Show Drooling Dolts in in n U. U S. S Senate The The Shields Shields water bill went t through pugh the senate Wednesday by vote of 46 to 22 This item does not mean much to careless readers But to thoughtful men it means that six forty-six senators of the d States are are willing to bu bunko ko the pe people out of millions of dol- dol Irs just because people are careless It means that means that these senators ie te e W willing v to give away forever to a a private monopoly all the public fights in this country's valuable water power It means that private priva corporations are authorized by the Shields ill to seize upon on any land private or public which they choo choose e to ond i m for water power purposes S. S It Jt means that the public as a whole is is not to have one penny of m numeration for its loss For nearly ten years this fight of the water water power interests to to control of the public water power power rights has gone on It Ilia lias een managed so effectively by the water power power lobbyists that now ow ily two twenty-two senators dare daie to vote against one of the most IOU ous measures ever brought before congress l 0 Some of the men who voted for the Shields bill excuse the their I ac acon ae ac- ac on b by saying that they are confident that the house will kill the bill Shirking th their ir duty like drooling dolts The Ir framers mers of the constitution created a congress of of two ranches in the belief that each house would act as a check upon upon ash ish and ill considered legislation on the part of the other o Is the tle house to be the ONLY CHECK upon base bas legislation legislation- It will ViII be a bad day for the senate if the people ople arc ever con- con of that what he thinks thinks' about about it t I Ask senator senator- it your jour 1 d' d J- J |