Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-10

When Senator Bingham employed
Charles Eyanson of the Connecticut
Manufacturers Association as a tariff
adviser he brought down a storm of
comment upon his head. While many
papers discount the influence on the
committee of the Yankee counsel, plenty
of cries against sectionalism are raised
by the critics.
so long has the infallibility of Sena-
tor Bingham been recognized" suggests
the Hartford Courant independent
Republican,, that It comes almost as
a pleasant surprise to learn from his
confession In the Senate that he has
little knowledge Of the tariff interests
of Connecticut. Pestiferous Democrats
like Senator Harrison Of Mississippi and
Senator Robinson OF Arkansas, can twit
him for having tariff expert ct his
elbow to give him aid and counsel,
but we have only admiration for his
wisdom In so doing. It Is not
every Senator, and never before Sena-
tor Bingham, so far as We can recall,
who has had the grace to admit even
partial ignorance of any matter of pub
lie moment" The Courant adds, how
ever, that there seems to be really
no good reason Why the Government
should have paid for any part Of the
Senator's instruction" The Hartford
paper concludes: I'VE find fault with
him for not being equally diligent in
trying to ascertain and correctly inter-
pref the wishes of Connecticut with
respect to Mr.. Alcorn," referring TO the
Senator's opposition to selection, as sue
cessor to Mrs. Willebrandt, Of Hugh
M. Alcorn of Connecticut, States at
torney for Hartford County.
Quoting these CONNIE ITS, the Balti-
more Sun independent. Democratic)
sees significance in them in view Of the
fact that they come from the spiritual
and geographical center Of the Connec-
ticut high-tariff belt" and believes that
they ought to be sufficient to make the
Senator re-examine his credentials as
ambassador from Connecticut" The
Hartford Times independent Demo-
cratic) also comments: This Mr.. .Bing-
ham who puts manufacturers employe
on the governmental pay roll and ad-
mitS him to secret sessions OF tarin
subcommittee, where even Senators not
members of the committee are not per.
mitted TO be, is the same Mr.. Bingham
who thinks there is some reason why
an honest man like Hugh M. Alcorn
ought not to be put in charge of pro-
hibition enforcement"
Eastern Senators like Senator Bing-
ham had better beware" advises the
Minneapolis Tribune (Republican).
There is a limit to the patience even
of the West. Senator Bingham may not
know what he is doing, but the fact
is he Is engaged on program wrecking
the Republican party. Does he, and
other Eastern Senators like him, think
they can exploit and insult the Repub-
licans In the West in so outrageous and
cynical a fashion and still expect the
Western Republicans permanently to
make common cause with them? If
Senator Bingham and his co-workers
are out to tear the Republican party
in two, we must say for them that
they have found the perfect road and
are travelling fast"
Complaint that the Senator did not
act in the interest of the people of
Connecticut Is voiced by the Water
bury Republican independent Repub-
lican), which charges that he com
mitted a serious blunder"; that "in-
stead Of securing the services Of dis
interested technical and economic ex-
pert, of whom there would have been
plenty available, he hired man who
was by long association connected with
one of the three groups vitality inter-
ested in Connecticut Industries" and
that there are more persons in the
groups other than the one for which
he acted.
Congressman are not elected and
sent to Washington TO do what Is de-
sired by various organizations. however
good the desires Of these organizations
may be-" declares the Charleston Eve
ming Post independent Democratic).
Indeed, If Congressman are there 10
represent any class, It Is the ire
mendeus ausnber Of Americans, who
are not part and parcel Of these great