Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1914-10-27
A Popular Member OF Congress.

t inherent merit and power for useful t
less invaluable TO a Representative. To c
C popular and highly esteemed by the S
speaker, the party leader. and The most [
prominent members of the House, is /
distinction of rare degree which not on |
" such members constituents, but the
people of his state. will contemplate with
qualification aud pride.
1t is but stating fact to note that no
member of the House of Representatives
possesses these high qualifications of use
fuluess in the estimation of his fellow
members that Representative William
@. Brown. of the Second West Virginia
district, His popularity and his sphere
of usefulness in Washington is by no
means limited to the Capitol, the seat of
legislative activities. At the White
House and at all the headquarters of the
executive departments Mr.. Brown IS
welcomed as sterling public servant
who is helpful and reliable. alert and
scruprlously careful III all his relations
with the government.
Brown" said Speaker Champ Clark
in his characteristics frank fashion, us
a man for a Congressman after my own
heart. He is honest able and modest;
always on his job; he is there to some
ussful purpose He is naturally liked
and justly honored here,
Entering the Sixty-second Congress
when the members of the House as a
body adopted the policy of electing mem
bers of the standing comm tees, Repre-
sentative Brown was chosen as men,
Der OF the committee on Banking and
| Currency, committee whose work in
cooperation with the administration, has
undoubtedly done more to commend it.
self 10 business interests of the country
than any other committee of Congress,
A lawyer of excellent training ond supe-
rior experience, banker, progressive
farmer and man of affairs, whose indi-
Yidual Interests intimately associated
him with the important public interests
of his community the election of Mr..
Brown to the Banking and Currency
Committee was happy choice. Serving
his second term. on that committee he
has been one gifts most active and valued
members. Ia the construction of the
epoch-inarking currency legislation of
the Sixty third Congress, he has mad a
most important share.
The brilliant chairman of that great
committee, Representative Carter Glass
of Virginia, said of his West Virginia
colleague. "He is an almost invaluable
man, His superior lntelli .ence, high
character. constant industry. patience
and zeal in every work we have had
make him a man of very excellent quail.
fications as Representative. / believe
l know what am talking about. for We
have worked side by side on all the
measures coming before our committee
l hope the pei pie Of his district, regard
less of party. will show their apprecia-
ton of his sterling worth by unanimous
majority at the polls n-xt November"
Admittedly the most successful party
leader on the fl Dor the Democrats have
ever had, notably because of the sagaclty
IN his judgment of men, majority leader
Underwoon talks of Representative
Brown with unfeigned praise He is
one of the very best men in the House i,
said Mr.. Underwood. OF the highest
practical intelligence. broadninde ],
faithfully attentive to duty, he is an ideal
| Representative. l don't hesitate to say
that to lose the services of such a man
would be misfortune TO the House.
The Democratic party has use aud honor
for him, and the country always needs
such men kept IN she public service"
Fifty-eight years old, the same age as
President Wilson, Mr.. Brown is phys-
cally strong and exceptionally vigorous.
A sound mind in a SCUM body are his
in rare degree. He has always been
what in politics may be termed rightly
ian ardent Democrat" Hi,father, once
a prominent member of the House, was
an aggressive Democrat. Partisan as he
is, the younger Brown has reflected
credit upon his party by showing him
self fair and square to his political adve1-
sarieS. He is popular IN the House
n
Gratis, He was a staunch Democrat
when he was a student at the West Vir-
GINA University, where his room mate
was his cousin, Jonathan P. Deliver, ]
afterwards a United States Senator
from Iowa. the most brilliant exponent
of the Republican partys basic princi
pies Congress knew in his time The |
cousins we're warm friends, each stauuch |
ly loyal to his party and jealous for its
advancement.
Mr.. Brown has been one of the fore
most supporters in Congress of the most |
popular policies of the Wilson Admins
trat1on, whose wisdom is more and more
recognized by the people generally as
the leading business men Of the country
heir force for good Dit
gent in his devotion to his duties AS a
of national Interests, Mr..
Brown has taken time 10 c ne for the IN
terests of the people of his district 10
The best possible way. Himself sue
,essful farmer be has neglected nom OF
he manifold opportunities ff,rded be. e
n connection W III the Department f
A Agriculture t. promote the farming i, :
erests Of h 5 d srct and state. A
member OF the Ranking and Currenc, S
on Rural Credits. he has
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