The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-11-06
HON. WALTER L. HENSLEY
FOR CONGRESS AGAIN
From the Dpsloge sun

the call OF Majority Leader Under
wood, carried 40 surplus weight.
He looked to be trained to the min
ute, thin, alert and vigorous, though
there was trace OF fatigue in his
face-just such trace as one would
expect To find in II member of the
House who has labored hard through
this extraordinarily long session in
the unmerciful summer heat Of our
national capital.
Lots of office holders go to Wash
ington thin and lank and come back
with the full, pink cheeks that bee
speak thick tenderloins, vintage
wines and long hours Of ease on the
lounges OF the cloak rooms. These
men seldom figure in the journal of
the House proceedings, their space
in the Congressional Record Is a
meager one, ana often the members
of their own committees are not per
sOnally acquainted with them.
The Thirteenth District has u0
Congressman Of that type. Men
who work hard and long hours, who
attend constantly To the personal
requests of constituents in II district
with the diversified interests OF the
Thirteenth Missouri, and, in addi-
ton, meet ut every session with
their committees, besides being up
on the floor Of tAc House during all
important debates, do not take ON
the appearance of being well.frd
/ And neither does Mr.. Heusley who
carries with him til" look of man
/ in dead earnest, and Of man who
/ has set about TO accomplish murh
4 With the primary nine months of,
/ Congressman Hensley has only his
work in Washington t attend to,
for the voters of the Thirteenth Dis.
trict know his worth aud do not pro.
pose that he shall devote a portion
Of his time To a campaign for the
nomination. In fact, there has never
been the slightest indication that
Mr.. Heusley will have opposition in
the primary. To those who have
congressional ambitions-there are
several such men In this district
the task OF making the race against
our present Congressman seems
hopeless proposition, for they all
realize that the voters are not in
mood to take chances on swapping
IA mau Of proven worth for one of
unknown caliber.
II appears now that the Democrat
nomination will go to Henslcy with
out opposition, and, with that uomI-
nation in hand, the election will be 7
Il foregOne conclusion, for Eensley +.
is stronger today, very mach strong /
er, than he was two years ago, for /
he has had an opportunity, with his
party in power, to show what II man |
OF force and aggressiveuess can ac-
complish for the people of his dis
trict.
Out in Washington and in the cities
of the State where men foregather
to talk politics and to speculate on
future candidates for various high
offices, you will hear Hensley's
name mentioned, along with others,
for the GovnOrship. 1t is not idle
talk of politicians, but is we'll
founded and is based upon the reali-
cation that Hensley is man who
is to be reckoned with in the future |
politics of Missouri. MIR. Heusley |
has no gubernat0rial ambitions, for
he feels that his work In the House
has only begun, that the opportunity |
is there for him to add further houors |
to the long list of accomplishments |
of Missouri's representatives in
Congress.
The present Congress is redeem
ing with startling punctuality the
pledges made in the Democratic |
platform. President Wilson is stand |
ing square by the guns and is rely. |
ing upon the men of unusual force !
Of character who went into Office
with his administration and upon |
those whom he found already there |
when he assumed the Presidency. |
Hensley is one of those men. He
Is OF the type who stand, square a |
man who can give and take in the |
Battle for welfare of the people, and
who pursues his purpose unfaltering-
ly and without regard to the results
to himself personally.
The country needs firm men now,
fighters who can stand hard, long
battle and who can take punishment
and he cool headed through ii all.
The great interests are in the corner,
but they haven't quit. The hurrah
part of the fight is over and until
the people finally win out all along
the line there will be much need of
men who can hold on teRaciously
and doggedly to the end, men who
are never whiDped and moreoyer