Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-31
LOYALTY or IOWA MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS ATTRACTING Ma
TloN-WIDE ATTENTION.
PLACE PUBLIC DUTIES
ABOVE PERSONAL GAIN
Nesleetin9 Campaigns at Home to Pass
Without Attention - Situation I'm
usual and Possible Only Under PR
mary law-Two Senators Also Stick
ing to Posts.
Special to Times-Republican.

Des Moines. May 3l.--Not one mem
Der Of the Iowa delegation in congress
has left his post or neglected his duty
at Washington to give time or atten-
tion~to his strictly personal interests
in the pending primary campaign
This has been most favora bly, COM
mented upon recently as one of the
most unusual features OF the cam
paign. Seldom before has there ever
been situation at the nationa! CAPT.
tai calling for the sacrifice Of personal
interest and devotion to the public
good like the present. With thu for
eiEn situation q standing menace
with the the Mexican border slua
ton likely 10 cause a Cr:S.s any
minute. with the great fgh; ~ for
adoption OF the universal military
service system. with millions beng
disposed of in rivers and harhors nils
all this has called for continual at
tendance at the sIt;lngs Of congress OF
every member.
The Iowa members have remained
right at their posts. giving close at
,ention to everything. and not one re-
turning to see 10 II that his private
political fences" are IN order
Now II is quite certain that almost
every one of these members Of CON
gress would prefer, as a matter Of
personal pleasure. 10 return and see
20 II that his constituents remember
him. and II Is matter of record that
a great many letters have gone for
ward to this or that member from con-
stiruents urging them TO return and
take hand in me primary. AS poll
tics was handed in The old way that
IS exactly what they would do II
used to be regarded as mark oe
craftsmanship for member Of con-
Eress to get back into his district in
campaign times regardless Of what
urgency faced him on the line Of duty
Now II Is Different.
But II is different now, and the
members from Iowa like the two
senators. are right on the JOB al the
time and refuse to return to fgh, their
personal battles. Some Of them are
said to take the view that IL the people
at homo don't want members who
place public duty above personal
service It would be Just as well to
mako the change now and get men
who will return to the old ways
All thru tho state there is now
.SscseJement to manifest appreciation
SssNe tideltty Of the members Of
-coh51s1r, by seeing to It that every
Grant efenomfnated. Some Of the con-
krtuents who have been writing to
their members to return and fSht
their political battles have been ad-
vised that 1t would be more in keep
ing with modern methods II they
the aforesafA constituents-would get
very busy and see to IL that the
members who are placing duty above
all else are properly rewarded by
unanimous vote for return to con-
gress. It Is only in this way that the
members will be encouraged to follow
this plan as permanent feature.
But any way the most hopeful de-
velopment Of present day politics IS
the fact that members Of congress
have the courage to stick right to
their posts Of duty regardless OF the
backfres and petty criticisms Of the
disappointed ones at home and n de-
fance Of the old tine traditions Of
craftsmanship.