Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-01-11
Fson WASHINGTON,
1atls no. so, 1906.

Conoress. al the commencemen OF every
session. unnecessarily 10 waste time that IS
No, their own? The time OF member OF
Congress belongs to the public, MEMBER
&c CONGRESS- IS a servant of the people, say
our frs, patriots: ne IS well palo oy .ne
people for his services; henee.it Iostowe''',
thar he ought not to cheat the people OF
,he;r money: if he cheat them OF time Tor
which he is paid, he cheateth the mouth OF
.,.honr Of i,s money. During the 6rs' two
toor.,sgof the last session, II thou oedoce
,vna, ;mr was wasted in atrendingto horse
racing and Christmas hoifdays, anu wha'
was wasted by the mere meeting anu al
mos. Immediate adiourniag OF the .Ftease,
there was not performed the business OF
,z,,o zyeeks.-During the last TWO months
Of the last session, ii thoa deduct the eS'
nensiye. needless, apd malicious Pfosecu-
ton against the venerable, and the upr'ont
and the able Judge Chase, there was NOT
performed the business OF more 'aar Que
noon.h. AA,she necessary business OF the
last session might have been complicated IN
six weeks. This would have saved the -
pited States 10 money, about wo hnnoreo
Thousand Dollars. Our great patriots Tor
such they are if we can believe tne'r own
declarations are great praters IN favour o.
the benefits of economy; tina: IS, frieno
Relf. thsy would spend 100000 white
round ones for the medicinal .beneht OF
Keeping alive their consnmPave pockets "a
cher than not econonaze for their own ad-
vantage. This is not said OF aii;- Dat It can
correctly be said OF many, that the Princi-
pal object of their wan IN ,oeco"ius
members of Congress, IS the salary: ana
hence many of them little tear tnass00 "'Hc"
Of year will give them SIX doilacs per Oh.
en- How II will be this session 1 cannot
discover: but from present appearance. =,
am induced TO believe, that congress WIZ
soon enter ON bushes ofimportance' soon
er than before; for the house OF repfesen'
satives have already contiaued the sitting
OF TWO days I'll halt Pastf7e0 o.c1scS' anu y
is now but the fourth week OF the session.
Fhou. cans, not but perceive that had 'nis
been done eVeru day, It is probable 'ha' the
expence of a tortmght's business woaid
have been saved the public would nave
saved il: but the members would not nave
economised for themselves wen KNOW
Friend Relf, there srs some men VINO sacri-
Ace the;r interest by attending Congress;
there are some, particularly the chairman
of some of the standing committees who
are hardly paid for their laoorlous
services !; but there are too many VINO
make a. seat in Congress money job.
Hence the lowness, of the reputation OF
Congress-; hence so many intrlgues tor
seats in Congress who are%ht only TO be the
chairman of knot of rogues or a club OF
ounces. The House beginneth to do bu-
siness a. about half past eleven; petition
of private nature is presented !; the clerk
reads IL; il is referred TO committee;
the House are quiet; another petition, at
FER some time, is presented and referred !;
the House again are quiet; some little
more business, and the House again are
oaiet-C q. Q. busy reading newspapers, chat.
ting, writing ie,ters, &c.)-the speaker
reads over the orders of the day none are
called; after fifteen or twenty minutes
(which hath several times haPpened) 10
which nothing hath been done, some one
moves for an adjournment, which is i'm
nediasely carried. The House needeth.
not and ought not to adjourn till three
O'clock. This ought to be regulasion
from the commencement of session ;,
such a regulation wonld save the country
Fall many pound.
On the second and third days of last
w-ek was conducted in the house the dis
eassion ola question that oecasioned much
animation, and considerable eloqueuce on
bath sides, It was on the report OF the
committee of elections relative 70 the petit.
ton of Thomas Spalding, of Georgia.
The circumstances were substantially these.
Bowles Mead aud Thomas Spaldiug had
nearly an equal number eff vetes for mem