West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-03-23
In his death West Virginia loses a
progressive citizen and a representa-
tive OF more than ordinary ability
Wheeling Intelllgencer.

PiobieooiFe chIeh ana representa-
tive Of more than ordinary ability
Wheeling Intelligencer.
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When death claimed william c..
Brown. Jr.. OF Kingwood, Representa-
tive from the Second district OF the
State OF West Virginia in the lower
house OF Congress. IL removed one OF
the states first citizens, a lawyer of
distinction, a financier and business
man OF marked ability and a gentle
man with all the graces OF the old
| school and all that the word implies.
Representative Brown was lovingly
referred to as Junior TO distinguish
him during his youth from his distin-
guished father, William G. Brown, ST.,
and the cognomen stuck TO him
through life. Thus he was known
throughout the length and breadth of
the state as Junior Brown. and at the
recent Democratic convention at Park
ersburg, his last visit TO the state OF Is
nativity, often above the din OF con-
versation could be heard the hearty
call of Junior and the accompanying
greetings.
Few men have been graced with the
virtues that always attract and never
repel, like Junior Brown. Gifted as he
was with a disposition rare as il was
sweet, and wealth that banished al
the little cares of the day, he moved
through life doing much material good
and leaving in his wake a streak Of
sunshine. Those who knew him in
| timately knew of the tender side OF his
character, which had an irresistible
appeal to every one with whom he
came in contact, and in Preston coun-
| ty, where he lived and where he will
be buried with his forefathers,
None knew him but to love nin;
None named him but to praise"
Representative Brown was a Demo.
crat. whose fidelity to his parry and
its principles was always at fever heat
Yet in his rock-ribbed Republican
Second district he always obtained
enough votes of the opposition to elect
him to Congress three times, and his
| position in the lower body seemed as
sured as long as he cared to seek the
honor.
Through a happy providence death
came just as he probably would have
it approach. Unconsciously he slept
away with no pain and with no dis
tressing incidents incidental to disso-
luton. His death was as peaceful as
he will sleep among the hills of Pres
ton county, which he loved so we'll and
the citizenship of which cannot but be
impoverished by his death.
Men like Junior Brown need nc
monuments-Ch Gazette.
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In the death OF Congressman Will
lam c. Brown, of the Second Wes
Virginia district the entire state suf
fers an irreparable loss; every man
woman and child in his native county
of Preston loses a friend; the Second
district loses an able. alert represen
tative in the Congress of the United
States. and the Democracy of the dis
trict and of the state loses one of it.
most faithful and earnest workers.
Genial. kindly, warmhearted, it 1,
doubtful If Junior Brown had an en-
envy in the world. Always ready t
lend assistance to those in need, HI
occupied place in the hearts of Pres
ton county people similar to that helC
in Harrison county by the late Michae
j. Francis. If a Preston county
man, woman or child needed help, tn,
first thought was to go to Junior
Brown. None was ever turned away
With it all. no one ever heard from
the lips of Junior Brown himself that
he had ever bestowed charity in any
way. 1t was only from those that he
had befriended that his numerous ben.
efactions became known.
It is significant Of the feeling of his
neighbors toward him that when he
became a candidate for Congress in
1910 he, Democrat, carried his home
county by more than a thousand ma.
jority. And Preston is a county thai
has given no other Democrat a ma.
jority since before the war.
As a Congressman Mr.. Brown ser
we'd his district and his state faithfully
and well. a true representative O
the best thought Of his people, he wal
always found supporting those meas
ures that he believed were just anc
right, and opposing those that he be
lieved were unjust or not for the hes
interests Of the people. Clarksburr
Exponent
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