New Britain herald., 1929-08-26
4 SENATOR'S LIFE ].
 IS NONE TOO EASY
Public Votes and Early Presi, dential Breakfasts Drawbacks

Washington, Aug. 26.-The mem- bers of the United States senate have always professed to be just little bit better persons than any other persons, but there certainly have been times when their claims were often open to question.
 Now, says Senator J. Boom- boom McWhorter, there isn't any more doubt about it. A senator has 10 set himself up as a model of probity or he is very soon out of luck. McWhorter is rather plain- tive in his comments. One gets the idea that he believes senators ought to be left entirely on their honor that is, they ought to have the op, portunity to decide for themselves whether or not they want to behave, Take" says Senator McWhorter, this vicious custom Of White House breakfasts.
 "I can remember when an invi- tation to breakfast at 8 o'clock in the morning would have been an insult in this town. The ordinary
  to know why his sleep has to be broken up right in the middle of it. But now whenever the president has anything important to talk about he invites people around for breakfast and they have to go. ..
 Means Early Bedtime
 "How is anybody going to be able to stay out all night if he has to get to the White House by 8 o'clock? All would be well if you merely had to show up and say Present., but you're supposed to have a lot of bright ideas about complicated subjects Anybody knows it's hard enough to have bright ideas on any subject at 8 a. m., let alone after a late poker | party. Being prominent here simply means an early bedtime.
 "Once we used to have a little secrecy in the senate. Whenever a statesman or several statesmen de- cided that they could do their con- stituents more good in the long run by voting against their best inter- csts on single occasion. We could go right into executive session and there would be no need of embar- rassing explanations. We could put our feet up on the desks and smoke at these sessions, too. But now whenever we vote in sup- posedly secret session some scoun- drel goes and prints the roll call and they're talking about abolish ing these comfortable sessions al- together.
 It's got so bad around here that whenever you want a man appoint ed to office now you have to take one who has some qualifications.
 "Goodness knows there are plenty of fine fellows in the country who have worked very hard for their party and who ought to be re- warded, not just because of their political work. but because they are such fine and deserving citizens But the president of the United States has got an idea that candi- dates for federal iudgeships- .anC other posts should come well recon. mended and is even going so far as to bolster up his nominations wtf lists of the people who support the fellow. All these things curtail the opportunities of a senator for serv. ice We used to be able to ge away with murder.
 Longs for Scandal
 "Eventually we will be voting oI the tariff and the Maker of us al only knows how many of us will bt able to vote as we want to vote Much as it may hurt, we've simpl, got to be noble
 Until the last two or three year nobody ever questioned the per sonal habits of dry senator. Nov everybody jumps on him if he ha any personal habits at all. It's go so a senator can't express himsel on paper any more. There's Sena - tor Gould of Maine who wrote t grape juice company to compl ment them on the fine wine he haC made out of their grape juice. Nov : the Anti-Saloon League promises t, , deprive him of his job.
 Sometimes l long for the goot l old days when We had some req = scandals around here. The troubl with having a virtuous presiden without any human weaknesses that the rest of us have to be vir tuous too.'