Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-07-30
SHOULD RUCKER BE RE-
TURNED TO CONGRESS?
HoNY OF DEMOCRATIC IL
Listen to Testimony of DISTINGUISHED Witnesses
Who Know Ills Record and the Value
of His Services

delegation,
says:
Nothing has been gratifying to me during the
aduous sessions of the congress than the
and dSnterested support which you have given The
paper which you sent is the sort that makes carry
grateful and is in line with your whole conduct during
the months which have passed.
Cordially and sincerely yours
(Signed) WOODROW WILSON,"
In his 18th of July address Philadelphia further ex-
press his feeling, President Wilson said:
THE members of the House and Senate who stay in hot
Washington to maintain quorum of the House and trans
act public business performing act of patriotism. 1
honor them for it and mighty glad to stay there and
stick by them till it is over.
in the Commoner for June, 1914 said to the voters:
THE Importance of electing congress that will be in
sympathy with President Wilson's administration
be overestimated If your district is represented by
progressive Democrat who has given President Wilson
hearty support it is the duty of all progressive Demo-
Gratis to renomlnate and elect him.
Listen to Champ Clark:
should not be sent hher simply crafty their
personal ambition but because they be of service
and having proved they of service wisdom dictates
that they should be kept here long they continue to
be of SERVICE and it may be confidently asserted that the
value of the services of of capacity, character in
dustry and good habits in proportion to
his length of service New England understands this
thoroughly do the cities of Philadelphia and Pburs
When representative from any of those places demon
strates his fitness here he is retained until he reres dies
or is promoted. These facts should furnish much food
for thought for every constituency in the land
Listen Ex-Governor Dockery, who in speech
said:
THE Missouri delegation of the strongest in the
House. they should be kept there in order that
and Nation shall have the greatest benefit of their
services.
Listen to the ST. Louis Republic which in its editorial of
June 27h 1914 in paying very high tribute to the Mis-
souri, delegation, said
THE fourteen Democratic members of the Missouri
congressional delegation will remain the job until the
administration legislative program has been completed
Neither extreme heat personal considerations the
dton of their political fences will be permitted to inter
fere with what they conceive to be for the popular welfare
Their political fences back home will be left to look
out for themselves till such time Congress fit to
adjourn. Of the fourteen members ten have opposition
in the primaries of August 4th In certain the
position is serious These who staying in Wash
inSton and giving their opponents free field risknS
their political Party loyalty is rarely called
upon make greater sacrifice than this. Their consti
tuents back home will hardly overlook this manly
aseous stand of their representatives.
Listen to the Saturday Evening Post great national
paper which in its discussion of such matters recently said
This is curious phase of polcs-the constant
cropping up of candidates. 1t should be printed in
every newspaper in every state all the time that the only
way for state locality in state, to secure adequate
representation in Congress- to select good men, send
them to Washington and keep them there. The rep
resentave and the senator get nowhere Experience
length of service the only things that count in
| Congress.
All that needed is attention to business and oppor
tunty to serve, and the rewards will come which re-
wards by the way greater for the constituents than
for the constituted The representative the senator has
to work. and work hard and the state owing to the posi-
ton attained gets the results of the labor And those
suits invariably greater in direct ratio to the length OF
i service allowed.
However, the ambitious boys back home do think
of this cropping everywhere while the