| Show THE LAWMAKERS LAW MAKERS DELAY THE traditional delay of the law is a slight matter compared with wita the delay of the lawmakers law makers in no respect are those of the united states so dilatory as in the recognition of claims for services rendered to or property used or destroyed by the government they seldom repudiate a just claim but in many instances they might as well do so 80 so 80 far as conferring any substantial benefit upon the beneficiary proper is conc concerned ernid for he is frequently le ia his grave and the compensation goes to his is heirs when it is allowed the dispatches today to day contain another illustration of how those who look to congress for reward gieward of merit sometimes grow sick with hope deferred over the and snail paced vitchell aced performance 4 them senator mitchell of penn pennsylvania ivania has succeeded in getting ge t ting before e fore the upper bill for the relief p during the war Itt awaa o quarter t t of a century ago and nd MOA of the operators are either dead or old men now they rendered good anti and dangerous service and been rewarded yet vet nor are they likely to be this session there are too many maffy political plots to be pushed through ahead of the business they are interested in |
