The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1912-06-07

| James 6. Blaine. 10 bis book abou
American history, American party pol
itIcs and American public men. assert
that as rule the great parIiamensar,
regulations are made by Statesmen
who enter Congress ere they wer'
| forty. or course there Ssaye been ex
cepsisns. two notable ones supplied b.
my ownsstate Of Kentucky, James B
Beck, who first sat in Congress at III.
age Of forty-tise. and John G. Carlisle
who was forty-six when he became /
member Of the House Of the Forty
sixth Congress. But as general ruiz
to Be efficient your statesmen mus
learn il the school Of experience, and
that constituency is best served that
selects q young, honest and able mar
for its representative in the National
Legislature and gives him lease on
his seat during good behavior.
have in mind eye the member Of
the House Of Representatives from the
Second District Of Massachusetts,, Mr..
GilIett, Of Springfield. When bis pres
ent term expires he will have served in
that body twenty years. He is an able
and very accomplished legislator an
Invaluable public servant from the
standpoint Of his party. All his capac-
ity, all bis learning, all his time, all his
industry, all bis zeal are devoted to his
duties as a member Of the national
councils. Not one moment in all those
twenty years has be been oppressed
with the slightest solicitude as TO bis
political future. He and his constitn-
ents are at perfect understanding, and
it is this: His seat is secure as long as
he continues to serve his people well.
Mr.. GiIlett pays no attention 70 the
party organizations in his district. Il
Is not unlikely that be would have TO-
importune his memory to recall the
name Of the Republican chairman Of
the Second District Committee Of Mas
intellectually old Joe Cannon would
have to maItiply himself to set the
spring branch FIRE, much less the Po.
tomac River, yet the past twenty years
few men have exerted 50 great an in
fIuence as be on public affairs. Because
81 his vast Legislative experience in the
House at Washington, SURPRISING that
Of any other man in all our history. he
has gained the title 81 real as well as
law-giyer.
FINS ]. Garrett, Of Tennessee, though
q much younger man, Is Representa-
tive precisely after the order Of Fred
erick II. GiIIett, Of Massachusetts, ex-
cept in the matter Of legislative expert
ence and radical difference Of political
Both are elegant gentle
men, blessed with that nobility 81
politeness that comes from mate and
kindness Both are gifted
with intellectual endowments much
above that Of the average member Of
The body Of which they are now become
members. Both have rem
dered valuable service to the State.
Both are formidable in debate. Both
sdify the House BY courtesy that
should 60 before dignity itself GiIlett
IS the more accomplished scholar; Gar
rett is the more captivating public
speaker. Either would grace the chair
now occupied by the Hon. Champ
Clark, and il botlr should remain in
Congress twenty years longer, one,
perhaps both, will be clothed with the
office Of Speaker. That il a prediction
hat visits no violence. or extravaganza
% probability.
Mr.. Garrett Is serving bis fourth term. |
He halls from extreme Northwest Ten
lessee, a magnificent agricultural COM
nunity. with cotton the leading staple. |
For seven years he has fetched and car
led for his people with unhagging Wig
lence and ceaseIss activity. He is d
lure man IN private walk and an incor-
uptible man ii public life. He has
he sedate, judicial temper. the calm
deliberate sagacity without which Con-
,ress would be ward meeting. do
lot think that Congress ought to be en-
rely made up Of grace political philos-
pliers We need whirlwind fellows
Ike Champ Clark, Joe Blackburn, Ben
'iIman. even Tom Watson or Jerry
impsop. 10 stir things up, to prevent
lagnatIon. but ID the end tie cool
I,st.iy hre ltl-a f1ero4 4g.a1nFfufas1 cn4.4I.