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Show SENATORS IMMUNE Il\Il\IUNE Il IUNE I14IhIUNE \ \ . In a Washington ne\ ne nev nevs nes \ ' s letter a cor- cor cor - respondent correspondent violencewith vIolencemth comments on the vIolence mth with which presidential nominees for a polntIve appointive forappointive fora attacked offices are frequently at- at at - tacked theirconfirmation theirconfIr1l1ation by Senators who oppose their confIr1l1ation confirmation , and ' " says savs sas } "Senators Senators are iInmune Immune areimmune areiInmune theircomments theirconunents from civil damages for their conunents comments ofhow in the Senate regardless of how far it approaches blackguardism " makethe In other words , a Senator may make the most reckless and untruthful untruthfulstatements statements without concerning anyone with with- without - out matterhow being held to account , no matter how much these utterances may un- un - Justly lustly persons un-lustly un lustly unJustly unlustly reflect reneet upon and injure the per- per per - sons so sj attacked . Scarcely a day passes pas.es pases panes : . jiVhUe whlle while Con- Con Con"I Conti Con - "I I ti " . gress grcss grass is in session that some member memberdoes memberd memoerdoes Igrcss Idoes I does not indulge in ill unrestrained W1restrained unrestrainedms d , and andI andunwuranted andunwarranted unwuranted unwarranted msunwarranted , a at attacks t t a c k s o oagainst on clbzens citizensigalnst ms I 1gninst against ' whom he h'olds holds ' enmity . These TheseI Theseremarh.s Theseremarks Theseremarks remarh.s remarhs remarks . are broadcast to the country countrythIOUgh countrythrough countrythiough Congressional Recoid Recold and andb andr andby andby thIOUgh through the I by b r sensational sens\tional sens tional . ' \ newspapers , and thevictims the thevIctims thevictims them them- themsel themseh themselves - vIctims aie ale are powerless po\\erless po erless \ to protect sel\ sel seh selves seles \ es selvesWhile esWhile While members of Congess should shouldhae shouldhate shouldhave ha\e ha e hate \ r reasonable rgonable \gonable gonable , \ latitude hbtude m in criticismg criticising criticismgpersons criticisingpersons criticisingpersons persons . .or or . policies which they oppose opposethe , , the wholesale immunity immunitv which legisla legIsla- legIslator legislator legislators - - injustice to tomany tomany tomany tor tors . ' ) enjoy works a 3 . grave many honorable citizens And , , unfor , ; ' ; it that some Sena Sena- - Senatoss SenaI Senators Senators - tunitely tWl\tely tWl tely tunately " \ , appears torsho tors toss \ who \\ho ho vvho \ make a specialty of reckless'talk recklesstalk reckless recklessitalk italk 'talk talk I ' find fmd no difficulty m in securing reelection reelection re- re reLeiection - Leiection election |