The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-14
Messenger Boys and Senators.

In his controversy with Representa-
tive CHARLES CURTIS of Topeka about
the Five Tribes bill Mr.. WILLIAM ALLEN
WHITE, who will read with interest the
Presidents rebuke of the Men with the
Muck Rake to-day, INDUCES in the fol-
lowing definition of a Congressman:
ANY reasonably honest man with two
good legs, and who can write his name
without wriggling his toes, could make
a good Congressman: it is a messenger
boys job" Among the messenger boys
are the following individuals, to name a
few representative men JOSEPH G..
CANNON, SAMUEL w. MCCALL, and FRED
ERICK H. GILLEyT of Massachusetts,
CHARLES L. L~ITTLEFIELD of Maine,
THEODORE F, BURTON of Ohio, E. D..
HILL Of Connecticut, CHARLES N.
FOWLER Of New Jersey, WILLIAM G.
ADAMsoN of Georgia, ROBERT R. HIT
of Illinois, JESSE OvERsTREET OF In
diana, WILLIAM p. HEPBURN OF Iowa,
WASHINGTON GARDNER Of Michigan,
JAMES A. TAwNEY of Minnesota, JOHN
SHARP WILLIAMS of Mississippi, DAVID
A. De ARMoND of Missouri, JAMES s..
SHERMAN of New York, ALBERT s.
BURLEsoN Of Texas and HENRY A.
COOPER Of Wisconsin. These Repre-
> sentatives, and a good many other able
and reputable members could be added
to the list, are reasonably honest men
and can write their names without
wriggling their toes. In fact, they may
be said to be distinguished for q reason
able degree of independence, as we'll as
for capacity, industry and public spirit.
All of them have made records Of which
their constituents may justly be proud.
For ability and character these mes
senger boys compare we'll with the
Representatives of any Congress in Dur
time OIL the older time.
THE lower house." says the author
Of What Is the Matter With Kansas
ais sometimes used as a nursery where
they set out sprouts and keep them
growing straight and fine until they are
needed to transplant to the Senate
By they" Mr.. WHITE means the rail-
roads, and apparently he wants to con-
vey the impression that the Senate is
largely made up of former Representa-
tives thus cultivated. As a matter OF
fact, a majority of the Senators were
never set out to sprout in the House.:
there are at present eighty-nine Senators,
and fortv-eight Of them had no training
IS Representatives. Both the Senators
from nine States, Alabama, Arkansas,
California, Georgia, Louisiana, Oregon,
PENNSYLVANIA, Vermont and Washing
ton, have had to do their growing
straight and fine" in the Senate.
All of which reminds us OF the Hon.
CARROLL d. WRIGHT's comment on Mr..
WHITES exposure of 9Sl9 per cent. OF
the Federal officeholders and employees
in the city of Washington. Speaking at
the Twentieth Century Club in Boston on
Wednesday night Mr.. WRIGHT said: :
do not hesitate to say that il Mr.. WHITE
had reversed that statement and said
IL per cent he would still have uttered
a colossal lie." Mr.. WRIGHT and Mr..
WHITE are more than SO per cent. apart
in their estimates of the moral obliquity
Of the Government employees in Wash
ington. Mr.. WRIGHT was one of them
himself for many years, while Mr.. WHITE
has studied them only through a tele-
scope from his observatory in Emporia.
They will have to. settle the question of
yeracity between them.