Show I ihe Penalty of F Greatness F 4JK XQ l drev fir Ave dont live in clover ill a long breath and settled to k dw11 in his chair as if resigned tlrt at itnpilldillO s wflrit doom Why it al 1 lluijt always has IL jas a start r wIll 11y J 1 tell youit i started this Ofl as I a J < got to con I Ur congress got it1fl rr UUL One of my constituents 7 Uiatl ht ll1e b upon ln5r election and f lt llatl knew 110 < there would be 111 IJ 1 > the constitution should Jolattd 8 I J I must I n i1 introduce l wliL I b UKbousc to prohibit IlIy district tl fllJP w t1 three 1 nswHd tlat 7 constitutional letter fl erd 1 of i r > failing the utter OIM I h aes aii4 Ircss for the national l If attIIIJtin lxplaining the utter useless 1 rllt I class legislation That 11 got four 11 k 7 1I1o niowi bvvr letters from that l t i a TOaKIS lnailandthcy Ulitil the 1 reimSfUthc ° luhc ° > 11 popu W t reIresellcd e r 1 lted f1 r1 P mSUcdJ y antogiapli let dl l1fl1t tncss IUf8hofH f F to answer any and TJP and HasSW all over the d 1 irom Was fa5sked to pass all sorts U r one f > IltaYCJH to to regulate the length one for It N0n the l of l kissinlY sup vl Jl1e inminSat lound lllr 1 5 u > tilt rope GuHeau wanted to know f anil or was hung with J h tIll rotton I referred this let r P1ltl1lent of Justice W111 Thc 11 ljt indoroed it to the v laB e war 111 I who returned r t 1i t oHidal it to me I if tj 1I1aterial description of the I 1tj T A11 i length and manner as In contributed largely to in I correspondence Everybody who had something to write about that no one else would notice was told my address ad-dress with the assurance that I loved to write letters A large number of my letters now are from applicants appli-cants for places under the new administration adminis-tration One man wanted a place that would take him to Canada he did not know what particular place His doctor had told him that it would benefit his health to live there and if I would just look around and find a place there for him with a pretty good salary attached he would like it But by the way he had children just growing up I might take this into consideration and get him located where there were good free schools Another fellow wrote that he would leave it to me to pick out his place for him but I mustnt get the salary below 1200 He thought Id be a better judge of good places than he was I Some men may refer these letters to thc waste basket but it dont do Thev must be answered I must write good by I mustnt waste more time talking Ill have to sit up late to make up for it I must write The walls are closing ° around me Well my good fellow what can I do for you and he turned to a suppliant in soldier clothes who stood at his elbow with persistency in his face and a glazed cap in his hand Im an American by adoption In 59 I married an American woman with a muleher grandfather left to her But at this point the petitioner was thrust aside by an American pensioner who wore three medals and had been a personal friend of Win Scotts and wanted his pension increased Washiu ton Star ° |