The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-01-03

wAsHmeros, D. C., Dec. 30, 1882.
Late Saturday night, when the
stores and streeisof Washington were
thronged with purchasers Of holiday
goods, q brilliant light was seen in
she dome Of the Capital, indicating
that Congress was holding q night
session. The Senate was sitting up
with the civil service Bill, and it
held ils yigilsuntil nearly midnight.
The bill has since passed the Senate,
but the prospect for reilly practical
and reformatiye civil service legisla.
ton isnot good. Tie evil iagrsat,
but the country Ii greater and one
goes his way 70 hisfarm, and another
tohis MERCHANDISE, while q third
asks: whoisciSil service andswhat
Idoeshe gantg reform2 Ibequss.
zion stated very briefly and % con.
scientiunsly ASH yoof correspondent
were nnderoath istbis: The United
States government has Units employ
about 100 900 clerk, half of whom,
more or less, are snpernhmerafies
for the reason that they have no
necessary work 70 do They i'll, Il is
true, make some pretense toiwork,
but aefitical examination of their.
apparent ployment will reveal
Ithatlt their so.called work has been.
Einyentedlfor them. Their occuras
Stioniis worselthan5 tselsss;t oithe gov.
eminent forIthey spoil paper; waste
ink and wear out the bottomsiofi
government chairs. i have known,
about fifteen pages ofscopying; ina
miserable serawlgofl d hand, to cost
I.theg government sixty d6llarsa The
government did not want the copy.
ling; besides the money paid there
was . waste of1inkiand papeF;sbul,
AN influential oman asked aa5inAn.
entail official for ploymsnt, and.
lRei kind man, gave her copying at
sixty dollars permonths
No government ID the world L.
supplied with such nuiaetous and
spacious and luxurious ottices,as is
The United States Those who have
Travelled with their eyes open will
bear me out 10 this statement But,
notwithstanding ths number and
Ispacsiof the Offices, they are % oyer.
crowded with The sipecpfes Ihaye
mentioned that The y +. Government
has continually % rent private prop.
|erty for ofice;roon. ! III
AS might be expected from sachla.
condition Of things The government,
offices are always behind with their.
work. suchla thingas bpsiness.lise
llpromptness issn9t known anywhere.
girsumlocption and illinita5ls red
tspeis tbe rule in al AZ the govern;
iment Offices g such an extent that
business cannot be trapsaeted except
by attorne.ysskilled IN their devious
ways. lit gerspot fortrIe r. dtaps and
Ilabyrinthins methods the thousands
lof snpernumerasies would hays, even.
less. sembllIasnsse of something . do
than they now hays,,4 VI !, liaS
IigIigill give gonly an a9EEl example; there
lisa weekly publication printed for
ithehPatepti Office; as many as 1000
copies, perhaps, are! bought directly
lfromlthe caicsi price ten cents each ll!
5Youjwould isqppose, in the simple!
Etg ofiyour heart, thatyou could pre-.
dime to a boy hired for about
$5 psrsgsek, and have ,your.ppbliycsa.
ton handed yop,ovsr5ths conptsrt7
Not sol Youmustwrite q letter TO
the Hon Commissioner Patents
statipg,explici you want,
Egiyingthe date oflthe qualification n,
aud enclosing hesum Of. Ten cents.
Thislettsr is frstrefeFred toithea ri.
nancial clerk ofthe Patent Qfticeapd
his staff Of assistants who extract the.
dime, recordiit,'and bcossr it With,
due formality intothe .. 8. Treasury.
| Your letter then goes 70 tho cores.
pondence II room, where it is number
"a anld, recorded, It's then sci sent to
the Issue Division and, in from "a to
I4Shours, your ten centpablication il
received BY mail, What newspaper ~ p
could afford to sell papers in this
waay2 What concern u supported BY.
other means than taxation could az.
ford 10 carry on business III in this ,Sysayg
This instance is not an. exception; IL
istherale In all'the Offices ofalIthe
Bureaus t ll ) g all the t, Departments. I