The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-04-25
FRIDAY, P 25, 1913.

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The Washington correspondent
of the Indianapolis Sun had the
following write.up of our dearly
beloved billiecox in their issue of
Sunday April 20, 1918. 1t speaks
for itself in showing up the ego
stical ignorance of the party who
misrepresents the Sd district at
q salary Of over $4,000 per year.
There are a number Of Indiana
congressman who should worry.
for these be parlous days for
them. There are a large number
of fair-to-middlin' postoffices in.
this state, and about ten candi-
dates for each and every one of
them. Now, there is Billy Cox,
down in the third district, as an
instance. Early last fall, Billy
decided that he would select the
men for the various Offices in his
district before congress met in
December, and thus relieve him
self during the session Of all
problems that might interfere
with his close attention to being
a statesman. 1t was a great
scheme, qu0th Billy, and he
started On his way with d glad
some heart. He hadn't gone far
however, ere he discovered that
he had troubles and the glad
someness faded from his warm
heart. He found coolies of can
didates for each postofice and
each one had an argument in his
own favor that no con ressman
with a hope of a tnlu,e would
dare thrust aside . .,fnptorily.
Things developed fast for Billy
and he contracted a frigid afflic-
ton of the feet that was not
superinduced by weather condi-
tons He succeeded in fixing ON
three or four candidates for as
many postoffices and then his
ckliblains became so aggravated
that he decided that only a quick
hike to Washington would relieve
them. He liked and hiked fast.
Since then the small army of
candidates for the remaining
offices in the third district have
been crashing their teeth and
throwing fits so plentifully that
Billy finds it quite impossible to
listen, with patience, to anyone
who attempts to sing Home,
Sweet Home" for he can't see
anything sweet about it
The last session of congress in
it's dying moments passed a bill
prohibiting the killing of migra-
tory birds. Bird lovers and
sportsmen from all sections of
the country strongly advocated
the adoption of this law for the
reason tina. it would put an end
to the slaughter of wild ducks,
especially, while they were in
flight toward nesting grounds
and after many of them had mat.
ed for the season, 1t was shown
that many ducks were killed or
northern flight that contained
eggs, thus proving that mating
had even taken place in the
south and before the flight be.
gins. During the debate on the
bill, that journal of merry quiz
and jest, the Congressional Re.
cord. tells us that our own anC
only Congressman Billy Cox en-
tered into the discussion with al
his well known eloqueDce anC
logic" He protested agains'
the passage Of the prOhibitory
bill because some rich ''men hunt
in automobiles" and those VIII
have no automobiles can not 81
ION pleasure jaunts and trips
staying. slaughtering and killing
game" While the COMPRESSION.
al Record does not point out the
humor of the thing, the reade.
will at once note that Staying
Strengthening and killing is som'
funny as a phrase all by itself
A number of specimens journal
have made the discovery AM
they are having a lot of fun a