Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-05-20

nave no chance to choose their own
,enators. The public in most states
las to take the kind of Il senator that
The legislature, made up mostly of
politicians, feels like making them
AXE. You, Peabody, wouldn't be in
The senate today if the voters had any
hing to say about it,"
The Pennsylvania shrugged his
shoulders.
"And now I'll tell you honorable SEN
%ltors,' went on Langdon, thoroughly
,roused, something to surprise you. l
lave discovered that you We're not
working for yourselves alone in the
Altacoola deal, but that YOU intend to
turn your land Owe to the Standard
Steel company at a big profit as soon
IS this naval base bill is passed. Then
hat company will squeeze Tue govern
nent for the best part of the hundred
millions that are to be spent"
The senator sank back in his chair
md gazed at his two opponents.
Those two statesmen jumped to their
feet.
"Come, Stevens, let him do what he
will. We cannot stay here to be in
suited by the rawlings of a madman,"
hricd the Pennsylvania. But he
brought his associate to 4 standstill
midway to the door. "By the way,
Langdon, what is it you are going to
10 in the senate this afternoons he
asked. You said you were going to
make us honest against our will. You
know you can't do anything"
Bud Haines turned his face toward
he speaker and grinned broadly, to
The senator's intense discomfort.
"Ill do more than that" announced
|Langdon, rising and pounding a fist
into his open hand. "Ill make you
and Stevens more popular than you
.ver were in your lives before"
BAH shouted Peabody.
"Tll do even more yet. Pm going to
make you generous-patriots. And, l
regret to say, I'll give you the chance
20 make the hits of your careers"
The polished hypocrites looked at
him, too %astonished to move.
HOW NuuL. lHCS SaoISa.
Swept on by his own enthusiasm
and the force of his own courageous
honesty, the voice of the southerner
rose to oratorical height.
"This afternoon he exclaimed,
when the naval base committee
makes its report l will rise in my
place and declare that for once in the
history of the senate men have been
found who place the interests of the
government they serve above any
+ chance of pecuniary reward. These
men are the members of the nava
\ base committee.
with this idea in view, realizing
4 that dishonest men would try to make
+ money out Of the government, thes,
, members of the naval base committee
after they settled ON Altacoola, wen
out quietly and secured control of al
, the land that will be needed for th'
naval base, and these men secured
this at a very nominal figure. Nov
i, they are ready to urn over their lane
to the government at exactly VIVA
they paid for it without a cent o
l profit.
"Then they're going to sit up owe
there in that senate. They're goin'
to realize that a new kind of polite
has arrived in Washington-the kline
that I and lots of others Away
thought there was here.
"And, conference.-the advanced o!
his colleagues OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
:. Senator Langdon of Mississippi, YOU
creation in politics, have finished tina
-, speech / dare one of you to get up an
2 deny a word!'
= "The boss of the senate and his sa
~ elite were dumfounded. Firmly b.
%lieving that Langdon could find nc wa
- to pass the bill for A%ltacoola and "
spoil their crooked scheme, they wei
~ totally unprepared for any such d,