The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-03-06

Tho Senate VI tho United States Ii
not what the fathers of tho republic
intended II should he. II ia not u
seni,iudicial body sitting for the pur,
pose of reviewing the Legislation VI thu
popular branch II Congress and eor.
reeting m|a,akes or checking evils. u
" itSelf the author nj mistake, tn
hiakef of IN sthief, and tho promoter Ut
iols. So completely has thc character
af that assemhlayo Chang Il Ia the Ina
twenty years TINT 10 II, and no. 10 thu
House, may p.arle look for dangerous
and objectionable legislation, lts
lnft -en.hir hss been binder than
that III the House, i,r appetite for
sloils and its log.rolliug rropcnsities
have been fully IN pronounced, River
and harhor Hills, subsidy jobs. back.
pay grabs. luneomhe Investigations,
railroad AWinales, and MI manner
Of monorol,>tie devices to orrrcss tho
people have found among the Senators
their most enthusiasts supporters.
Measures originating in the House eal.
cnlated 70 correct abuses or relieve tho
people from oppression have been
killed in tho Senate with great rcgu.
lari,y. II has become tho hulwark Of
nearly everything that il elious.
This dcplorahle change in tho char.
acter of tho Senate has not hcen
wrought in day, II has taken place
impereeptihly almost One by ono tho
members who once made that chamber
illustrious have been superseded by
mere creatures of wealth and monopoly.
The able lawyer. the expounder Of tho
Constitution, aud the statesman Of ripe
experience have given place h money.
bags. A senatorial scat il almost ont
Of the reach III "a poor man, III by some
freak Of fortune poor man succeeds In
reaching that body, he. IL complaeent.
is poor no longer 4 angle term serves
to enrich him. In tins elhowing aside
Of brains AMI patriotism hy manmen
tho people have been the sufferers. Tho
Senate il geing farther and farther
away from them. There il nothing in
common between il AMI thcM, Ii il
the home Of tho lobby, the resort of tho
lohbers If every degree. and tho mann
stay of tho great eorrartionists who
thrive en the susceptibility Of mankind.
Electors may MI the House If Repre-,
sentative with Treasury watch.doss and
rcformers, il matters not how many !.
the selfish sehemers DESTROYS III pro.
noting their own enterprises, or pro,
venting adverse legislation. find in the
Senate their safeguard, Small in mum.
hers, and, ly reason of vast wealth
amassed by Just such means, exceeding,
~ friendly to lehhers IT every degree.
il is an easy matter to array il against
the repr sentatiNes of the people, II
stands to-day. rs il has for years, in the
way Of progress and reform, II il an
aggregation Of trading. shifting, selfish
politicians responsible hut remotely to
voters, and as indifferent 10 their wants
rs it il to their good or i'll opinion,
These are the reasons why the land.
enriched railroads. the manorelses III
every description, the sahslay,aunters,
and lohlers generally have abandoned
the House and laid Siege to the Senate,
II is a holy after their own heart Ii
may not be able to carry cut new legis.
lation, but il ean prevent adverse legls.
latien, Ii can protect the favored class.
es in the enioymeat Of what they now
have, II can stitle the popular demand
Tor reform, The Senate lobby and the
lobby Senate have hut to persevew in
their present policy to hiring about sael.
political revolution as will reach even
that stronghold Of the manepellsts, As
ut present constituted IL il a menace and
not a protection, II is an unnecessary,
viesens, and cumbersome part If the
government machinery II is only a
question ri time when il will I've wiped
away, Chtease Herald,