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Show REASONS GIVEN WHY CONGRESSMAN HOWELL I SHOULD BE RE-ELECTED I Influential Citizen Reviews Record of Utah's Senior I Representative and Tells Why Utah's Interests I ' Would be Best Served by Continuing Cache Coun- I ty's Favored Son in Congress. fl While at Salt Lake City a few days I ago the editor had tho pleasure ot a I conference with one of tho best post- fl cd, and most Influential citizens of fl the state, and Incidentally the con- B versatlon turned towards politics, 'and B the renomlnatlon ot our mutual friend fl Hon. Joseph Howell, chuio up. This B gentleman was so earnest in his sup- fl port and desire for tho renomlnatlon fl ot tho Congressman that we asked fl him to wrlto us a fow lines for pub- fl llcatlon. He. promised to do so and fl hero it Is: B For moro than n year thero has B been a general and almost certain fl feeling In tho national capital that fl tho House of Representatives in the fl next Congress will be Republican;- fl this feeling has been shared by all fl regardless of political affiliation, and fl through the developments, prevents fl during the past year this feeling has B intensified until It has become nation fl wide, extending oven to the solid H Democratic states of the South. This fl Is particularly satisfying and encour- fl aging to tho people of this stato for fl It confirms their Judgment as express- jfl ed at the polls two years ago. And, BJ from all present indications tho peo- ffl pie of this stato havo not changed JJV their" minds as then expressed, and ijtr will not do so at tho coming election iB when their past good Judgment is BJ about to bo confirmed by the nation, fl While the political complexion Of fl the Senate of tho next Congress is as fl yet uncertain, there Is no unccrtain- H tv that this State will return to tho fl "United States, Senate her present Sen- B ior Senator, who will certainly with- H In the next four years again find him- I self working ohoulder to shoulder I with a Republican majority. I Everything seems now to Indicato Utah's two representatives in Con-I Con-I gress will And themselves safely on I the Republican sldo ot the House with I the majority, when the first roll ot the next Congress Is called. . Inas- I much as all the announced candidates I from the second Congressional dis- trict are now men so tar as Congres-I Congres-I slonal experience Is concerned, they I seem, Just now, at the beginning of the race to be running neck and neck I so far as public sentiment Is con-I con-I cerned. Many cxcollcnt men havo I been named, but up to this tlmo no I ono ot them seems to havo forged far U ahead ot tho others. in the first Congressional district the race apparently is between Jo-I Jo-I 8eph Howell, of Cncho county, and Ja-I Ja-I cob Johnson, ot San Poto, both men of Congressional oxpcrlenco. Not- withstanding both men nro worthy 9 representatives of tho people, the I general Bentlraent at tho present tlmo H which seems to bo growing, favors m Joseph Howell for tho following ren-m ren-m eons: Congressman Howell Is at tho pros- &L) ent tlmo tho ranking Republican tf member ot tho Committee on Mines Jl nnd Mining, and, If the next House H is Republican as It Is generally con- m ceded It will bo Congressman How- jjj ell, if ro-olocted, will bo chairman of 1 the Committee on Mines and Mining I In tho House. This will mako him 'J tho most Influential nnd powerful man I in tho Houbo ot Representatives in I all matters portnlnlnv; to tho Mines I nnd Mining industry of "our nation. Inasmuch as this la a mntt.' which f concerns most vitally ono of tho most S important Industries as well as ono I ot tho leading natural resources ot our State It will mean mora to Utah i than can well be estimated. Congressman Howell has been as active and perhaps more active than any man In Congress in matters pertaining per-taining to mines and mining. To him, as much ns to any other man In the United' States is duo the credit for tho establishment of tho Dureau of Mines and tho manifold benefits flowing flow-ing from" tho establishment ot that Bureau. During tho past winter he was sent to Michigan by Congress to Investigate tho conditions connected with recent mine troubles thero. Of the twenty-one members of the Commltteo on Agriculture, thare are only three Republicans ranking above Congressman Howell, and as ono or two of these may not bo re-elected Congressman Howell will almost certainty cer-tainty bo tho next man to tho chairman chair-man of tho committee on ngrlculture and may be tho chairman. This becomes be-comes Important when it, is realized that all the real work of the House Is done in committees. To Illustrate: After the recent tariff bill was approved ap-proved by the committee there was scarcely a single chango made In Its. provisions on the floc ot the House, notwithstanding it comprised many hundreds of pageB. Oscar Under-wood Under-wood was the most powerful man In the House In tho tariff revision bo-cause bo-cause he was the chairmun ot the committee, nnd he was chairman of tho commltteo and Is leader ot the majority In the House becauso ot his long term ot Bervlco there, having been ten times elected to tho Hoe of Representatives and served twenty years. Champ Clark has earned-his position ot Influence and speaker ot tho House of Representatives by vlr-tuo vlr-tuo of his long term ot servlco having hav-ing been ten times olected to Con-gross Con-gross and having served there for twenty years. Congressman Mann was unknown the first few years he served in tho House, but through eighteen years ot servico he has, through his lonZ tenure become tho leader or me iw publican side ot the House. The same Is true ot all chairmen of committees and prominent and Influential members ot tho House, they attain to these positions only by long servlco In tho House. It Is always, therefore very much to n State's Interest to keep a representative represen-tative In Congress as long as possible possi-ble provided ho Is faithful to his trust. Anyone familiar with Congressman Con-gressman Howell's record, who has watched "carefully tho Congressional record, and particularly the proceed-Ings proceed-Ings of committees will agree that ho has been ono ot the most officiant, faithful and eltectlvo workers on Congress. Ho has the reputation of attending moro faithfully and effectively effec-tively to tho Interests and business ot his constituents boforo tho various executive departments In Washington than any other member of the House ot Representatives.. With unparall-cd unparall-cd zeal nnd energ ho has secured tho passage In the Houso of tho numerous numer-ous bills Introduced In tho Sennto by tho two' nulo, Utah Senators, oftentimes often-times Introducing In the House companion com-panion hills to tho Senate bills, In nddltlon to securing tho passago of tho many bills Introduced by himself It Is oftentimes, n moro difficult matter mat-ter to Recuro tho passage of n bill In tlio House than In tho Sepatu, as In tho foTior It must pass tho scrutiny scrut-iny ot 129 members whllo In tho Sen ate there are only 90 to raise objci-tlons. objci-tlons. The people of the stato recogulto in Congressman Howell a faithful and efficient servant, and they appreciate his efforts and success in connection with the securing ot public buildings for Utah, legislation an.? aid for, the Uintah country and for the people Interested In-terested there, aid for tho Indian War Veterans, the enlarged lioruosteud law, flsli hatcheries, good roads, and o thousand other important mnttevs too numerous to mention here as well as tho sound and cdnslatent stand lie has always taken on the great national nation-al Isbucs such as tho tariff, 'the Panama Pan-ama tolls, etc. Some very fow havo expressed the view that Congressman Howell has been In Congress long enough, but tho general feeling Is that he has not been there long enough, bo long as it is to the Interest of the people of Utah, to return him. It Is true that so long as we continue to returl Congressman Con-gressman Howell to Conress other men's ambitions will bo checked, but It Is tho Interests of tho State nntf not tho ambition of men that should bo considered. If an entirely new man Is sent to Congress he will be placed at the foot of tho committees to which he, s assigned and It will take years for him to work up to the position ot influence which Congressman Howell now occupies, and which ho will likely like-ly occupy In the next Congress as chairman cf ono of the largest and most Important committees of the Houso and the ranking Republican member of another very important committee. Congressman Johnson is now the next man to the foot on both tho committees com-mittees to which ho has been appoint ed, and it will take him years to work to the top. the samo as It has taken Congressman Howell, Oscar Underwood, Under-wood, Champ Clark and James R. Mann. There are 439 members of the Houso of Representatives and only 58 standing committees, so not every member can be chairman of a com mltteo. This explains In-part the reason for the necessity of long ten-uro ten-uro In order to become a committer, chairman and In ordor to reach the highest positions of Influence 'in tho Houso. " Tito people of this Stato aro to be congratulated on having elected men to Congress, not to honor them, bu', for tho service they aro able to render ren-der their sthto, and they aro also to bo congratulated on tho fact that they havo learned that their Representatives Repre-sentatives become Influential and a power In Congress In tho samo way that representatives of other states reach prominence, viz: by long ten-uro ten-uro ot faithful servlco which places them at tho head ot committees and gives thorn positions of Influence. Sonator Aldrlch Is said never to havo mado a speech In the Senate In his life and yet through hU long tenure of servico no became chairman ot tho most Important committee In tho Senate Sen-ate and tho most powerful and Influential In-fluential man In that great body, being be-ing recognized as Us undoubted leader. Tho people of Utah are to bo congratulated con-gratulated that they havo not been carried away by (Hunt, of meaningless meaning-less oratory preferring nlwns to rec og&Uo faithful, tamest and efficient servijo unurcompanled by blare of banner trumpets, and loud shouts of self praise. Congressman Howell's faithful and efficient servlco was abundantly recognized rec-ognized In tho last election by the people of his Stato when they gavo to him many moro votes than to nty other candidate on tho Republican ticket, ei en running ahead ot President Presi-dent Tntt and Governor Spry. Congressman Con-gressman Howell has always led his ticket and Inasmuch av; tho party Is at this tlmo In need ot 1 strong run-nlng run-nlng candidate thero Is certainly every ev-ery reason In tho world H?r the first Congressional districts renominating Congressman Howell. |