Evening star., 1932-12-28
WADSWORTH GLAD
TO SERVE IN HOUSE
Former Senator Feels Lesser
Post Is Real Opportunity
for Public Service.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch tc The Star
GENESEO, N. ", December % IN.
ANA). Representative-elect James
w. WadsWorth, jr, member of the
United States Senate for 12 years, has
no sympathy for a man who, having
been turned out of one office in the
Government, refuses, through antici-
pated humiliation or wounded pride,
to be candidate for another Office not
equally high
OF course" he emphasized, ut is
not always possible. for financial or
other reasons, for a man who has been
turned out to run again for a lesser
ofhce. But where it is possible, be-
ieve it his duty"
Mr.. Wadsworth, who is generally
known as "the Senator" and who,
after his two terms in the Senate. dur
Ing. which he won wide prominence
ana. ana was even mentioned for the presi-
dency, was defeated for reelection in
1926 by the present Senator Robert F.
wagner. this year was a successful
candidate for Representative in the
thlrty-ninth district.
Nothing Humiliating.
But the Senator refuses to admit his
acceptance of the congressional NOM
nation was exceptional after his
service in the Senate.
Will concede nothing humiliating
about it, he said. There is no such
thing as step-down in public service.
would as soon serve on the board of
supervisors here. 1t is all public serv-
ice"
The Senator pointed to the cases OF
President John Quincy Adams, who be-
came Representative after his presi-
dental tenure; Henry Clay. who, after
he had gained fame as a Senator and
aspirant to the presidency, entered the
House and climbed to the speakership,
and the late Representative Theodore
e. Burton, a Senator from Ohio before
his service In the lower branch OF
the Congress.
"Of course" Mr. Wadsworth con-
tinued, 1t is not always possible for
man to accept a lesser position. Per-
haps the salary is insufficient to pay
his expenses and warrant leaving his
Maybe his business obligations will
deter him. maybe family obligations
And the door may not be open for
his candidacy. 1t just happened there
was vacancy in my district this year.
Had the incumbent decided to run for
reelection I would not have tried to
defeat him. But the Republican nom
tnation was open"
Special Difficulties Here.
In this country, Mr.. Wadsworth said,
Of men in public life shifting from one
Office to another, as is done so often
abroad. especially in England"
Here" he pointed out, public senti-
ment demands that a member Of Con-
gress shall be an actual bona fide resi-
dent of the district he represents. Our
political managers would not dare
designate a candidate for district In
which he Is not resident.
In England very frequently party
managers name a veteran public man
mons in q district In which he never
lived. And the district Is proud to
have such q figure as its representa-
tive.
Thus the House Of Commons man
ages to contain at all times most of
the leading public men, regardless Of
change Of ministry and parliamentary
majority.
Another difficulty here. If a man
Is defeated for the Senate as was,
there is no place for him to go, up or
down. Every congressional seat is filled
the day the Senator is defeated At
best he must wait two years for an
other election
But have no sympathy for the
man who. out Of Office. yet having the
door open to a lesser Office and having
no other deterrents but falsely sup
posed humiliation, refuses to be
candidate"
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