The Washington times., 1915-10-24

and domestic growth. Almost every
speech had as It's basis viewing with
the sound OF the chase after the money
devil" Wall street, the railroads. and
big corporations In general
Men OF mediocre ability sought. and
because Of their loud voices and lam.
entations in behalf Of an oppressed
"peepul."
In Congress the investigation fever
sion a dozen or more probing commit
tees view with one another for publicity.
Era OF Inquiries.
In the House of Representatives. for
instance, Investigations were simultane-
ously conducted concerning the follow
ing subjects or evils:
The steel trust.
The Money trust.
The shoe Machinery trust.
The pure food law. DR.. Wiley. and
Solicitor McCabe
An army scandal.
The price paid for oil paintings from
the so-calied secret fund" Of the State
DCpa rtment.
The meat inspection service.
Expenditures In the Postoffice Depart
ment
Expenditures in the Interior Depart
ment. and other departments.
The fur SEQ. controversy.
These and other topics engaged the
| investigators and the public. with incl
| GENITAL side excursions into tho matter
of the Cold Storage trust. the shoe con-
, tracts OF the army and navy. and the
| expenses OF lame duck Commissions.
, A resolution was introduced to invcsti-
, gate the baseball trust
Trust. Busting Days Gone.
Nowadays one hears little Of trust
busting. anti-railroad legislation. and
sea ndals In the public service. Some
claim the evils have been cured: others
| that they never existed. The man who
reads NAV take his choice. The contro-
vcrsy is only incidental to the case Of
| "Tnc!e joe
However. it is. not remiss to state
that the day of gag rules hasn't
passed. The Democratic majority Of the
House soon found it necessary to have
the Rules Committee around to transact
Of the last session was transacted vn-
der rules limiting debate. In the Senate
cloture rule fight impends:
Of the Rules Committee-as when tho
! Cannon-Dalzell regime operated in the
House: Nevertheless. gentlemen have
been found who are quite capable OF
an unruly House membership Of ABS and
the Rules Committee still does business
| at the same old stand.
Pendulum Swings Back.
Whether times are batter than they
were. or worse. the fact remains that
the pendulum has swung back" The
shouting of the trust-buster and the
demagogue is dying down. There is less
pickering and lambasting on Capitol
Hill. Uncle Joe" has lived to see the
dawn OF y day less turbulent than once
he knew. He isn't generally regarded
now IS an ancient ogre: nor a dread
| fully wicked man with two horns.
Probably he was right in a number of
his views and surnises and wrong in
| others. The history OF the future, rather
than the newspaper story of today. mn v
best record the right and wrong OF the
agitation which had everybody excited
| from 1909 to 1913
Meanwhile, 1t will Be worth a trip to
| the Capitol to hear Uncle Joe" make
his come back" speech soon after Con.
gress convenes. The session Will round
out his forty years Of service as a mem.
ber of that body. II Is likely that ever
his one-time political enemies will ap.
plaud when Uncle joe takes the 400,
to say Il told you So" and observes
in the wisdom of his seventy-nine years
THE pendulum has swung back ant
I'm on top of the political clock dang
ling my legs in rhythm