The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-22
CHANCE AT THE CAPITAL
SPECULATION IN WASHINGTON.
Aho Spirit of stock Gambling Among
government mployes-Incidenss
that Have Placed skeletons
foomciai Closets, Etc.

IN no city, perhaps, considering its
size, is the spirit of speculation so rife
az in Washington. Especially nue 10
this OF speculation i'm a small vssv
Among the thousands of government
esnployes receiving on an average from
$S'Vo 10 S2,O0Oa year, there are very few.
l venture to say, who have not ut one
uile or another taken n "hyero at
STOCKS or dSbble in wheat. The onpor-
tuilltlos Tor doing So are many. The
| tellp'aiion To increase their little in
come by some luuNy hit is not ALWAYS
Wllhstuod, aud the victims who are
,bitten" at an early stage OF the nam
40 not always benefit hy the le SON
Taught them. The spirit Of gamhlinu
eAlehos 10 the army and navy, and even
su,he OF tho loreigu diplomats, attaches
PlllcipdiIy, whose way of ekiur out a
nNlhS Is as much problem tu them
pel uapS as TO others, have caught the
tGfeI ana are seen at times 70 make
Ihelr way INTO "Ducket-ShupSn and kim
uted institutions. The latter, in cortain
quarters, are as plentiful as growperies
Ia the fourth ward in New York. Sotre
VI thehl are highly respectable looking
concerns. You wouldn't suspect then,
VI Holhk anything but legitimate
auklhg business. Others carry an
Iaeif trade might almost saw nrofss-
SUN without the least attempt 10 com
ceal II. Flaming signs annouuce 10 Nm,
| pdSSer-oy that 50 and SO ara ready In
lake orders Tor stocks on a marpin of
per cent. In windows YOU win see
screens which Inform the public thar
| private wires oilor special facilities for
Sne transaction of business, viz; the
| neeclng OF the innOcents. No wonder.
tneil, mat wlIhSuoh temptations thrown
| lhto Iheir way, women, and clpruvrna,,
even, walk into meshe, ont of which
| they cannot hope to lind their w,v
without being ruined i'm reputation or
other. 70 anu
70 think that congress has SUCCESS.
lully puts stop Co the 40 .percenters."
| Is they arc commonly called, tho men
VufV lehu money 10 government clerks
| Upon assignment OF their salaries
Ia advance, at the rate OF 10
| Per cent. month, is 10 suppose some
| Jhing very erroneous. I've business "a
nose sharks is In ass iIurshing !. con
uluon as ever IL was only Yesterday
mat one OF them mOrtgaged his house.
ms furniture and everything upOu
! Whlch no could possibly raise money M
| y per cent, "a order 90 Os able to lend Ill
| $50 t'--''''s aN ~ i'tA NtllNs u lllOlltIl. rho
| government, IL is true, does not re o..
nlze any more the validity of nay.
| vouchers assigned to Others In advance
! o, me time when thay fail DUE. but lnq
Shy'ocks. apparently, are willing To
like the risks, and, 50 far as can hear,
nave no reason 10 regret thor willing
| ness TO trust the honesty of thar
victims, II is needless IN
say that most of the money lent ont Inv
them finds its way into their own nook.
et1 within tWenty.four hours aftor hny.
ing lett them, they being for the greater
part either owners of or partners I'm
'buckel-shops."
Some very curious skeletons might
be brought TO light ifyou could hut peer
into the closets OF some of the people
hlgh III the employ of the government.
h0W many OF them, wouder, manage
10 keep up the style of living they do on
the salary they receive. They were moi
rich when they entered office. Their
wives did not bring them handson a
dowries. To suspect their integrity
woult be doing them gross Injustice.
Bat to speculate little bit, chr Trade,
NAV he, upon superior knowledge of
affairs which their official position NAV
give themY Is 1t, after all, 80 very
wrong? Is 1t, at any rate, considered so
by many OF them?
Without wishing to moralize any
further IN this line, / can not belp rs.
marking what "a horrible thing the OH
cial register is. II tells you at once
every public mans income, or, in a ma
Jority OF cases, very nearly so. You can
not help expressing some establishment
AT now Mr.. and Mrs. n, at whose house
you dined the other day, can afford to
| AMI arTuin gn hanIgy..,.I,,
page 1896 you run down YOUR finger
until you come to friend Nis name.
and opposite it you find "Sl,2OO" Well
declare yOn eNclaim, how Y. mana.
gers To dress those girls of his Is a
mystery and, by JOvel there is w.
LOOK here: lie gets only $500, and last
week he gave an entertainment which
must have cost at least-woll, 1
| wouldn't likO TO mention the figures,
Let's SEQ what 4, gets. know the n :
pay at least 81 200 rent for their house,
not To mention tho wages they give
their big, greasy porter whom they pass
IN the presence of all theic friends as "A
family servant (has been IN the family
ever since he was n picaninny, sir, T..
says; played with him VIII, n | was n
boy, on the old plantation; his mother
was owned by my father and brought
up the whole family, etc,) yes, Il. gets,
here II Is, only $1,000. How do they
manage to liver Speculation
Washington is unique perhaps in pre-
sentiug examples of men broken down
in spirit and fortunes, whose uncon-
trollable desire to feed Ut tho public
crib makes them willing to accept any
position, however lowly, rather than be
Kept out of government employ for any
time. Not that they are unable TO So
cure employment elsewhere; on the
contrary, their past experience should
| make their services valuable in many
respects to private individuals, and urN
donbIedly would do so IL they could
bring themselves to abandon
what they ;, perhaps consider
public life." know Of
an eX-member Of the Wisconsin Leg
islature, now II door keeper and mes
senger of Que of the senate committees;
another, also door Keeper, VINO not
long ago was bank president in Vir-
ginia, and occupied some responsible
public position in his state; still another,
who Is tho son of an eX United States
senator, and as such, very likely, i'm
bibed the taste for holding public OH 20,
which he now gratities by filling the po.
sitiOn OF dnor-keepor; and could 20
on citing an indefinite number of cases
20 support my proposition, II space per-
mitted me to do So Washington Cor
respondent New York Tribune.
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Painters all know what lead collie IL.
Many of them know also OF the virtues
OF Mishler's Herb Bitters In dealing
with this complaint. William l.. Henry,
of Gordonville, Pennsylvania, is one OF
these, aud no would like his fellow
painters To know of his experience. lie
writes: al am painter by trade, have
been subject to lead collie and suffered