Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1914 — John B. Taking Some Desperate Chances. [ARTICLE]

John B. Taking Some Desperate Chances.

The Tippecanoe County Democrat s/ays that Congressman Peterson was In Latayette looking after his political fences quite recently, while his colleagues were on their jobs down at Washington. Mr. Peterson is taking very desperate chances in absenting himself from the capital. Just suppose, for instance, congress should take a notion during his absence to reconsider the matter relating to the mileage graft and decide to cut it down to the actual cost instead of ten cents per mile, as it now is, and John B. was not there to vote against any reduction, notwiihstanding all the other twelve congressmen from Indiana again voted to reduce the grab—as he did when the matter was up some time ago? Then the matter, of pensioning all the civil service employes might '•nine up during John's absence ans he would not be there to make a speech in favor of the measure. Of course 99 per cent of his constituency doesn’t believe in any such thing as pensioning government employes who have been feeding at the public crib at good fat salaries all tlmir lives, but John does, it seems, and it would be too bad were he away on a fence-building trip when the matter tame up in congress