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Overworked Congressman

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Day
23
Month
March
Year
1883
Copyright
Public Domain
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ine pressuro upon Congressmen of letter-writing and errand-running scems lo be steadily increasiüg, and seems so certain to increase with the grovrth of population that some of thcm have beon wondering whether the States could not bc induced to establish agente here, whose duty it should be to answer inquines from citizens at home, and do other proper business that now falla upon the pestered Congressman . Meantune, sorne of them say that they can notunderstand why so many people, business men especially, who know the value of limo aud who' also understand businoss methode, should constantly cali upon their Congressmen to do the most trivial thlngs for them. A Senator from ono of the largor States, who has io Keep two secretarie - paying them out of Lis own pocket - in order to hold hia head above tho water of his correspondence at all, was complaining to me tho othor day. "There," said he. "is a letter from a business firm, asking a simple question about a department matter, whioh thoy want me to forward, It takes a day to reach rae, and another day before I can start it off to the department, another d:iy. or perhaps two, beforo the answcr can get back to me, and then another day before I can start itoffto the lirm. Á letter addressed to the department would probably haro brought an answer in half the time." ïhcre is justice in this criticism, because the arrangements for furnishing im-.'LuuiKuii iu tiju uupui imt'iits aresuoh, as a rule, thatanswersarerernarkably pronipt- much more than in the British Government, for cxample. So persons say who have had experieneo witji lio other.

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Ann Arbor Democrat