Encourage These Congress
men
Where praise is deserved, it should be free
ly given. You have read some severe criti
cisms of Do-nothing Congressmen, who in
creased their salaries on the sly, without con
sulting their employers; and who have not
accomplished anything for the good of the
country. Many of these Do-nothings are
tanked up on whiskey most of the time and
spend much of each night in gambling, or in
something worse. If these gentlemen are not
more careful bow they hit me below the belt,
vou will see their names in this paper, before
long. But the M. C.'s are not all black sheep.
Some of them are doing their level best to <
have things go right. These should be en
couraged. Drop them a card of apprecia
tion. It will cost you little time, and will do
them good. I know how that is, from per
sonal experience. When I was there, making
a fight on the Congressional Bar-room and
other evils of similar character, T used to feel
so lonesome that I almost felt like going off
to solitude and having a good cry.
A letter of encouragement from home was
more precious than gold. If one of my Geor
gia constituents had come along. I would
have hugged him—so greatly was I in need
of some one to give me a kind word.
Senator Robt. A. LaFollette is making a
great fight for the people. So is Senator J.
P. Dolliver. Senators Albert Cummins,
Moses Clapp and A. J. Beveridge are on the
same line.
In the House, two of the most fearless
critics of rottenness in the governmental
service are Hon. John A. Martin, of Colo
rado, and Henrv T. Rainey, of Illinois.
