The Washington herald., 1913-12-19
With the Political Procession.
By p. b. G.

When you talk of a father proud Of
his sons there is a reminder OF the
benevolent and parental spirit displayed
by Senator MARITIME. Of New jersey when
he dilates upon the activity and ability
of the younger House members from
his State He is artful enough not to
hand out an excess Of approval and ad-
miration to any one of them, but each
has a special illness for the Congress
sional game to give Joy to the MARITIME
sons They are no less cordial in ad-
miration Of the bluff old statesman, and
so all goes merrily in the Jersey aggre-
cation. Nearly all the Democratic mem
bers live within an hours ride of New
York. in districts delightfully."- compact
and in touch with the greatest CONNER
cial interests Of the earth. Seully,
Baker, and Walsh live further down the
coast. but each could arrive at the
MARITIME farm at Plainfield in less than
an hour in case of q hurry call from
the old warrior. scully and Tuttle have
been especially attentive 10 legislative
duties, not overlooking what can be
secured for their districts from the
| executive department, and their activity
at this end is the more remarked be-
cause Of their big business connections
| at home.
The one rather puzzling proposition
in the populous Jersey districts near
New York Is the small vote and several
members merely refrain from giving fig-
ures In their official biographies. Hart,
who succeeded Senator Hughes. came in
by special election, SO has some excuse
fota al of in ha foTr rfoS
credited with q population Of 2l2000
Townsend, in q second term, tells Of 24.0O0
votes in a district Of 26.0oo population.
while Eagan, of Weehawken, points to
p, 900 with a population Of 1s9,OOa Walsh,
Of Trenton, is making the best vote
showing with a total cast OF 5000 IN
district OF 1856. 900 population and he
is proud not only of his constituents
interest in politics, but in the fact that
he is the first Democrat chosen from
Trenton in fifty-seven years. The Cape
May district has large population, 1S,-
900, and Baker came along with 1000 to
the good out of a total of over 5000
votes. The youngest member is HamiIl.
OF Jersey City, who has had four terms
and came ino first when hardly thirty
years old.
His district is made up of only ten
city wards, but, bless you, they are
populous enough to keep a Congression-
al candidate busy counting up 22S,ooo or
more citizens.
Charles c. Paulding, who happens to
be a nephew Of Chauncey n. Depew, but
is quite competent as a lawyer on his own
account has had legal business in Wash
ington this week and looked upon the
Republican committee gathering with
more interest than is usual with a lawyer
for a great railroad corporation. 1t oc-
Cured to Paulding that the old leaders
are going TO be very much in demand by
the real Republicans from now on, and
the Hon. Chauncey, who will be over
eighty when the next convention meets,
is as vigorous as most men at fifty, so
that his wisdom Is bound to have some
part in Republican deliberations beyond
the 1916 reach of his party for restoration
to power. Visitor Paulding Is much more
interested in business than politics Just
now, and admits it is something more
than a coincidence that the closing down
Of shops, the cutting OF wages and gen.
eral financial worry should come with a
Democratic administration and a Demo-
cratic Congress that promised such a
great cutting down in the cost of living
lawyer, Paulding gets at first hand the
reports OF shutting down, closing OF mills,
and general Tightening up of financial in
stitutions. 1t happened that way with
other Democratic administrations and
other Democratic tarin laws, and the big
corporations got ready for it after Rooss-
velt turned the country over to the Demo- |
Gratis year ago. Good even comes from |
Ill, and Paulding can see in the financial |
lfGfr ,tr,nr ha,l
Republican party and obliteration OF the |
progressive proposition long before the |
1916 campaign is under way.
The inevitable Ohio man was much |
in evidence during the Republican Ma
tional Committee meeting with much |
lament and more prediction than usual. |
The lament was over the fact that Ohio |
Republicans have not elected a governor |
since 1903 and the prediction pertained |
chiefly TO a getting back in power a year
hence when a governor, Senator and |
twenty-five House members are TO be |
chosen along with State officials As
expected there was much mention OF |
candidates and each week in the State |
sees a new suggestion for governor. The |
latest is for Grant Mauser, of Marion, |
who carried a strongly Democratic dis
trict twice and the striking thing is
that Mauser has been proposed by War
ren Harding who was the defeated can
didate six years ago and who comes |
from the same town,
Harding also startles his Republican |
friends by insisting that Senator Fora
ker should again be named for the SEN
ate and the supporters of Senator Bur-
ton are a bit agitated over such a de-
mand by Harding only few months bel