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Show I . SCORNS PAY FOR ABSENT DAYS Diogenes in his search for an honest hon-est man would have stopped short at the door of Representative Wither-spoon Wither-spoon of Mississippi. It has been discovered dis-covered that Mr. Witherspoon is the only man now on the rolls of congress who has ever refused to take his salary sal-ary for days in which he was engaged in business not connected with the congress of the United States. The discovery was an accidental one and is in no way traceable to Mr. Witherspocn. The fact is that Mr. Witherspoon was absent from Washington four davs on private business and when it came time to draw his salary check for the month he had the sergeant-at-arms, who pays the members, deduct de-duct the exact amount to cover the four days. The sum turned back amounted to $S2.20. The discovery Is of interest at this time because there has been so r i r- , - : S .. . - - .. A r ' . ' -. -- - much heavy bombarding back and forth in the house by members accusing each other of bad faith in pleading for low mileage or no mileage and then accepting all the mileage they could j get. J i i |