The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-01
Circulation Statement.
Mr.. PIntt of Connecticut.

While the life of the political journalist
is largely made up of an eternal struggle IN
the cause of patriotism. and sometimes is
not wholly ASSOCIATED from partisanship.
Il is pleasant to reflect that one in sucn
position occasionally may pause in his
strenuous career to pay the need oil praise
to a distinguished opponent. or 10 drop
the tear of sympathy upon his bier we
are positive in our views. however mucn
we NAV be modest and conservative in the
expression of them: but we trust we are
too ingenious not to recognize, IN the
vast and w-iggling mass of great men
who come within the range OF our camera
true worth and those other things that 30
to make up the sum OF what else may be
included in the picture.
sit has been said that the Senate is
decadent force in the life of this nation'
that it has fallen from its high estate ana
no longer represents the sovereignty, the
virtue, and the dignity of component States
of the Union; but is q club OF rich men
and attorneys for trusts and monopolies.
The answer to every such slur Is IN the
exalted character, patriotism. and machine
service of Piatt Of Connecticut Others
may be Venai anu corrupt He - ~
his conceptions, standards. and party en-
gagements as the needle to the pole, OF
which he offers a fair Illustration; or, as
the wooden nutmeg of his native State to
its parent Eastwood stem. OF late, when
eyer we nave tnoushl Vi .ne
have thought, WIN CONSCIOUS piiue' Vi
r,ya1o of
Platt, as the piue riscon e@ep'"i VI
fna.ori's, anu DIS oHe VIM u''
Hanna the suprefn1st e'eiiieh's VI .n"'
majority honesty ana ireeo'in iioin H'
procfiss ana euie.
i"no'eNee anu -,
1p'l ~ =,
y. - - ao,,- - III.
80, .a.;,.. ,ha. yu,r;ne nature of
,,e.,,o,,ods For tho loan of this praise
=. hos -oco,,,v e3yen ms annie hostages.
u,h;,e o,bars have SHE'D and hucked at the
.h.sow q, tho whitening scandals of Han
naism In cpba he has dared the gods. has
taken the sacred bull by the horns, and
nos,noned the proceedings. His comrades
who hold down their seats with the weight
Of influence contributed by oil, sugar, to-
bacco steel. rum. or transcontinental rail-
xays NAV find them damp in their fright.
but Plat of Connecticut never shakes
q SILVER His is the heroism of the Spar
tan boy who stole the fox, He stands up
In his place and lauds the eminent de-
tective Rathbone-of whom his master ap-
pears to be mortally afraid-and offers the
beautiful and accomplished Nicely as the
finest production Of the banks OF the Wa
bash far away.
Plat bends not before the Cuban storm,
nor does he dodge from the path of the
tornado. His is the provision which pre-
pares the cyclone cellar, He is Chairman
of the Senate Committee on Relations
With Cuba As such he is sanguinary in
his determination that no man guilty Of
frauds upon the Cuban postal revenues
shall escape Therefore he plunges into
the investigation of these irregularities
like Young giant starting out for a CEN
fury swim if 1t takes a year Platt will
not be content with half measures He
demands Of the Secretary of War infor-
nation which II will take that cheerfully
willing functionary three months 10 COL
late and compile. After the knowledge
asked for is within his intellectual grasp
he will begin on Postmaster General Smith
and ask that official questions which will
take another six months to answer. The
net result will be that the whole business
will be thrown over the adjournment of
Congress and over the Presidential cleo
tion. That naturally is the object Of the
movement, and, in view Of Platt's proba-
bic attainment OF it, we move that the
rules be suspended and that rising vote
of thanks be accorded him for the gor-
geous spectacle he presents to the coun-
try.
If credit were given where credit is due
II is an accomplishment that ought to
earn him not only the thanks of those as
spciates who are badly mixed up in the
carpetbag unpleasantness, but of his
whole party organization. including its
battered trust head. Were gratitude the
Underwriting rule in politics, Plat of Con-
pecticut would be the proper man to NOM
mate TO the Vice Presidency at Philaiel-
phia, honor causeris. But that is perhaps
out oil the question ior many reasons, TWO
oil which are suihcieht LOT purposes oil
illustration Firstly he realizes that,
considering himseif iE The hght OF his
grandfather CLOCK ne Is 100 tai ior
any shelf aad SO would prefer TO stand