Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-05-14
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N is o Rtttle late I'm the day 20 hold
just one mistaken vote on the part OF
Congressman Gudger against him. az
ter he has been endorsed and return
ed TO congress by a larger majority
than he had prior to the action held
against him. He has not made any
other serious mistake since then. has
he? One error In nearly eight year
Is a pretty good record.
It has been charged that Mr.. Gud-
ger has used his franking privilege
for personal matter. This blame will
have to go to the heads Of the post
Office department as Mr.. Gudger has
had an opinion in writing from Them
as to whether or not the matter IN
question was on the free list. Few
men, congressman or others care to
take the chance of a $200 fine for each
letter wrongfully sent out under a
is a little to long a bet to take. Such
charges are a joke, and the fact that
those who make them do not report
them to some pc sGolice inspector
shows there is little in Them wnen it
would be so greatly to the advants sc
of the opposing candida es to ne able
to establish such a violation.
There is one i~nsuparable point IN
favor of the return OF Ji mes M. Gud-
ser, Jr., to congress at the coming
election and that is his committee
standing. An inspection of the list Of
committees of the house shows that
North Carolina holds but two chair
manships, Gudger is head Of the COM
mittee on expenditures in the post
office department and Goodwin on re-
form in the civil service commission.
Webb, Goodwin, Faison and Kitchen
each stand second in committees,
while Gudger is also chairman Of the
subcommittee of public buildings AID
grounds having in charge our own
of North Carolina. 1t seems
well nigh impossible that the people
of the tenth district can be Of two
as to the ACCESSIBILITY of sup
a man who has brought these
honors to them, who has attained a
standing in Washington which makes
possible his being Of great value TO
the country and to the people he rep
resents.
The under current of opinion is that
Congressman Gudger is steadily gain
ing ground throughout the tenth dis
trict, and that his prospects Of being
to washington rs the rep
resentative of the people of this sec
ton grow brighter every day.
This is as it should be. The think
ing men of the district, those with It's
at heart above the factional
political feeling that is or may be lit
jected into the situation feel that Air
.udger has reached a position Of iu-
huence where he is better fitted than
before to aid the district In Lnose
things they desire. In an organiza-
ton where power is gained only by J
and by climbing the ladder OF
seniority it is unwise to make a change !
the man in the Office is utterly
unfit for the work, and there is no one
that goes so far as to say that Mr..
1udger is anywhere near in this class.
His mistakes, as charged against him, l
are overshadowed by the good that he
aas done the district, by the fact that '
he has been able to win positions as :
chairman on committees of the house,
/ thing he could not have done of ne :
vas not considered worthy by his as I
and a thing no other con-
has been able to do from |
district in the past. '