Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-16
THE ROW IN WASHINGTON,

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THE ROW w WASHINGTON.
Walter Weilman, writing TO the Re
cordiieraid In regard Ii The rumpsls
Stirred up In congress oyer the postal
report. says:
What Il amounts 10 ii this About
100 senators and representatives Of
both political parties are named IS
having violated the law or a rule OF
department Of something Of other. be-
cause they went down % the depart.
meat and asked that their constitu-
ents might have d little more allow
ance for rentals Of p0stofices or for
CLERK hire, This Il what senator's
and representatives have been doing
ever vince The government was found.
%. IN The opinion of their c1nstitu
enis. that Is what they are here for
-to act as efrand boys for their dis
tricts and 70 secure improvement of
the local government service, postal
and other. TO hold these me I'D to
the world as criminals or w~rongdoers
for attention 10 their duties as repre-
scntatiyes IL the people Is about as
foolish a piece OF business as ever
happened outside an Insane asylum.
Az a rule, the senator's named in
the report merely laugh al The thing
and say they believe the people Of
their states will not believe they have
become petty grafters. For example,
Senator Cuilom. who was named in
the report as having committed the
great crime OF suggesting to the post
Office department that he would like
- have an Increased clerk allowance
for some little postofice In Illinois.
was good natnredly chaned by his Eel.
low senators today on getting Into the
CRATER class" in his old age. sen.
ator Cullom Joined Iii the Laughter
and said he did moi intend to pay any
attention to the report. He was moi
afraid his reputation would suffer
among the people Of Illinois. Ii his
reputation was 10 poor thar il was
going TO be damaged BY a thing like
4 ! y wa abou time hc knew II and
Was getting out of public life
But members OF the house are not
~compiacent, Il Is thought BY many
observers that they are showing alto
gether too much sensitiyeness and
should permit their sense OF humor
cool down their anger But these
must 10 before their constitu.
within a few months for renom.
nation and election, hence they do
not relish being pu, In the CRATER
In an Official report. Their po
liticai enemies Or rivals for Their seats
n their own party are already making
use Of these disclosures. one mem
Der today received word from home
hat q local paper hal suggested bis
should be turned over 60 the
grand jury for Indictment. whereas
III In the world that member did was
d AK The p~oslofice department 20
1--WE . postoiice IN his district anoth.
r clerk Uncle joe Cannon, whose
honesty and stirness Of back.
have saved the American people
scores Of millions Of dollars. was pill.
oried IN this report because he sug
tested % the department that a post.
master In his district, whom be knew
s Al honorable man. wanted an III.
allowance for rent and be
would like 10 have he matter Looked
nto ~ me department Yer The New
FORK Evening Post hal 40 editorial
day nr two ago suggesting thar even
ne SPEAKER Of The hoasc had Joined
ie ranks of fhe petty grafters.
'toae facts sbox what a lot 81 harm
lay he done. as well as what great
linst.ce q the members u congress
hose names afc used ii this asinlne
Senator Cuilom says thai President
.,ooseseIt vii never ~ caught in a
'isehood Why should a republican
nator make such a slarring remark
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