Evening star., 1919-03-09

great temple of rhetoric.
money. no matter who disputes the
statement, wears no halo over its
heau wnen IT seats itself In the SEN
ate IL never did, even in the vulgar
Gays when millionaires were said to
be bidding against one another In an
eager market.
Always. the meekest- looking and
most helplessly- acting members of
'he senate have been those whom the
slient but visible scorn or Washing
ton has indexed as members of the
plutocracy. Wealth, however. is no
embarrassment IL it's possessor is n
person of ability.
Rich or poor, the senator who leads
must have learning. wisdom and char
acter. Eiocationists may get their
outpourings into print, but if they
carry no guns they are without in
Huence as lawmakers
They are not insulted while declaim-
ing; only ignored. Henry Cabot
Lodge may smile, almost impercepti
biy' in the outward corners of his
pockets OF his pantaloons and leisure
ly seek shelter beyond sound. Or
Ihomas Staples Martin of Virginia.
a man of power and silence himself.
MS nnreadable face showing no sign
either OF amusement or contemnt
may, by prearrangement with his
clerk, be called away from his desk.
ou, Wheh william Henry King is
a Il
asks him questions as he aeyelUns
his theme. Now, an inquiry can be a
compliment or the reverse; an ap-
proVal OF what is being said or an
ness of the barrel that is pomporsly
or loudly beating both its sides and
It's head.
The questions addressed to Senator
hlng invariably contain all the tones
and shades OF respect Passing
through his initiatory test he
emerged u strong man. And being
among lawyers, he was given still
higher caste because he had once been
a judge himself. The self esteem OF
the bar. as an institution, is nowhere
more noticeable than In the Congress
of the United States.
War with Germany and the coming
OF Senator King to Washington were
almost simultaneous events. Before
six months had passed, through his
energy and intelligence, Senator
King was recognized as a leader
among the democrats. The law reg
ulating foreign language newspapers
was written by him and the resolu-
tion revoking the charter of the Ger
man American Alliance was prepared
by him and pressed to its adoption.
AS member of the committee that
has been Investigating the German
propaganda In this country he has
been vigorous In his pursuit of
traitors and conspirators.
In religion Senator King is a Nor
mon. Nowadays Mormons are neither
bearded nor old-fashioned. They are
no longer crossing the plains in
wagons drawn by oxen; no more on
foot, are they travelling with hand
carts and wheeibarrows from the
west bank of the Mississippi to the
valleys of Utah. Indians do not steal
their cattle, United States marshals
dc not thryw them into prison.
Most of them. as has been the
case always are farmers, having rich
fields and large herds and fiocks.
Among them are merchants and man
ufaclurers. lawyers and engineers,
physicians ana college professors.
Some of them are democrats: others
are republicans. A Mormon is never
a socialist and never an anarchist,
1t has been said that the church
public matters in Utah. going in
body to Mormon who has been
nominated for Office by either party
This the Mormons deny, They have
principles. they say. the same as other
men, and vote the ticket that stands
for what they believe should be the
policy of the government.
Both of Utah's senators are Nor
mons. Reed Smoot, indeed. is one
of the twelve chief officers of the
church. He Is a wealthy merchant
and manufacturer and as a senator
has made q speciality of the tariff
and has been a close student as we'll
of banking and other business sub
Jects. His leadership among repub-
1icans In financial matters is well un-
derstood.
And now Senator King, after
really brilliant dash to the front, is
recognized as being one of the ablest
and readiest democrats In Congress.
He Is fifty-four years old. tall and
slender. fashionably attired and mod
ern in every particular. His eyes
are light gray in color and his long
nose has the droop that commonly
is the physical sign of reflective
intellect The accent that he gives
to his language is eastern rather
than western.
"why am a democrat7" he good
husnora1ly said renpatiny the inter-