| Show HOW EACH GETS HIS SHARE E OP OF THE PORK amr THE charleston news and cou courier r er makes come caustic remarks on the doings of congressmen as disclosed by senator vest when he unbuttoned unbutton ed himself on the river and harbor bills and the appeals made to him by sober senators who had axes to grind and creeks to di dig 11 these senators said mr vest asked that appropriations should be put into the bill not because they were needed or because the senators thought they were needed but to secure their own reelection re election combinations to secure such appropriations for such purposes ca have been made senator vesi declared in the present senate enate tf at this session in relation to the pending river and harbor bill the plan is for a senator to sell his own vote tor for an appropriation and to buy the vote of other ainer senators with we the appropriations they desire in turn they who so make a market of their integrity form a gang and one itcan cannot leave the procession lor fear of getting left in order to secure his own snare of the pork each senator votes a leg or sho shoulder ulder or spare rib to several other senators and all are reelected re elected to continue the same Igi ignoble loble system tae news senator vest expresses the opinion that this plan will endure to the end of time perhaps so buti but it tisa is a dishonorable a corrupt and a corrupting plan none the less and no senator is a laith faithful ful and honorable public servant who adopts it quite right the inside workings of congressional legis legislation lation are not of a character to promote admiration of american statesmanship and the facell facility with which anti mormon legis I 1 a tio of the most outrageous character t er A cm be worked through the senate ma mabbe e understood in the light of the bargains which are made between grave and reverend senators in relation to pet projects and profitable measures this it is a wicked world and all the corrupt men are not kept out of the congress ot of the united states |
