The Glenwood post., 1925-01-08
UAcle Tets Bed Time Stories
Current Events for the Children
and orown-ups, Too
FHE SENATE has
ANOTHER BUSINESS MAN


mind to mako it as uncomfortable for
everyone a. possible. Uncle Ted's car
had frozen up. And this had hap
pened after he had been 30 careful,
tao. But the sudden cold came with
the speed Of racing car, following
the warmest spell of weather anyone
in the vicinity had known at that sea-
sen. 1t was SO cold outside that not
even Jack wanted to venture forth
after he had eaten a hearty supper.
In fact, both the kiddies seemed hap
py to stay in the house and enjoy the
freedom Of the holiday evening, time
that meant no studying and no books
or lessons to worry about.
''Here is good one," said Uncle
Ted, looking up from his newspaper.
Gone of our leading business men is
again shouaAg from the chimney tops
about the government being run by
the politicians Whenever I hear or
read Of man talking like that feel
like hunting him down and giving him
good piece of my mind"
"Whyy'" asked Jack.
"For the simple reason, Jack, that
If any man is not content with the
way the government is run and il he
feels it is dominated by the politi-
clans, why doesn't he become active
il campaigns and help his neighbors
elect men who are not mere 'politi-
clans, or why doesn't he give up his
work for a time and accept public
office himself2 By doing this he would
be giving the benefit of his expert
ence to his government and prevent it
from being run by men whom he
chooses to call the politicians
81 guess it must be because these
government jobs pay such little mon
ey," said Ruth.
"That is the trouble, Ruth, in some
cases. But if we kick about things
in this world and are in position to
help remedy them, we should be will
ing to make a sacrifice. We have
been quite fortunate, it seems to me, in
having men from all walks of life In
the United States congress, the place
where we should have men we'll versed
in all angles of business and the pro-
fessions.
Despite the frequent assertion that
the business of congress il conducted
by politicians the fact is that for
the greater part of our history, con-
gress has been controlled by men who
are truly representative Of the rank
and file of the people of the country
Among the number we have always
had fair proportion of what are COM
monty called successful business men. ,
Just at present, for instance, the two
great business committees OF congress,
the appropriations committees, are
headed by successful business men.
These committees are important be-
cause they determine to large extent
how much money the people must pay
out each year through their govern
ment. In the house of representative
the chairman of the appropriations
committee is Martin B. Madden, of
Chicago, who has for many years been
engaged on construction work, partic-
marly where stone is used. In the
senate the chairman Of the appropria-
tions committee is Francis E. Warren,
OF Wyoming, who has for many years
been extensively engaged in sheep
raising. Both Of these men have been
successful in politics, it is true, but
because they won the confidence of
the people of their state by their dem
onstrated success and honesty in pri-
yate business.
Recently there has been added to
the senate membership another man of
the same type-a man who is director
in more businesses than I can remem-
ber and who has been willing to sacri-
flee some of his time and interests in
order to give his country and his
party the benefit of his knowledge
and experience. The man of whom I
speak is William M. Butler, recently
appointed senator from Massachusetts,
to succeed Senator Lodge, who died .
short time ago.
"Those who know Butler say that
he is strong man physically and
mentally with face that is hard to
read He is known as a man of honor
with record Of clean life. His faith
er was Methodist minister, as he an
swered a reporter who once asked If
he had ever been poor. He started at
the very bottom, became a lawyer and