THE ROLL CALL
The Roll Call ON MEN AND MEASURES Reelect These Men! ACONGRESSMAN'S service to his constituents and his country is not to be measured by a party yard stick. Time was when party fealty was the...
...Clyde H. Tavenner, Illinois, Democrat...
...There are today in the House of Representatives men who meet this test of patriotism...
...Voters are asking not "what has he done for the party...
...but as a mark of approval of conscientious service to the voters and as an opportunity for continued and even more effective representation...
...Wdlham J. MacDonald, Michigan, Bull Moose...
...Charles A. Lindbergh, Minnesota, Republic Mm...
...Finly H. Gray, Indiana, Democrat...
...Today there is abroad in the land a new conception of public duty...
...Men who scorn the Lobby, big and little...
...They have differed on occasion both as to public policy and legislative procedure...
...Irrespective of party designation, these men have proved their worth...
...Here are the men: William Kent, California, Independent...
...Men who know no masters but their own intelligence and the public good...
...David J. Lewis, Maryland, Democrat...
...The political slogan was "Party right, or party wrong—stand by the party...
...In the space available it is not possible to record in detail the record and accomplishments of each of these thirty-two individuals...
...A public servant is coming to be judged by HIS RECORD...
...They may be trusted to carry out the public will...
...They give promise of even greater service to the country...
...Charles M. Thompson, Illinois, Bull Moose...
...Frank Buchanan, Illinois, Democrat...
...It is not "party first" but "country first...
...others have served with less distinction...
...but "WHAT IS HE DOING FOR US...
...Sydney Anderson, Minnesota, Republican...
...In vital clashes with special privilege and the System they have held true to the public La Follette's urges the constituents of these thirty-two men to return them to the House of Representatives...
...Some have achieved a high plane of statesmanship...
...And this was accepted by the great mass of the voters who had not yet awakened to the fact that party organizations had been captured and were being used as pawns of the trusts and combinations in their game of despoiling the public...
...But all of them have, according to ability, championed the people 's interest...
...Men who are careful to weigh measures in the scales of the public interest...
...Their re-election should not come primarily as a reward of merit...
...These men have not always voted together...
...Such men should be kept in Congress...
...John I. Nolan, California, Bull Moose...
...Edward Keating, Colorado, Democrat...
...La Follette's presents here a list of Congressmen who are seeking re-election, November 4. In this list are Bull Moosers, Democrats, Republicans, and an Independent...
...They have made good...
...Time was when party fealty was the first consideration demanded of a representative...
...Men who refuse to surrender their intelligence to any machine...
Vol. 6 • October 1914 • No. 43
