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Show Wot should members of congress return the money they have drawn on tho salary steal to the national treasury! trea-sury! Tho supposition is that eaoh man's district pays his salary in its share of tho national taxation. Yet thcro arc a few honest men whose districts dis-tricts are called upon to pay for the dishonesty of other members of congress, con-gress, if they return their amount of tho "steal" into tho treasury for the benefit of all. Ben. Butler sends eaoh fault finding constituent tho three cents of which said constituents feels defrauded, in the shape of a three oont postal stamp, outside an envelope, instead of franking tho letters as ho might do up to July lsfc. But B. F.'s honesty forgets that other districts be-j be-j sides hi have to pay for thoso three cent Btamps. |
