The Washington herald., 1918-02-21

/ Tnere are STUDIES galore at the Gap
itol but none better than a study in
Missouri Senators.
Go over to the Senate someday and
see If you don't agree.
Jim Reed-calm. yet full of spirit
when he needs it. a fighter from the
word go, fair to his fellow men. out
| spoken. likable.
| Bill Stone-suave, smooth, Slick
| shiny, sophisticated, suspicious.
Thumb over their deeds in the Con-
| gressional Records of the past year
and you'll see conflicts galore in them.
For instance, Jim voted against pro-
| hibition-Bill for it. Bill don't believe
that way any more than Jim. But
| Bnl'u need votes before Jim does.
Bill said in August "I never have
regretted my war vote" In December
he said Who's the traitor that's
| against war;"
Jim fought Hoover, people over the
country thought he was intimidating
| poor Herbert. But he wasn't. He
brought out everything worth while in
Hoover. and helped Hoover rid him
self of some of the waste notions he
had-for even food conservationists
have them, you know.
Jim held up two or three bills until
they could be discussed. All of the
measures were helped by the process.
You couldn't get Bill Stone to do such
things. He hasn't the time or the
patience, or the stick-to-it-iveness to
| do such things.
Bill Stone can tell an earthquake be-
fore the earth really decides it wants
to do its little shaking, he's had his
ear to the ground so constantly since
he entered public life. Jim Reed would
rather run head-on into an earthquake.
II he thought the quake would really
give him a battle worth while he'd just
as soon let it get under good headway,
too. before he tried conclusions with
it.
Bill Stone does more than walk in
his gum shoes-he Sullivanizes in
his acts and his words. Jim Reed
wears emory heels-and draws sparkle
from every object he touches. And
he'll look you in the eye. and tell you
what he thinks and fight you on it,
and make you like 1t. And Bill Stone
won't say much. and you may know
where he stands, and you may not
know-and you won't like it.
That's the difference between them.
We thank Missouri for sending this
pair here. They're a pair worth study
ing in legislative extremes.
Senator Norris thinks the President
chose unwisely when he selected the
brand of railroad legislation he did.
He thinks, In fact, that because the
President wants to guarantee the car
riers a reasonable return that return
should not be based upon conclusive,
| unpadded figures. His statements on
the floor of the Senate would lead
his auditors to believe that he charged
the President with too much friendli-
ness for the railroads. II this doc
trine is true, we fear the President
has been mislead, perhaps by Mr.. Nc
Adooo himself, into indorsing some
| promotion legislation not exactly to
the liking of the common people of
the country. II this is not true then
Senator Norris should be made to see
the error of his ways. We wish we
could have unprejudiced opinion on
the matter-but one need not look fer
this around here. There is plenty OF
prejudice on both sides-just as there
| always will be where large govern
public utilities.
Congress is to be congratulated on
the. absence of demagogery in its
midst. There is little of it, in fact,
and little likelihood of its showing
black on the horizon between now
and adjournment. II It appears.
however, II is likely to come rather
from those whose conception Of pub
lie service Is most stinted, and who
have never had the broadening In
fiuences that make statesmen out of
men. The number Of demagogs who
will want TO break into Congress dur
| ing the coming fall will likely be
| larger than the number actually in
the lawmaking body. It Is to be
hoped that the larger number will
always be kept out. too, for II they
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