The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-07-14
(From the Howard county Advertser)

(From the Howard county Advertiser)
For ten years the Seventh Congressional District was rep
by John of Pett County, for two years
by Tracy OF Greene County for six years by Judge
James COoney of Saline county for two years by Hon. c. w.
Haln of Greene County for years by Hon. John Wei
borne of Lafayette County and for the past years by
c. W. Hamn Greene County From the record we find that
for the thirty this district has been represented
by Greene County man for almost half the time although we
have eight counties in the district
When Mr. Hamlin was first elected he defeated Judge
Cooney Saline County the ground that six years was long
enough for county to hold this Office He has
held for just times long Judge Cooney held it.
He has been paid for his services the Eghyve thous
and $4,000 dollars besides his expenses going to and re-
turning from Washington and has been allowed $1,000 year
for secretary This looks like it ought to satisfy man who
elected Office the ground that six years was enough
for
In the last primary there were two candidates for this
office from Greene County and Mr. burst defeated Mr. Hamn
in the county where they both lived by 42 votes So Greene
County, not at that time for Mr. Hamn This year as
Mr. Hamln says the Springfield Leader is against him. but
he does not mention the other Democratic paper but this is
what says The Democrats of the North part of this dis
trict where the big party majore always in evidence
have been than gracouy consderae of the interests and
claims of this end of the district for long long time and as
it appears to the express this easily the right time for fair
minded Greene County Democrats give timely practical
illustration of genuine Democratic recprocity:"
We now hearing much from papers whose editors are
postmaters about changing horses in mdsream and about
Congressman not being able get started in twelve years
be true that Congressman get started in
twelve but general proposition believe that
man who it takes that long tc get start will get uch
farther than started either Congress any other bust
and changing horses in midsream there is never
any danger changing horses anywhere you know both
horses
Rotation in Office of the cardinal policies of the
Democratic party and fact is the chief distinction between
autOcrac and democratic government We do not be-
eye life tenure Office and that what these gentlemen
cOntendng for We have twenty thousand democrats
in this district and believe there many who could get
started in less than twelve years and know that Sam Major
could He has demonstrated that in the state senate where
he the author of much valuable legislation for the district
he represented He only experienced but is able and
has a way of doing things.
Andrew Jackson said "The duties of all public Offices are
or at least admit Of being made plain and simple that men
of intelligence may readily qualify themselves for their perfo
nance and cannot but believe that lost by the long
continuance Of in Office than to be gained by their ex
perence and with "Old Hickory" on this proposition