Arizona republican., 1903-02-24
SENATOR'S FAVORED
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 Washing ton.

Congressman Charles r. Scott of Kansas, editor of the lola Register, thus explains in a letter to his paper, the reasons why senator of the Unit ed States is ''it" and a mere represen- tative is q humble mortal in Washing ton:
 When man has got acquainted with nearly all. his fellow members on the floor of the house, and has become ac- customed to the rush and hurry and the hurlyb burly of that splendidly dis orderly assembly, the quiet decorum of the senate chamber seems to him to be tedious and stupid and tiresome. There is always something going on in the house and that stirs the blood and eX- cites the interest of any man who likes to see wheels go round. In the senate, on the other hand. it seems to the cas- ual visitor at least that there are hours and hours when nothing is going on-at any rate nothing worth while. or else the wheels are turning so slowly that one gets tired waiting for them to pass given point When that august assemblage convened recently, for example, Senator Hanna was the only man on the floor besides President Frye, the chaplain and the stenogra ph- CTS, whereupon MT. Frye rapped sharp ly with his gavel and announced: The senator from Ohio will be in order. The chaplain will open with prayer" And a few days later. when Senator Nelson closed his ten day speech on the statehood bill. but three sena tors beside himself were present at the ob- sequies.
 One reason why it is apt to be so dull and stupid in the senate is because the rules of that body, or rather it's lack of rules, make it possible for one man to stop the entire procession until he gets ready for it to move on. When a given measure comes up for discus sion, and a vote is asked upon it, one man may prevent the vote by announc- ing that he desires to address the sen- ate on this measure and has not yet had time to prepare his speech. It makes one smile to fancy the way the ice wagon would drive over the mangled remains of a man who would the house of representatives.
 And this is one of the reasons why it takes much abler man to make a mark in the house than in the senate To be able to decide instantly the
 
 expected emergency; to be able to think on ones feet and express ones self fluently and forcibly, without any time for preliminary prepara tion, cer- tainly calls for a far higher order of intelligence than is required where abundant time is given for fore thought, investigation and preparation. Nearly any man of average intelligence can write a speech for himself, given plenty of time. and can stand on his feet and read it. There are many men who with this leisure for preparation can Write and commit to memory a very remarkable speech. And that is why It happens that men have attained dlstlnction in the senate who would never have got their heads above the swirling waters of the rough and tum- ble, give in the house. There are only ninety senators also, whereas there are three hundred and fifty seven representatives, and that has something to do with it.
 Nevertheless and notwithstanding all this, there is probably not a man in the lower house who would not gladly resign on a moments notice to pass up higher. There was a senator once-I believe it was Henry Clay, but I am not sure-who declined an election to the senate in order to return to the house, but his example has not been followed, and the reasons why are not far to see. The salary of a senator is the same as that of a congressman, but 1t goes a good deal farther. The req son is that every senator has an office