Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-07-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

Congress provided just before adjourn
ment for the appointment OF one hundred
and fifty special examiners in the Pension
Office in addition to the number now en-
ployed. What peculiar qualifications are
necessary for an intelligent discharge of
the duties of mn examiner l don't know,
bu! the Civil Service commission is going
to hold It's class meetings all over the
country, beginning next Saturday, for the
purpose of examining into the proficiency
of the proposed examiners. The delecta-
ble feature of the business lies in the fact
that there are some hundreds of applicants
for Governmental positions who have al.
ready passed an examination by the com.
mission, and, OF these hundreds, just four
have been provided for, only one of whom
has fonud place in the Interior Depart
ment From this statement it can be
ascertained to some degree of accuracy
how much of a show there will be for the
hundreds of applicants who will present
themselves for examination for this posi-
ton Of special examiner, position, by
the way, which will doubtless be filled as
all the rest of them have been, by drafts
upon the Census Bureau and relays from
other departments.
The Withdrawal OF Wilbur +. Storey, of
the Chicago Times, from the field oi jour
nalism may not be serious matter now,
when the newspaper has practically per
fecled itself in its great mission, but TO
Mr.. Storey more than TO any other man,
living or dead, is the credit due for the
tremendous enterprise which has been
brought to the making up of the great
journals OF the day. II was always the
aim, as IT WAS the pride and boast of MIR.
Storey. to get the news and lay it before
his readers before all competitors. For
the accomplishments of this he spared nei.
lher labor, expense, diligence or dubious
methods, in which money considerations
too often entered and thus was he enabled
TO inangnrate system OF newspaper work
which every large paper in the country
was compelled TO adopt, and The great
public was the gamer by il. For some
years Mr.. Storey has taken no active part
IN the management of the Times, nor was
il necessary, Tor every writer upon the
paper knew exactly what the old mans
notions were, and governed themselves
accordingly. Mr.. Storey, OF course, made
a fortune ont of his enterprise to take care
of which it has recently become necessary
10 appoint a conservator, as the old mans
brain has softened, and his days Of use
fulness gone forever.
The usual mudde caused by the indie
cent haste with which measures are rushed
through Congress IN the closing hours Of
the session, is developed in the leuer--car
riers' vacation bill, which gives these en-
ployes fifteen days OF junketing withon
making appropriations tor the payment O
their substitutes for more than seven days
There is no more propriety in bestowing :
half months time upon this class OF em
ployes than there is for paying any othe
class of Government laborers twelve and
half months pay for twelve months of 10
Dor, winch the Solicitor of The Treasur,
has solemnly declared that the Govern.
ment has not the right TO do. While j
may be admitted that the letter carrier il
eminenlly deserving of any and ever,
privilege that the Government has til,
power to grant, he cannot expect to re-
ceive favOrs that must necessarily worl
de,riment to the public service. He has
good salary, is morally certain of retaining
his situation 70 long as he behaves him
self, lie has no docked time on account o
weather or holidays, aud altogether he j.
abont as well provided for in the line o
receiving favors M reasonable persoi
ought 10 expect. II is notable fact be-
: sides, that almost from the time of III,
Inauguration Of the system of mail deliv-
cry, these letter carriers have been organ
izing and combining among themselve
for increased pay, and other privilege
which the Government hus M regnlarl,
allowed them, as II has steadily refuse,
them To other classes OF employees.
The great scarcity of one and two dolla
greenbacks will soon he AT mn end, as th
Government has sci iis printing presses II
: work to print them until the appropIia
. tion therefor IL exhausted. The Issues @
ones will amount To some sixty.six mill
ions and the twos TO about thirty.eigh
millions, which in addition to the presen
circulation is thought to be ample to NEE
all present needs. Dom PEDRO.