Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-23

| national reputation to frame a resolution
that the public mans constituents were de-
handing. The newspaper man agreed, and
the next day the resolution was presented by
| the New Yorker. 1t was not technical
matter, in which instance Congressman
| openly accept the form arranged by experts;
it concerned public question which had to
be stated clearly and in detail, the develop
| ments of which created small sized scandal.
Facing a Change of Policy
lnNE prominent Washington writer during
the entire winter session of 1909 10 had
been endeavOring to convince Senator that
he should introduce a measure relieving a
railroad condition in his State. The Senator
obligated to certain railroad interests, de-
clined, and asked the newspaper man not to
press the matter publicly. Through friendly
motives the correspondent for awhile re-
Trained from mentioning the number of pc
titions for the measure that the Senator was
receiving; but finally his conscience smote
him, and he printed despatch something
in the manner of the following:
Senator Asterisk is understood to have pre-
pared an amendment to the Sherman antitrust
law. the adoption of which would prevent the
purchase by the Maysburg & Eastern of the
Wiiamstown & Southern Railroad, against
which the entire State is protesting. 1t is be-
y
stand becomes known he will be deluged with
kilograms of cOngratulation. HI is Chairman
of the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Com
mittee, and that his measure will be passed is
believed probable.
Well, the deluge of congratulations came,
all right, and the Senator dared not deny
that he had prepared the amendment. So
he sought out the newspaper man.
BLANK you'll" he said. "Now that you've
oOt mo in fhic Ey uyrita tho oroa,,J,,,op+
yourself and give it to me"
The newspaper man wrote it. and he so
worded it that not single loophole could
be found; for this correspondent was ia
mlliar with the capacities of attorneys in the
employ of railroads to file holes in legal steel
fabrics. 1t passed, and the Senator's oppo-
sitiOn for reelection dwindled away. AS he
is the nominee of the dominant party in his
State, he is certain to be r. .urned.
Wouldn't Suppress the News
A MOTHER, correspondent suspected a
= Senator from his State of being the
beneficiary of ADLER minds. He believed that
a party leader presented this Senator with
prepared measures which had been agreed
to by leaders of the opposition, with the I'M
derstanding that they were to be stricken
from the completed bill in conference. He
could not prove his beliefs, however. At the
solicitation of this Senator, the correspond
ent chronicled that the measures were intro
duced and agreed on by both parties as the
solution of vexed questions. Finally the con-
ference committee reported out the perfected
bill; but the Senator's portions of it were
lacking.
The correspondent sought out the states
man. Your amendments. he asked, "were
stricken out of the bill, were they not?"
The Senator looked round lowered his
voice, and asked earnestly whether that was
a matter of news. He was told that it was,
and thereupon he requested as a personal
favor that it be not written. The CORE
Spondent declined to agree, and his relations
with that Senator ceased to be pleasant.
Represent the People
THE foregoing evidences of the relations
that must prevail between public men
and the Washington newspaper corps dis
misses at the outset a question generally
asked, Is this Senator or that Cabinet off
Ger approachable? Necessarily, he is The
men doing newspaper work in the capital
have come to feel, whether properly or not,
that they are the only representatives of the
much discussed ultimate consumer" in