The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-08
JOHNSON IS PROUD
/. Of Being DEMOCRAT
INTIMATE VIEW OF BIG-HEARTED !
SOUTH CARoLISIAN rs vALUA.
BILE TO CONSTITUENCY.
HOW WILSON WON
YOUNG FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN
STICKS TO DUTY AND WIN
REELECTION BY LARGE
!, MAJORITY.
HOW WILSON WON
BY Z. H. MCGOWAN,

Washington. June 7-Joseph
Travis Johnson, representative in
congress from the, Fourth South Caro-
lima district, may not be a Webster.
a. Clay or Calhoun, but he has hts
own attachments AMI among these In
one that he prizes most high tho
fact that heis a Democratsanda VIII
son Democrat at that.
Mr.. Johnson is the type -ofvthesuuist
congressman. who by effective work
and clean methods. is able to besyery
valuable to his constituency There 10
little or nothing of the tiamboyant
blare of the trumpets about mig and,
what he does. In fact If there is a
.er-
men find more difficulty in handling
than any other Il Is probably this
same Joseph Travis Johnson. Not
that he is hard to approach. Tar
from 1t. But the trouble with sfinn
Is that he shrinks from publicitysand
II the news hunter finds out what he
does he must dig and dig hard.
MFR. Johnson's true character "a
big hearted man came to Hghtsin a
peculiar manner 81 day or two ago,
When the writer visited his office in
search for news the Fourth district
congressman said that he had just
helped 1iberate two poor devils from
penitentiary where they had been
sent-tor .eIannnsh!ning"- But fhera
Johnson stopped his talk. +'Don't print
it," he said because credit is due
others. + didn't de- it ALL" The news
hunter Insisting that" he be allowed
to use the story got the real reason
for its suppression. These two fell
lows who had been jailed, In the opin-
Ion of the Carolina. congressman had
; already suffered enough Why parade
the fact again before the public OF
their wrong doing. Let tout with their
I freedom they could go home and
make good citizens, and that he
thought was better than telling the
public again Of their wrong doing
That is Johnson's character. He Is
willing TO give 70 others credit for
what they DO and. at tho same time
believes In giving his fellow man n
pull upward and not a kick down.
ward. The country needs more john
sons. .
Congressman Emmett Wilson, the
handsome young Fioridian. now serv-
ing his first term in the house. Just
reelected for another term by a ma
jority of more than 5000. and destined
TO stay in congress as long as he may
wish from all present appearance, has
just learned something Of value He
! ridors a day or two ago and by chance
! met q group of friends among whom
was Colonel Dunbar IF Georgia, post
/ master If the house. We'll my young
/ friend" the genial Colonel asked,
how did you make 1t In the efec-
tion?" To this the Florida representa-
tive replied; II won out by about
5000 votes Fine retorted the
! Georgian. land you didn't have to go
| home for the campaign either, did
you?' No Wilson said II was here
most of the time attending to my work
from day to day" Bully scheme"
the Colonel said, II have had friends
who went home, spoke all over the
districts. gave a handful of candy to
fThe children here and there. kissed the
farmers daughters, and then lost out.
I believe It better To do as you have
done and stay in Washington il all
elections go yours has From now
on when / have 81 friend who Is run
ming for the house again. and / want
him to win. | viii advise him to do
/ like you-~stay here and let the other
fellow do the worrying. It's a fine
plan. sure.
Mr.. Wilson has learned that maybe
/ il is better to stay here and win than
TO go home and lose