Telegram-herald., 1890-04-28
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sands OF documents many OF shem OF
very great value and Importance. Yet
= s fact that the people who would
be the most interested IA procuring
these works, are not able % do so, and
that thousands of documents md their
Say tO secondhand dealers, who buy
them for the price OF waste paper and
later on resell them ~ = very handsome
advance. IL frequently happens that
Member OF Congress sends document
u 4 constituent and the same thing IS
sent % him by the senator from MS
state, thus giving one man two copies
Of the same work, while there are
plenty Of other people who would b,
only too glad % have a chance Of re-
eeIUng the extra copy. IL IS felt that
there should be some system employed
and a oil mas been introduced 70 estab-
sn a bureau OF documents, where all
documents and books 70 which a Mem
Der u Congress : entitled would be
sent. and from there lie dlstr buted sub
Iect 10 his order. The work would be
done systematically, and a record
would be kept OF every document sent
out, SO that IL would be impossible 10
duplicate orders and the Junk dealers,
wnO are now making small fortunes
out ot the Government Printing Office,
vii have 20 look for other sources of
revenue.
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Although we constantly read and
hear a good deal OF the way ln which
public men have 20 work and the great
strain under whicn they Ia Dor, II IS
perDaDs a fact that men IN public life
seem % 1--we longer than those IN any
other walk OF life. On the bench and
lu the House and Senate are men who
have passed the allotted three score
years and ten and yet who are as vigor-
Gus mentally and physically as they
we're twenty years ago. TX Secretary
McCullOch IS 81 years OLD. bat he IL IN
possess. on of all his faculties and enjoys
good dinner as much as anyone.
senator Morrill,, OF Vermont, celebrated
his eignteth bEhday this week. He
never mlfses s>tession OF the senate,
attends committee meetings with the
greatest regularity, and when ne states
u prOpOs ton IN the senate Il Is done
with the greatest clearness and pre-
clslOn. Justice Field IS over 20 and can
rctl-e at any time with a pension OF
$4,000 "a year as long as ne lives But
ne prefers the tremendous work en-
tuled ON q member OF the Supreme
Court rather than life of luxurious
ease. Justice Field has % travel some
1900 miles every year when he goes on
circuit. Another Old but still active
man j. Senator Dawes. OF Massachusetts,,
VINO has been IN the Senate aud House
for tnrty-fve years. Justice Bradley
is another member of the Supreme
Court VINO IS we'll along in years and
who IS stIll able to eXpOund the law. |
could cite you dozen other cases but
] think enough has been said 10 show
that men I've % a upe old age in
Washington, even II they do have 70
work hard.
The northwestern members and Sen
ators have done o seus ole thing and IL
w0uld bee we'll If sOaie OF the other
States would copy the idea. They have
rented q large house ln the West End
Gud established tnere q northwestern
headquarters, wnere,v.slt0rs from that
section ot the country. who have been
provided with cards Cf admission, are
always surc to ind some OF their MEM
to-- or Senators and to meet other con-
-r1l spirits. It makes the dc.ega-
tog. work together tor the good of the
states Uh'on they rtVrC-eUt aud when
tlere anything requiring concerted
action which s for tne welfare OF that
country luis much more likely 90 boz
-..ra u tr1t way than : ~OuId be Of
f.. ~.ttos h1i a9 -rcl social organHa-