Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-20
Little states have produced moro MON o

Little states have produced more men Of
mark in proportion to population than larger
onea Vermont has had for many years an ex-
csptionally able representation in the Senate
OF the United States. In point Of length Of
service in that body the two Senators who have
reached thirty years have been one from the
southwest, the other from a small New England
community. Benton spent five consecutive
terms in the Senate. Anthony had entered on
his sixth term at the time Of his DEATH II is
believed that few Congressman have had
continuous service exceeding thirty years. The
great careers Of Clay, John Quincy Adams,
Webster and Calhoun were at times interrupted
BY other occupations. Nathaniel Macon,
Speaker in Jeferson's time, was per-
haps longer in Congressional service
Senate and House togethor-than any other
eminent man, having been q member OF Con-
gress for thirty-ssyen years without Interrupt
tion, thirteen years having been passed in the
Senate. The Philadelphia Press 10 therefore
not quite right in thinking that Mr.. Morrilrs
terms in House and Senate, aggregating thirty
six years noxt March, cannot be matched. Both
the Vermont Senators have "seen some serv-
ice," Mr.. Edmupds having entered tho Senate
in 1856 and continued there since as the lead
ing lawyer Of the body. This was one year be-
fore Mr.. Morrill, closed his twelfth consecutive
year in the House Of Representatives and en-
tered on Lis Senatorial career. Both, there
fore, at the end Of the terms for which they have
been chosen will have been 30-ysar men. The
last-named Senator, who celebrated in this city
last April his S0th birthday, has been hard
and able worker, great political economist
and one Of the foremost men of the republic
for many years. The STAR congrstulates the
venerable Senator and mis- appreciative con-
stituents on his recollection, and wishes him a
continuation Of the remarkable felicity which
has characterized his public and private LIE
through so many national vicissitudes anc Tor
SO long period Of the republics life.
recent writer has used the novel expression
concerning the salaried class Of workers that
they think in money and not in goods" BY
this it was intended to express the disposition
OF men and women living upon salaries to care
moro for what they receive than for what they
expsnd. The idea is that they look at the
money earned as wages or salary as a fund over
which they have absolute control, spending
much or little OF it as they please. Theoreti-
clIly it is truo that the employee has the power
OF disbursement Of his earnings in as free a
sense as his employer. Practically when he
comes 10 sample the market Tor every Gay sup
piies-the coal. the milk, the bread, the meat,
butter, eggs, coffee. tea, sugar, ETC., that make
up the physical sustenance, along with the
rent the clothes and the doctors bill-not to
speak of the preacher and the teacher
aud the newspaper and the hundred
and one other necessary things in life
he finds that he pays what the market calls for
and not what he chooses to spend, so far as his
money and his credit go. This limitation may
pinch him every day OF the year and darken
his horizon il he be not philosophical man,
bu. he rarely sees the truth Of its full proper
tons As with the individual, so with the class.
1t suits its theory to its foresight and its fore
sight is limited by its immediate desires. Here
is reached the edge Of O great economical
problem-one which has been discussed and
settled, unsettled and again discussed, for
moro than a hundred years. Shall men en-
courage high prices Of labor alone without re-
gard to prices of articles consumed-shall con-
sinners or sellers have tho chief thought in
legislation?