Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1885-03-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WAsliiSarDN. March -. i>S

Ii;tli t!lt IN me trtSltPliilll filtli.
arodnd il, or behind II there IS
mimi and Il Will viii not
say that celtt.n fey r,formero
are happy III the rea,iIltl"n of their
impatient hope. And 1t must J." slld
ihat the most il need of reformation,
hay- t3.,cl new heart auI hoiI, bat
let all wait with pIti"ncc and PRAYER,
aud thov VII, think, see the glory
of the new ,lispcn'ation reyealrd,with
the tyu';rtiou nf the right m-n, ami
priucip'ca--with tie confession of
thieves and money changer, who have
so long proved upon the substance Of
Tie country.
Trcrc is an oii latin maXin, ''> ina
lcDie, hasten slowly, AMI this seem,to
be lhc rule Of the new aiuIllisirl-
ton. Reform was very properly
begun at the White House. fou"
clerks svep, from oi!ire with ona
swoop of the broom. Five Thousand
dollars per year and much desk room
saysd. The example was takel up
IN tie Treasury Department Where
Secretary lIanning has discharged
forty useless employees ftom one bu-
reau.
Secretary Lamar has first applied
! his broom 10 the stable; adjoining
the interior Department. For years
OF Republican ascendency carriages
and horses have besn kept at eXtrav-
agant expense i'll all the Departments,
and have been used, not for the pub
lie service, but for the CONVENIENCE
Of the families of public officials.
The fine equipage that has been used
to convey ladies 10 receptions late AZ
night, has been ordered to he sold,
and the seven persons who have been
carried OH the pay roll rs drivers vii!
no longer have even the semblauce
of rirht to draw their unearnod pay.
OF cour3e this is only II beginning
in all the Departments, and i'll AL the
bureaus aud subordinate offices oup-
ertiuous clerks are stumbling over
one another. Turn the lCafers out
and then it will be to find the rascals.
Twenty Thousand employees can be
discharged with result of positive I'M
provement and expedition III Govern
ment work. Get your little pencil
and multiply 10000; by $500, and
YOU will have ali idea, but not full
one of the amount that will be saved
for Won have not taken into account
the office room and furniture of this
, vast army.
, 1t is not necessary to say that there
is much uneasiness and alarm III al
the Departments. The reduction o.
| the clerical force is an unexpected
, flank movement, and it has set thou-
> sand of CLERKS quaking i'll their hlxu
rious siuecures. Turn the loafcre
out is Il new and terrifying sound.
There are many straws indicative .
= a new era An order has been ISSUE,
'. to all the employees in the patent of
I flee that there shall be no more read
ING or talking during Office hours, anI
= that those classes and divisions whicl
v are behind with their work mus
a work after Office hours Until j
q is brought to date. The Patent Oi;ic
has been conducted in lux and slat
II telnly way. In some clssses of inven
y ion, Us textiles, haryestera, printing
a stoves and furnaces, household furnl
/ ture, builders hardware, surgery, etc
p the Patent Office Examiners are frOr
three to twelve months behind wit!
their work, and applicants for pateI
l. have frequently to wait SIX month
n n or wear before their cases are take
70 ND. The recent order indicai es tn;
the new administration will introduc
- new order of branches Of the pul
lie service.
~ =. The rush of Office seekers has :
!. bated. and the new admiDistrLtio
% has more time TO address itself
work. 1t is a fact much commente
on here that very few Office seeker
l. have come from the South, and thi
Is MANY have come from Norther AZ
m Northwestern republican state
IN Since the President has announce
IN that he Will not hear applicants f'
ls office personally, but will refer all a
st plications to the proper Cabinet Q
ut ficers, he has been but little trouble
ld There will doubtless be importa
p changes made, but policy aud goo
w business management would requi
es that they should not be made un
al after the most careful deliberate
~ and a thorough study of the nee
es and abuses Of the service. Any ps
fit son acquainted with affairs VIII KIN,
be flat the work will be all the bett