The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-05-27

In order 10 be able 10 lend II out asAii
| At ~ per cent. n month. The government
| II IN true, does not recognize any more thu
validity ofpsy vouchers assigned 10 Others
In advance OF the iime when they fall due
bnt the Shylocka apparentlv are willing Il
take the risk, aud, 30 far As can hesr, have
no reason 20 regret their willingness 10
trust the honesty OF their vin,iMs, IL 4,
needless TO Iay that most OF the money lent
| out by them tlnds It's way into their owu
| pockets witbin twsnty.four hours after
having left them, they being for the greater
part either owners OF or partners Ia
bucket shops"
brought 10 light II you could but peer into
the cir sets OF some o. the people high In the
employ Of the government How many OF
them, | wonder, manage 10 keen up the
style OF living they do on the salary they
receive. They were not rich when they en-.
tered office. Their wives did not bring them
handsome dowrles. To suspect their In
terrltv would pe doing them . gross lpIus'
tics. But o speculate u little bit, eh2 Trade,
maybs, upon q superior knowledge OF at.
fairs, which their official position may give
them. Is II, after all, 80 very vroneY Is N
at any rate, considered 10 by many OF
them?
Without wishing 10 morallEe any further
In this line, | cannot help remarktng wha,
a ~
TELLS you at once every public mans In
come or, in a majority OF cases, very nearly
20. You cannot. nelp expressing some a.
constituent at how. Mr.sud Mn.N. az whose
house YOU dined the other day, can afford
to entertain 90 Handsomely. Turning to
page Is 800 You run down your finger until
you come TO friend X name: and opposite
1t Won find 81 9o0 Well. | declare you
exclaim, how Y. manages 20 dress those
girls OF his is n mvstery-and by Jove' there
W. Look here: He gets only 81, 900, and
last week he gave an entertainment which
must have cost at Ieast-s,l ,
1 wouldn't Ike 10 mention tho fgnre. Let's
see what u. gets. | know the q pay at
least 81 DO rent for their house, not to
mention the wages they give their big,
greasy porter whom they pass in the pres
ence Of all their friends Ms a family servant
(nas been IN the family ever since he was Il
picaninny, sir, Il ssys; played with him
when / was a boy, on toe old plantation; his
mother was owned by my father snn
Drought up the whole family, etc yea Il.
gets, mere it IL. only - so. How do they
manage 20 liv-? Speculation
Washington is unique PERHAPS in pre-
senting examples OF men broken down In
spirit and for.uneF, whose uncOntroli able
desire 10 feed at the public crib make them
wiling to accept nny position, however
loS!y, rather than be kept out oi gover =
mcnt employ for any time. Not
that they are unable TO secure employment
elsewhere; on the contrary their past ak
pefience should maze their services valua-
bic in mary respects 10 private individuals,
and undoubtedly would do so II thew could
bring themselves 20 abandon what they
perhaps consider public life" | know OF
an TX member OF the Wisconsin logisls urr,
| now do Jr.keeper aud messenger OF one OF
senate committees: another, also door
| keeper, who not long ago was a bank presi-
| dent In Virginia and occupied some respon
able public position In his state: still an
other who Is the con Of an ex. L nited States
senator, and as such, very likely, imbibed
| The taste Tor holding public Office which he
now gratifes by nlling the position S,,, o, ~
| ,nde II mite number OF cases to support my
propagation, II space permitted me TO do so