The Caucasian., 1913-12-09


Delegates to csavsrtieas - Country
can't Understand why Il Takes Sc
Eona 10 Get D Dill Passsd-citiss
osIe Campaign 20 Regional 'ssaks-
q ARrhUe - Duh@
Washington. Dee e.-tspecial.]-con-
apess should have 4 vivid impression
Of what In wanted Of Il By reason Of
several conventions ana meetings held
dGing the opening vesk q the second
eeguiar session. Various conventions
Oere held here durlns that week for
the sole purpose se .'mpeessing con-
esess" with to importance Of what
the attending deteGa4es wanted h the
way Of legislation.
Everybody who wants anytning
comes to congTees and asks tor It
Most people thtnk that he best. way
ID to hold q eonvenoon n Washington
and pass resolutions Others prefer to
send big deleSations bs1oss committees
OF congress and have headnss, 1t
which these ''saa" q congress are
told what b wantsa aaA why.
They Are As~ssst lsbAsisss.
In view Of what has beea eatheced
up by the lobby inyeseigation and the
effort to make Il appsar snas people
who come to congress asking for iegis-
lation are lobbgists under certain con-
ditions, It 10 possible that delegates
from tho hvess and harooFs congress-.
from the suffragists ana from various
other organizations are tobbyista Take
these people who are woFking for con-
servatioa. They may b lobbyists. al
though q westesn man was heard to
sag that 'h yoo were, working tor
conservation you wees Q patriot but
II you were wosking for somsthing
that you wanhsd yourself Or your en-
ployers wanted yos were lobbyist" !"
Il makes al the df0ereneo In tho world
which stds . man may - On - 10
whether he y im the lobby class.
laNia Anesioaa poass.
At time when Aex1eo was 0eeth-
ing volcano. when 1eaaya was under
arrest and hi sount1y, Nicaragua, was
on the vssUs ef aDetAor 1ovolution.
when Colombia was at1li crying BE-
cause the Unitsd Statss had despoiled
her Of Panama and III feeling had been
expressed generally In Latin American
countries. there SatAersd In washing
ton largs number q di0nitaries. on
cial and eee3ssi@aktc. a1d With toasts
drunk and speeches smoothly uttered
talked about peace.
It was q Pan-AmeFiean gathering.
formulated number cf yeafs ago by
prelates Of the Cathelis church. which
was attended By the president and his
cabinet. the supreme court. senators
and Representatives tie Latdn Ameri-
can diplomatic eogps and other distin-
guished people. Il b pity that the
honeyed words uttsEeA oa these occa-
sions could not 1aa Iodgmsat In the
savage breasts of sheeo bet headed
men who are mak1ne war n Mexico.
Country can't un1srsAanA.
The people Of ths cooatry cant IN
derstand why 4 takss congress - lone
to do anything. such - ~ tasi6 hal
and the euFFe0cy blll." TAa4 was what
q man from ths faf Wes1 rsnasksd b
Washington And - oAa eaa anDwea
save that thsse als - saAy men whC
want TO have their idsas made known
that they eat up the hours ana dayA
Let me set board Of directors IN
d room and ~ WIN transact more
business IN IN hour than congress ssta
| through In 4 month" once remarked
the late Senator Elkins- But congress
- different from a board Of railroad
directors. Nothing II Ike congress-
Aaethes o1ssil ~ pers.
Even Ia regional banks there 10
smell u the apoEk barrel Many
communities want regional bank
Cities of eommeeeial importance d
not want 10 b set aside In favor ci
some rival II ~ Sans sectto1. Il
anything = going ssana everybody
wants Z shaso. That = The whole -
senee Of The ''pork barrel" game. "Ws
want ous share" h the wet1a.
A Progressive Otssmma.
One Of tho strong points made BY thu
Progrsssives In 1917 vas that when Z
state had adoptea ~ law plan tot
the selection of dsleGAtss b the m.
tional eonvsntjoa - ether authority
had Z right 70 iatssfsna And % TOP
Of that = W1lson's Escommsndatiou
for 4 nation wide pTimAry Cor nomt
mating preea6ential candidates. Jus(