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Show W. II. King may be accessible to the "humblest," etc., and lie may have an enviable reputation for diligence In affairs af-fairs pertaining to tho vvolfarc of the common people, but we can cite one case In Logan where his diligence may be questioned. A certain widow vvantr cd a pension and made application thiough the regular channel. It was rejected. Friends suggested that she write to King, Utah's representative in congress at that time. This was done and Urcr King writes back a nice long letter saying that he would get it through as a special, etc., etc. Nothing Noth-ing more was heard of tho matter and King was written to again, and an other of those smoothly worded letters came In lcply. Thematterdrugalong until the session was over and King had done nothing. At the next session ses-sion of congress the matter was brought to his attention by Frank Cannon, then senator from Utah, and by being pushed and uiged and gouged and dug at for dajs by a filend of tho widow in Washington, the pension was finally seemed. Of what value is all this vaunted "accessibility" If It has nogieater fiuit than In this case. |
