The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1921-06-23
Thursday June %, 1921.
ANOTHER GOLD BRICK
OFFER

ENCOURAGED doubtless hy Che
fact thar republican sits m She
congress Of the Juitcd States
from Texas district the repub-
licau Organization now propose.
io stage drive 20 win John Gar
ucr's scat IA tie lower house, ae-
cordiug 10 recruit Washington
dispatch published ia some Texas
papers,
Although there Is nothing 20
fear in this prescriptions threat
TO mseai a representative whose
service to his district his state
and the nation has never beer SUR
passAd by amy memhe oI cons
aress. il il well worth while 90
reflect upon the consequences Of
such a calamity 10 by any chance
il might occur
John Garner IS uoW rounding
out his tenth term as 4 member OF
congress The character 81 his
service has been such as to WIN
for him almost unanimous agree
ment among his colleagues OF both
parties that lee is one of the most
influential, able and effective
representatives who ever sat in
the halls 81 congress
MIR Gamers standing and I'M
fluencc are the product ui two
factors firsl his natural ability
and second his long term of ser
Wee which. under tho rules OF pro-
cecdure, adds yearly TO his pres.
tiee John Garner would assume
Immediately place of promi-
nence and Influence in any delib
eratiye body of which he might b.
member hut IN the congress OF
the United states, ability and
capacity take second place IA
seniority al service The business
Of the congress. now that II has
become q body of largc member
ship. IS transacted, almost entire
~. bv committees and committe,
assignment is predicated upon
length OF scrvicc, by reason Of
his long tenure of office, JOIN
Garner is ranking member of ih,
ways and means committee, m,
most powerful committee of th,
lower house. II is. IN fact, th,
committee on committees Tor II
names the membership OF all other
committees.
While the passing OF the former
distinguished speaker Of Tho
house. the late Champ Clark anc
the practical elimination o.
Claude Kitchen, whose precarioW
health mcapaciiHtr- HIM from ac
tive service. John Garner is nov
virtually minority leader llt oth
err words, lac IL democratic icadel
al the lower house
The mere suggestion nde
these circumstances that 1t wouit
be good thing iol the fifteenth
congressional district 90 send
republican TO congress IS a reiiec
tion upon the Intelligence OF tA
voters OF than district rcgardlos
Of party affiliations The prcti.
sounding statement Tint a rcpuh
liean representative in a conercs
controlled las the republican par
" can accomplish moro for hi
constituents than democrat
tommy rot pure and simple it
the pcopla az Tho ioufieeuih dr
trict permitted themselves go b
"oold-brickod by "a, same sor
OF fairs story Probably be l1a
vet redeem himself hui abou Oh
only service the t,pphiicm
gressinan ior The fourteenth dt
triei has thus tar accomplish
FOR his constituents has been g
fin the press with hls plaulir
pleas for square deal tr,i
his fellow members OF the trptl
lican state organization to a'
him fair portion ot the p., hN
is being passed anAml tn 81
iai,l f8 0i coutfc iAili-, "a
change nightly 30 low ga
family rows can snmctimoS !
patched up outside 81 'he dnor'
court hat IN the light % presel
indications 1870 things seem cc
tain first lhe present republic.
congressman from tlic fourteen
district Is a one-icfmer ~
second the nest represenial
from the district viii noi be a :
publican.
John Garner is. Of course in
DAGGER but these few obiervalio