Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-20

looking about aud nuWu tW they
eau DO no better sonUlli ros.gn
f1tWt'itVs tu The umi i"fd CO..
iH.o ma apartment ihr boarding
Iuvnf a,o populated Wrh fHo c...i'u
force \ secretary U .'tN iH 90
m, nhcr may live nt boardIu Inus',
Hui u e no longer the Wou 'Uiuf
n uoWnor Co do Noau ugu 'lr
lOudlaa houses used tu fatI,u o0
ta. mruhsI1 thcmsclVcs. brf N.. uu
lJnEcr sci tlo pick al the conaics. Iun.
U f.Hd. There have been instance.
whore members disposed to no very
economical have lived IN chpap board.
u houses on their mileage. clerk
hI, md allowance Ton STATIONERY anu
sawed ih,.r salaries The mpmhof
rIfp unr.afcd as his socrotaiN. nul
NIH saving bias more han paid The
hUtII I. Instances Of This Kind.
huV.,,. fc rare noWadays. and .h,
afrfaE uou1Dl lives pretty closp go
ul- uroW. 1H % congressman Wilde
hc iH l. idIn4 fhc sessions
Du u. 'u, tiuunios OF tho new.
conner n u shaking ~ certain
clu.s Cd. tI,caoi journalists who pre-.
sen, bm Nth plan to mako him
muou. These writer's have no
standing whatever with The press
CALLER, aud .l, regular corps of Wash.
iupton ,uIr,u ondcnts They main.
lain tvo oi 'uco weekly publications
at ab.olW,l uo value and no circulh.
uou. auI 'bct oncr scheme to the
new mcmnp Whlcb not infroQuont.
/, accepted los him. and he Is mulcted
to the tune of hundred. two hun.
drcd or perhaps i've hundred dollars
accurdlns Co his ability To pay re
receives scr, Mandatory "wriie.up"
in these worthless sheets, his picture
is printed IN the paper and he Is FUR.
nishcd with q certain number 81 cop.
les TO send back hoHD iO his admiring
constituent SO one else ever sees
the article ana % is not until after he
has been hlcd that the member
wakes ap lo the lnc' that he has been
ycumizod The Washington CORE.
spondonts have Tor years ondeaVored
10 eradicate Tile evil ana have gone
ga much trouble 10 warn incoming
members against he hold up. hu, at
ways certain number iall for the
game These blackmail writer's have
been busy plying their trade upon the
new members Of the present congress.
jccmis, thcre is such an unusually
large number of newcomers they have
found rich pickings already
Another trouble which The now
congressman has DIS IN selecting
secretary Some of them bring on "A
Young man or Young woman from
h0uc The salary uf fl9j a month
looks big 10 them. especially II they
hail rom small town on village: bu,
they soon find that it does not 20 far
in Washington kut whether he brings
on home product or not. the average
momhcr Is b.scigcd with scores OF
applicants from professional sccro-
tarics These are men and women
who have served in that capacity Tor
years many OF thcm making . good
livelihood by attending 20 the corrc-
spondcnco aud departmental work NJ
three or tour members. They know
all the ropes and many of them are
a8 -i>illul lea attending 10 The wants
of constituents as the average momr
bor OF congress There is a whole lot
o. difficulty however. in selecting n
good one and h. member often finds
that he Is severely handicapped by an
inof'icicnt secretary
Then there az. always list ~ an.
plicants for Jobs Ia The government
service which the member finds :; i'm
possible TO accommodate. but this IL
only Que Of the minor worries
BY the time the new member has
been here for term he becomes con.
ylncod OF the fact thar the job of con.
ercssman Is not such q grand "cinch' %
as DE- Thought 1t was