Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-03
Bert Chandler in Action, as Seen
By a Washington Correspondent

! Chandler IIuI the Indian apprUpri"
anon b,u var ntErudrd to give JhC
! lo,u IuJIlu. pfflcr At MuskUgec con
/ iruI or' 'uu.,i,tr.,rd leases
m, NnJrru Congress.
In or,l,, fl. .unJpryLtnd thr work ~
a rouvtr.,t,,Ir. uur must consider
|iuat tho huYyn of Irprr-ruitIIyCa tb
| II .nryr and uuIuIy body Of $50 men.
/ OmtuTy la modern dIyH ia a lost ant
/ There was a time In the hiH.Ury Of
| TINS country wnen opinion was
| Y.a,rI and votes changed by tuc
| nrry uruiury Ut ~" N"Jstcrs, ca
| nouns and Clay4. but that ddy has
| gone, thit condition Is gone. 1h.H
! Is the dlys NJ committees and cum
| ference reports. Bi.Is are introduced
Lin the mouse. referred TO committees,
INh0 report them hack 10 tha mouse,
|amCnded. they are read, discussed.
| farther arucnird and sent into con
| frrouce. whore tncy arG thr"sn"d ont.
| the bad ELECTED and Nuo good added,
land the house 10 asked ~ vote 10
accent or IrIr,t ih, rUni"rcnc" re-
port Tho real work Of the present
| duy congressman b. 100 the committee
room and ia the conference room.
Must Make Good There.
No matter how Hiucu dbllity u man
! has at nom" as an orator hs may
have moro abtIity IN that line than
| CUchranc, Bryan aud BAILEY thrown
! together. but when he reaches con
grr.s. II counts Tor uIuEhL \ con
gTcssman nowadays must make good
night there IN the hLlia OF congress "-
what ho has been, what he has hc-
! complained down home, u not worth
la tiukrrs dam TO him In congress
Ito must make good there. llu may
be the best mixer Ia his district, n"
may pusscas the best mixing qualities
and ho may bo considered the best
fellow In his state good Fellowship
| may crop out an over him ana ne
may beam with an cftulBenco JoIliiy.
but that counts for .naught In the
halls OF congress. where thinking
men do great thinRB, where the solid
| substantial, thoughtful man stands
or fallg on the test uf common sense
land common knowledge.
man must mako good right
there In congress by what no la and
what he does and what he knows
after he gets 10 congress, and Bert
) Chandler has made good far beyond
the expectations Of his most san
guine admirers.
lie has been right at all times; -
has supported the war, and bear Is
JIstinrtIon OF an appointmeJF to the
n
thing heretofore unhFn"d OF III
lurst-termer.
No Ground .. Criticism.
MIR ChnndH aas been criticised
FOR not gettliE snmcthingtof tho war
| WORK for 'l!r first district.
That can be answered by Hsking
what d,d The democrat senators aud
congrAssmeu R,t for the state
f,nator owen. Senator Gore and
SrOtt Ferris. backed by every mem
or OF congress attempted 10 get
bill through appropriatinS 100000
Tor this waterworks at lAwton, to
furnish ADEQUATE supply or water t'u
troops there In training, ana theS
Jailed. Gore ana owen ana fcrriS
have been IN cOnHress ever since
statehood, all are Chalrmen or I'M
pOrtnnt committees, and Ferris Ii
chairman or the national congress
slonal commlttee-ail are ut me
same poliueal fnlth aS me admins
. uation. and yet they tailed These
Sune men ala everything IN lheh
power TO nave cantpinehb ana AR
pune Ualhlhs camps IOCateu IN tneiI
dlstrlcts' anu thry ldI'eu' her'
Chandler iirst lcrmeT ana re-
puhIlcah' was the "hIy CONGRESSMAN
rom lhl5 stare VINO bot proulis"
'ha' nh"uli an nE'"''u" Nalp no W
1aled IA the STATE OF oklhholha IL
Nouih ne ioC"''u ~ lhc IiIs uhI'l i
WI NH"'i"',' u'u 1910 '''"' "
Use. anu h.'u nul noeu lol tiIe ,".S "
lhat III" war ueplr .l'ont uoeIueu 10
p'a'c az w amps hI'' 'I'' N''''',',o w
"here aIrp'ahcs "ouiI nc aN.Ii'p'e .Ii''.l, :,
~ tho vi ,a'ue'' oN'aNo't "oulu
nave reCc'Nru "h'' anu u """'u ""'c
! oooh III 'he ii'S' u's'''''
Known fnIts.
The reason tins fact wIs not told
before, is because 1t Nould have
been disclosing part OF the plans
- tue war department, and while l
knew II iunE before | lctl Washing
ton. 1t would have been violation
Of Newspaper man voluntary con-
oship to tell the facts, yet they are
facts and the telling OF them at ms
late day VIII do no damage.
hlt here iS ilrst termcr and
republican VINO, by ms thorOuShncsS
and ability and loyalty as hard
working congressman, elected u
promise from an anaHonlstic hd-
ministrauon To receive for hls re-
publican district more than all the
power Of the democratic delegation
from Oklahoma could have gotten.
n man that can accomplish that
certainly must have some inIluencc,
and must he held In nigh degree
" respect as man ana rs con
gresham.
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