Arizona republican., 1906-03-18
Little James

tCOncernlng the Decadence of the Common Congressman
 Tn Congressmans they sez at it's
 gettin' Harder an Harder every day
 to make both ends moet an if their Perkwisits keeps a gettin Lopped off they'll git to be Objects of Charity atll haf to be looked after by tn Dis 1 trick of COlumby's overseers fer tn poor. Tn Congressman he Size a deeD Si an he sez: 70, fer tn good ole days when they was somethin' on tn Side Then we could send a Soot of Cloes a Noo Jersey Cow or a More an Keep CT home through tn males without be- in charged no Postedge onto it. All that's been done away with. Every time we want to Transmit a OrticIe ats been give to us ats Usefle or Ornymentle We got to git tn Othority of Q Postedge Stamp before We can
 move it inch. If we'd send things home like we ust to in them Fanny days it'd take all our Salries to Buy l Postedge Stamps fer to Deccyrate tn | Gifts ats been give to us by Hastily formed and Disintrusted frens at has bizness in Congress an 'Preshiate troo
 Grateness when they sees it.
 Tn them Happy Days it didn't cost i nothin' to Travel. The RaIerodes was
 glad of our Compny an told us at they'd feel hurt if they found out at We ever Rode over any other Line. Tn 1 Condockters they all Vide with each Othern to see which could make us feel
 tn most at Home If when our pass ] run out an we fergot to asst fer An
 otherin' it come any way with a let
 ter Reproachin us fer our Negleck an astin if the Rode had done anything to | Hurt our Feelins.
 Its all diffrunt now. We jist been NOtifide by some of tn Rodes at they | is takin up all tn Outs tndin' Passes an issuin' in there places a Tie Pass which is named after a Crate Battle field in th' Wor in the Fur East Tn Accompanyin Advices informs us at while We can't ride direckly on tn new | form of Pass We can present it at any
 of tn Agence of tn compny an by pay in the Regler fare we will be Aloud tJ | have transportashun wherever we want to go. Tn Advices sez at this is a Crate Advantadge over the Ole Style Pass which cuddent be used only on wun Line. Tn Advices further h. forms us at this Noo Arrangement don't work no Hardship, fer after com plyin' with tn Noo System We can still have somethin' left out of our Mileedge an salry
 Now comes along anuther kind of a RefOrmer what sez at tn GuVurIl- ment has got to be more Econnomcus if it's ever goin to git Money Enuff ahed to git reddy to bild tn Ismian Canal. He sez it's a Frite tn way Congressman is sendin' seed corn an seed wheel an Otes an Young Nursry frute trees ont to their Constituents He seZ' he found out at they wuZ wun Farmer out in Illinoy at has a Polly ticle Pull at hasn't spent a sent fer Seed in ten yeers. He's got a Apple Orchid ct was sent to him direck fun tn Halls of Congress an he was list astfn' his Congressman to send him some young Peech Trees when he At tracked the Attenshun of tn Reformer
 Thus ovr Rites is bein' cut off wun by wun with no cOrrespondin' increase
 in our Emollients. Every day were Sinkin' into More nsignificance n we was the day before. We haf to set around in frunt Of a Neer Sited Speak
 CT what's also Deaf at times an talks like a Pyrite when things don't go to Soot him.
 "We aint nuthin but Regler Surfs of tn party. I'd ruther be tn Favorite dog Of th' White House an to be d Congressman os n Dominant Party Tn Congressman Of the Minority Is more FOrchnit. He can kick all he wants to. It's troo it don't do him any good but he don't git Gust none fer it. T LITTLE JAMES.