The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-08-10


snce called the statement Of . friend
Of the South Carolinian . deliberate
and unqualified falsehood."
Senator Winthrop Murray Crane Is
Mr.. Lodges colleague In the senate.
Mr.. Crane 70 no orator q Mr.. Lodge
10. and he knows It. Mr.. Crane pales
In the presence Of . speech predica.
ment and for tho first time In years
the Bay State has one man In the
upper house Of congress who cannot
be eloquent when occasion demands.
Senator Crane. however. 10 . pacifi.
Gator who reaches high mark Of abil.
ity. He certainly 10 . worker. and
Massachusetts,. and the country. for
that matter, at times needs works -
much ~ It needs words.
This touching upon the representa-
ton Of Massachusetts In the upper
house Of congress brings to mind the
last great speech Of Senator George
Frisbie Hoar. It was upon the sub
ject Of the convention between the
United States and the Republic Of
Panama. That speech was doubly .
prophecy. In It he spoke Of his own
coming death. and then. quoting in
part from John Bright, he said: Il
see one vast federation stretching
from the frozen North in unbroken
line to the glowing South, and from
the wild billows Of the Atlantic west
ward to the calmer waters Of the Pa
cific main. and l see one people and
one language. one law and one faith.
and over all that wide continent
home for freedom and . refuge for
the oppressed Of every race and every
cline"
On closing the last speech that he
delivered In the senate Of the United
States. Senator Hoar said: Il do not
expect myself to see the accomplish.
ment Of that vision, but l believe 1t
IL not far off The eyes Of children
now borA. the eyes Of men now within
the sound Of my voice will see it far
on its way to accomplishment. In
spite Of difference Of opinion on one
great question. l am confident that
the career Of peaceful empire and Of
peaceful glory will be along the same
path. with the same chart and COM
pass, with the same guiding stars,
with the same rule Of faith and
rractice that this nation has followed
from the beginning"
In congress at times there is pre-
sented q fine question Of ethics to
which the higher moralists may give
answer II they can. Many repre-
sentative finds his conscience and Is
apparent duty to his constituents at
logserheads. Demand comes from
home that he speak In support of a
measure at which his own sense Of
right revolts. Is !.e to speak or Is
he to keep silence?
Possibly the answer that springs
most readily to the lips 10 yes. and
| the three lettered word has as a
basis for its utterance the thought
that a representative. being repre-
sentative, should do as those whom
he represents direct. There are other
sides to this matter. however. some
of them shadowed in doubt and others
of them clear in the sunlight
Doubtless a representative should
vote as his district demands. but
! have the represented ones the right
to expect their member to stand up in
the face OF men to advocate meas
ure with reasonings and with argu-
ments In the truth Of none OF which
he believes, and in the setting forth
of which he utters no word without
making his lips lie to bis heart?
Flippant persons 10 the contrary
notwithstanding. most congressman
have consciences. The house Of rep
resentatives is composed for the far
xreater part Of men Of decency and of
h.por-poor men in this worlds goods
they are in the main. and their pow
erty is their praise. It was hinted
in press correspondence from Wash
i,eton time and again. and not infre-
quent,y plain statement was made.
that scores VI Republican repre-
sentatives were opposed at heart to
j the railroad rate legislation urged by
President Roosevelt and demanded by
the people.
Those Republicans who held that
the law which was sought was better
off than on the statute books voted
for the Jaw against their own in
cl;nations and belief because their
constituents demanded that they
should SO vote. but may 1t not be said
to their everlasting credit that most
| of the representatives who thought
the legislation wrong refused to play
the hypocrite and the liar in oratori-
cal pleadings for that which they
| held to be bad In principle.
II IL no hard task for . layman Of