Connecticut western news., 1909-04-08

have no chance to choose their own senators. The public in most states has to take the kind of a senator that the legislature, made up mostly of pOlii ilus, feels like making them take. You, Peabody, wouldn't be in the senate today if the voters had any thing to say about it."
 The Pennsylyanian shrugged his shoulders.
 And now I'll tell you honorable sen ators," went on Langdon, thoroughly aroused, something to surprise you. l have discovered that you were not working for yourselves alone in the AltacOola deal, but that you intend to turn your land over to the Standard Steel company at a big profit as soon as this naval base bill is passed. Then that company will squeeze the govern mcnt for tbe best part of the hundred millions that are to be spent"
 The senator sank back in his chair and 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," cried the Pennsylvaniln. But he brought his associate to a standstill midway to the door. By the way, La~gdon. what is it you are going to Go in the senate this afternOOn?" 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 the speaker and Grinned broadly, to the senator's intense discomfort.
 "Ill do more than that" announced I.angdon, rising and pounding a fist into his open hand. "I'll make you and Stevens more popular than you ever were in your lives before"
 "Bahw shouted Peabody.
 "Tll do even more yet. I'm going to make you generous-patriOts. And, l regret to cc.-, I'll Givc you the chance to make the hits of your careers?
 The polished hypOcrites looked at him, too astonished to move.
 "How? What?" they gasped.
 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 I 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 naval base committee.
 with this idea in view, realizing that dishonest men would try to make money out of the government, these members of the naval base committee, after they settled on AltacOOla, went out quietly and secured control of all the land that will be needed for the naval base, and these men secured this at very rOminal figure. Now they are ready to turn over their land to the government at exactly what they paid for 1t without a cent of profit.
 "Then they're going to sit up over there in that senate. They're going to realize that new kind of politics has arrived in Washington-the kind that 1 and lots of others always thought there was here.
 And, gentlemen"-he advanced on his colleagues riumphantly-'when I, Senator Langdon of Mississippi, your creation in politics, have finished that speech dare one of you to get up and deny a word!'
 ''The boss of the senate" and his sat elite were dumfounded. Firmly be- lieving that Langdon could find no way to pass the bill for Altacoola and yet spoil their crooked scheme, they were totally unprepared for any such de