Show HIS LEG IS PULLED that la bow a bouthern Bout heru ills lot some people may think that a congressman saes a pile of money out of his salary said a well known southern congressman who was talking to a washington star reporter ou the vicissitudes of running for office and especially ally for congress but a man has to be a small albing bank to accommodate the large number of his friends and supporters who need a little money for some urgent matter in my state we have to make campaigns and appear before the people at meetings well 1 have never attended a meeting but that I 1 did not have some kind of a subscription poked into my face somebody wants for a church and for missionary purposes or for helping some fellow who has been burned ovit you cant avoid subscribing and have to head the list with the largest sum then about the time you think you are through with having your leg pulled some lazy fellow will balk up mid say vow do gin cral I 1 had ter quit my work ter come out and berday and I 1 yer mout div me a dollar while you have the greatest contempt for the man you give him the dollar When yoa leave the meeting you are out anywhere from 20 to 50 these are just a few instances of what a candidate has to spend money for after he sets through the campaign and is elected he has to furnish e ery dead beat from his district who should happen to come to washington with money ive actually given them money and railroad to get home and have them go back and work against me |