Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1863-12-31
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PLACE HUNTING IN WASHINGTON

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experience lie may have heard, before he
came to W., that there are many people there
! occupying places such As he wants who are
neither as loyal or as capable az he imagines
himself TO be. lie may honestly knoT that he
Is willing to serve the country faithfully, and
he may have many friends who believe with
him that lis appointment would DO good
thing for him and good thing for the service.
lie may. too, have been brought up in the
woods and yet know enough to provide him.
eelf With a letter Of introduction to somebody
before he ventures iuto one of those " marble
halls y where dwell the peoples servants; but
all this is scarcely one step towards the haven
of his rest--or unrest.
This much is true, alas to say II of men who
arc ''orphcus seekers" in this great Rcpubli.
can country! Do VIC not all know that two
Presidents, who on their incoming were ex.
pected TO make general change of Office hold
efs are said TO have been SO worn from the task
that life itself gave way Still, offices must be
filled, and some one must Ill them. We he
lieve that practically the work is divided now,
by the President taking the recommendation
of Members of Congress for applicants In their
own districts-the most feasible way, perhaps,
of relieving the President, unless the still better
one were chosen of letting the people nominate
| their own postmastcrs, collectors, &c. Still,
| al the Congrcssmcn's doings are pretty well
known to the people, IL amounts to nearly the
same thing Tor the men who seek offices, but
Tor women how isit ! "Shades of the ANA
IONS" the gentle reader will exclaim, "Do
women want "mces Forbid 1t all ye Graces !
runiSh inc thought, ye household gods, that
project the homes aud hearths of lovely women .
A'as ior TINS nineteenth century; what next"
we cannot say what next Will come, but 1t
>" 'act tha' there Is much work In the De-
P'rtmehts "hich women can do just as well as
'neh' ana some iihcral-hearted man effected the
INTRODUCTION oil women here. at salaries of from
SV" l" si,oVo per year. A large crumb of
patronage which women thankfully accepted,
and we never heard that they did not faithfully
perform the duties. The great drawback to the
pau mas peen inc lnnumerable petitions for
tue SITUATIONS "a thousand applicants to one
pace, IL Is SAID. IL Is Just as well for the
women all over tue country to understand this
""" 10 cease "flting l" Members in Washing
t"h WIN Tue expectation Of getting places.
eaid INC WIG OF one OF the high officials to us
one daS Tile applications for these few
places are more '"rmenting than all the rest
put '"gethor' anu the on dit" is, that the
highest appointing power wishes now, that the
experiment "i employing women had never
Ueen tried' Oh account Of the uncOuntabe
hh'ho'r ct applicant, for them.
We know n' one lady who came To Washing.
ton with very strong recommendations from
one of the most truly great and influential
men the nation Possesses, addressed to a Der.
sonal friend high in place. Quite iLnoeen,ly
and confidently, she undertook to present her
letter herself! The cold, white palace where
the official dwell was not difficult to cntcr-no
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AT oil the doors there sat persons who were
called Messengers" They soon found their
duties were not to give messages, so much as
to hinder messages! not to lei in, but to keep
out! Most Of all, their duty was To keep out
iro'nen The - has absolutely forbidden
| me to take up any lady's card" said the small
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