The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-07
Is to profit by them. In a word. they want

Pension claims are IS prolific Of letters as Il
writes to his RspTesentstiVe Urging that his
SO and sosand-so have told him that the Con-
gresham. III he wants to"-there IL a covert
sss oSe pd aSTSas2R are T1 80 il eH HP ln GR tl as 70 st Sr ~;
to their Senators, also; but this comes to the
bE f~S S thfsins6i back 6SF The hat kFHSS S aF9F q se sSt Go inyHsts.
man should be ought Lucky, indeed; is
ant the number Of his claim and the title OF the
regiment in which he served. for John Smith is
the Pension tI Bureau. This at length tRR0 Sed nIn q.
and a report secured that in the due course OF
an epistolatory respite but no. in a week or so
port, with a less covert threat az. to what the
Congressman might do "ifh wantedto." Even
quarter thereafter there viii be an apS
peal for an increase. coupled with caustic
Congressman did for such and such snotSer
sioner, whose military record. 4 appears was
S SSiig5Iii Il sEe 81 nc Giotnhs epe WiiI c %nste forthw Mfhs q
pathetic Indignant or UitSnperqtiye demand 70.
80 certain OF the facts withouthaving any proof:
no one is so ~eocksure Of the. law without hav-
suggestions OF unfair advantage without hav-
ing any cumming. as the old pensioner. II Con-
fEa rsisii@tfia t dSys have SssR been ts1 well FslffS1 SunfteS S1SS BY tRe
monster OF their creation: at least their secre-
Post Onices and other appointments are
voracious consumers OF stamps via Washing
tegt; VIII Viz b S@S over WI RRo 5oE shall 1ns Be n mister sne 81 fG the
mails and, the faster the ink, will. flow. That
h fe pnlse. @el wien enHEn as "dt oeKPess shs pub to
give out the impression that they would like
popular ex ITs GSI Of sh9SiIee' PToduc e; a n hs t
many correspondents indorsing in. success
fIon tS each bo SSndi thss T tho PSS pf up az his Io,I head
favor may strike it. Local c9mmittees
are list as waySSiring; they will resolve
Resst that fV they resolved 1SS iHes Just Just i as I erave i9' yester.
day for that one. The public pulse, ae marked
whose eccentriclty would be a fortune to a
wall paper manufacturer and drive an expert
mathematician into an ecstasy of high poten-
As e aPpolnttnmIspts in general the civil ssry,
they have lessened public ardor for ONCE.
From many Instances enc may we'll suffice; "A
caTt @ teft q fe W TESald sor rtkS But Z p pinee he he r eSesaslt
$500 = year he ,could9%'s c0Psistently think Of
much ms hsss to sss that al Piao eas are ne now F Il stSe clS Es5Z
tions, and he. ,bees to frank. under another
promptly by falling to see that the civil service
rules mean a, aRRythttnIE OF 18th, the s sort .,I The Con-
rreioinS that It is very strange that 5. Who was
never kn9wn to work At the polls IN his life, has
!fSe,{ co aaGlen nneO r e eoHssnn fhae B s pass sndHP 3
nssris a year S1 At the head q ft the s slieibi isY list. 4,
card. at length writes HAT be viii take e a Com COM
mon, laboreris place. The Congressman. after
to come on; After a weeks silence, nlied with
Guides thathe Wouldn't take It t at an price. M.
ss a slight compensation for the indignities he
here. perhaps, the Incident closes. anu
There are other applicatipns which have a Pc,
f 6R ssS isDDl di offeiR Pr7if lie. M2%966; e Ind a flai hrF b thf
4 TRit is q %an faes f sfSRs dfifi liza P%iPb Pse res Thsn
ferred is denied and that the plans of educating
Ing merely TIE bare P sse ssffa'; q l{iis: Win S5!s
constrained the ong. long Journey to Washing;
delay. have {rretrievably Come to nausht"Swhat
less can a Congressman do. who has a heart and
own. than put his hand in his pocket and help
the poor Wretch to r Tet W1 homey Fair as the
porous, but for the ,~guileless and saneuine. that
most impraeticahle ,combination who come
hitler e1PeG ~ t1gi the impossible I'M its waters are
0' There snq Is rs no e5u IiEe ifnsad that Congress will
t sEer 6 @9difE ss to aey scGS o@@ efssHt the ne RSwe msn S5
speeches which are made each session against
f SGtSy 3 ss io at ppo TISfsieaf SiGersio1e M hfs dRsiEte ay
has been the administration Of the commits
sion; ve1atious and tenacious alike in teohni-
f tsliti ehe exc dif the rnsh i6 IF p naS Go once & eer! aBre ed;
down that dam" said a Senator. lately. and
t Es sh @etap 81 pc w sSsG' b SSt tSat q @ a CONSTANT lstiGlt
whirlwind OF letters, showing under the whole
s tssIslasrEs auth at The wen very ' bott RG1r Of 60f fke bieSest
drifts. Thus, self-preservation works for the
star-eyed goddess there is usually something
selfish in her train,
Congressman have been having an object les;
Ef oT % 05f : spells ann syysttem Pssenta!TTIRn s the s2@ demand AMID
navy forever" has been the popular slogan. es-
PgeediallEy c9 Wnn in I the h "a, army Iayoa and ! .I nayyyi
ment, beer and patent medicines, those twin
s sSot free. q One Ses would eSTif think miS That T the P Pn9p F3o1
Of officers to men had been reversed, and that
srous lack Of DffnsIstsnce' on any partlep:
ffeerr Miles, R!t,s'i Dewey SpS and 1t the iRS1T Tess. T IS safe fet to say
that there have been more demands for the
9 9tSsr O afi assi c6mbin raym%Sfb5S s th sha shd 5GT Il bd ts sc
Is a problem; for It is against the old c%onstitp,
sword but If all such applicants had been ap-
pointed, the Government must have despair.
a tnsltS dRsra epastoses =, th into LATIN sRh ssy TIHf pay aQ III
Paymasters 2" and have sought refuge in fiat
money nfts ;w az IGTio or b any ola dt thing; n,ent,,u,
may be said without any exaggeIratIon that
the supply exceeds the demand. just prior tc
the declaration Of war they settled on Con.
gressmen like an Egyptian plague-that par
ticulgr one which caused the most scratching
Could their, concentrated extract have beer
squeezed out IN some way 1t would have been
an Opaque fluid: for. while the first one might
predict dire ills II the Government INTERVIEWED,
the next one wonld prophesy gnutterable woes
ters, under, penalty Of the wrath Of theil
writer's, had to be acknowledged; and then
ensued a running debate. in which the Con.
Keep track Of which side the various partici.
eerai public Interest, such as currency reform
the Bankruptcy bill or the tariff, engendert
fiat, stale; and Improbable platitudes.
When the secretary reaches an end to typs
hammering. for the time. there are still undis.
posed OF a score OF letters. These he sorts with
rubber bands and thrusts into his pockets, and
then starts out on his daily running around
First he goes to the War Department. maybe
for one constituent Is anxious TO join the rough
riders. another wishes to furnish nippers, fol