The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-07-18

WASHINGTON. July. 1t. o.
1t would he great good to the Cap
ital city il the President would issue
an executive order that the Govern
ment employees here be paid weekly
hereafter instead Of twice y msnth. TIL,
increased clericrl force necessary to do
this would not be felt as burden 10
departments, while the influence of the
change to increase thrift ameng the en-,
ployss would DO lasting blessing 10
thouaands. The more frequent lm,-
ments would break up the habit I
running bills and substitute therefor
cash naynents for current household
expenses. The merchants would be
greatly benefited aud business c~u!d
be conducted on n closer a,nrgn Of
profit and with less risk.
Abeut $6O0,0O0 per month is r.i'
out t" Government employes in this
city, exclusive Of the District e1psndi
sures. Upon that wage fluid aim st
every industry and enterprise rests.
The dis ributiun Of i, is ~ most iinpor-
rant event that occurs in the life offs,
city. Should it be made to flaw Wit
greater rapidly the richest AN we'll N.
the poorest pe son in tho District would
feel its thrill, aud only one set If mel.
in the city would 10 injariosly affected;
they are the money lenders called 40
per crnters." Their occupation would
soon he gone. hear that Gen. Sparks.
Commissioner Of the General Land
Office, has had complete list Of all the
cases where the public lands have heen
improperly fenced made out with a
statement Of the present status Of ar
fairs In nil these Cases the parties have
besn notified to remove the fences. Ia
son,e instances they, had consulted at
torneys. who have held that reasonable
number Of openings in the fence are
sufficient la such cases the opening,
are guarded, and to all interests and
purl oses fences still exist. The total
amount of land chat has been sppro-
priat.d in this way is bet evn one and
tw. million acres.
very common way Of stealing tht
public lards IL for some man to hunt
out gc...d satc,-hole or roam and to
locate his pro-cmp'i'a claim AZ to take
tnls IN. He can fence this, and then h.
PRACTICAL, has NIL that joins it for man!
miles around, for the land in much 81
thu Vest, rn territory is worthless tx.
eept where there is water.
The men who have done this illegal
fencing in Of the public domain have =
side to their story which they try t.
tell with great force. They claim tina,
tho land is Worthless except for the
purposes Of grazing, and that they, hy
taking possession Of it and rsarius larg'
herds Of cattle, are adding to tie wealth
Of the country, doing something &
themselves and for the people at large
1t is u pity for them that the Depart
ment here does u"t accept this fallaciau
reasoning, hut holds that the hones
settler is driven away by the fences an
that they must all be removed.
The reuehsut Of many persons 70
writing anonymous letters to publ
officials here in Washington surpasss
ordinary belief There is scarcely ma
in high public place whs does not RI
c.ive more or less anonymous lstte,
in every mail delivered to him; All
the higher kis position the mere is h
target for the anonymous lstt'
seribtlsrs. Many of these illusions al
palpably from cranks, while very man
have the impress. Of minds that are .
dinarily intelligent. During tho PEI
d.ncy Of Seua'or Bsyxrd's rssolutlo
in the Senate eondemning tho sssau
ofdynamiters upon public buildings
London the Senators were fairly deluge
with letters and postal cards, all wit
out signatures, admonlshiny, wsrnin
and besesching them in regard to the
vote upon that resolution.
There is not . member of the cal
net who does not receive anonymo
letters, giving him advice, beseeol,il
him Tor office or criticising his cour,