Show TITLE OF MILEAGE JOE JOEHow JOEHow JOEHow How Congressman Howell Acquired His Famous Nickname A correspondent has written to The Herald asking where Congressman How Howell HoWell ell eli candidate for reelection on the Smoot ticket acquired the title of Mile Mileage Mileage age Joe As the request seems to have I been made by one who is honestly seek seeking seekIng seekIng ing information the answer is 15 given here herewith herewith with withIn withIn withIn In 1903 1003 President Roosevelt called con congress congress congress gress together in extraordinary session to enact legislation in conformity with the commercial treaty entered into between the United States and Cuba Each representative representative and each senator upon arriving in Washington drew from the treasury of the United States through the duly con constituted constituted disbursing officer a sum of or money sufficient to defray his traveling expenses at the rate of ot 20 cents per mile The special session finished Its business at noon on the tho first Monday In Decem December December December ber the date fixed for tor the opening of f the regular session It was followed immedi Immediately atel by the regular session When the regular session was a few weeks old one of ot the Republican members of ot the house conceived the nation that there might be bea bea bea a very pretty little graft in the mileage business He Introduced a bill providing for tor the payment of mileage for foI the regular as aswell aswell aswell well as the special session Now the moral obliquity of ot the bill Is found in the fact that the purpose of the mileage law Jaw lawas lawas as originally passed was to pay pa the ac actual actual actual and necessary traveling expenses of or congressmen in n Journeys to and from their homes It is perfectly obvious that in the minute fraction of time between the close of ot the special session and the opening of the tha regular session no con congressman congressman congressman gressman could possibly have gone to his heme and back The truth is that there time for forone forone one of them to walk alk out on the capitol steps for lor a breath of fresh air The bill was a graft bill pure pur and simple It meant something like 1000 of public money mone for thA th of Joseph i seph Howell i we f of Of Utah and Joseph How w won oil on very promptly voted for it He had no nomore nomore nomore more moral or lawful claim to the money than he has baR to money mone In a bank in which he has no account The senate very ver prop properly properly erly refused to endorse the double mileage mileages swindle s indle and therefore lh it failed of pas pan passage passage sage And that Is why Representative Howell Howen of oC Utah has come to he be known as u Mile Mileage Mileage lile age Joe He has never attempted to ex explain explain explain plain that vote |