Show t 1l Penallr of Greatness 1 11p 1 I 1 i we dont live in clover 1 iw in a long breath and j 1 uSnm ai his settled hair j as if 1s resigned j il1ll vi f ut7fedom Why it hly 1 m ml 11 waYit always has a star Will Wim V i tell youit started this Siu 1 Jl 01 Jroll at I got to congress I got I I V irum one of U uuatn ° my constituents U V that fc 111 kIlew ° upon my election and I U V u > ilatiun v non there would be 1 Ut I N the constitution 8hou1d yjulatl > I 1 I must introduce ill 11 r V u thl V I n in i v01160 to prohibit UVV lily district wlrh i t t iHh w three t u n t > tW3S unconstitutional i u > d that letter Viixl bewailing the utter Ir 01 l011CICRH I LUap i Uiid 5 for the national L anidX141111 V Jrij xplaining time utter useless V U KtnScl legislation That U got four letters jhnrhood from that L v 1 it P returning mail 1 nil 1 and they flreasiiig I 4 until the Im Was Claire > poi lU I ielroscntcd aV l lnted hv l autograph let V Jl1l111lfJtnessto answer SS I any T is heral s l anli I IlerItIjed all over the UJ i M V IIJIU Was asked to pass all sorts I I one to li Ir lrVels to regulate thC length one for ti f1 of 1 I I the sup kissing tIle 1I1g at Pound par u IIh t luau i u I lIP the rope CUtenl wanted to know html11 was lmun tV t or olton hunf wIth VJ llh lelJartiHeiit I referred this let I 1 PIJartllent of Justice The I U U iJ j ifllor5l it to the jail war fcil 4 M oHkinl who 4d iMo me l IJI j > llateia1 I description of the I 1tILe leIgt1i > hits and inaimiter II In contrIbuted largely tQ 111 J I correspondence 1 irXTA 1 1 f Lj > cry uOdv 1 ft who had something to write about that no one else would notice was told my address ad-dress with the assurance that I loved to write letters A large number of my letters now are from applicants appli-cants for places under the new administration adminis-tration One man wanted a place that would take him to Canada he did not know what particular place His doctor had told him that it would benefit his health to live there and if I would just look around and find a place there for him with a pretty good salary attached he would like it But by the way he had children just growing up I might take this into consideration and get him located where there were good free schools Another fellow wrote that he would leave it to me to pick out his place for him but I mustnt get the salary below 1200 He thought Id be a better judge of good places than he was Some men may refer these letters to the waste basket but it dont do They must be answered I must write good by I mustnt waste more time talking Ill have to sit up late to make up for it I must write The walls are closing around me Well my good fellow what can I do for you 1 and he turned to a suppliant in soldier clothes who stood at his elbow with persistency in his face and a glazed cap in his hand Im an American by adoption In 59 I married American an woman with a muleher grandfather left to her But at this point the petitioner was thrust aside by an American pensioner who wore three medals and had been a personal friend of AVin Scotts and wanted his pension increased Washing ton Star I i |