The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-02-07
Representative Holman's Say
to a New M. c.
VERY SENSIBLE SUGGESTIONS.
Light Shed on the Way some OBJ
jectionable Bills are Passed and
many More are Introduced.

1t Is related IndG young HleiLi-
ber about to enter upon his first
term in congress once applied to
that veteran "objector," Judge
Holman, for advice touching the
performance of his duties, and re-
ceived the following suggestions
from him:
"Always bear in mind," said the
Judge, "that you do not represent
the men who are seated about you
and whom you meet in the lobbies
and hotels. You will find them
very congenial and polite gentle
men, and they will take great
pleasure in making your stay here
very pleasant for you. By voting
for the private measures of your
fellow-members as they come up,
you will not only do the thing
most convenient for yourself, but
you will receive such fiattering
upprobs: ton as will add much to
your own self appreciation. If
YOU test the merit of their schemes,
having in view the environments
of good fellowship and the recip-
rocity of such services which main
tains them, you can easily per-
suade yourself of their popularity.
The persons you ;oblige by such
votes will pat you on the back
and say all manner of nice things
about you.
''But you should bear con-
tinually in mind that the men who
sent YOU here are in the cornfields
and workshops out west, working
away in their shirt-sleeves, and
are very apt to look at things from
a very different standpoinc from
that of these very agreeable gentle
men whom it would delight you
to accommodate by voting accord
ing to their wishes. These men
here can't vote for you. and at the
next election it will matter little
to you in your canvass whether
you have pleased them or not.
Consider every propositipn with
the question in mind: what rea-
sonable and truthful explanation
can l make to my people at home
to justify me to them for having
voted for this measure?' The
measure that you cannot truthfully
justify voting for to the average
farmer in the harvest field, or to
the average blacksmith at his
forge, you had better vote against,
otherwise you may find yourself
less popular at home on election
day than you could be 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 constituents with
an abiding affection. There is no
limit to his endeavors in their be
half. No one of them can suggest
to him a service to be performed
but that it is undertaken with zeal
and industry. There is nothing
too good or too big in the treasury
here for the citizens of Mudsock.
Their member will go for it on
their behalf. Constitutional limit
ations, State rights, antiquated no.
tions of economy, are all relegated
to the rear when Mudsock comes
to the front; in the very nature ol
things her rights are paramount,
and not affected by the ordinary
principles of governmental policy
Fortunately for Mudsock, there
are BUzzard Glory and Tailhold
Jacks Defeat and Beech Creek
likewise efficiently represented
here by Jealous members, and
they, too, want some of the sur
plus, and are equally entitled to it
A combination of interests il
easily Effected hundred "future
greats" are readily recruited, and
thus our members measure is nc