The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-05-01
A GREAT NATIONAL
GAME WITHDRAWING
EDITOR BJoRNSoN OF THE MIN.
NESOTA MASCOT DISCUSS
ES PROBLEM
TOO MANY ARE PLAYING
WHAT is NEEDED IN WASHING.
TON is NOT SO MUCH BRAINS
AS CUTS
Minnesota Mascot)

The capitol building at Washington
should be renamed and called "The
Windjammers' National Clearing
House."
In reading the Congressional Rec
ord, this winter, one is more than
ever reminded of the saying attribut-
ed to the old farmer in Norway, when
he was shearing the pig: "Much noise
and little WOOL"
We do not want to say anything
derogratory of our national congress
there are many very able and very
sincere men in that body. There are.
contrary to the general impression
many men in Congress who want tC
do the best they can for the country
In fact, the majority Of those in
Congress want to do their best. There
are always far more men who are on
the right track than on the wrong.
Honest men outnumber the dishon.
est at every turn of the road.
To this general statement Congress
is no exception.
What then is the matter?
Why does not Congress do more?
Well, the trouble is the "windjam.
mers.''
Both branches of Congress at the
present time have an unusually large
quota of windjammers. Men who
think they must make speeches. Men
who think that they can save the coun-
try by getting their speeches into the
Congressional Record, either through
The avenue of actual delivery or else
through the medium of 'leave to
print"
Many of these fellows are new al
the game and they are playing with
the privilege Of franking their speech.
es all over the country as a child
plays with a new toy.
They ar not used to having some.
one print their speeches free OF
charge and then distribute them all
over without it's even costing the au-
thor the price of the postage. These
men find the government now ready
to do this and more for them and SO
they just stand there and spout-and
Uncle Sam sends it out to every cor
ner of the country free of charge!
These fellows think that they can
save the country by wind.
They talk so much that those who
want to work, those who like to see
the highest legislative body in the
land get down to business, do not
stand show in their attempts to get
attention for constructive legislation.
There are few men in Congress
now who represent the whole country
all the people.
Special interests this and special in
terests that now control most of the
members of both branches. This is
not said in an evil sense, but in the
sense that more and more our Con-
gross is being made up of men who
come there as the representatives of
certain industrial and commercial in
terests. These men have been elected
by certain classes in our social make
up. They represent certain groups.
They do not represent the people as
a whole. ~
That is the great trouble at the
present time-so few men who repre-
sent the whole country and so many
who represent special interests.
Every other man in Congress is a
special pleader.
That is why we have so many
congressional noises" making the
"night hideous" and every day " day
of lamentations"
Every day not spent in the manu-
facture Of political scandal for politi-
cal consumption is spent by Congress
in political windjamming.
I, And the country is tired of it all!