The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-27
.'sME Too' AND cHAuNcEY
/ Harpers Weekly.

/ IIarper's Weekly. gs
Why should the New York legislature
call upon Senators Plat and Depew to
resign The qualified citizens Of this
STATE went into the voting booths. COM
muned with their consciences and their
COD, as the law directs, and requested
them to serve as their representatives in
Washington for six years. They, in turn,
with right hands appraised, solemnly prom
lsed 70 90 50. Why now should they be
asked to break faith II they had changed
IN cnaracter purposes, methods, or any
otner way, there might be some excuse
for the proposed action. But they haven't.
Ihey are the same old sixpences. Alb
solutely nothing new has developed re-
spectlng Senator Platt. The voters knew.
as Well when they elected him as when
ne had finished testifying the other day,
that he made practice of taking money
from corporations and using it to per-
petuate his own and his party's power.
rue they were not aware that Senator
Depew was in the employ Of the Equit-
able; but they did know that he was
drawing a salary from the New York
Central and had represented 1T for years
In the Albany lobby. Why haggle over
extra pay from second corporation after
having confirmed, indorsed, and ap-
| proved acceptance Of a. retainer from
one? No, the senators haven't changed.
| 1t Is the people who behold a new light.
But with their eyes wide open, with full
knowledge of the kind Of men they were
| choosing, they themselves brewed the
| juice which they now find so disagree
able. Let 'em stew in it. we say.
| We guess they will, anyway. That most
| delightful of cynics, Mr.. Plat, is utterly
lmpervious to criticism or assault of any
kind whatsoever He. likes his club, and
/ Is going TO continue to hobble in and
out at his own sweet will Mr. Depew
is more sensitive. It was not the public
alone that was deceived In him. He
fooled himself along with the others. He
thought he was good enough to be presi-
1 dent once, and got a lot OF votes in a
| republican convention. too. Probably he
won't be a candidate again, but he knows
i he is just as good now as he ever was
Moreover, he is going to be even better
After seven years Of nominal service in
l Washington, he announces that he is
i about to begin his "real work" in the
senate. This is well. When one gets tc
4 be 70 and has had a preliminary cantel
l Of seven years presumably Of relaxation
at the expense Of his constituents, 1t is
time to get ready to begin to commence
real work. Bless the man! Like some Of
the others whom we might designate BY
name, he does not even yet realize tina
anything really serious has happened tt
him. It will blow over He can live i
down still That is his feeling. OF course
he can't, but there Is no harm in his
trying. He will be disappointed, tho
when he gets down to .'real work. There
will be nothing doing. He has been *
busy with his corporate work for sever
years that he has never amounted tt
as much as hill Of beans in the senate
And he never will. But he won't resign
| Not much! Neither will Plat Wher'
would they go? What could they do? No
brethren, true patriots, especially thos'
elected by the people for the corporations
sometimes Gle, often marry, but neve
resign. 80