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Orange Jacobs: “You seek one of yourselves to speak for you; one who not only, like the lamented dead, thinks as the people think and…”

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You seek one of yourselves to speak for you; one who not only, like the lamented dead, thinks as the people think and feels as the people feel, but one who belongs to this local community and who shares our own peculiar shade of sorrow.
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Orange Jacobs
Republican · Washington

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Jacobs emphasizes the importance of having a speaker who resonates with the community's feelings and shares their sorrow.

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