Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-18
Some Facts About the Senate.

A young man in Illinois asks If there are
any great men in the Senate at present,
any statesmen who rank with JEFFERSON.
Webster and Henry Clay?' This infosma-
ton can only be accurately obtained from
the President.
In reply to the question, How many sem
ators represent great corporations and
trusts?' would say that no vote has ever
been taken on that proposition.
In reply to the question, How many hon
est men are there in the Senator" 1t is df-
ficult to classify them on that basis for lack
of evidence. At present no senator is under
indictment and only one is in jail. Senator
La Toilette and Senator Tillman say that
they are honest. Senator Bailey is under
investigation; the remainder of the Senate
has not been heard from on this point.
How many mllionaires are there in the
Senate?' AS rated by the society columns,
the Sunday supplements and the muck
rakers, there are about tifty-fve. AS rated
by Duns and Bradstreets agencies, there
are ten.
ate and how many senators belong to the
laboring claSSeS?
Senator Tillman and his colleague Senator
Latimer are "sure-enough'' farmers; Sena-
tor Warren runs a sheep ranch; Senator
Clay has a cotton plantation; Senator Bal
ley has a stock farm at Gainesville, Tex;
Senator McCreary has a fine plantation IN
the blue grass region Senator Knox be-
longs to the Farmers Club of Pennsylva-
mia; Senator Burrows SHES every time any
body says sugar beet" Senator Clark OF
Montana owns a farm near Connellsvllle,
Fayette county, Pa. but does not work 1T
himself because he finds copper mining
more profita BILE. He worked on farm when
he was a boy in Iowa and also taught
school, and l suppose may be considered
a farmer. Senator Perkins was once a
farm hand, but went to sea as soon as nc
smelt salt water. Senator Burkett was born
on a farm, but left it because he was not
appreciated. Senator proctor or Nermone
grows maple sugar and marble tomostones
on his farm. Senator Dolliver is very
friendly to the farmers of Iowa. but is not
so anxious about their welfare as he was
before the recent senatorial election in that
state He will come around all right again
before his term espires. Senator Foraker
was farmers boy, but has not followed
the pillow for some years. senator McCuih-
Der is also farmer.
AS to working men, Senator Alice of Del
aware is a jeweler, Senator Nixon tele-
graph operator, Senator Hansbrougn a
printer and Senator Beveridge is the work
ing girls friend He is especially friendly
10 milkmaids and in his fifty-five-hour
speech on the child-labor law he took strong
ground in opposition to young ladies more
than eighteen years old milking cows.
Since that speech was delivered Secretary
Wilson of the Department of Agriculture
has issued bulletin No. So. entitled ihe
Milking Machine as Factor IN DalryIhs.
1t is much more interesting than anything
Senator Beveridge ever wrote and mas sew
eral half-tone illustrations one OF tnem
represents farmer milking two COWS into
the same bucket
Mr. Thomas H. Carter of Montana is the
only genuine representative of the laboring
ola ss,es in the Senate but he works more
than eight hours day. Indeed he and
more than two-thirds Of the other senators
would be expelled for this reason II they
belonged to the Federation Of Labor.
Speaking of workingmen. there was once
in the Senate stenographer named Chan
der who got tangled up with the corpora
tirement from the Senate he became in
yolved in a cyclone named Tillman and
lost his head He questioned the accuracy
of certain oracle and suffered the rate
of the boy who said to the prophet:
go up, thou baldhead!'
1t would be interesting to know what has
become of him,