Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-06
A Primer for Senator's

WHAT is A PEACE CONFERENCE
A very menacing gathering of doctrin-
aires, which oscillates between autocracy
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays) and
bolshevism tuesdays, Thursdays, satur-
daysl 1t must on no account be en-
couraged. .,
WHAT MUST SENATOR'S 30 TO IN
FORM THEMSELVES ABOUT A
PEACE CONFERENCE.-THE up the
results Of the congress of 1875 in order
to understand the horrible outcome of
such preposterous gatherings. 1t is eN-
ceedingly valuable to be able to say
something in debate about Talleyrand,
Metternich and even Czartoryski. II the
Senator can say something to the effect
that G. 1--WE won't compel the composing
room TO face that name twice. was the
Colonel House of the Vienna Congress"
the effect will be magnificent.
WHERE DOES A PEACE CONFERENCE
SIT?-Accordng to the Senate, which
is too busy to read the papers, at Yer.
sailles.
is ANY RESTRAINT OF REASON OR
GOOD TASTE TO BE OBSERVED IN
DAMNING A PEACE CONFERENCE?
Consult Senator Sherman on this point.
WHAT IS A LEAGUE OF NATIONs?-
adjournment in uproarJ
We cannot resist the thought that all
the strikes we read about are due to the
injudicious action of the Peace Conference
in holding it's first meeting in the Hall of
Clocks at the Quai d'Orsay.
Senator Moses, of New Hampshire, who
does not seem as well informed as his
famous namesake. speaks of "The Peace
Conference now taking place at Versailles.
1 do not think that we need bother
ourselves greatly about the outcome of the
deliberations at Versailles, . have
no doubt that the outcome of the delibefa-
tions now taking place in the Hall of Mir
rors," etcA etc, etc.
How jolly it would be If Senator'S would
read the papers!
It's awfully lucky, isn't it, my dears
that none of those Senators went over to
attend the conference? The poor souls
might still be sitting out at Versailles wait
ing for something to happen.
Still. even the Senate has pangs of self
knowledge at times. Spending a happy
hour with the Congressional Record we
found this:
Mr. SMOOT-There is not bill intro
duced in the Senate in the House that
ia not placed upon my desk the following
morning, and there is hardly an evening
when Congress is in session that Pdo not
scan those bills. OF course, 30 per cent
of them take no time at all because one
who IL farsiiiar with the work OF Congress
readily recognizes the earmarks on them
and they ara brushed aside.
As long as publicspirited researchers will
delye In the Congressional Record and dis
play for the world the pearls there buried,
there will be no danger of the grand old
style of native oratory perishing from the
land. Mr.. John w. Rainey, Of Illinois, re-
Gently eulogized former colleague in the
House in this fashion:
such Ia the Inconsistency of life that
even some OF the foremost thinkers and
intellectual giants Of the past lived the
life unprlntable. Let me say that
CHARLES MARTIN may have been ex-
terlorly rough and gruff. but his heart was
| nlastic 10 the>1deicate fingers of want and
need his desire was not to secure
| a lob or obtain a position, but TO SO situ-
| ate hirnseif as TO be able TO distribute
iebs. positions. and give assistance 10
| others HAD 4 the time ! would, with
| pleasure. recl(n payy IN anecdote exem-
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