The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-04-23


against their interests, with only
here and there fairly honest man
Therefore the papers howl about
'jokers' in the bill, of the villainy
of maximum and minimum scale,
of the hidden hand of predatory
and piratical interests, Of swollen
trusts, of robber barons. Of the octo-
puses of all sizes, of how the limo
cent bystander and childlike con-
Isumer are certain to be victimized
by the evil disposed gang who are
formulating the bill and all that
tiudbud and rot ad infnitum.
1t is a pretty decent andIwell in
tentioned lot OF men who are now
wrestling with the many impol tant
problems, and they are doing the
very best they know how for the
best good of everybody concerned.
The large men in congress who work
sixteen hours a day for months on
end to give the country just and
equitable legislation are not a pack
of card sharps and bunco men, cum
ningly plotting to enslave the
people. There is quite too much of
this sort Of clamor. Honest men
would not say such things-even
with a big salary as an inducement
and sensible people will not be-
lieve them if they do. The country
Is not going to the devil through dis
honest management. The old ship
of state has good pilot at the helm
and an efficient crew behind him.
They are now working in perfect
harmony, and with a course care
fully and safely laid. All you and
| can do is to have confidence and
show it, and not allow ourselves to
be disconnected or distressed by the
calamity howlers.
The work of the5 House is now
practically done for the session. and
that body is only meeting twice a
week for only few minutes. At
tention is all concentrated on the
senate, and while the House end Of
the capitol is now deserted except
by the tourists the senate precincts
are seething with emotion About
every product and interest in the
country wants to have a finger in
the making OF the tariff pie, and it
seems as if all of them have repre-
sentative here to look after things.
We will call them that, instead OF
plain lobbyists. They come by twos
and dozens,and are tearing through
the corridors ceaselessly. They
want to SEGA member Of theFinar
committee, of course chairman Al
drich preferred. If they can't fine
q member Of the committee, they
tackle any majority senator they
can find. Or, as a forlorn hope, ;
democratic senator They want tC
have something fixed, and that RICH
off. If their particular interest isn't
properly cared for, it will be ruined
If it is given less protection than il
has been getting, it will go broke.
OF course congress doesn't want
to destroy a vast industry in which
millions are invested and all that
sort of argument by day and by
night. The individual senator's are
beseiged and bombarded at all
hours. They are not safe at the
table, in bed or in their bath tub.
They are getting in the ear, in the
neck and all up and down the spine
As long as the bill is before the sen
ate they they will be horsesheded,
and only with the final passage OF
the bill will they find rest.
The tourist season is on now,red-
hot and still a heating. Several
thousands of eXcursionists pass
through the capitole very day, re-
gardless of the weather or previous
conditions of servitude, and all are
having the time of their sweet
Young lives. Countless times every
dav | note the minister or superln-
tendent of the Sunday school or the
principal of the village school stalk
ing solemnly and proudly past at the
head of bevv of from twenty-five
to hondred quite young girls With
once in while a male pupil of
tender years, all with tired ans sore
feet and all trying to keep up with
the procession and get somewhere
else Immediately. They Will see
many things which will long lnger
delightfully."- in memory, but the
most vivid recollection will be a.. the
excruciating collection of soft corns
collected while walking the marble
corridors and unyielding pavements
of Washington. The minister or
schoolmaster evidently feels feels
his awful responsibility in guiding
and directing his lively and frolic-
some lambs. and they are careless
Of his anxiety and distress. They
arc out for a good time, and allow
him to do all the worrying. Three
fourths of all the excursions run
ming into Washington, and especial
" of school pupils, come either from
New England or Pennyslvania.
Practically no excursions from
other sections Of the country run in
mere, except military and fraternsl
order parties. For these latter, like
bridal parties, this is the grand Oh
ectIve point of the country