Show p o. o 6 I TIMELY TOPICS I I. I WORSE THAN HYSTERIA Several senators senators hysterically resented charges S that the senate is afflicted with hysteria Apparently Apparently Apparently the they expected the count country country- to t take thie their wild L Land and whirling words a as conclusive I pro proof f of or a sound intellect t and becoming conduct Failing g the verdict of ot nerve specialist it 5 is useless to dispute over the exact ailment of or the senate But senators ought to tc know now that there are some things worse than hys hys- teria tetla An attack of morbid excitement may may pass But If It the the settled temper temper and the established attitude attitude atti atti- attitude atti- atti tude toward t public life are such as to provoke alarm L and nd disgust we have something to deal much I Imore more serious th than n merely any temporary mania or oi phobia Now in the face race of such a public calamity what whal had the people a right to expect fro from men bound bould to tc uphold the responsibility and dignity Dt tt the United I States senate Surely a demeanor something ver very r different from front what has been displayed to the coun coun- try It would be supposed that senators would I share the feelings which pervade the nation The They r should furnish an example of the gravity ti the the- tion the subdued and chastened mien along with the quiet determination to seek out first facts and then ther L remedies which ought to characterize mature anc and I sober minded men in the presence of a national dis dis- aster Instead of this what have We wo had Unseemly Un Un seemly wrangling partisan and personal re I tion of the lowest order credulous seizing seizing- upon 1 rumor and suspicion a as If It they were verified certitudes tudes and In general a fI- fI revelation of ot Ill balanced I I judgment and execrable manners New Ne New York TIm Times s. s |