The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-03-01


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w'-'rini speed until - NJ, on the 4th 0l March
when the patcnt little gavclS of Wheeler ant.
p,,,l.u v.ilIf FAN and IA, i5,j cnnrrcss will Inc
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Hut VIII II Gle? The eVii anu GOOD that
congresses do live after them. No congress
liyc,h ~ i,.c,scr aio,h IN ,,.,If !, p,vcs ,re.
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cc"cht' "N wen lis laws ihere Is ihuch coii'
plant and dcnunciauon of congress. lndivid-
unly and collectively il is imperfect enough,
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n'o'c ''"'cu'""S' Una" 'ie great co"''''ueno'es
That send II here TO take congress through
ana through, ~ an average, the resemblance
OF the individual member 10 his district Is
siariIlngly significant. II might bc well for
'nr reckless hurlerS OF Ihvective to remember
, that Wien iAcy denounca congress they lndict
the United States; and careful microscopic
scrutiny might reveal germs OF legislative er'
ror AMI pubic cohcuplscence IN so pure a
fountain rs the invciglinr constituents own
heart. The stream VIII not rise above It's toun-
'hlil, ana unill the good people oi the United
States cease sending dcnago@ucS, adventures,
fanatics ana TOOLS To congress, We may expect
cXtrayaSin', dishonest and ldiouc leEIs'aIlun
But ltt Us li"i hialnc congress. TOO mHth Tor
thi7' III Is so mucA easier 10 preach reform to
CONGRESS thah l" reform oneself. when We
Sehd men 10 c"n@icN' VINO cannot ne hrlhcd
there Will he AN end monopolies OF railroads
ana lelcSrapi!s There are Dnt lew members
or senators wh" have not compromised them
selves ny accepting free tickets from railroads
ana franks rom 'Ae Western lhloh monopoly
\ prominent oihcal OF lhe Western nlon has
ia'ely dIvuIged the tact mat oncthird Of their
business was "deao-head,' but he added the
significant words that 1t was the most proht-
able investment the company could make. /
Knew Southern senator who not long since,
not oniy had IL Tree round trlp ticket 10 San
FRANCISCO ana back ne had tickets Tor any
S"u''g la'ilt' tlat might accompany hlm III
seems maj membcr 81 congress must either
Nc enormously "cal'h} or enormously virln-
Gus I" resist these insidl"us brides. \ senator
vito has been so very unique rs to pay out of
M legitimate Nnialy Tor his dispatches and
railroad lirk"'s has been recently quoted by
Inc pfcaS'ahd NE argument mas Dcen turned TO
no better account than proving the meagernesS
OF legislative salaries Bni there Is no reason
why the average member Of congress may not
1--we more luAurlou,iy than he ever lived at
home, and save half his salary. l write this
after residence oi five years III Washing
ton, and Know what am talking about Sena
tor hcCr"arv rctireS at the end of n single
senatorial term with the comfortable little sum
u $4,000 saved from his salary, and he has
not lived like an anchorte The following
extract from the annual report OF the Western
Union Telegraph Co. carries It's own comment