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THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



June 



Congressmen and Bribes. 



A man who has been defeated for re- 

 electiou is not in a fit frame of mind to 

 legislate for his people. There is a sting 

 in defeat tliat tends to engender the 

 feeling of resentment which often finds 

 expression in the vote of such members 

 against wholesome legislation. That 

 same feeling often produces such a want 

 of interest in proceedings as to cause 

 the member to be absent nearly all the 

 second session. 



Congressmen are not usually men of 

 means. Their congressional career has 

 resulted in the destruction of their 

 clientage or business. To a defeated 

 member who has relied upon his salary 

 for support the future looks dark and 

 gloomy. It is tl:en some are open to 

 propositions which they would never 

 think of entertaining if they were to go 

 before the people for re-election. It is 

 then that the attorneyship of some cor- 

 poration is often tendered and a vote is 

 afterward found in the record in favor 

 of legislation of a general or special 

 character favoring the corporation. If 

 an affirmative vote cannot be had, it is 

 often just as important that the member 

 should be absent. If there is ever a time 

 in the history of the man when he will 

 directly or indirectly accept a bribe, it 

 is then. There is less chance of detec- 

 tion. He is no longer a political factor. 

 His political enemies no longer watch 

 his course. The opposition newspapers 

 no longer criticise his conduct — "the 

 secret is his own and it is safe. " 



There are many upright men in con- 

 gress who would not be influenced by 

 defeat. But in as large a body as the 

 house of representatives there must al- 

 ways be some w ho would yield to temp- 

 tation. It is a fact that nearly all, if 

 not all, of the legislation that is claimed 

 to have been passed by corrupt influences 

 was enacted during these second regular 

 sessions of congress. — Hon. J. F. Shaf- 

 roth in North American Review. 



You have noticed when you have been 

 in England that all the bank notes are 

 always clean and fresh or that most of 

 them are. Well, the reason is that the 

 Bank of Eiigiund burns the ones received 

 and issues uew ones. The average life 

 of a bank is.-itr '« only five or six days. 



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