OCR Text |
Show THE CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATION. NOMINA-TION. Big. good-natured Pttrloy P. Chris-tensen, Chris-tensen, tha Salt Lako county attorney, attor-ney, la to bo a candtdato before tho forthcoming Republican stato convention conven-tion for the position of ropresentntlvo to congress. And, seriously, why should ho not aspire to tho place? As tho houso of representatives Is now constltntcd, or, rather, as tho buslpesB of that branch of tho national nation-al legislature Is now carried on, no hotter man could bo chosen than the big county nttomey. Ho looks tho part ho will bo called upon to play should tho nomination nnd olectlon' como his way. Thoro may bo many men who havo greater gifts as orators, ora-tors, but orators do not always count In tho houso of representatives these days. It Is hard to got the speakers up, nnd when that dlfllcult task has been accomplished, your orator might as well play tho part of Demosthenes nnd talk to tho unrcsponslvo sea, for all tho effect It would havo In tho house. Tho M. C. quickly Ilnds thnt ovorythlng has been cut and dried In, commlttco. Tho members of congress theso days should not tako themselves too seriously. Tho Individual Is a mighty small toad In a mighty big puddle, and scarcoly counts. . Thoro Is a place however, when, ho does count, and In that place Mr. Chrlstonsen nils tho bill. Tho Inter-oats.of Inter-oats.of tho stato demand nn Immenso amount of work In tho various departments. de-partments. Tho stato should havo its r -p nf tho government posltlous and appropriations. Thoso nro not Kuuien uy oratory, but by social mixing mix-ing and mutual help given to other units from othor states. Hero tho big county attornoy would shine A hotter hot-ter man could not bo found. Tho man who takes himself seriously, seri-ously, spends ono term In tho popular popu-lar branch ot congress and then longa for the sonnle Falling that, ho either refuses nomination or Bottles hlmBOlt to work less In commlttoo Ufo, whilo his state waits In vain for him to do Boihcthlng, Tho wrltor of this knows what ho Is talking nbout. Ho served two torms as prlvato socrotary for an oastern representative in congress, and Is familiar with tho Job. Asldo from oilier things, P, P. Chrlstonsen Is not only a magnetic fellow, but he Is politically all right No ono can say ho Is In tho so-called machine to any material extent. Tho youngor olomont of tho party could rally around him. Ho Is well known ovor tho stato and his porsonal character char-acter Is of a high quality. Tho Republican Re-publican party would make a good cholco In cliooelng him. |