The Washington herald., 1913-11-02
With the Political Procession.
BY r. D. G.

Ill BY !
Chairman Frank Woods. the new head
Of the Republican congressionai Commit
tee. has been hearing rather cheerfn
reports from the New Jersey campaign
and took il upon himself TO send Repre-
sentative Frank Piumley of Vermont int
the State FOR few remarks in the clos
| Ing days.
1t is bit unusual for the Congressiona
committee 10 take a hand in purely
State election, but Woods believes in do
ing things In an unusual way, and hs
knows that the election of Stokes, ths
Republican candidate for Governor, viii
aid nightly In making the next Congress
sional delegation from Jersey very much
/ Republican.
The last election gave the Democrats
eleven members, the Republicans one. and
/ many eminent Republicans weii-knowi
/ In Washington, were retired. Browning
who served long as chief clerk Of ths
House, is the lone Republican, and he
comes from the Southern district, SO long
represented by Loudenslager.
Chairman Woods has been looking oveI
the Jersey Situation with plans for the
1 future, and IL promises much toward q
Republican House next year.
Some folk may have wondered some
why Plumley Of Vermont, nearly seventy
years old, should have been chosen by
Woods to do some spellbinding for Stokes
/ in the windup, but such folk do not know
that the Pinmley eloquence In campaigns
has long been famous, not only In Ve--
mont, but In other States, especially
Michigan, where he has been in demand
since the Blaine campaign OF 1854. In
fact, the Michigan Republicans claim to
lxr
an orator OF special value in big cam
paigns, and their loud appeal In each
big State and national campaign has
been, "'Send for Plumley." The wise old
Yankee lawyer struck the Michigan folk
the right way and they would have no
other. Plumley has made no speciel stir
since coming to Congress- but he has not
lost his skill as. spellbinder when n
comes to a campaign in which he is in
terested. He is in his third term In
the House, and is backed up by safe
district which is the despair Of Demo
Gratis.
Senator Owen OF Oklahoma has care
fully kept out Of the many racking cam
paigns in many States. although there
has been demand for his eloquence, espe-
cially in New Jersey and Massachusetts,.
Inc cl6NGTHcSb Vi luc OhldnOIIld bAdlcb-
man in keeping out Of entangling al
Iiances and complications has long been
admired and appreciated In Washington.
His devotion to currency legislation Is
matter of record, and he can hardly
spare the time for even n few political
speeches, but he will be in New York
Monday night, November 10, as chief
orator at the dinner Of the Economic
Club along with Carter Glass, chairman
of the House Banking Committee. BY
that time the New York campaign will
be on and both Owen and Glass can en-
Joy hearing how Il ought to have hap
pened. II seems odd that the two chair
men of the Senate and House Banking
Committees at q critical time in financial
legislation should both come from a nom
commercial State like old Virginia. Glass
is a newspaper publisher, and comes from
LynchburG which was the birthplace of
Senator Owen. What wonder Lynchburg
feels a bit puffed up with the two lead
ers in financial legislation native-born
sons? Possibly there is some sneer-
ing among the Wall Street magnates
who cannot understand the leader
ship Of Lynchburg natives in the
financial affairs OF a great nation, but
that does not worry either Glass, the
country editor, or Owen. the lawyer in
the new Commonwealth OF Oklahoma. II
will be recalled that John Sherman the
greatest financial statesman in the
troublous times following the civil war.
was a country lawyer at Mansfield. Ohio,
George L. Boutwell,. who was Secretary
of the Treasury under Grant and de-
clined a similar honor under Arthur, was
n country storekeeper. and postmaster at
Groton,~ Mass, before he took up the law
and went into politics.
Boutwell, achieved high fame in both
branches of Congress for clear-headed
views on finance, yet he remained a
modest country merchant until past the
age of thirty.
Lot Morrill,, of Maine, who was Secre-
tary of the Treasury under both Grant
and Hayes after a term in the Senate.
was another country lawyer from Bel
grade, in the pine tree region. He held
many local Offices before his Senatorial
and Cabinet terms, and went from the
Treasury to the collectorship Of Gus
toms at Portland through appointment Of
President Hayes. Tom Corwin was an
other country lawyer, Of Ohio, who
served long in the Senate and was Sec
retary of the Treasury in the old days.
In fact, the great financial authorities
from the populous centers have never
been chosen for the Treasury or TO shape
up the financial legislation in Congress.
1t is an old story that Uncle Joe Cam
non is coming back to Congress with the
expected reaction in things political next
year, but there are others in Illinois who
are equally hopeful and more silent.
William B. Mckinley, OF Champaign, is
one who promises ample activity next
year, and he can do some pointing with
pride and satisfaction to the fact that
he was not iovershadowed by the Pro-
gressive candidate for Congress in his
district as was the case with other Re
publlcans in Illinois and elsewhere last
year. Mckinley had twice as many votes
as the Progressive nominee, and
Borchers, the Democrat, who pulled
through with a plurality of 2,Ooo, had
5000 votes less than were polied for Nc
Kinley and his Progressive foe, Chad
wick.
These figures encourage Mckinley to
take hold in the good old way year
hence, and he will not lack for encour-
agement at the Washington end. In the
old Prince District OF Illinois the Pro-
gressive candidate CKincheloe) had 5000
more votes than Prince. the regular Re-
publican nominee, and Hoxworth, the
Democrat of Rapatee, received exactly
the vote OF Prince and Kincheloe COM
bined.
Prince had long and splendid service
in the House. and with a subsistence of
the Progressive fever out Illinois way
ought to come back. Rodenberg. OF the
district opposite ST. Louis. missed con-
nections last year by Just the vote given
the Progressive candidate.
Rodenberg remains a young man blessed