ADVICE TO A REPRESENTATIVE.

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1601, 16 September 1885, Page 2

ADVICE TO A REPRESENTATIVE.

I * • The following letter, addressed by the present United States Minister to Eugland to a member of the Lower House of Congress wheu he first took his seat, will l-e read with interest at the present time : — 1. Always vote in favor of a motion to adjourn, and if the period of adjournment is in question, vote for the longest time aud the latest date. 2. Vote steadily against all other propositions whatsoever, (a) There is already legislation enough for the next five hundred years, (b) No honest man wants any more, (c) Even unconstitutional bills for the further enlargement of the negro should form no exception to this rule. 8. Make no speech ps ; nobody attends to Congressional oratory when delivered. When printee nobody reads it, and it is a nni^Hiice to the mails. I have had more than 4,000,000 such spewhes sent me, and never read oue iv my life. 4. Do uot allow yourself to be drawn into aspersions upon the memory of Guy Fawkes. He has been much censured by shallow men. I History in the end will do him justice. Before yon have been long in Congress jou will perceive that one such man nowadays with better luck, might do the country more service than a hundred Presidential elections, or Christian statesmen 5. Do not be seen much iv public in the company of Republicans. Out side of New England tbey are not as a rule savoury. 6. Practice rigid economy. The experience ofthe average Congressman shows that it is possible, by judicionr frugality, to save about 100 000 dollars each session out of his salary. Thus the true patriot, iv standing by his country, makes his couutry stand by him. 7. Cultivate assiduously all newspaper correspondents. All tliere is of pubiic life is what the newspapers say, and they will say anything that is worth their while. 8. Do not become a candidate for the Presidency. 'J. In case of doubt take the trick. 10. Keep your nostrils open, your mouth shut, your hand cool and your feet warm. Avoid Congressional whisky, Bob Ingersoll, the game of poker, and the courts of the district of Columbia. 11. Whatever happens do not relinquish hope. As Cicero observes, nil dfitperandum. You have once been a respectable member of the Addison County bar ; resolve to regain that position. Live for the future, and live down the present. — C. 0. Press.