Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-07-20
A. G. ANDERSON
FOR CONGRESS

| (The following splendid tribute to
A. G. Anderson, now a candidate
for Congress in the second district of
Mississippi, was written by Dr. c.
Kendrick, VINO served with him for
eight years in the State Legislature,
and who is faA.;iar with his record
and the work ne did
Not being a resident OF the second
congressional district do not know
the feelings of very many of the
voters there toward my lifetime
friend and co-worker in the Missis-
sippi Legislature, Hon. A. c.. And
erson of Ripley. But do know if
every one knew him as / know him
it would be difficult matter for any
of them to vote against him. That
he is an able, conscientious, Chris
tian gentleman, no one will deny. As
a statesman he has not many super
iors, and if he goes to congress
predict he will, in few years, take
prominent place in the front ranks
of our most able statesmen. His
record in the House and in the Sen
ate for promptness, efficiency, hard
labor, correct voting, able speaking
and reasoning was not surpassed by
any one.
AS President Pro Tenn of the Mis-
sissippi Senate he presided with
ability and was without the shadow
of partially in all his rulings. AS
prohibitionist he not only worked
and voted for it on occasions but he
practiced it as we'll. In all my long
legislative experience | have never
known a man Sin politics" whom |
regarded as nearer the line of per-
lection than Albert Anderson.
The public health interests owe
him debt of gratitude for his valu-
able assistance along that line which
can not be easily paid. AS chairman
of the committee on Public Health
and Quarantine | know that without
his valuable aid some of our best
public heath laws might have failed
to pass. If we had such men IN
congress we would not have some OF
the ridiculous laws which we now
have.
AS a member of the Finance Com
mittee of the Senate / have never
known one who was more careful to
weigh we'll all the interests involved
and to do all in his power TO protect
the taxpayers as wei as the interest
of the state. He was active IN pass
ling many-in fact all-of the best
laws that were placed upon the stat
ute books during his four-year term
in the Senate.
In 1913 a joint committee was Sc
Iected to investigate and check uD all
the offices and institutions supported
by the state. The Senate elected
Anderson as one of its members and
then the committee elected him as
chairman. The work by this COM
mittee was the most extensive ever
done by a legislative committee in
this state and was done without
breath of criticism against its vast
labors. At the beginning of the
committees work, a man high in the
official life of the state told mutual
friend to tell Anderson that II he
would allow him (the Officially to di-
rect the course of the committee and
dictate its policy that he would make
A. c.. Anderson governor OF Missy
tsippi at the next election. When the
message was delivered. Anderson
said, $50 tell him that as much as |
would like to be Governor of my ma
tive state, the honor would come en-
tirely too high at that price.
Such has always been his conception
to duty. Every responsibility laid
upon him has been met with fidelity.
He has remembered the only the COM
mon good, forgetting entirely his own
interest. The people of his district
can make no mistake if they send
| him to congress.
DIR. c.. KENDRICk. kendrick,
Miss, July Z, 1922.
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