Telegram-herald., 1890-04-01

~ 1910 TO SEX AsoUr II.
A bill nay have passed one House
ana not have gone through the other.
4. may have beea ame ated in The Sen
sts after pAssiag tho House. and have
been referred 10 committee OF con-
ference. The com mmittee Of conference
may have failed 10 agree II they did
agree their report may not have been
saksa aD. Nathaniel Mckay a. the
last Congress vas very uniacky. For
years DO had been urging the passage
o. claim bill carrying aoout seventy
shOgsand dOllars In the last Congress
Governor Leng took hold OF il and
showed it through the House with
good majority Ii passed shs Senate
without amendment. aad Nas sent %
AIS President Grover Cleveland ve-
soed Is Mckay claims TO have COS
square since then. he AYERS that hs
spent thousands OF dollars in defeating
Cleveland
When a Represe sative is In portuned
tv constituent 20 introduce a bill and
20 keep an eye on IL. hsusuRlly asssnts-
The bill. in nine cases out of ten. will
be for the benehs OF somebody who
will arge him 20 introduce personal
billA tie will have them sent 20 him
through the mails By friends who i'm
perfume him on bohalf OF their friends
Occasionally he Will get bill from the
friead OF a friend who will urge him TO
favor friend OF the friend OF the frs.
friend Friendship IN such cases reaches
rs remote degrees as scotch cousinship.
IL the Representative is At all con-
spicuous and good natured. he will have
his hands full For some time be may
be able 20 keep the run OF the bills in
his mind hat in the end allswilI become
confused He viii find himself
hardly able 10 tell ore from the
psher. lie may receive dozen
argent letters concerning each bill.
but he will have no idea as TO which
bill the letter refers. The bills them
selves usually remain In his desk until
after abe Speaker has been elected and
ths committees appointed. Then they
Sill all be thrown in 70 the House in a
lump. Eighteen days elapsed before
sny were introduced in the presen.
Congress Then over two thousand
were danpsd into the hopper in one
eay. The food gatOs were opened before
shs appointment OF committees. The
object vas 20 secure the printing OF the
bills during she holiday recess. All
bills are printed and Member is en-
Etlsd TO five copies of each. II hs
wants more be has 20 sklrmish foT them.
fvs dollar note will secure an excel
isnt akirmisher. AS soon a. tho bills
are introduced they srs referred 20 ap-
propriste committees. Each Mem Der
has before him as bis table IN the com
nittee room Ale OF tas bills referred
D. his committee It takes the commit
tees one or two weeks to get TO work
The bills OF those who have claims
against the govo-nmeat for damages
sustained in she ate war are referred 70
The Committee On War Claims. other
Slain bills 20 70 what is known Is the
Con mmittse on Claims.
Claims for the renewals Of uatsnts
and copyright cases 20 20 the Committee
on Patents. They usually stand as
much chance OF seeing daylight "a
kammoth-csvs fishes. The Chairman
OF the present CON mittee is Ben Butter
worth OF Ohio lie las been Commis-
sioner OF Paten.s The man that can
pull The wool over Ben's eyes
could jump from sbe TOP OF the
Wsshinytoa Monument without injury