Iditarod pioneer., 1911-04-15

small expenditure would do this country. He grew eloquent and forceu but every time the balloon got soaring high, Mann would hur of his antMorgan bomb to the dscomture of the delegate and the demora izaton of the Seward-Iditarod trail.
 Mr. Hay of Virginia, had also showed point of order up his sleeve He the job with Mann, doing a
 little saving Between them, it became apparent that if the provisions about the Idtarod trail be stricken out tue whole appropriation of for Alaska roads would be lost. Hence Wick struck it out.
 At this point Billy Sulzer of New York puts his oar in Billy has been in Alaska and knows something about the needs of the country. He knows that mining camp of $500 people that will produce millions in the next few years entitled to than mail month He also knows that the gentleman with the grouch from Illinois doesn't know any about Alaska than nante goat and it makes him mad. These two have been the many times before this very MorganAaska proposition when Billy Sulzer sticks his finger the pie Mann be- gins to hump up his back and growl.
 MT. Charman," says Billy II to amend the paragraph shall read one hundred and fifty thousand doars He then goes to say that he believes that the should build that dtarod trail and that the road commission needed SOO 900 to keep the old roads they should have $50 900 for this special work He puts in additional plea in which he says the goods and that Congress should certainly be willing jar loose from little spare change for the benefit of country that has added so much to the wealth of the nation
 During this appeal Mann of Illinois, is squrming around like small boy tack He tries to butt in several times and when he finally does get the floor he plodes with righteous indignation
 'The very idea" says he, 'that the gentleman from New York Mr Suzer should stand upon the floor of the House in behalf of the particular persons mainly interested in the construction of this road, namely, the Morgan crowd"
 Right there, the two go to the mat Sulzer tries to point out to Mann that Morgan about the trail than the Sultan of Sulu but it's go. The Illinois Tocsn knows it's deep-lad plot to sell the Idtarod to the Morgan and he chews the fat about it until it's time to adjourn and the amendment is lost.
 Amongst us here in the North comment this little chapter of the comedy being enacted in Congress is necessary. With such aatheads Mann buckng we easily what up against Nevertheless, there burns in our hearts an angry resentment against American institutions that permit such ignorance and buheaded stupidity to withhold from what justly our due We get the muddy end of the stick every day. knowing that fatuous selfsufciency lack of knowledge and disbelief in the righteousness of constantly holding back the development the richest portion Uncle Sans domain.
 But there brethren dry these It looks hopeless but isn't We have our shoulders the the poW and fingers to the We fight the good fight and keep We must educate them their nsl into their torpid thnkanks of truth about this great country and it's needs let be said that long these fragile fingers permitted poke the dead letters Of the language into living words of truth shall their office be the Manns of Illinois Virginia back to the discard.