Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-07-05
CHAS. +. SCOTT TO BE
IN RACE FOR SENATOR

lg for United States senator:
~ In this, the most critical period o
is our country's history, the people o
Kansas will soon be called upon tC
choose a successor to w. H. Thomp'
IS son. There can be little doubt that
e his successor will be a Republican
l. and 1t behooves the members OF
d that party to weigh carefully the
:, merits and qualifications of the
a candidates who present themselves.
r Factionalism and personal ami
s mostly should be forgotten. Great
and grave questions have arisen in
the conduct of our governmental
affairs. These questions will con-
! tinue to arise and when the war is
over, equally grave ones will con-
front US
Practically all of the world
treaties, both political and CONNER
loial, have been set aside by the
war. New treaties must be formu-
lated The most astute diplomatic |
minds of Europe will be pitted |
against us in that hour. We will !
have need of the best brain of the !
country. We must bring to the sup
port of the government the best
that we have in experience and
training in governmental and diplo-
matte affairs There will be no place
for the inefficient, the mediocre, or
even the unframed, If we would
hold our own.
In Kansas we have a man in the
person of Hon. Chas. F. Scott of
lola who stands unequalled in this
state in his fitness for the office of
United States senator.
Mr.. Scott, for many years served
well the state and the nation in the
lower house of congress. During
the last four years of his service he
was chairman of the committee on
agriculture, and conceded to be one
Of the best posted men on the needs
Of the farmer, and one of the most
efficient in that branch of the gov
eminent service that ever occupied
seat in either house.
During the entire Roosevelt ad-
Illustration Mr.. Scott supported the =
Roosevelt program, including the
'ure food law; meat inspection law;
abroad rate law and employees liza +
'ility law. In 1915, Col Roosevelt
riting of Mr.. Scott said He is
ne of the few men of America who wi
as the international viewpoint" Sa
Mr. Scott was one OF the twenty it
even representatives and senator's
ssigned to accompany Taft on his
Celebrated trip in 1906 to Japan,
hina and the Philippines. Later he
as sent in an official capacity to AL
laval, Panama and Porto Rico. He wi
as one of the five delegates from we
lie United States at the meeting of
lie International Institute of Agri-
llture at Rome in 1911. In 1915,
pom request of the committee in
large, he accompanied the relief
Zip to Belgium at his own expense
1916 he travelled extensively
'er Mexico to obtain first hand
formation upon conditions in that ERE
untry. He has, within the past
ar, been in greater demand as
eaker upon various questions and Gu
fore various bodies turnout the Mi,
- 'n"n any o'"ei man is |
Kansas. He resisted the entrance
this country into the war as long T
that attitude was consistent with p
tional self-respect, but when war A
S declared, he took the position n
1t we must throw our whole force
0 the fight. He has two sons en- -
ed as priyates in the Kansas Ma Kan
nal Guard. The youngest was re- six
ed muster because he was not F'orl
eighteen. No effort was made ling
the part of these boys or their
her to get them any easy berth.
~ enlisted in the bullet depart- and
Mt and are ready to take their Ente
noes. Sullt
70 sum it all up, Mr.. scott's long sher
rs of experience and broad know Mary
&c Of governmental affairs; his Rom
mate acquaintance with tbe both
alter portion of the members of
gress; his extensive travel and
iy Of conditions in foreign lands. Miih'
lliarly fit him for a position in
United States senate. -
s it is an act of patriotism to Ia,s.
our best to the army and the 49,
Y, so it is a patriotic thing for
sas to give her best brain and 90,
srience to that body which
les the destinies of state.
! the approaching hour, we Ca
big man for a big place, and ment
expression may be truthfully ond t
led to Chas. F. Scott Of lola.