The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-02-12
state SINE. kindly rive, but -,

ootai'. OWN: to the dificutSy 70
tnany individuals in their s"a: Of
II of the Congressman are bv n" ' a.
I'm constant attendance, MANY Of 1 tsI
being busy in Committeeman nen
lounging in cloak-rooms, Or IunnS,; Or
or following the bent of their ;naug,
tlens in other ways. and seldom com;nI
in after roll'call. save to hear hers1Ina;s
speech. or to vote on measures " ~;se
which they are already familiar o; WIN
from the reading of the daily iour r.,Ie Ct
proceedings. or in the commit;.e.r"a'o1
or by the word of mouth Of Others Ta.,
every album that they thus fill . rot
signatures the boys receive ten do Tsa
from the eager visitor of the Can;. st'
and they fill a good many during ,%s
year. "e
In another way they also sometime.
earn an additional penny. For attic.
any gentleman on the floor has mads ' ).
particularly strong speech, the m",, .
bers on his side Of the Question ". ~.
wont to subscribe for the PRINTING ~ :;
thousands Of copies of the speech. "
sent broadcast into their districts: tio
pages therefore 20 about with suhso. ;a'
ton papers, and they are allowed ~
dollars for every thousand Of the
speeches that are taken. 'A0
If the boys OF whom we are speak;r.
are very bright, they are ant to IS
spoiled, AS in such case the Memha,s'
and Senators take pleasure in indulrin.
them to some degree. But there srs
not many, it may be imagined. who ars
thus injured. Some OF them, indeed
are rs careless as the blowing wind.
these have no awe or reverence in the;,
compositions; the great men with whom
they are brought into contact are not
great men to them, but simply folks
who send them on errands, and tha
directions given them 60 in one ear and
OnE the Other-as we all know nevor
happens with boys anywhere else. Ono
little chap dispatched to the Document.
room for the Identification bilr' asks for
the Modification bilr'; another. Sent
for the "Census," asks for the "Ascen.
sion bilr'; still another, insisistinc IN
the :Compulsive Capacity BILL" and
returning without it, is told that he VA,
sent for nothing of the kind. but for
that on compulsory Pilotaye," where.
upon h presently comes back tosav
that there isn't any bill on ..pulsiye
politics" The same youngster asked
the Document Clerks for the "bll for
the Suppression of Supreme Litera-
ture:" A little compulsive capacity"
would have been good for this urchiin,
were it to be obtained as easily as was
thought by that gentleman whose
daughter lacked capacity. as her teach.
er said. "Get it, madam SAID he
":get it; she shall want for nothing that
money can buy her." 10 the same
class with these scatter-brained urchins
belonged the little fellow who once
brought into the Congressional Library
a note signed BY one OF the most DOW
erful 'Sons of Thunder in the Senate,
and which we begged the Librarians
pardon for reading as it lay a moment
on the desk beside US: civilian H.
Turner wants 1.-The Headless Horse.
man; or, The Scalp-Hunter.' l ask
that he may have it under the rules Of
the Library" .'r1
But to Offset such idle fellows as the
reader of 1.-The Headless Horseman''-
who certainly could do no better than
hunt for a "scalp," and u head with it.
too-there are other pages who make il
their business to understand their
duties thoroughly, and two or three
who even go SO far as to read for them.
selves every bill that is introduced, to
follow its fortunes, to be able to tell the
person that asks just where it is in ito
progress to passage or defeat, and who
can always be relied on by any member
who has been absent or out of the wav
to let him know exactly what has been
done and said in the mean time, and
how the vote stands on this question or
the other. 1t would be no wonder il
boys of this sort should be INDUCED:
and there is little danger of spelling
such good material. These boys are
learning the business OF legislating, and
If they wish, will, in their turn, come
back some day to make the laws.
But careless or faithful, their bright
faces and light ways are a pleasant
sight to see in all the throny of busting.
noisy men; and. as one looks at them
slipping about on their countless
errands, one feels as if the BOYS them.
selves bore some small part in the work
Of governing the country. -Rarie!
Prescott Spo0orl, IN Haper's Young