The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28
BY LINCOLN sTEFFENs-copyright 1906

by Lin
wSsSssHasMe T Dos 5 5hn i4s ai It
did out there IL the United staisesii f ,s
a ntst senss Wa BAD psan ne y6a Ttef
a eaFe ce sdPGts ons e "a c fsh san u
HAT 1 the men AND Who sa sns %er thnk
,he enemies Of tho Republic. 4 WAS pref
And you,s.out there In The United Safes ieas,
--sWren't you d little BIT pre,judlced2, ~,
senate are Far from Sa behs n an s sae II Inc Inc
Senate 81 the savious Of the Republic
, Iop protest? Well 20 did ! still pro,
attempt this week TO convert you. But But
II we arc to get the truth about things.
Ms shis sp the 9yr ay mnas to sa all
Senate; Oh. there are other views that hat
ar are ,l held here. and strenuousy. too. one
,atiyes described the senate e. to ,ep me at
H nnEi as sob 6ody which chh less,a,ng "
when every Senator, good and bad had
Just what he ,Santed. right or s wrong. "A
this sober. responsible critic OF the Senate
M hsa Is bHs he g. was sas esd The
wat, watched the Senate have facts and fig
s nb5eis s.S51ss and sshe,s 70 usrato
And VIC shall want their. facts. But our
Sest nc course sr IL to gee the Senate first
as the Senate sees Itself.
How the Senate Sees Itself.
And the Senate secs itself as the head
Now this was one Of the The charge rse which Which
]. n my, prejudice, thought 10 bring
pSWe this his ser at th Of BY lex saTaps
D .,tanch OF the government has so mag
been cracked 20 lot tho Senate sl rub. But
concluded last week that tho President
was the President, and, since the SEN
sroaehing upon the Congress. It s:ill
is intact. 50 it rather takes ones breath
away 70 hear grave Senators declaring
s sasysy g ss their Hssse aa Of rs
ereignty. Some Of them read this into.
some read il out Of. the constitutlon.
tt.ernsslye. as e the Intent Of that great
IN the last ANALYSIS the senass Is wha. it
ls because tho Senators are, and always
ma nave e., been s,, what they are,-ihe sayiours
such a II. thing as ..plutosogy, and tho
Ping from the lbs Of aSe fr1end Of 'f tRe
Senate, sounded to my unaccustomed
fs sot es ss sE shs af ahs goes
e e, The ssssss yisa ss ~ d l:shs
use t.. some with real feeling One hard
headed. veteran correspondent said:
IL suppose you're down on the Senate.
IN bet you anything that in a month
Is the Saviour Of the he kepablc.' '7-''-'
Difference in Point of View.
they should nilink guilty OF senate
hail zsf Ssasa snao EsnT ass sd no, Sss
Rspa0 Ss the eS ss tile The
arloqs iaarnns IN law and hi ssa s ana
a sad survey, OF political conditions in
maer o uss toda Senate nsy sss saa o
tho nation not only because 1t IS the best
mind , Si the nation. but because also
branches, of tho Government. Including
the people. are such that we have COM
s nsissa tho Senate TO save US from our
wn ss ss aef ss aes ss ss1 o IN
what il does out In the United ted states ae
SO everything our there looks different
as we view 1t from the Capitol. The
people. for example. meaning you and ME
and tho man on tho street; physicians
wags;ea c we lose our individuality
sometimes ungovernable. l could write
* iiilr VIZ ASPECT u us, tillu Il WOulu
alto sees us, but I can sum 1t all up in an
inch or two. We look TO our governors
nc Washington as the weather looks to
not half understood; liable to SO from
bic storms Of thunder ere and Gs iighanng and
vet capable of lowering fercely. only
,S,s clear e. up and be pIeasan, day Nov
able how often. in the short time 1 have
been {, here, have heard them speak Of
supposed to be unsettled" now, and
threatening" and since ali members OF
the House and SOME sixteen Senator's
have TO stand for recollection in the fall
and winter. some NO. Of our representatives
are IEe e ask asas
over And they seem to want j TO blow
man they seem to mean one with courage
70 ignore or defy ~ public opinion and
man explained to me with contempt that
some of his colleagues couldn't "teil tho
enough cyclone.
How We Look to Them.
If they would leave off worrying and
attend 70 our business doing the best
1ba we o Mond Tey BOT asn thsy da any
decent fafah in u.s. and w9 fbnH iba they
IN their districts and a. building btll SO
that they could make all OF US put up
federal buildings for some Of US. then
us to send them back. They think We
are as corruptible as board Of alder.
men. and that IL they could give us some
graft legitimate Of scourse) we. wouldn't
care whether they solved the statehood %
road rates. And maybe they are. right:
All say is that from the top Of Capitol
Illll. Washington, the veW Of the Amer
Jean people is most humlliaung. | YER
iiy believe we look worse to them than
they do to us. 5e.a IA
But. never mind Above our dull tur-l
bulance, out among the frightened fac
t;onal craft OF. the cowardiy House sails
tho Senate, high, serene. like an ocean
steamship, steering straight at the storm
eel1ter the Presi de II Is beautiful.
admitting the Senate. The House may
say, what the House does say:
ooh we'll, the Senators are elected only