The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-10-11

l. with obllgatlon they; didn't make q
single sacrifice themselves. '
At the beginning of the civil war
| practically eRft Manb9 of s4eaes:
Of milItasy Sges sffta sAeif ssslyice:
| to either the north Of the south. n
,this VIII! aisB Mth SugN Aa Ae at
lea4A a6zsa $qiNqs AAd hprfs than
fifty members Of the House g. mill
tary age, with but one exception not
any offers Of military BervioS dhave
been made by nlembers.O They hast
ened to make it compulsory fpr their
service-liable constituents to serve
but they all availed themselves of
their, public .seYice osxenptian . to
avoid serving in!the ranks the mselNes.
= Even in the Span1sh-American war,
a little wargfor,a cent, more members
volunteered for military duty than in
this stupendous struggle." ,."I ''.'
- Congress passed Legislation COM
polling their constituents to make
great sacrifices in order to meet the
financial obligations of this; war for
humanity and the people arc making
these sacrifices with out murrnur.
10 In former situations Of this kind
the Congress set the sacriiicial Face
by practicing the, most rigid economy
in it's own expenditures, ,;out this con-
gress did not, cut off single, useless
expenditure. 90 G,4uh2 rtIod!HD o"m;
Each member draws twenty cents a.
mile in mileage going from his legal
residence to the capitonand returning,
he spend two cents, yeti this bonus
drain aremains.nmuaop cd 70 a19dm
2i Each memberois allowed $4,000,
for stationery bandb Hnine-tenths 9sof
them use committee stationery. pro-
vided for at the expense .ofIthc gov
eminent and 'pocketotlfe $125.00! Each
member Isl given $500 foroat secre-
tary!nWe have no. complaint toi make
about this, a member who, does fail
dutiesnto his position needs II seeie-
1tary and the wageais not exh0rDitant,t
hut fullyf70 per cent of the members
appoint some member Of their family
PAS STRAW" secretary or hireylta
cheap gill to- do9their9 work and add
theirn secertary'ss salary pay to- their
own stipend L andyo az measure to
pay ethe salary directly tod the
secretary aid place itteutside Che conn
/ troi nof the member the same as is
doheuins the Sehate,e was dvotsd down
without a.roH call.ad 9Ys tf9l sdt eve
20 Congress had mo- fhesitatiorf III m
ereasings the postage sratese rada E1the
country one-thisd!m Yet ftheyoleft the
'franising privilege euntouehee swhefe-
/ ny lifembersn send out tons lard tons bf
.'anIpaigpH. ,ateliials wftAealF costafs'
them asteI6ns etttil g benisfGmoo
~ Much more n4ight tbe tdd o1stthis
FsubjeUt9 suffice itft6 tsatntMttoH0t
a single osacrifeet nwas aAa4e ,brr pthe
Ppartdof members of congrasslTNfn d
ssing4en oneo 0fo their Vwne prebgatives
andsf fripileeesrisA91 the bSause dof
fhunanity4 sdt otni bsassq sd lfJnu Of
70 0urnuW asafington 2FrepreseRtatiues
fhavebcfothed themselves iHfa9yM pdf'
fple and slept on soft down, at pHbi
Lie sexpease tso dong nthat 4he9y haaa
|eBeS nserthel sbjeeto Sfnaensbsaeefs. ns
Pb NUtd more ythaHf siM senstosed sfa
Fftwsntyrsfpe members wolf u1tka uHduse
are rentitlesh J9 releIedtistp mon ath3iF
&atnrecora! 81 Itifs dtossible that ffews
MendMould, nit do, tansb bettef nbutsft
tHis certain THAT they TuuId aetfao tany
sworse. IS 49, .asYil II
he tx will take whole lot more than
rP1esidentnNths62 yssg65ds by saoat to
scbnyihfe ltkiinising oAndepiuahsethat the
S6thtG Congress 1hzs4 performed -itS
duty atns1sq Isd 10 smod sdt is +
eH rs ysbssIf E75of5 5s1dt is vito ;
Ibheb fopsefis iggeatsv t5Htb HseMaates
id -futagghA tud dtiw .yIstsnpt1of I
FEqm the cradle ftheitcrnss .an
That ,mqen s aye sFnle asffed by their deeds
AHdI woEas asa so9lg Idress,v ssw b.
rob .-airimhg 57f5 d % snoitosrib etul
l9d 1tad0eSnf seem sslHRhthat Less
than item years Iago ather kaiher and
oPply Roosevelt took ia ochNHlaYo lqaQh
st9gethfr in the,5eyal palace ct Rptsr
j ia dam and sppt iip the tiqae telling faGb
either what good fell9Wsrsandsrgrest
men they were. What would happen