Show LESS ESS WIND MORE WORK Senator Badger and the other representatives representatives of the federal officeholders in the tho legislature overestimate the im importance importance Importance attaching to their personal personalities as witness the time spent In Thursdays session on purely purel personal persona personam matters m The senator threw fifteen ora oratorical oratorical oratorical fits In fourteen minutes without stopping to breathe because a pamphlet Of or the tho prohibition Republicans said he attended a meeting of machine politicians clans interested in arranging a deal with the liquor interests whereby where b the Republicans ns were to have cash and I votes In return for a promise to stifle stille hostile legislation The charge was as not made on the tho floor of either house it was not of record officially it was not a matter of legislation yet et the senator seemed to think it was important enough to warrant a speech on a per diem basis The Tho only really important phase of the senators activities is the part he lie lieV V plays in chloroforming prohibition legis legislation legislation lation and that is important only as he heIs heIs heis Is carrying out the orders he gets from his political bosses boss os Everybody under understands understands understands stands perfectly that the machine cares very little as to the name of the senator who does its bidding so long as it is done and the public I would survive sunhe if Badger or any other of offie oftie tie the officeholders subordinates never made a speech I ITha The Tho legislature is supposed to finish its Us business and an go 0 home next Thurs Thursa da a but it will do neither It has spent so f o much time junketing and making and killing prohibition that it itil wilbe il be In session long Ion after the day da a aset sot set set for closing and its work ork will be mule crude and incomplete when it does docs ad V jour t A little more work ork and a good deal I less oratory ora too would woul be much appreciated If H the legislators have personal grievances grievances ances to air let them hire a han hall as th prohibitionists did and say sa what they like lIko when they the like |