Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-08-13
PRESENT CONGRESS DOES NOT
MEASURE UP TO STANDARDS OF
FORMER SESSIONS, SOME CLAIM

WASHINGTON August ll-Fron
time to time someone asserts That the
present congress does uo' measure nap
~ the standards of 'thr good old dlys.'
Secretary ot War Weeks orly q short
while ago asserted that the quality Dt
congress had mover before been at $50
wild an ebh aud 10 Is not all uncommon
FOR persons to speak deprechtingly Of
the character e the membership ~ ON"
house on the other.
Those " N Ideals seldom find the
present measuring up o. them whoth.
~ il he IN regard to the membership IA
congress u.s. su large tha5 any attack
ON Il as body can not De taken per
sonilly 10y any mcmbc, The result is
that congress comes u for guodly
share uf criticism as o. ITS membership
and craftsmanship.
But whatever else may ho sad Of
congress and the character OF its mem.
hei ship. lt may lo said ,ruthuly az
the senat, aud house that neither OF
them has ever degoncIatrd into harbur
for freaks political CO. otherwise. Noi
every member may De- O. Webster or a
CLAY. aud ,urc m while from som"
cause CO.. other SOME one ~tumhlvs into
"a seat into 90, house Ur the other who
may hv plasscd as "a personal 90 polii.
zeal freak But Oh, membership of one
~ this class is ordinary limited Coo a
single term.
\ political accident is usually the
cause of the seating ~ freak mem
her. and accidents do not happen twice
IN an, same place. ordinarily II does
not take congressional district o. a
state long to discover % when a CON
gt.ssmau or senator tails 90 measure
up Gee ordinary requirements of les.
ishtor And consequently the srut',
or house does mot feel called upon tu
act in the cause of e misfit iu its mem.
hcrship knowing that IN, constituents
VIII attend to the member at The next
election.
Occasionally. as in the case OF Victor
Berger. of Wisconsin con gTc~~ finds a..
self confronted with the uc Dssity az
action. huJ ordinarily % is ~, u,cs B.
sary Tor congress 20 exercise It's pre-.
negative Of passing upon the uualitlca
lions ot cach ot its members for the
voters seldom maze the same mistake
twice
Without undertaking Go p,ss upon
cungros~ aud th. voters of the fifth
Wisconsin district % may bc stated as
fact that congress refused seat 10
Berger upon his second election. and
again after his third election They
quit oloDtur him after mat
Bervcrs attitude un tb" world wtr
aud his alleged un American ut.'ru-s
were the basis iar tho refusal of con.
grvvs {, give hm % seat rather than
anyth ug especially uetkish about hri
pcI onalitl. Congress viii pui up t,r q
term on even longer with th, h1rules
frcik Whose claim 90 nufUrigiy ls hi
refusal fu wear dress ai'f nt the
white house co. q collar CO. a whit. ah.r,
on any occasion or Geo disp~us, with
top boots even boo SUMMER bur Berger s
petition was different Hud when h.,
constituents Called tn Eeep h.m out
Of congress. oongras. acted Tor them
and kent him out
Bli tha ordinary fe1k .s l,u o.. con.
grcss 90 ne t,ud, r,rri", az b s con.
.utuent- ana after one team BOO which
TO ascertain how h- stands lr NashIr-.
ton they usual, send same ,lr r'4.
in his stead a. the next election uut
% q membership which has grown 20
rs m, mlcrs in the senate and So Boo the
houay b. IS not stIinr, that a freak
vii, not ind then slip M ", merely
amuscs the senate or ne house. bat
seldom d.stuth~ its cpusulmiiv
Tire rcccnt action ~ the eighth okla
homs district u dCfoauug FOR rCnom.
instion Manuel Herrtok aerial dsrv.
devil 20 congress who conducted his
own private beauty contest With him
SIT Offered as a prize Go IN, winner
ana who announced hts expectation -
occupying the highest official position
IN the country after the next election.
IL an example of how the people may DO
der,endci upon to act Congress was
urged 10y some 10 investigate the qutl.