The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-03-29

for the constitution. those who have n,
respect for their constituencies. those
who have NO respect for their "
manhood. those who surrender away
their every right. those who grovel
In the dust and seem to rejoice that
they may 40 crawl. instead of stand
ing erect, as God probably intended
they should do"
That sounds like n part of n pc
litical speech, but ID was not. II
was aimed nt men OF both political
parties who were giving mp their In
dividunl opinions in order that they
might get at the "pie" bills, SO that
political thrift should follow for their
own selfish purposes.
There should he some remedy for
this condition Of affairs In the con-
frcss. AMI the remedy lies with the
people. Every man In the republic
should diycst himself Of partisan
| feeling In the matter. IL Il usclcas
To blame either party. as " party.
for their representatives are human
aud IN that respect are all alike. The
people should give their senator's aud
representatives to understand that
appropriations for exploiting the In.
tereHts OF favoritc localities are m.
constitutional; and that %approprin.
bons for rivers and harbors must be
made on the plane OF stRtcsmanshlp,
and not ON the plane OF the partisan
or politician.
Senator Allison, Of Iowa trrp),
chairman Of the scnnte committee
ON appropriations. aud senator Cock.
rcll, Of Missouri (drm), former
chairman OF the committee on appro-
priatious; the two men Of different
parties who know most about ma.
tional appropriations, frequently
spoke with carncstncss, with words
% warning. aud with pleading. that
the expenditure might he cut down;
hut thosc honest and painstnling
leaders were powcrlcHs.
The regular subscribers and read.
crs Of this paper must hnyo noticed
that the correspondent has dealt in
kindly ann with public men, aud
they will understand that IL is with
u very keen regret that these truths
IRE told concerning them. Every
man. including the politicians, de.
sircs to better his condition. Repre-
scntatlycs desire "a become senators.
and senators desire to become presi-
dents. Like merchants and mcchnn-
les who seek their individual better
mcnt these public servants some
times subordinate public interest TO
self-intcrest. aud they nrg going too
far In that direction,
Although there are many politi-
clans who believe that he did not
fulnll the requisites o. his W dec
inration In all respects, Grover Clevc-
land certainly pcnncd an axiom which
all public men ought To know and I'M
derstand when he said; public Office
IL a public trust" The representa-
tives OF the people and the senators
OF the sovereign states ought to real
lie that fact better than they have re-
Gently done.
In the house OF representatives the
speaker has absolute power over the
appointment of chairmen and mem
bers Of committees; and every speak
er selects the best men for those po-
sitions because It Is to his own in
%tcrest, as well as To the public inter-
est. 10 do so. But during the session
which has recently closed the speaker
was powerless to prevent the uniyer-
sal demand for appropriations of al
most every description. lie could
shut of special bills; but the repre-
sentatiycs who failed to have their
way in the house would 20 to thei,