Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-03
Omcr Benedict Pays Glowing
Tribute TO First District
Congressman.
HE SHOULD BE ELECTED
Continued Succession Of Sue
ccsses Mark Candidates
Life Career.


For almost two years Il wuT my
privilege to reside in Washington,
where I was corrcap"ndont Tor Inc
Daily World and ObaoTy" toHRross
man Bert Chaudicr In action.
From the day hc wac sworn IA. on
March I, 1917. uutil the tlst dhy ~
July 1913. thera was not week
passed that did not have 0crdHi"n
to ylHt him In his 0fflce oT 10 SEQ
him In tho capitol!
want 10 say 10 he pe0pl" uf tho
first congressional district that li"rt
Chandler Ia one OF the hardest work
Ing members Of congress People
must not be led 10 believe thdt all
the activity Of u member Of congress
appears on the surface. In fact, the
real work OF "A Congressman ~ the
performance of requests from his
constituents down home. Not "A day
passcB in the official lifs Of Con
grrssman Chandler that hs does not
have before him from ona TO q hun
dTed different things that must bc
attended 10, and lot mo say thar BcTt
Chandler attended to them. and on"
OF the main reasOns why he always
got results, ana why he got results
quick was his personal attention TO
each individual request. ordinarily
"A congressman turns such matters
over to his private secretary but nol
40 with Mr. Chandler. lie went 10
the particular department In service
for particular conHtliucnt In "A par
ticular matter. The fact alone that
he In person appeared nj the de-
partmcnt was unwrittcn and untold
notice to the head Of the department
that the matter was OF sufficient i'm
portRnce TO bring the congressman
himself down to the department ana
out Of consideration OF tho congress-
mans presence and tho Significance
OF him giving tho matter personal
attention, always brought results.
Is n Hard Worker.
Here 10 where II congressman can
do hard work. or where he can
slack. depend upon "A clerk and get
no action; Ur do the work himself
and get quick action. That Ii the
secret OF Bcrt Chandlcr's success,
All matters no matter how inaig-
nificant they might seem wero I'M
portant enough for him to give them
his personal attention. And when
you conHidep that Mr. Chandler rcp-
resented one OF the wcaithiest dis
tricts In the United States, and when
you consider that great part Of
the business transacted In this dis,
trict has TO do with official WaAhI
ington. you get some Idea OF ~
great volume OF work piled up on
Mr.. Chandler, and when the results
obtained are considered h.s work
wns really marvellous
HIS Ability .cognlLcd.
Bort Chandler ~ recognized hy his
colleagues as-being the best posted
man In lndian matters; he Is recog
nized 10y, his colleagues as hcing one
Of the best posted men on oil In the
country, and in the congress OF th'
UIhcd States he stands as an au
thority; and all matters pertaining Il
oil were referred to him, and lnvuri
ably his advice was followed without
alteration or question.
lie Is also an expert OF tax mat
ters and his advice was frequently
sought by the momhers NJ the ways
and means committee and II was
after he-had made a little talk to that
committee, showing the Injustice IN,
revenue bin would work on the oil
men that the 2 cents "A gallon tax on
gasoline was stricken from the bill
1t was wholly through the KNOW