Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-10-23

elected [ will never tire in my efforts
to be of service TO the community
Attorney General Wescott, at this
point, made the statement that he had
received a letter from President Wilson
stating that he hopes and prays that
the good people of New Jersey will
support J. Thompson Baker and send
him back to Washington. He further
said: 1.-THE new idea of politics. the
form of voting from the brain and
heart, not from the dictation OF any
political leader, means your happiness
and the nations happiness. Mr.. Baker
is a Congressman who will give us
practical morality and n who will
support the teachings of President
Wilson. He has always agreed with
our great leader who stands with his
back to the wall opposed to unjust crit
icism, as a result of his stand toward
war. 1t is this great man with new
and successful political ideas who has
kept this nation from the bloodshed
and agonies that attend a great conflict
such as Ia progress abroad. He stands
with a firm hand, a wise heart and
keeps his children out of danger. His
diplomacy and tact will eve be fully
realized. President Wilson, the former
governor of your state, the greatest
president this country has ever had
since the days of Abraham Lincoln,
asks that you should return our admir-
able congressman to office and every
man who believes in the things that
Wilson stands for, should show their
appreciation of his and Mr.. Bakers
efforts by sending him back to Wash
ington."
Good things always come last, as
Chairman Eldredge said in presenting
Congressman Baker. His appearance
on the stage was greeted by a tremen-
dous ovation. For more than three
minutes the audience arose and cheered
the eminent citizen of Wildwood. Some
whistled, some shouted, many stamped
their feet, others clapped their hands,
all of which proved that Mr.. Baker has
not lost any Of his popularity in Cape
May City. He said in part: "Gentle-
men, you have paralyzed me with your
kindness. / feel that the good men
who have spoken before me have over
estimated my work. When ]. went to
Washington l had everything to learn.
1 have tried to earn your good will. 1
tried to do the things you wanted done.
Congress has been working faithfully
the past Is months to bring about per
manent conditions that will stand for
ever. We have by the fortitude Of Dur
great President kept out of war. We
are called by our unfair political oppo-
nents of the old school, the rubber
stamp Congress. No one can say that
we acted by compulsion. Everything
was done by each Individual member.
Scarcely a day goes by that someone
does not take the floor and tell Iurid
stories of the country's unrest. They
say everywhere there is distress. They
claim all big plants are shut down.
The next day a message is read in the
House from these same manufacturers
who deny these statements. They
complain that they were ~slandered;
their business was in full force, they
were adding to their plants and they
brand the statements as being abso-
lutely untrue. Some attempt to give
the impression that the Democratic
administration Is one of extravaganza.
Twenty-Five great appropriations cov-
ering one hundred millions of dollars,
so necessary for the benefit of our ma
ton, were adopted only after careful
examination. / wonder ifthis was un-
warranted extravaganza, why it was
that p of them were voted for by every
man that voted. Our party is not there
to obstruct business, but to perfect aud
extend the interests of the general pub
lie. This Congress has toiled night
and day since April, 1918, on the inn
provement of our laws. Our friends in
the opposition say such terrific false
things. / hardly know what to think
as to their reason for such misleading
reports. I believe that they are dissat-
isfied because they are out of power.
l would like to sit down and talk over
matters with each Individual. am in
Congress as your servant. have tried
to do my duty. I regret that l have
not been able to be with you at every
hour of the fall campaign. ] am work
ing in your interests at all times and
if that retracts against my election 1
can't help 1t. They talk of the ineffi-
cheney Of the administration. I know
so we'll that they don't know what they
are talking about. / see 10 the papers
that a candidate on the opposing side
stated that the only thing [ did at