Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-02-26
Correspondence OF III. Gold uii Daily News,
WAsuINoroN. Feb. ls. ls7a.

But thirteen more days Of Congress
remain. and legislation will now be
rushed through at wastsful speed until
II NJ, on the 18th Of March. when the
patent little gavels Of Wheeler and
Randall will fall. and the Forty.af th
Congress will be adjourned. sine die.
But will it dier The evil and good that
Congresses do live after them. No Con-
gress livsth 10 itself or dieth to itself;
1t makes precodents as well as laws.
There is much complaint and denuneia-
ton Of Congress. Individually and col
lectively 1t is imperfect enough. heaven
knows But 1t is just rs good. and n 20
more ridiculous. than tho great con-
~stituency that sends II here. To take
Congress through and through, on an
average, the resemblance OF the in
dividual member to his district Is start.
linaly significant. Il might be well for
the reckless hurlers OF invective TO re.
member that when they denounee Con-
gress they
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And careful microscopic scrutiny might
reveal germs OF legislative error and
n,bl;c concuniscsne, in an purs n foun-
'ain u 'he in'''sn'ns o"A
heart. The stream will not rise o
its fountain, and until the good people
M IN. Initial States e.ass sanding
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fool. 10 Congress-. we nav expsct az.
trayacan,. dishonest and idiotic leQisla
ton. But let US not blame Congress
100 muen Tor TINS. IL Is 80 much easier
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Congress- who eannot be bribed. there
will be an end Of monopolies Of railroads
and telegraphs. There are but few
members or Senators who have not com.
| promised themselves by accepting free
tickets from railroads and franks from
the Western Union monopoly. A promi-
nent official OF the Western Union has
lately divulged the fact that one-third Of
their business was dead head" but he
added the significant words that it was
the most profitable investment the COM
pany could make. knew q Southern
senator. not long since. who not only
had q Tree round trip ticket TO san Fran
cisco and back. he had tickets Tor any
young ladies' that might accompany
him J II seems that a member OF Con-
gress must he either enormously wealthy
or enormously 'irtuons 10 resist
russy rSsIpious ppmrs.
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TO pay out oil his legitimate salary Tor
hi. dispatches and railroad tickets, has
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"su"en' na' osen 'u'u' no oe''si
account than proving the meagerness OF
legislative salaries. but there Is no
reason Why the average member OF Con-
gress may not live more lu1uriously
h.I,hi. sal,yv v,;ts ,his altar a resi-.
dence Of i've years In Washington. and
know what l Am talking about. Sena-
TOR Mecreery retires az Tue emu OF .
sn1s, ;,,,a snm ~ 500 oSo ssssa ',nn
hi, salary. and he has not lived ike an
anchorite. The following extract from
the annual report Of tho Western
Union Telegraph Company carries It's
" comment aud moral "The franks
issued to Government officials constitute
nearly a third OF the total compliment
AIRY business. The wires OF the West.
srn Union Company extend into thirty
seven States and nine Territories within
the limits OF the United States, and into
four OF the British Provinces. In all
Of them our property is more or less
subject to the action Of the national,
State and municipal authorities, and the
iudicious use Of complimentary franks