Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1909 — Congressman Crumpacker in the Limelight. [ARTICLE]

Congressman Crumpacker in the Limelight.

There is no way possible for Congressman E. D. Crumpacker of Indiana to hide his light under a bushel as long as he remains in public life. It is a remarkable fact that there is no one who occupies so high a station in the nation’s councils who dodge notoriety like Judge Crumpacker, He shrinks from the limelight, yet the übiquitous Washington correspondent, who is always on the hunt lor the modest man of merit, is forever after Mr. Crumpacker. As hat been stated in the columns of this paper before, there is a persistent hue and cry for Judge Crumpacker as the logical successor of Cannon; This fact, widely heralded in the newspapers, has caused him to be spoken of In a good many sections of the country as “the people’s candidate” for speaker. The Buffalo Evening News the other day published a strong editorial suggesting Mr. Crumpacker for speaker, and other newspapers have taken up the idea.—Hammond Times. Congressman Crumpacker’s growth In public favor is not of the meteoric kind which flashes up from a haphazard combination of circumstances, but it is steady, and enduring. lie has never played the demagogue nor striven for popular applause, but on the contrary he has won his way by Industry and loyalty to his convictions. He would not play to the galleries even to win the speakership, and this is one reason why the sober sentiment of the country is now centering upon him for that high office. —Monticello Herald.