Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1908 — What Was Lacking. [ARTICLE]

What Was Lacking.

A man who had served two terms In congress was making a campaign foi a third term. In the course of a speech in the town hall at Broomcoro Junction, a village near the further boundary of his district, he said: “It is true, fellow citizens, that i have not always been able to do as much as I should like to do in ths matter of internal improvements in this district, but I have never lost sight of your Interests for a single moment. You ha ve no idea of the ob stacles that He in the way of a con gressman who tries to secure appro priatlons for public buildings, the improvement of navigable streams and the like for the benefit of his constituents, bpt I have labored constantly in your behalf to the very best of my ability." “We know it!” shouted an old farmer in the audience. “That’s why we want an abler man.” —Youth s Companion.