-
ficiency. During all these years YOU
have been
To my virtues very kind
And to my faults a little blind.
From the bottom Of my heart thank
you for your partially.
This is neither the time nor place for
an extended political speech. You do
not have to be told what my views are
upon the great political questions Of the
day. They have been expressed so often
In the House that they are thoroughly
familiar to the people Of Washington.
This much 1 will say: There had been
sporadic mentions Of me as presidential
candidate for some months without any
effort on my part to increase them. In
! fact I gave little heed to them till the
9th Of last September, when. at q great
outdoor homecoming picnic rendered me
| by the people of my county and district,
without regard to political affiliations.
| some 10000 Of my constituents with one
accord put me in the running. On the
Goth of last month the democrats Of the
| imperial commonwealth of Missouri in
convention assembled, by unanimous
| voice, instructed their thirty-six delegates
| to Baltimore to vote for me.
Hopes for Solid Delegation.
Now come the democrats Of the Dis
trict of Columbia and royalty celebrate
the sixty-second anniversary of my birth
by this great demonstration in my be-
half. / hope / will be supported at Balti-
more by a solid delegation from the Dis
| trict.
'In matters presidential as in religion
| many are called, but few are chosen. II
| is great honor to be spoken OF or even
| thought Of In that high connection. II
chosen I hope to discharge the multifari.
Gus and onerous duties Of that great
place to the satisfaction of the American
people for the perpetuity Of the republic
| whether I reach the White House OF
not. in whatever station 4 find myself
1 will forever remain the friend of the
people of the District of Columbia. Now,
in the words Of Tiny Tim, God bless us
every one"
you'll Get Them" They Shouted
| During his talk Speaker Clark wa