The Washington times., 1914-06-28

Hrre's a member Of the House, fac
ing terrific opposition back home, VINO
is tied up in Washington. ShCuio ne
return home to shake hands win tne
voters upon whose mercy he must
throw himself every two years. tne
member would Immediately face tfe
cry Of "absenteeism." One may mag
inc how an opponent would rave up
AID down the District shouting:
The Ron Call.
Lock at Congressman Bunco, fel-
cw-citizens He should be in WASH
ington attending to your interests.
But what do we fnd2 Legislation OF
paramount Importance is being enact
ed, but the roll call shows that Bunco
is recorded not voting
Why? It's because he is back here
repairing his broken-down political
fences. Send me TO Washington in his
place and l promise you,- fellow-ciu-
zens, that I will never forsake your
interests and that the roll-call clerk Of
the House Of Representatives will never
be met with silence when he calls my
name"
What's the average member to do
about It? II he Is astute, he is liable
to engage the mimeograph force to turn
about 1000 letters for him. and he'll
remain here on the job. emphasizing
that fact in the letters aforementioned.
This mimeograph, in the House Of-
fee building, turns about o,2O clrcuLaI
letters an hour % WE wnen y sbinn' IL % operator
tnlchisf sees TO it that the machine, is
kept fairly busy.
The Cost Of An Edition"
,,,.-,har of Congress-
wants to mail out a letter giving an
account Of his stewardship ana seen
ing reelection, he makes dicker Win
the mimeograph man, VINO "orhs iof
the campaign committee. He may nave
the use of this electric mimeoerapn al
the rate of 81 for the first thousaho
letters struck of" The second ano
succeeding thousands may be had lot
20 cents, the mailing expenses-the
salaries of the girls who ADDRESS 'he
envelopes to voters in Punkville ano
Hickory Run-being extra. ae Ia1te-c eu 70
cons+ituents Is SIS per thousand.
Tn. rnineosraph in the House CInce
b,,;iSing has printed hundreds OF thou-
sands Of letters within the past si1
iloHtns mo- order in for 5000; another has
EaS nae an 49, on, an OOO. and still third.
coptrac acted for 10000. didnt I IKE
~ 1Tsy he had written the letter 81 ioes !
ba r.ceived the output, ano ueSu his
hers The entire Job done over et HE
own expense.
They're All Alike.
The democrats, OF course Keep III.
,oacb,ne busy for the major poruoh oi
The time. but this mimeograph VIII pFii,'
Ta,,.rs even for Republicans at so mucn
ns- And the Democratic committee
p.turaIly. wouldn't object to taxing II
a little Republican coin.
7, makes no difference who writes the
,etters-they are pretty much or the same
,enor IFS the kind Of letter you "ouIG
wr;.e ~ cooped here in washington az
summer while you possessed p"is Lia.t
realization that there was solLe ~.
fellow back home trying 10 persuaoe Ihe
,'oters N turn you out Of office.
Crantins that this mimeograph car
Gee I'm tired Of all this campalgr
hunk, Every day there's a telloW "wnc w
cornes and dumps a lot Of type into me
tUrns on the electricity and forces me
- rsvoIve {, 300 times an hour turning
~, Iatters 10 con the voters OF thl'
glorious country.
Fourteen-Page Efusion-
"T rscau that lust two years ago had
,be biggest Job ever imposed upon
Moor nimeograph Ordinarily, these
c.-nafpr letters are about a page ir
Iergth-cIoselv written. you understand
Rut this fellow, a Democrat from Chi
cago. got out a fourteen-page ehusion
He kept me busy for days. He dion
get back, either. and don't know ina
I blame the voters. ANY man who writes
fourteen pages about himself and tn
Democratic party ought TO get a par
Of the appropriation Tor the eXtetnliha
tion Of the boil weevil
.'One North Carolina man recently har
me TO turn out a four-page account oi
his deeds Of commission and omission