The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-05-17

Frank p. wooae. Of Iswas chairman Of
the Republican consressionaI commit
tes. i rsmasikabay modest and possibly
overdoss n HIS 'sbsography'' in the
Congressional Directory Il less than two
Inca merely telling that he IL -of
Estherville." and has had three elections
to Congress. Leastways he y loyal to
dear old Estheryllle, the Iowa village
that gave him welcome when he came
from Wisconsin with the down deep re-
solve in his bosom to some day run for
Congress and also be elected.
Possibly the Hon. Frank p. lad
fresh from the valparaiso Normal School
In Indiana. hardly dreamed Of reaching
the Craftsmanship Of the Congressional
committee In four years after reaching
Congress, but he did dream of reaching
Congress and simply set himself at work
to accomplish that intention.
When he first came 10 Washington.
five years ago. he was not 80 modest
In the matter OF telling his life story
for the book. and give few more lines
Of biography. taking pains even then.
however. to omit reference to birth and
age.
Noting the Woods modesty In the cur
rent issue Of the directory, an old friend
looked up the volume of the sixty-first
Congress and found that Woods was born
In Walmarth County Wis. was given the
usual public schools education, supple
mented by q season at the Indiana Nor
NAL School. where the students were
noted for long hair and short pants, then
FASTENED to Iowa In 1881 with designs on
the political gift-box. II took Woods
twenty years to achieve State distinction,
which came to him in the Craftsmanship
OF the Republican State committee and
in fairly good year for Iowa Repub-
licans. That was 1907 and his achieve
ment. added to pertinacity. led to his
nomination for Congress a year later.
He has kept on the job ever since, that
those who know the down-deep ambition
of the man, expect him to be Senator
after he has blessed the country with a
other year. The. Woods idea is to hand
the Democratic administration a Repub-
lican Congress In the middle of a term.
1t will seem rather rude, don't You
know. but the Woods political code does
not mention politeness as really impera-
tive in a campaign; SO he keeps working
away in the Riggs Building with the
alert and bounding John c. Eversman.
secretary Of the committee. planning that
first Monday In November will be a sad
one for the first citizen OF the republic |
In the big white building across the
way.
1t In evident that the Hon. William Ed |
gar futile, jr.. Congressman from New |
Jersey. thinks mighty well OF the Con- |
gressional game and plans to keep in II |
some time yet, IL his compact little dis |
trict Of two populous counties continues |
loyal to the Democratic faith.
As a matter of conscience the Hon. |
William Edgar keeps daily at work here |
In Washington. but New Jersey Is not |
very distant and his chief political ad- |
jutants from Morris and Union counties |
can run over any afternoon for whole |
evening OF conference and be home again |
very early in the morning.
The Tuttle district has but two coun- |
ties, but they are populous. with some |
thing like 1000 people and a consider |
able demand for something else than |
garden seeds or franked copies OF Sena- |
tor Marines speeches. SO that futile |
keeps in touch with the captains and the /
leaders in the smallest voting precinct. |
II has occurred TO all the Jersey Demo-
Gratis who reached Congress in the shake
up of 1910 that eternal vigilance in poll
tics Is something more than a motto, and |
both futile ard his colleague. Thomas
Jefferson Scully, are promising CAM
paigns this year up Jersey way that |
will let every constituent and constitu-
ents child know who Is the member of |
Congress from their districts.