Show Mi MANY Y G CONGRESSMEN G ESSM i iARE ARE ILL III AT III THE IE THEP P PRESENT TIME TIME TIME'S S 1 WASHINGTON W Sept 12 An lAIl An alarming amo amount nt of or Illness is afflicting members of oC congress Almost o c every day dar the or order er of or business in the house is s the presentation pre pre- of oC excuses from froni members who are announced to be so III that they nr arm unable to be bo present The Time t for tor Wednesday August 20 Ij for Instance shows this Mr Ir requests Ira leave Irae e of absence absence ab ab- b- b sence Indefinitely on account of Illness The Thc speaker asked If IC all any ammy one objected Nobody r did Then similar requests were offered In behalf of or Mr lr Hayes and Mr Flood of or Virginia Tho The nature of oC the time epidemic mn may b be guessed from the he following rollo as reported In inthe tho the conr congressional I record Mr Ir Mann Mm Mann Iann Mr h Speaker yesterday the lie house louse granted leave of or ab absence e lc lo to one of I our distinguished colleagues colleague l' l 1 Dr ir 1 sen of at Missouri I think very properly and our distinguished speaker stated that Mr Ir Dickinson was sick In bed and amI the gen genn gentleman cn from Missouri Mr Hamlin also stated state that he hea was a sick In bed beJ I Pimply wish to tOI congratulate Mr Dickinson upon his early recovery recover The St. St Loula Louis newspapers news papers state slate that ho Is attending the Democratic Dem convention at Jefferson CUr City Mn Mu and at tho the time tune the papers went to was in consideration for tor chairman of or that convention I am glad I a 11 to know Inow of h his speedy reco cr recovery Again ln later in the dB day tile the chair meld before the house requests fa for leave 1 of Jr I absence one from Mr lr Hi Brown Blo own of ot Iscon sin presented present ell b by Mr Stafford Mr Jr Drown Brown wished to be bo absent until September 7 on nn account of or sickness 1 In his family Then Mr Ir Fitzgerald of oC Non New crl presented presented presented pre pre- through the clerk erk of the house c a request fur for leave lea of ot ah on count account it of oC Illness Mr Ir Mann Iann again became curious I la Is 18 the gentleman front from Now New ew York Vork ill UI over ver at the New Newark ark convention Mr Jr Mann Iann a. a asked I am ann sony sons that ho lie hon n was taken akon sick the there reo I Nobody Z 1 answered The speaker put the theor formal Cormal or ma I question an as tu to whether anyone ob- ob I Nobody oho Jy did So Su Mr Ir Fitzgerald uttering suffering with lOn was as for formally or- or or-I or I mall main mally excused ed and will w l 1 he i able to draw hits his pay ri ra for COl the time during dm which he Is Js I absent Then Mr 11 Powers asked r for r indefinite leave lea eave of oC absence lb on account of time tho Miners illness s soC I of oC his hla twits twit's nn and With the time request carne ame a certificate There u tome sonic discussion as to 0 tho law Jaw Jawon lawon lawon on the tile subject and nd Mr Mann quoted from ho tho re I revised cd eta statutes tute section m where rc It Il S 'S that the of the and sergeant cr nt nl arms of or the house respectively re- re shall deduct from the thc monthly payment of or each member or delegate the mount amount i of oC his salary for or each day that he le has been absent from th the senate e or house unless s such member or cJ delegate av- av J signs as tile the reason on fur for such absence the theM M 3 of or himself or of oC some ome member of or his family On t the h day before Mr Underwood had presented a resolution directing d tho sergeant sergeant ser ser- geant at arms to enforce the time law v Mann Iann laughed d at him and called attention to tho the fact let tout hilt the time SO lU Southern primaries are over o Under Coder this prod Underwood fell felt It necessary to explain I 1 meant that resolution In earnest said Mr Ir Underwood and I Intend to sec lice to It that the thc sergeant at arms enforces the time law If IC I have havo to call upon the tre treasury treasury treas treas- g. g ury department to go o after utter the sergeant at arm arms arms' bond If IC ho he does not runt enforce the law So S. far as aR o leaves leu of oC absence are concerned I am not going to 10 re with them If gentlemen think that they can get bet R around the la law hats by asking the house to excuse them they arc c very bad badly I mistaken n Mr Ir Underwood then pointed out that It was up to the sergeant at arms to Und out whether a 1 man W was Ws s too loo sick to lo be present and If Jr not to duck dock his huts pa pay The sergeant Hi at arms minus Is thinking of or adopting tho the rule rille of or thin tho lin third lifty-third con congress cop cop- gress when el e every member WHit was compelled compe to o sign a certificate lc ilL at t the thc end of the thc month covering co hi lily hii record as s to attendance attend ance or such Illness I a U as might ceu excuse c It it This Is la h expected to mal l make e all i conle congress men honest |