Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-01-15
vIRGINIA'S REPRESENTATIVES.
{Cammunicated.)

short period when the Readjuster
party secured control, true to her best
interests, has kept her faith, and she
has today two as able, senators and as
gallant and patriotic Congressman as
ever graced the floor of the houses
of Congress. Theirs have hot been 10
cal or state regulations alone, but the
manhood and craftsmanship Of her
sons-living and dead-are imbeded
in the Rosk of History. The antago-
nism of some people to our leaders
is not alone confined to the past, the
present occasionally develops star
in the constellation of politicians who
is ambitious to soar upward, but in
the resplendant reflection of the 9th
ers-larger in brain, stronger in des-
erection, and at the same time gentle
in reproach-this little star is. like
the comet, soon lost in the mysterious
future. It wouldn't do for all to be
rich, you would find no one to work
hence many would sGarye. The great
agricultural section would grow up III
weeds and the wheels of business and
progress would rust and fail to pieces.
1t would not do for us all to be Of
one religion, for the easy, high-sala-
ried jobs would be few and Chris
tians feweT-for it is competition in
church life that helps increase the
membership. Neither would it pay
the country for all men to think alike
politically, for it is the opposition
party that keeps the other near the
straight and narrow path. Hence a
willing "Moses" bobs. up and is ready,
ave, anxious to "relieve" the people
of their burdens-yes, and everything
else. too-but on the gentle bresze
that is waited over the rank and file
there comes that familiar line-at-
tuned as it were, by the old mother
State and her glorious dead-taken
from the "Gypsy's Warming" Trust
him not, he's fooling thee" The
Democratic party will be in charge
of the reigns of government after
March 4. Our President, who first
saw. the light in this State, will have
with him, we hope, in everything DEM
ocratic. the Senate and House. The
country has been promised reforms
and should get them. From every in
dication Governor Wilson is a far
seeing and able statesman and we
hope it will not be said of him, as it
was said of a greater leader-"He
came to- his own and his own :eceiv-
ed him not" Let the Democratic
party face the responsibility it has
so long sought. for an undemocratic
act in the halls of Congress will, as
sure as the sun sets, relegate for an
other score of years not only our lea
der-Hon. Woodrow WiIson-but the
nations lawmakers as we'll The
people in their justifable wrath will
heap on him the iniquity of the entire
Democratic party. But if the past.
glorious as it has been, for our State
and people, will be guide for the
future, we Firginians can rest on our
oars in the satisfaction that our
states destiny is in safe hands when
entrusted to the present senator's
Hons. Thomas S. Martin and Claude
A. Swanson-and our able congress
men, 4 one of whom is Alexandria S
own son-Hon Charles c. Carlin,
Virginia;s representatives may have
been divided before the nomination
at Baltimore, but since the mantle fell
upon her own boy to lead the party
and since his election, no one has beer
more loyal to him than those who
honestly and sincerely hoped for an,
other-not because .he was not wor'
thy, not that he was not able ane
pure, but simply and solely because
they thought the interests of the
party demanded the strongest candl
date that could be put forth. lh'
election proved that no one coule
have fought more valiantly and made
a cleaner campaign than did Cover
nor Wilson, and surely no one coul'
have more completely routed the
enemy. Now he is ours and we ar
, his, and if our Democratic fortune
are established On the rock OF obi
Cation 10 the people no storm OF pr"
test from our adyersaries will NOV