The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-23
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: "1HE WORLD" LOSING IT'S HEAI
special committee of the Unite
states Senate, appointed at tho rogue.
of the prisoner at the bar" so to sa;
has reported that It found no evidcnc
to sustain the charge that Senate
Lorimer of Illinois. was elected
member of that body by bribery an
corruption, that his majority in TIL
elect him II those who sold thei
votes, presumably in his interest, ha
not been counted Senator Frazier, o
/ Tennessee, a member of the commit
tee, has submitted minority report Fl
which, however, he makes no recon
mendation as to what the Senate Shout,
do with the Senator from Illinois. ant
Mary In Her Vine Clad Cottage" from
Indiana has expressed his opinions
upon the subject in way that will
| bring down the applause OF all we'll
trained chattauquans.
| We wish now that he has been ac
quilted in sense. that Lorimer woulc
retire from the Senate, in the first
place because he is not fit for it and
in the second place, because he will
always be viewed with suspicion even
by those who are not sure that he Is
guilty. We are not especially inter
ested in him for any reason except
that his case has been selected by the
New York World as an excuse for
nibbling at the radical change in our
system Of government which the pop
ular election OF United States Senators
would compel. The World does not
so quite so far as this. really, but,
while protesting that at is somewhat
of an old fogy in these days of politi-
cal hysterla." and still believes in a
government OF checks and balances"
and still prefers delegated govern
ment to direct government" 1T init
mates that the Lorimer case has all
most upset its Judgment and that if a
Tammany Senator shall be elected from
New York. and Smith shall be elected
from New Jersey and a corporation
Senator shall be elected from Ohio,
and Cabot Lodge shall be reelected
from Massachusetts an Irresistible
demand" will be created TOR the cleo
ton of future United States Senators
by the people themselves"
There is no question that the cleo
ton OF such Senator's as these would
be inadvisable and Injurious TO the
cause OF good government in the coun-
try; but the system that has given the
United States such Senators as Calhoun
and Clay and Webster, Morton and
Morgan and Hampton. Hoar and Daniel
and Root is not system, surely, that
is to be abolished simply because there
have been a few black sheep in
the flock. A fair comparison of the
men who have been Senator'S with the
men who have been Representatives
covering a period of years. or any sin
gle year since the Government was
founded, would not be to the disad-
vantage Of the Senator's, either in re-
spect of their ability or their integrity.
Only little while ago there was a
great hue and cry against the enor-
nous amount paid for his nomination
in race before the people by can
didate for Congress in Pennsylvania.
IF the election of Eugene Foss to
be Governor of Massachusetts, means
anything says The World in getting
down on the wrong side of the fence,
ut means that the people OF that state
do not wish to be represented in the
United states Senate by Henry Cabot
Lodge" Does it not mean in fact,
or largely, that Foss spent about three
times the money in his campaign for
mis- election "by the people themselves"
his Republican opponent spent?
ross spent something like $4,000, and
Draper spent about $4,000 That was
very large sum for Foss to spend
and 1t all seems to have been spent on
himself, or in his own interest, as
the Legislature which was chosen at
the time is apparently not OF his way
of thinking, although opposed, let us
hope, TO the recollection Of Mr.. Lodge.
we do not blame Foss for spending his
money; but only noto his case, as The
World has noted 1t, to prove that
direct elections by the people OF United
states Senators would not certainly
deliver the country from the danger
OF the free use Of money in the settle
ment of candidates. and issues, We
arc sorry TO sec The World lose It's
head lin these days OF political
hysteria.' II has probably heard that
majorltics have been changed more
than once in the political history OF
the country by the ludiclous, II dis
honest, use Of money Only few
weeks ago it was telling how, by the
use OF 100000 one hundred thousand
votes had been changed In the state
of New York,
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