Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-11-02

as officers of the Grange, and, assume
YOU are acting in your official capaci-
ty Therefore. | have forwarded q
copy of your letter to Mr. w f. Hill,
Master of the Grange of the State of
Pennsylvania, requesting him to ad-
wise me whether it is in accord with
the prime pies of that noble institu-
rion for the officers of the same to
addres such a letter and upon the re
ceipt Of his reply win answer your
letter
Yours truly,
e. w. SAMUEL, NJ C.
Pursuant to this petulent and some
what pueriIe statement Dr. Samuel
sent a copy of the letter of Mr.. Camp
bell and Mr. Dildine to Mr. Hill, Mas
ter of the State Grange ostensibly for
the purpose of getting Mr.. HilPs ad
vice with respect to his obligation to
answer, but really hoping for a re-
buke Of the gentlemen. To this let
ter Mr.. Hill replied that the gentle
men were acting in the capacity of
citizens.
On October goth, four days after
the date OF Mr.. Hilps letter and af-
Ter ample time had elapsed between
the receipt Of the original letter to
sound the bosses, DR.. Samuel made
The following reply:
Mt. Carmel, Pa, October %, 1906.
Mr. j. s Campbell,
MIR G.. n. Dildine,
Rohrsburg, Pennsylvania
lear Sirs:-
Although your letter of October G
ears no evidence that it came to me
by any direction of any Grange, or,
that you were authorized in your Off
cial capacity. to address the interro-
cations to me, | recognize the right
Of any constituent of mine to write
upon any questions of interest, eth
cr to him or the community at large;
this consideration has prompted me
to answer your questions at length:
]. During my course in Congress,
| have acted on all legislation, as in
my Judgment, seemed for the best in
terests of my constituents and the
country, and without being subser-
Went to any man; this course shall
continue.
,. did not refuse to sign a cali
for a caucus to consider the rate-bill
but on the contrary | was always in
favor of and voted for the rate bill.
3. My votes in favor of the pure
food law and the meat inspection bill
show my position on those questions,
4. My duties as a Congressman re-
Quired my attendance at Washington,
and | ala not deem it right or proper
TO neglect them in order to be in
Harrisburg to lobby either for or
inst the passage of any resolutions
ur the legislature.
5. did not vote or speak against
parcels post the only reference in
my speech to parcels post was the
part of the Postmaster Generals re-
port, commencing the merging of third
and fourth class mail matter you are
respectfully referred to that part of
The report of the Postmaster General.
6. | did not vote for the repeal of
the eight hour law in the Panama ca,
nal.
!. In all my official acts, l have
faithfully represented my constitu-
ents, and in so doing, have supported
the policies of President Roosevelt,
believing his policies to be for the
best interests of my constituents! as
well as the country at large.
My votes and action on all legisla-
ton are contained in the Congression-
al Record, which is the official report
of all legislation in Congress, to
which you are respectfully referred.
Yours truly,
E. w. SAMUEL.
If the answers had answered and
DR.. Samuel had conveyed his answer
to the gentlemen to whom 1t was ad-
dressed, the incident would have been
closed. But the Doctor stupidity sent
part of the correspondence to an
equally stupid newspaper which false
ly declared that it purported to come
by direction and authority of the
Grange. AS a matter of fact it did
MT purport to come from the Grange
/ but as Master Hill of the State
Grange promptly pointed out, the
writer were acting as "citizens inter
ested in the LEGISLATION of Congress.
But the answers don't answer. Ths
/ first question is, will you continue al
/ legience to the machine and the an
swer is that he is subservient to nc
man. Possibly Penrose does write
himself plural and the machine may
be called a collective noun, but the
record is that DR.. Samuel was sub
4 servient to the machine always,