The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-09
THE DIRECTIONS ADVICE.
what Representative Aolmsa Tetd . New
eMb of Coagreaa.


From the washington Post.
IL il related that n young cmb about
10 enter upon his first term in congress-:
I.a . o.. .,vi.. ,,,.. hing the
e"N.- '..'s"'" ~. .s .,.I r....;vasl
peri"r,nAnce Oh u's uu'"s n;n,.
the following snGxestions froin MINI.
bear i'm mind, SAID the I"oee,
ssthat you do not represent The men who
ara seated ahout won and whom you meet
In ,h. ~In,,l,;,s and hotels. You will find
-. -. .....,;.I .,,J ,,,lite veutle-
.Ic'h srsy "na ~, MAJ.
she'n' "''" ."ey ~Ai' ISM I' -~.
ing your stay here very p'eissah' 70 YOU:
BY voting for the private measures of
your fellow members as they come mp,
vo,, ~in mot only do the thing most cOn-
ven;.nt f,,r vo,rself. but will receive such
a.s...;nm ,r.,J,a,ion as will AID much
To your own sen npPreeS'" ~
test the nierN oi their schen'eS' W y"
view their environments OF GOOD fellow
ship and the rcciprocity of such services
as maintaius them. You can easily per-
suadc yourself of their popularity. The
pcrsou. you oblig. by such votes will pat
vo,, ON AIM, back and say all manner of
nice, thiuv. about YOU.
But You should bear continually in
mind that the men who sent you here are
i'm the Cnrnficlds and workshops out west,
working away i'm their shirt sleeves, and
are very apt Ia look at things from ~ very
defTcreIt stondpoint from that of these
very agreeable gentlemen whom il would
delight you tn accommodate 10y voting ac-
cording to their wishes. These nen here
can Stbtas Tor You, ana st INC bbe-At nv
ton il will matter little tn you i'm your
canvass whether you have pleased them
or not. Consider every proposition with
the question i'm mind: What reasonable
and truthful explanation can i make To
my people at home to Justify me tn them
for having voted for this measures The
measure that YOU cannot truthfally justify
voting for, To the average farmer in the
harvest field, or the average blacksmith
otherwise you may lind yourself less pop
ular at home on election day than yoI
could In. here by obliging your friends in
and out of the. house by voting for their
little bills"
The average congressman is chock full
of good Intentions, and loves the dear
There. is no limit To- his cndcavors i'm their
behalf. No one of them can suggest tai
is undertaken with zeal and industry.
There, is nothing too good ar too big in
the treasury here for the citizen of Mud
sock. Their member will GO for il ON
their behalf. Constitutional limitations,
state rights, antiquatcd lotion of econ,
o.ny, are all rclegatcd to the rear when
Mudsock comes to the front i'm the very
nature Of things her rights are paramount
and not affected by the ordinary princi-
Fortunately fer Mudsock. there are bug
zard Glory and Tailhold, Jacks Defeat
and Beech Creek. likewise efficiently rep
resente here 10y Jealous members, and
they too want sonne.of the surplus, and are
equally entitled To IL. A combination of
interests are easily ciY:c,cd-a hundred
ltlNtlE kIsatN1 III " III " slIltI
thus our members measure il no longer n
mere loral affair. interesting only To
jewellers in the village on the Raccoon,
hut il part Of "a great ''national system
tn h. wrought out in sections as rapidly as
the "objettions'' of "A few "old checst-par-
ing FOSSILS" who have no Muisocks or
~Shakcrags i'm their respective districts,
will permit. True. the item of cost has
multiplied even more rapidly than the
number of Mutlsorks i'm the field, for
some of them have Registered their lie
mands over the millions column, and
many of them in that next to il.
Now right here. is where the member
from Musisock needs IA suggestion from
the member from Aurora. Ind. Thc
Judge would mince his tobacco half "A
minute, at the rate of Al bites "A SECOND.
would gives his hand, palm UPWARD, "a so-
ries of those rotary nervous motions which
he acquired as "a boy feeding his fowls.
and with "a little more pronounced nasal
information, added for tile sake of impress
s~ivcness, would say:
yes, yes, yes. that's all right that's all
riyht-so far as Mnlsock Is concerned.
it's "A nice. town. embarrassing place: need
"A po.toIIi,,. builli ~ thcr,.. M, lo,,l,t /. ,,s.o-
pie there. will prubs.bly very ucn,ro,lsIv
insiorsc il. hut all. ah. my friend. nh have,
Won stopu..d To- ,onsi,Icr what ynur CON
scrabble and the hundred other nostotjiC,s
i'm your district will think nt,o,,t in You
know that they are very plain kind of p.o-