The Cairo bulletin., 1914-10-08
NEWSPAPERS IN
SUPPORT OF HILL
Three Leading DalIi,s Of Dis.
trIct Endorse Congressman.
POINT TO RECORD HE MADE

dent Wilson Merits His Reelection,
According to Editorials Appearing
In Recent Issues of Cairo, Murphys-
boro and Marion Publications.
The three leading daily newspapers
of the TWenty-fifth Illinois district
have declared for the reelection cf
Congressman Robert p. Hill In strong,
| concise editorials appearing In recent
editions,
The Marion Pest. the leading news
paper Of the congressman's home pre-
diets and urges his reelection upon
tie following grounds:
IN these columns appears the an.
nouncement OF Hon. Robert P. Hin,
Present congressman. as a Democrat.
IL candidate for reelection. and his
host Of frie eds ard supporters over the
district be ieye that his election is full
ly assured,
He has been the representative OF
tie people Of the Twenty-ffth Illinois
district az Washington for the last
term AMI his record in congress
speaks fcS itself He has been force
il Washington that has been recos.
n'aed, having defended or challeng I'd
every question Of moment coming be-
fore the body
Congressman Hiu's election two
wars ogo uvoe Ir+aroo.;rg IIa haa4
down The standpat candidate, Con.
gressI3an Thistlewood. most unmerci.
fully. He won in the face of all odds
H, is a campaigner of merit and his
Gctiyities two years ago We're not great.
CT than they are now He is receiv.
ing encouragement from all sections
of the district-from people who real
-Ee his worth as a congressional r N
,esentative-as man in whom to put
b.e trust
democrats are urged TO give him
fht support that was given two years
'eo and in this way assist the glori
cus administration of Woodrow vii.
icn by sending a Democrat again to
congress Congressman Hill was tae
FIRST Dersocrat elected in this district
III ce the John A. Logan day9'
Always on the Job.
The CAIRO Bulletin was quick in de.
clsring for the reelection of the col
gressman and had the following to say
oditorially concerning HIS candidacy:
"Congres aman Hill who IS asking
for reelection to the office in No.
ycmber, Is we'll fitted for the place.
Ee has made @ success Of his term
ard another term will probably show
greater su ccess The congressman IN
always on the job and has been there
III every hing that has come up. lie is
the first Democrat elected to this Of.
fec since the days of John A. Logan.
1t Is the thty Of the Democrats in this
district to- give their support to Con-
gresham HILL"
The Mu, physboro Independent has
been a con nsistent supporter Of Bob"
It'll since,his first nomination for con
gress two years ago and was not slow
in declaring for his reelection. Under
"a editorial heading of Support the
President by voting for Robert 2.
Hill" the Independent says:
THE greatness of President Wilson
Is growing upon the minds OF the peo-
ple of America. His high minded de-
votion to duty in the face Of ridicule
from within his party and pressure
flom without by men who had inter
ests there, kept this country from be-
ing embroiled in long and distaste-
ful war with Mexico, and wen him
friends among all men who loSe peace
Men of all parties have forgotten party
ties for the moment to lend word o.
praise to the man who has in the midst
OF personal sorrow that would have
driven far stronger man to seek the
seclGsion of private life, stood man
fully to his duty and conducted the al-
fairs of state with steady hand dur.
ing the trying days of the inception
Of the European war.
These are only the things the gen.
eral public have seen and grasped.
President Wilson with the aid of the
loen who have stood by him, shoulder
TO shoulder, has been able In the two
ears that he has been president to do
more constructive work than any pres
tdent within the past twenty years.
Members Support Wilson.
"He has given the country a new
tarin law, that not withstanding the
administration critics has met Wstk
general approval; he has given the
country the first currency legislation
n fifty years and has thereby placed
u in position where Republican pan
les cannot again occur. He has done
| these things and many more And he
has been able to accomplish these
| heIculean results because he has had
in both houses men who stood by him,
In the face of ridicule and insIdious
lotbies that have infested the cap.to,
"One of these men was Roher P,
Hill of Marion, congressman from tho
twenty-fifth district,