Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-10-29
lRv D. W. GalI.l

Hon. Vim. q. Brown was elected To
the 62nd Congress over Hon. George
G. Sturgiss, Republican, by a majority
of 4,483, in a district that previously
had given very large Republican ma
jority, and in his own county, Preston,
which has normal Republican major
ity of $500, he carried in that election
by a majority Of 1910, which is a
strong evidence as to the standing of
Junior Brown in his home county,
where the people regardless of politics
stand by him in such a manner, but
come along down with the writer to
the election in 1912, when a general
election was had, and Mr.. Brown had
as his political opponent, Republican
from his own homecounty and pos
sibly one of the most popular Republi-
cans in the county, and yet, in the
face Of all this, in 1912, Hon. w. G.
Brown, the Democratic nominee, car
ried the county over Preston county
Republican by 1873 majority. Now
why is this? Let history answer.
James Brown and his wife came
from Ireland, and they were the grand
father and grandmother and they set
tied in Preston county, then Virginia,
in 1889, and carried all of their
worldly POSSESSIONS across the noun
tains into the place where they located
IN Preston county, on horses, but like
the honest, Scotch-Irish, lineage from
which they decended, they applied them
selves, and cleared out the forests,
planted, and the Lord gave increase
and though only one family interviewed
between our Congressman Brown, and
the grandfather, James Brown, but by
honest, frugral and Industrious hab-
its of the Hon William G. Brown, Sr.,
and the same followed by the Hon.
William G. Brown, Jr., they became
people Of means, but not by the half
pay process, Of the factory hand, or the
shop girl, but by sterling, christian
dealing with others, as they would
have others do unto them, havethey
become the persons of the means they
have, but that is where largely the
story of the success of the father ard
the son, the two William G. Browns
lies, the good they did with what
God has blessed them, and it is true in
the history of the fathers career, as
of the son, who inherited the large
hearted spirit of doing good from his
father, the Hon. w. G. Brown, Sr.
Some years ago in Preston county.
which is a mining county, there was a
strike, and in many cases, restitution
existed, and the writer is advised by a
Republican voter of Preston county.
that the Hon. w. g. Brown, Jr., did
not send agents around to see the
needs of the very poor people
around the mines, and report to him,
but he went in person, viewed the sit
uation, and where he found poor chill
dren barefooted, he took them to the
stores and bought them shoes; and
where hefound families without food
he supplied it, and then, the aspira-
ton of seat in Congress was not in
his mind, but to relieve those in need,
by the means with which just God
had blessed him, and this is one of
the reasons why Preston county, with
an overwhelming political majority
against him, cast 1910 majority for
him in 1910 and with the many SINH
lar acts, of which the writer has no
information, that county this election.
with the noble record he has made
for his county and district ought to at
least cast 3O0c majority for him, and
his first majority in the District will
be materially increased.
The vindication, which his home
county has given him in these two e.
lections, should be an other reason
why he should get an increased vote
all over the District, and if there is
no change from news coming to the
RAAbCis tiS 10 itOl OI1J SOliIR " ne e.
leeted but by an increased majority.
Mr.. Brown has possibly done more
for the old soldier, than any other
member of Congress, not only in get
ting the pending cases before the
Pension Bureau taken up and acted
upon, but in the way of passing
special acts, granting pensions to sol
diers, who by some reason could not
get pension under the general law
but Mr.. Brown has been a great aid
to the veterans in his District, and to
the writer's personal knowledge is go
ing to get large soldier vote, which
is an act of gratitude on their, part
and they know beyond a doubt, that
he can, being SO closely allied with
the administration, and of the same
political faith can do much more for
them that Republican member Of
Congress, in fact from every reason