Show STATESMEN IEN THERE are many disagreeable words that 11 seem peculiarly apt in commentary on the revelations regarding nepotism as it is practiced by senators and representatives Too If the figures representing the money that this political malady has cost the government government gov gov- were published they would make in interesting interesting interesting in- in reading They might in fact be decidedly embarrassing to some of the gentle- gentle mn Inn In the congress who are seeking reel reelection reelection c- c tion this fall Down through the years there seems to I have been an irresistible impulse seizing of offIceholders officeholders of- of as soon as the votes were counted to o make hay while the sun shone Elected to office the first act of the so-called so public servant has been to see sec that his needy reI relatives relatives rela rela- a- a tives landed somewhere on the public payroll i Somehow it suggests the picture of feeding time at the sty down on the farm It was this evil and evil and surely it was a crying evil that evil that brought about the passage of Utah's statute in the last ses session sion slon of the state legislature It has been fairly fairly fairly fair fair- ly effective In spite of the fight to the death of some officeholders to keep their cousins uncles aunts and laws in-laws tethered to the public public public pub pub- lic trough Some of them are arc still clinging on by an an eyelash but everything will all aU come out right side up in the end Political gluttony gluttony gluttony glut glut- tony will eventually kill the overfed little littfe statesmen The man elect elected d to office who labors Under under under un un- der the delusion that it was his entire family family fam fam- ily lly that the people voted for deservedly earns public contempt The revelation of the ex extent extent extent ex- ex tent to which nepotism is practiced in the congress is a little shocking because It came out in a wholesale Indictment indictment but but there was nothing new in it everybody it-everybody knew about it and had known it for a time It De be remedied by law but it is very unlikely that It will be immediately The senators and representatives will feel that they should not aggravate the unemployment situation situation par par particularly among their kinfolk |