The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-09-29
Senate Thoroughly Roasted.


Senate Thoroughly Roasted,
From wholesome, breezy Kan
sas comes the most comprehensive
arraignment we have yet observed
of the United States Senate. Kan
sas is not cursed with craft as is
the cautious east. 1t is not sick
lied DER with the pale cast Of
thought, nor does it hoard up its
words. A protest that would take
the form of a hint or murmur
in the East swells the bonrgeons
into volcanic outburst in Kansas.
Language is wider, taller and Of a
higher temperature than here.
The esteemed Eldorado Republi-
can, of Kansas, begins an editor
ial on public affairs with the gem
eraI statement which fairly illus.
trates the hearty manner with
which Kansas grapples with great
things:
EVERY time President Roosevelt
whacks his big stick down in a rotten
place in the public service, out pops a
United States Senator"
The brief, condensed sentence
has strength as well as breadth.
There is something in the words,
'out pops" which conveys to the
mind guilty thing-a weasel,
say, detected in the act of sucking
eggs. Any Senator ought to feel
the opprobium that is an inevitable
consequence of popping out at the
sound of the big stick. The Kan
sas critic, having stated his broad
general proposition, goes into
particulars:
"When the buzzards begin to circle
around yellow spot in the financial
world and an investigation is started
to find what's dead, out pops United
States Senator. Every time stock
holder of a mnneyed concern who be-
lieves he is being robbed by his fellow
grafters kicks the top off the graft,
out pOps a United States Senator.
aIan nf q N
Equitable Life exposure was a United
States Senator. The first whack OF
the big stick on the land grafters Ia
Oregon exposed United States Sena-
tor. The explosion of a small bomb
under a st. Louis get-rich-quick graft
nailed United States Senator.
This is a terrible arraignment.
The editor does not mince words,
exactly, although the result is
mincemeat. The crushing charac-
ter of the information conveyed is
undeniabIe. And the impression
becomes strong that every United
Utates Senator is a rascal, who
pops out only when discovery is
unavoidable. The Senate is ex-
posed at last in its totality. 1t is
merely the gathering place Of
grafters- their hang out" as it
were. Senators have worked their
game well, but the Eldorado Re-
publican has finally found their
trail, and they are popping out in
punches. He is sure of more, too,
and hands out piece of news that
is extremely interesting:
zone random shot at the Panama
scandal threatens to expose two Unit
ed States Senators. The tobacco
frauds, now being Investigated. will
catch a United States Senator. There
are but ninety Of him in all but he
seems ubiquitous"
That is good Job, thoroughly
done. The Post has been accused
of defending the Senate against
reckless, indiscrlminate charges,
and 1t is true that this paper has
criticised some contemporaries for
their haphazard statements. But
the Eldorado Republican cannot
be accused of making an indis-
criminate attack. II has "whack-
ed'' the Senate with absolute inn
partiality, and being q Republican
journal, its criticism is nonpar-
tisian. Its article leaves nothing
to be said.