The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1914-07-31

| MY opponents nave encouraged mis-
statements and MISUNDERSTANDING,
but ] am convinced that everybody
will understand that there are two
sides to every question. To all who
ask, will send page and date of the
Congressional Record showing my
votes on the important measures.
These will refute some misstatements.
cannot leave Washington now and
properly perform the duties off my
Office, and / may not be able to tour
the district before the August 11th
Primaries. All I can do now is to
write to you? If you are in doubt
WRITE TO NE. That would be the
fair hing for the voters to do. It
would hardly seem fair to take the
word of my opponents on all matters.
I'm now serving my second term
in Congress. Experience may be use
full. Surely, the lack of It is no re-
commendation, Aside from Legisla-
tiSn, there are duties to be performed
Of great aid small Importance to
Commerce, Labor, Agriculture, Vet
eran soldiers and society generally, in
the district. / know how, now, bet
ter than / did, and better than one
who has had no experience.
Congress is not a vacation. 1t is
the greatest deliberative body on
earth, where the very destiny Of our
nation and it's free institutions centre.
There will be struggle this fall to
destroy our Democratic majority in
Congress and to overthrow our good
work. May I suggest that I can de-
fend Democratic principles and legis-
lation in the district better than some
whose ambitions are more mature
than their experience?
/ l was elected in 1910 in the his
toric 10th district, against a large
united normal Republican majority;
reelected in that district in 1912 by
plurality of nearly 4,400. In this lat
ter campaign my vote was 2,209 more
than that received by President Will
son and 2,610 more than was received
/ by Governor Cox. I mention this
only as matter of some personal
pride and evidence of confidence i'm
posed in me.
For the information Of those who
reside in new counties of this district,
and whom, owing to my being obliged
to remain in Washington, I have
never met, ! will state that am 81
years Of age and for 30 years have
fought for Democratic principles and
for men who I thought would carry
them out. was born on the farm
and my life has been spent in various
occupations of Commerce, with av-
erage success. This is my first
Office ] have ever held.
/ give below a brief synopsis scf'
work completed or under way during
my time in Congress and in which I
have had part.
Low tariff. There was general
demand for this and none can deny
that it was the one big thing that
placed the Democrats in power.
There are 400 items in the tariff
law and to expect human beings to
adjust them all perfectly is too much
to expect. Experience thus far in
dicates that our tariff law is in most
respects fair medium between high
tariff as one extreme and free trade
as the other extreme. / have also
done my part in securing a better
banking and currency law intended to
prevent the Capitalization of money
and credit in the hands of what has
been known as the money trust.
The income tax which better dis
tributes the burdens of government; a
law declaring that the laborer and
the farmer are not "trusts" and are
not to be classed as such with the
Standard Oil Company or the Tobacco
Trust, ETC., yet, without giving illegal
privileges to any; the direct election
of United States Senators by the
people; the Sherwood pension law for
old soldiers and law for the widows
and minor children of Spanish War
Veterans; revision Of the rules of the
House of Representatives to destroy
one-man power; the parcels post law,
of great advantage to city and coun-
try; workman's compensation law;
restoration of the right of petition to
government employees and an eight
hour day on government work; a
law to prohibit stock exchange gam
bling in food stuffs; department of
labor and a labor member of the
Presidents Cabinet; the extension
and revitalizing of the Department of
Commerce with more liberal appro-
priations to enable it to aid better in
the advancement of our Commerce.
AS to those results which accrue
from my own initiative I feel more
modest, but I think / need not
apologize.
The work of one member in body
Of 433, is seldom distinguished in
short service, and without enumer-
alton Of other matters, I shall leave
you to judge whether am worthy Of
continuance in this Office or not.
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