Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-24

commissioners to submit to congress show
very considerable increase over those oi
last year. The largest increase is for the
police department, the force in which il
very much below the requirements.
WORK FOB TEMPERANCE PEOPLE.
The temperance people will have some
thing to do in Washington next winter. The
district commissioners have issued 1,00C
licenses to sell liquor. The attempt to re-
strict the sale of liquor by glass by in
creasing the license has not proved sue
cessful.
THE sUPERT ING ARCHITECT.
The treasury de9a ctment has discovered
that it is easy to IL ke it too disagreeable
for man to remain supervising architect
of the treasury, but that il is more difficult
to find competent successor. 1t is said
that there has not heen single applicant
for the place about to be vacated
by supervising architect Hill
while on the other hand one or two archi-
tects who have been requested to take the
position have dc cliIed.
Two-CENT POSTAGE.
Postofice officials are very much an
noyed at the ignorance manifested by
postmasters as to the operation Of the new
two-cent postal law. Circulars have repeat
edly been sent to all of them, yet only yes
terday postmaster whose Office is almost
within sight of the capital, enquired when
the two-cent law would go into effect
THE PENSIONERS.
The list of pensioners which has been
ordered printed by congress-, will not be
finished for about two months. 1t will
make about 1000 octave pages. Pension
officials claim there is class iof crooked
pension agents here as we'll as elsewhere
who are very anxious to get advance
copies of the book at any cost. They have
already had prepared circulars which
they will send broadcast over the country
as soon as they can get the addresses of
the pensioners offering their services to Sc
cure an increase of pension. There are
many who are entitled to an increase, but
it does not equal the number whose pen
sions should be reduced or discontinued,
for there are many drawing widows pen
sions who have been remarked, though
they keep the fact of their marriage Sc
cret from the pension Office.
RIGHTS OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
There can't possibly be any conflict be-
tween the civil service commissioners and
heads of the executive departments rela-
tive to the preference to be given to sol
diers and sailors in the lists certified for
clerkships. The federal statute giving such
preference to honorably dis
charged soldiers and sailors of lhe
Union army was by expressed terms
unrepeeled, and mention was called to
it in the civil service law in section
which specifically reserved this privilege
to that class Of persons. The point which
has really been raised is that it is the duty
of the civil service commissioners when
certifying up qualified lists from which the
heads of departments may choose, to state
in those lists which of the persons are hon
orably discharged soldiers and sailors.
This the commissioners have not done, and
some Of those soldiers whose names have
been sent up having passed the civil
service examination are unders-
TODD to have complain.
ed that the fact was either not known or dis
regarded, and that they did not receive the
preference to which the law entitled them.
The civil service commissioners
can, OF course, have no alternative
but to comply with the request of Judge
Folger unless they shall choose to violate
the law.
WHITE lark FOB BILLY.
Secretary Chandler has long enjoyed the
reputation of being an unscrupulous pol
itician. A story leaked out to day, how
ever, that shows he is not as bad as his
enemies have painted him. The Rspub-
icans of Ohio, while boasting that an easy
victory is in store for them next month,
are anxious at the same time to poll the
fullest possible vote. They want every
Ohio man in the departments to go home
and cast his ballot for Foraker. William
O.. Talford, state agent for the Ohio war
claims, came on TO see what could be done
to bring about this result.
He found that many office
holding representatives were unwilling
to ask for leave of absence to go and vote
in Ohio, because under the law the time
so occupied would be deducted from their
annual leave. Mr.. Talford laid the case
before the secretary of the navy. 81 would
like you," said he to Mr.. Chandler, ''to
bring your influence to bear on your COL
leagues so that any one who wants to 90
home and vote, will not lose his regular
leave of absence" Mr.. Chandler refused
point blank to interfere. "The law" he
remarked, sis very plain. Each clerk is
allowed thirty days leave. If he desires to
go to. Ohio and vote, the time he is absent
must be deducted from his annual hol1-
days. OF course it is another thing if be
presents doctors certificate that he is sick
see no other way out OF the difficulty
Mr.. Chandler added that there was only
one man in his department who had not
been home for eight years. Mr.. Talford
was little astopished at Chandler's atti-
tude, but as that gentleman was firm in
refusing to meddle in the matter he saw
no way out of the difficulty, and will, per-
force, trust to the patriotism of Ohio of
fee holders rather than to "a stretch of