Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-03-26
CARY ''ON THE jGG. u
Wisconsin Representative Tells
How Good Bills Are Killed.
EAGER TO AID CONSTITUENTS
Circular Letter Mailed to Them, Which
He Expects to Do Some Good-Ao-
eompanied by Double Allotment of

StFcutar Letter MAILED to Them, Which
He Expects to Do Some Good-Ao-
eompaned by Double Allotment OF
Seeds and Offer of Farm Bulletins.
William ]. Cary, who represents one
of the Milwaukee districts in the house
of representatives, is keeping his con.
stituents thoroughly informed about
affairs In Washington. Mr.. Cary is
serving his first term In congress. He
had some legislative experience before
coming to the capital, and accordingly
In his three months life as maker of
the nations laws he has not been be.
guiled by the leaders.
AS rule, the new congressman
changes his impressions of Washington
when he has been here a month OF
two. Along this line story is told of
western representative who came to
Washington some years ago breathing
hostility to every kind of corporate
wealth, especially railroad corporations.
Six weeks later he was a changed man
and confided to one of his friends that
the railroads ''are all right" He con-
fessed that observation and experience
had convinced him Of the error of his
position In believing transportation
companies enemies of the public
why" he continued, "1'm for the rail.
roads, and, for all l care, they can
make a roundhouse out of statuary
hall"
Representative Cary is not this kind
of congressman. He is ION the job
for the people and has informed the
folks back home that he has found a
deplorable condition of affairs in Wash
ington, says a special correspondent of
the New York Post. He has discovered
also, he says, the way that good bills
are killed.
In order that the voters of the Fourth
Wisconsin district may have an ac-
curate account Of his congressional
stewardship Mr.. Cary has prepared a
circular letter which he is sending out.
In the upper right hand corner Of the
letter is a half tone likeness of the Mil
waukee representative and below it the
label of the typographical union. Mr..
Cary was telegraph operator before
he entered public life and has intro
duced several bills to regulate the af-
fairs Of the telegraph companies.
1t appears from Mr.. Cary's letter that
his committee work in Washington
takes so much of his time that he can
not go into details in explaining what
he has found since he became nation
al legislator. He is member of two
committees, District of Columbia and
ventilation and acoustics. The last
named meets on alternate leap years.
Every senator and representative
gets an annual allotment of $4,000
packages of garden seed and an equal
allotment of farmers bulletins. 1t was
to accompany his seeds and bulletins
that Mr.. Cary prepared his circular let
ter. Hear him:
Il am writing a hasty note to inclose
with your seed and TO explain that
could not get all the varieties you
wanted, as the government seed ware
house burned down and ruined all the
seed originally gathered. However, l
inclose a double allotment of every
kind of seed in the seed department
and hope you will find plenty to suit
If you need more, just write me. in
close list of farm bulletins. If you
want any of these, just mark the num-
bers and send the list to me. You can
mark as many as you wish.
Il find affairs in Washington just
If some of the people knew what their
do here they would be
astounded. 1t is q terrible menace to
the welfare of our country to see men
here doing all they can TO prevent bills
going through congress for the benefit
Of the people, sneaking into corners to
whisper to corporation lawyers and at
tending dinners and receptions given
by men who have special bills to pass
instead of attending their committee
meetings for the good Of the people
have introduced several good bills, one
Of them the farmers denatured alcohol
bill, which will enable the farmer to
make alcohol out of the waste material
on his farm and use it to light and heat
his house. pump his water and run his
farm machinery with the stuff he now
throws away. This Is explained +.
John Dickert's letter on the p". torial
page of the Fl ee Press Of Feb II. l
Will send you copy of the bill and
say more about it later, as l am too
busy now with committee work to do
t. A plan of killing good bill is to
all two or three committee meetings
1t the same time so that u congress
nan cannot get to them all, and they
Kill his b.ll in one committee while he
S attending the other. However.
earned a few things myself while l
vas alderman and sheriff, and these
elbows have found out that they can.
lot put me up tree.
II inclose newspaper which printed
N editorial about me here. If there is
1 can get you here, just drop
ne q line. Please write and let me
now If you get the seed"
1t Is Mr.. Cary's idea that letter like
his ought to help some.