Evening star., 1913-12-07

These are known as the
hardest workers in Congress,
and they and others like them
the leaders of the House activities They have
work Having undertaken specialize they have found
that speciaism, the knowledge of one line of govern
ment work, requires all their time They striking
examples of the twofod fact that congressional
from ceaseess industry and from application to
particular subject.
There time in the history of the country when
speciahsm not so requisite for prominence. That,
however during the earlier stages of the Republics
development when could be reputed great without
conning themselves to two subjects. Moreover
as the population small there comparatively
little diversity of conditions affecting the public.
Having these things in mind, undertook to special
ize do today. My absorbing interest is in that leg
islation which attempts to alleviate suffering to lessen
the burden of bare poverty and to better the condition
of the average citizen In politics my love IS for the
humanes. 1t IS my nature to take more interest In
immigration law than in an appropriation bill, to
study the workings of law to improve the lot of women
rather than the regulations to develop timber lands in
the great Northwest | approve most heartily of the
childrens bureau, because believe it be made
source of untold benefit to each coming generation
have sought and found unlimited field for that
who wishes to employ congressional machinery for the
betterment of the people.
THIS brings to the great explanation of why the
job of being Congressman is bigger than
before 1t is because there is today greater demand
than before for personality. We reached long ago
by actual demonstration the limit of what can be done
through the medium of black letters white paper
that there be drawn statute full enough or
inspired enough regulate with absolute correctness
righteousness any particular line of conduct. The law
the line of direction But superior to the law in
bles for goodness is conscience. And the fulhment
of set of rules relies in the last analysis PERSONAL
ity The whole beauty of music depends upon the
tones, and from the characters of the makers and
forcers of laws must come those overtones which will
enrich the public conduct.
This again brings the personality of the whole
peope-and in this connection personality embraces
what the people wanting and doing and thinking
We who have studied these things know that there
something wrong somewhere. There among us men
who too rich, and hundreds of thousands of men
who are too poor some who suffer always and some
who suffer not at all.
In the last campaign friend of mne the owner of a
seven thousand-dolar automobile, drove in the
machine to meeting where was to speak to group
of miners AS rule have the gift of stirring my audi
ences; but that day failed. In the salow discon-
tented faces before there response to my
prophecy of better things, of comfort of greater
righteousness in civic life. ! had cheer, and
had against a stone wall of depression.
@How much do those get?" | asked drove
away.
zone dollar and seventy-five cents day" my friend
replied.
@And how about the owners of the mines?" went to
the other end of the problem.
"These mines, he explained, 2are owned by small
teen million dollars. Their net profit seven mil
lions
Doesn't it seem to you" asked earnestly, 4that