The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-10-18
RANDOM NOTES.

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Several papers have been nub,,sb,us tina, whom
consrcss meets ru,gs 1,rrnsr, And,,or s,henovesn
and some other ofIo,a,s viii far m no connrrned
The reason given n ,hst ,nev have bccr too pro,.
nent and have oot their nares IN Tho newsrancro
too moch Ths wtseacrco clair, ,,s, mo r,ycs,dcc,
has viven tho a. I'm :, N ponrn,I..n sons,ars q, a.,
down on ,hcsc scn,,emcr
knew that tho Ara, mar, n, this varn x.s senss-
,oss Tor yn,ee I,,rnar, n.. a,.as,s ,.sa, a~s.s.
but I thought hest 70 ,nou,re =, ,se wn,,e I,onsc
anon, the req, NJ n Tno ,r,orr,a,,an ,,,a,,.a 80
mat Nessra Durhsr, era r,nona,ra,s 80 aw.a,,
in sympathy with the econon,cs, and sensible con,ss
which they are trying TO pursue.
There arc some rea,,v na,,e,,c cases emo,e tho
o,,,ce. see.ors nere ,,oar ,o,o,s 80. ,s,,,a ,,
b,s s,orv tho other d,r ue ,s ,ror, ,no pa.,ao
Coast lie was sent as de,ecste N tho I,oro,,ot,c
National Convention. no voted Tor cleveland Arc,
last and all tho ,Ime, no nas sovo-o, ,a,,ars Il, Nj,
possessIon from CLEVELAND ana severs, ,ror, 70,
Lamont. actnov,edc,ng nj. se,v,cos arr,nn ,bo
c,mna,gn Ue came hcre with s,ronc ,r,,or.a,ron,s
in lime last ana has rema,nod o,or sInco ne "a 90
FAR from nome ina, ne cannot nora n, 90 ,,c. ana
forth an, b,s b,,,eved bot no ,ron,a ho rocnan,,a1
ue talked no ,o,iows.
"perc am. mis- co,d. ra,pv r,on,. with . summer
shoes worn out have been here since june I re.
ceved letter from my wife to-day, saying that the
rent Is due and long past due on our house and that
she needs money. have none to send her. have
none for myself have not so much as a nve-cent
piece. When I started to the National Convention
at Chicago last year had bank account OF 81 900,
now have nothing. God knows what I shall do.
They offer me $1,000 position. whata come down
10 that for national orator. cant afford to take
anything OF that kind"
And 80 he stays aud hopes, and the wife and
babies In the far away Pacific land long for his
turn.
The ordinary mortal knows ~e7Siutle OF the Pres,.
dent " 1rnie~uhitcd States People call and their
cards arc open TO the inspection OF every one but
only In a general way can any one know what
noiu prNa'e conferences WIN MN. am toid that
ne Is mol only importuned ior once, out that very
oHeh demands are made upon MN Tor money. the
impression Is ABROAD that PRESIDENT cleveland Is
qm.e generous III personal way, anu mat as ne mas
NO iamuy 10 support anu gets s'o.coo per year, he
eah @ ausWel all oaiis 'na' are haue upon him. was
SHOWN ielter that was received at the White House
,as. week i,oni au omceseeker' asking'he PRESIDENT
W .utuisu 'ne appncan' win money 10 ous SUIT OF
cio'nes anu pay MS room rent. rhis is out
sahPie VI ""a' we ge' every uay," was tod.
The special delivery system is not likely TO be
shining success In the smaller towns Twas shown
batch Of letters at the Pos, Ol,ce Department from
various localities which are full Of lueubrious
complaints. The postmaster at Adrian, Mich, saws
tha, It is hard to nnd trustworthy messengers who
are willing to wander around among tenement
houses and fight bulldogs till midnight for the smaI,
pay that is offered He saws further that the peone
object TO being awakened at unseemly hours to re-
ceiye letters.
The postmaster az CORY. pa saws that he c,nno,
nd any man or boy who ia reliable to take the pos,
ton Of messenger. He says that the only person
who has offered has brother in the pen,tentiarv for
money In it, he writes. The whole thing may be
like eating tomatoes or pcklel olives-a good thing
when people get used to 1t.
Cour,ro,,or =, ,,o ,,,rr,,,r ,,.u,,r -,,.,.
,aro.,,n,, ,,or ,hr, ,ha o,,, :. 49, - ~, M -. ~
,wo- -ao,i.r rrsonh.cs An,an ,ha ,.,,,a.S s.,a,s
y" co. o 'saH o"s 'nV 'u.'ua.e ~ iieuus m
,...on .,.,.a ~" MI az
u, -, ~ w.. s" u. aou,e,1uu,
"s IN VI ,us s.vaes' auVisels
ss. ,!, 'en wv -. y. ,,,o N. na,oa vas
I'LL -, w, one nsn. .. u.nnel 'ue ques
,,,s " ~. .ns .Mo.'o,,al oi'
- wsa "as " ,,e. 's .uo Se.,e'ty nheness,
"as SHNs 80. a's.ussou' oo .uousat plous
~, ,s-,a, =. o"sn. " ue eee.'eu'
49, ,a..a ,,,nan "e'. susses.e' W
p.,,a.san an, snu '"e SECRETARY "inea 10 MI
"You know said Mr.. Patterson. that do not
believe in notices But seeing YOU have asked me
do think of verse OF Scrtpture that woul he verv
app1opriate.'
"what is it? asked the Secretary. interested.
SIT is that verse in the Acts NJ tho AnosIes hicb
Usilyer and gold have none. but sucb az have
give thee.
The Secretary Immediately changed the subject
He was evidently not pIeased.
secretarv N,nr,,, so,d ,es,or,.v ,,,, ,o s,,,
,mnossiha 70 road me tI,s,n,o NC ~ o,,
s,an,Ir r,oorno. ~, slpas sn s 'N.. 70 IN
ar,,c,aa ns on &c, n.es muse
him nv sia sccre,orv NJ pronn.u ~, p.a".. ~
hoIno a newsn,nar nan raoonn,.o, - 80, ..,..'
,vben ha soos !, on, ~, 80. rs
The res,opat,op of J,,,o 1ar,v n ,,o,,., ,,.
not made i,s onnearance ve, at N. wn,,o House
I'm, n tho Iudoa conld rno,, ,rs, hnr ,~,o, :, =,
awaited there II would hs sent immad,o,o,v Thara
is little donh, I'm, tho presdant 10 orv a,,,,ns, -,
thorougnly reorganze .he Com,n,s.on ann IN nr1a,
| TO do 40 should have fair ae,d mo nroson, Con
mission has not helped the c,use of civil service ra
form In this country. /, has greatly retarded II
There ia nothing in tho world ,bs, 90 i,,nras oa,ao
ho'ice ."a. .ae papers sun INSIST on speaking OF
Doiiiah d. Ha,oh as 'ne presiuens OF the civil
SefHce 'ohiinlssioh IhiS Is proDaoly natural
enough, as Mr. Eaton IL the most prominent men,
"er Vi Tue poalu' but as matter OF 1act there Is
Commission. The law does not provide for ii, and
recognize II. Ihe commissioners are all on an
,ty tuy. WI. rs"'o. 'aAes ouaike vi 'he Ihaii OIL
honuays anu tuesdays MT gregory on wednes-
aays aad Inursaays, ana Mr.. Thoman on Fridays
are all present When onlv one ia nresent he ,oor,
80, 80 ,,- ~, ~, ~. vnS , 70 p'e'ens ue ioohs
a'ter hat'els al tne while The Commission has
secretary, Mr.. X ID. Graham, and chief examiner,
Mr. Charles LYMAN But there Ia no president nj tho
Commission. They are al, on an eaualltv. an tn
| speak,