The Washington herald., 1913-12-10
With the Political Procession.
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locating his man. Then Devanney sug-
gested little reading up in Mlchigan
politics and recalled that John Patton
ir., was a Republican Senator from
Michigan. appointed to succeed s.ocs,
bridge in May, 1894. and served until
January Is, 1SS.
His service was not long enough to
attract attention and he had not been
iespecialiy active in politics before the
APPOINTMENT, save in club organisation.
He died six years ago a comparatively
young man and without much political
prominence following his short service
in Washington.
He belonged to the Curwensvile Pa.l
family of Pattons, several members OF
which have been In Congress- ano
Charles z. Patton, a brother, now rep
resents the district which sent the father
TO the House a generation or more ago.
Yesterday was the thirty-seventh ami
versary of Senator George E. Chamber
Iain's arrival in Oregon. He was as young
man of twenty-five. and he liked th'
looks of things on the PACING SIDE OF th'
continent so decided to remain and o'
governor, then Senator provided the ther
rather stubborn Republican region evei
got around TO a Democratic tendency.
He had to wait a while for the execu
klNe ana soeuhlOIAoA AcAhOfSs ~N - N-r
not wait long in connection with th'
local office of deputy county clerk.
Then came the usual beginning CT q
nolitjcaI career in the legislature, ther
district attorney, then attorney genera
of the State The rest WIS easy enough
thanks in part to general Repuolicar
retrogression, and in part to the Cham
berlain habit OF keeping his head. The
primary craze hit Oregon earlier thar
the Eastern States, and Chamberlain, a:
governor, was not inclined to overlook
much to his advantage, so that he had
majority over Cake. the Republican nomi'
nee, and the result was ratified by tbs
legislature, as was required at that time
A modest man, Chamberlain In foui
years of Senatorial life has never stirred
things up much, but has been soft il
step and cautious in speech. The din
ner he gave at the willard Thursday
night meant more than was appreciated
at the time. and Democrats from the
States west Of the big river, who were
guests OF the Oregon statesman, nave
commented since on the speeches anc
spirit Of the occasion as promising muct
for a conservative building up OF the
Democratic party in lar western states
where II mas not been reliably strong
As Chamberlain will have another cam
paign a year hence his dinner party anc
the eloauence OF It will not De overlooked
in Oregon, even II IL was treated as q
semi-sociaI affair at this end Of the line
Chairman Barnes won out in the .e~
York Republican committee conference
Just as the wise ones Of the Congress
sionaI delegation, excepting Mott OF ~
wego, thought he would, and hoped ne
would. They are older in the business
than Mott and have hopes Of his recoV-
cry. The one result of the conference
that interests the Washington end Is the
sudden putting forward of Calder, the
lone Republican Congressman OF Greater
New York, for governor. Some OF hi:
admiring colleagues took with them The
Herald citation that Calder was the only
Republican chosen to Congress last year
in thirty-one contiguous districts, with
100000 population, and 1t was re-
marked that such a hustler might
do as well In the whole State as
in his Brooklyn district 1t was also
remarked that Calder is much more
attentive to Congressional duties than any
member from the big city, excepting
Fitzgerald and jefferson Levy, and more
so than many Republicans from upstate
Brooklyn has not supplied the Republican
nominee since Tracy, VINO failed to con-
meet on election day. and there may be a
decided organization in Calder's behalf
from now on, with Calder himself hardly
accused of modesty, once the proposition
Looks promisfnR