The Washington herald., 1913-11-16

when you talk Of Tennessee perhaps
You forget that Il has been state since
1875 and has given the nation 23o-odd
years OF Senatorial representation.
Also recall. please. that Tennessee has
given the nation three Presidents-Jack-
son. Polk, and Andrew Johnson-along %
with a dozen other eminent Statesmen
big enough TO be President and holding
high places in the American temple Of
fame"
Such was the eloquent and patriotic
outburst OF Kenneth Douglas McKellar,
born In Alabama, but proud TO represent
the Memphis district OF Tennessee In
the House.
He continued, with fine phrase and
fervor, that jackson and Polk did more
than any other Presidents to increase the
territory OF the nation. and. while the
fact may be forgotten in the modern
rush OF events, history has given them
full credit.
As a young man. too modest perhaps
to give his age in the official biography,
and new in the Congressional game,
young Mcclellan gives promise OF con-
siderable and honorable career In spoli-
tics, even II he does have his troubles
about the Memphis postoffice.
The Mcclellan zeal is not disturbed by
the fact that Eastern Tennessee con-
tinues TO send Republicans to Congress
with splendid persistency, but II Is the
prediction or the Memphis member that
Democratic Senators from Tennessee will
continue doing business at washington
for some time to come. The mountain
districts of Eastern Tennessee got the
habit long ago Of sending Republicans
to Congress, and Democrats in other sec
tons rather expect It
Richard Wilson Austin. one of the Re-
publicans from Tennessee. registers from
Knoxville, and. like his Democratic col
league. Mcclellan. modestly refrains from
giving his age. Not so very many years
ago, thanks to his activity for the @. o.
p. In national and State campaigns, he
was appointed as an assistant door
keeper In Congress. Next he served ten
years-nine years as United states mar
shal, beginning with the first Mckinley
term.
He tried the consular service for a
short time by way OF diversion, going tU
Glasgow In 1906 and remaining but little
over a year.
Word was sent him that he ought to
try Congress for a change, and he made
the campaign in 1905 with satisfactory
results. He has been elected three times
and besides has been active in national
campaigns for the regular Republican
organization.
OF course he laments that but three
Republican members Of the House came
from the real South. Sells. Of his own
State: Slemp. OF old Virginia, and him
self, but in recent heart-to-heart talks
with Chairman Frank Woods and Sec |
retary Eversman, of the Republican Con-
gressional committee, Austin gives |
promise OF a general livening up among |
in the South. and points ou. |
districts that can be won outside OF
Tennessee, and the snug Slemp district. |
down in the mountain corner OF the Old |
Dominion.
Austin has been in politics a good 4
many years without any stopping over. |
and, best OF all, without any defeats. |
The fact that he has got everything he
ever went after in politics weighs much
in his favor with the committee organ
ization, and there are intimations that the /
Austin activity and general longheaded-
ness will be called into the Woods COM
mittee work with considerable frequency
"What has become OF Hasken?" is a /
question often asked of the Oklahoma
Democrats in Congress, and the usual