Show AT IT AGAIN Con grosH it is on oil the job again mid if wo we are tire to judge idge by advance prem reports the session ill 11 t it batch of scrambled eggs tit theory flie ory and congressmen are to be with lotty ideals and it desire desiro to labor for tile welfare of r tho tile country as a it whole with fair and equal justice to all till but lilt that diat is a it difficult tiling thing to do in thebo thebe day ims of practical politics in lit actual practice a majority are tire elected or dominated initiated do by certain interests either political or otherwise otha t wise and these interests strenuously upon tile enactment of legislation favorable to them inhere interests ats an arv tao many ninny divergent i 1 by lobbies in washington the tile average orage senator or congressman is is often nt tit a it loss los which way to turn lie he is pulled and wheedled and threatened and stuffed with conflicting arguments until in ilia his desperation lio lie feels fee Is like telling them all till to go to Top liet ua even vell the people of his homo home state or district are tire never united lie ile represents all of the people of his district yet it is manifestly I 1 impossible possible I 1 e for him to please them all if he favors f acors one group lie offends another and if lio lie holds aloof and does nothing not liing ho lie is is damned by it congress will have many important but vexatious questions to handle at this session but wo we are tire confident that the ultimate welfare of the great mass of the people will bo be kept principally in mind undoubtedly there are tire some who arc are but puppets in ill the hands of their masters but the ve ag 0 gel senator lator and congressman is not of tills stripe it is our privilege to criticise criticism critic ise our public servants but wo we should first be informed before wo we pass judgment upon others for what would you do if you were in congress and found the national situation so liopo lessly scrambled you know what lo 10 dot do |