Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1907 — A Willing Martyr. [ARTICLE]

A Willing Martyr.

Speaker Cannon tells a story of an Illinois mail who was fond of quoting the familiar saw, “The office should seek the man, not the man the office.” The time came, however, when this individual wanted a certain oifice, to secure which he adopted the time-hon-ored means of getting votes, despite his oft repeated belief in the maxim. When a friend reminded him of this, calling attention to his wholesale distribution of money, etc., the candidate replied: “As a matter of fact, old man, I still maintain my position. The oifice should seek the man; but, all the same, the man should be around when the office is looking for him.”