The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-19
corporations in general.
Mediocre ABILITY.

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Men Of mediocre ability sought,
and not infreqpeptly attained, public
Office because Of their loud voices and
lamentations in behalf Of an OPP
pressed "peepul."
In Congress the investig cation few
ie- was rampant. In the .si1ty-second
session a dozen or more probing COM
mittees We'd with one another. for
publicity. "a S
In the house Of representatives, for
instance, investigations were simul-
taneously conducted concerning the
following subjects ore evils: u.
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
called secret fund.- of the state de-
ipartment, expenditures in the. In
terror department, and other depart
tments. the meat Inspection service,
expenditures in the postoffice depart
ment, the fur seal controversy, and
the exploitation of Alaska.
These and other topices engaged
the Investigators and the public, with
incidental side excursions into the
matter Of the cold storage trust. the
shoe contracts of the army and navy
and the expenses Of Tame duck''
commissions. A resolution was In
troduced to investigate the base
ball trust" s,ssl.-,. $3.50 :.
Little Heard Now.
Nowadays one hears little Of trust
busting, anti-railroad legislation and
scandals in the public service. Some
claim the evils have been cured /;
others that they never existed. The
man who reads may take his choice.
The controversy is only incidental
to the case Of Uncle joe"
However. 1t 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 business. Probably half Of
the business Of the last session was
transacted under the RULES limiting
debate. In the senate a cloture rule
fight impendsl a
1t is true the speaker isn't ,nen,-
Der OF the rules committees when
the Cannon-Calzell regime operated
nthe house. Nevertheless, gentle
men have been found who are quite
capable Of framing Democratic gag
rules" to cure an unruly house mem
aoership Of ,435 and the rules commits
tee still does business at the same
old stand. $3.50
Whether times are better than
they were, or worse. the fact ra-
mains that the pendulum has swung
back" The shouting Of the trust.
buster and the demagogue is diving
down. There is less pickering and
!ambasttng on capitol hill. suncle,
Joe" has lived to see the dawn ~ a
qay less turbulent than once he knew.
ne isn't generally regarded now as
anancient ogre; nor dreadfully
wicked man with two horns.
Future to Tell.
PROBABLY he was right in a num-
per OF his views and surmises and
wrong In others. The history OF the
future, rather than the newspapers
OF today, may best record the right
and wrong of the agitation which had
everybody excited from 1909 to 1919
Meanwhile, 1t will be worth a trin
TO the capitol to hear "Uncle Joen
make his come back" speech soon
after Congress convenes next month
me session will round out his forty
years OF service as a member of that
Dody. IT is likely that even his one
ume political enemies will applaud
when Uncle Joe" takes the floor to
say i told you So" and observes
IN the wisdom of his seventy-nineI
The pendulum has swung back.
ana I'm on top Of the political clock
dangling my legs in rhythm"