The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-05-14
Measure Of s,slesmanshir.

Senator E8mrras Was great ran
Aad Nersoni pKs pFo8d ~ tam when
ht Represented heg Ia she Feaaie, bnl
shni ai6 b. eref a. fpf lhs people 81
hs siaies He egai8 have secured q
govufnmugi busidsag ~ Darlington,
lad hs Asked iof il, 81 Any SESSION, u
remained faf Congressman Foster "
gti iht magnificent building Ne WOO
Der Bari4Bgs0a "a Coz foslsr
ConggesnmAn Poster bar made good.
lie haA secured "a appropriation iof q
new government buildang a. hiehioIa
and for d ssie foF government halld
inc 81 Bennington. during his cighl
years u service be has secured more
Toe bis constituents than Was ever 10
cured in iwBer thai time b. any sona'
Tor o. representative before. No won.
der The people are 10 favor Of retaining
his services 10 Congress a. long AZ ne 4
willing ~ serve them.
The above notes hre from The Bur
npR,on Clippers editorial columns.
Whether The statements and assertions
made are fully justified, We do not
know. Wc 30 nos care much, either.
II secns 10 ~ perverted idea ot tbs
measure az a Congressman . public ser
vice 10 dweil al great length on Whist
be has managed 70 dras from the fed
eral treasury for The benefit d the pm
waite punes Of his constituents, or Of
certain municipalities Or communities
therein. Not but what member 81
either house should give due attention
10 the real needs Of bis home people,
aud serve them faithfully IN this re.
specl but the tendency OF the pre-
sent. especially as il relates 10 service
ia the federal House. Is 10 make Of our
Representatives mere drummers for
federal pap, hammering increasingly al
The door Of the treasury for something
IN behalf u their district, in order that
they may, by securing il, place some.
body under political obligation TO them,
Aad command their services and sup
port in future, as occasion may arise.
That's the scheme 10 nutshell. lrs
what raids the national treasury, creates
pork barrels out Of what should be
wise aud far.sooing federal appropria'
tons, and makes no end Of scandal, to
which both parties unblushingly plead
guilty.
Bui worse than this, il dwarfs states
manship. The member of Congress,
instead Of seeking TO grasp large themes
and perform a service Of national, per
hsps international, scope, becomes a
mere claims agent for his little district,
trying to get something for somebody
AZ home in order TO please them and
make friends Of them, for future con
tingencies. Accordingly, We have The
spectacle Of several hundred represen-
tatives engaged in pulling and hauling
something their way, while a handful
of men with other ideas really control
the situation and commit the country
10 any policies of craftsmanship that !,
adopts Once in while there arises a
man Of thought and Independence, like
LiitleieId Of Maine or Mccall of Mass
achusetts, but too frequently these are
crushed under the mass and fail to
make themselves Felt, The House Is
not the abode OF craftsmanship today,
as il was in the early days Of the repub-
lie. Its members represent their dis
trieis as drummers represent their
houses, when, in fact, their first duty
is to the whole country, from whose
treasury come their own salaries. This
bnying favor by the AID Of government
funds. distributed primarily with that
purpose in mind, is one Of The most sin
lister dangers 10 our republic. We
should hate TO think that Burlington OF
Richford or Bennington or any other
community wouldsupport Foster solely
because he wac Instrumental IN getting
IL public building at government ex
penss. - Randolph Herald and News,