The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-07-16
DEPARTMENT CLERKS.
TWENTY DAYS WILL BE THEIR AN
NUAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
Mentioned for onioiai Position, and That
10 AHA stni Hunt Is the Thlng-i,e-
marhabls snake--Rabels Routed.
Washington - National News.

WASHINGTON, July 10, There IL q lively
discussion among department clerks about
the proposed reduction OF the annual leave
OF absence from thirty to twenty days.
. The law does not require that thirty days
leave of absence shall bo given each clerk.
II simply says that the heads Of the depart-
menta can grant leaves Of absence 10 the
clerks for term not TO exceed thirty days
In any ono year, All time that Is lost by
clerks on account of sickness Ia not counted,
but they have 10 furnish certificate
CT physician showing that they really woro
sick.
In the past certain physicians have been
rather liberal In their vl0wa ~ 10 what con-
stitutes Sickness anl they have given all tho
certificates that were asked for, There has
boon moro care about such matters during
tho past four months, II IL alleged by tho
clerks that thla proposed reduction Of from
thirty 10 twenty days Is being urgol on tho
heads Of departments by certain chief OF
divisions who have notoriously lost great
deal Of time themselves, as means 10 mako
themsoy'S regarded a reformora Tho
cabinet hus discussed tho subject at two
meetings, but no conclusion has been
reached,
II Ia more than likely, however, thatlfor
this year, at least, ih0ro will bo reduction
OF ton days, but that after th, work Is In
moro forward condition tho old rulo will be
folowcl There will bo no limit made ~ 10
the number Of days n clerk can lose by sick.
ness daring the year,
There are somo cases In tho departments
whore clerks have lost three months In each
year for four or five years, and, indeed,
some more than that amount OF time, In
such cases ~ this tho annual loavo may DO
dispensed with altogether
Tho friends OF OK Representative William
Mutchlor, OF Pennsylvania, are anxious that
II shall not bo understood that ho was an ap-
plcant for tho position OF first assistant
postmaster general 10 which OK Representa-.
tive Stevenson, OF Illinois, was rocontly ap-
pointed They say that Mr., Mutchlor would
have taken that position II IL had boon Of
forod him, but that ho was not an applicant
for II. ES-RoproSOntaty@ Mutchlor,
Money, Of Mississippi, and Talbot, OF
Maryland, have been unfortunate as
having boon named for mum
Dor Of places, but they have not boon sue
ccssfu IN gotting any Of thom, Thoy have
nll N, frequently named for positions In
tho poitolIco department Thoro wore u
number Of persons who wore almolt certain
that Mr., Money would bo mad) postmaster
general Failing In that, they were equally
certain that no would DO malo llrst assistant
postmaster general After no failed In that
ho was yariouSly namod for positions, somo
OF which Mr., Money would hardly accept II
thoy woro olfcr,l 10 him.
Mr. John G., Thompson, Of Ohio, was fro
quontly MOI tlon,d rs possible secretary OF
tho Interior Whom Senator Lamar was ap-
pointed another place was Boleotod by Mr..
Thompsons friends for him, Aftor that his
namo soomcd 10 bo rs frooly usod for posi-
tlons Of various kinds ami grades as oithcr
OF the two gontomon namol above Tho
last place that rumor has glvon Mr., Thomp-
son Is chief OF division In tho pension
Office.
The history Of appointments mado by
President Cleveland 30 far has boon that
those gonllenon who were bopmol tho most
In the newspapers havo had tho worse luck
In picking up anything, Applicants aro be-
ginning TO recognize this, and still hunts aro
now tho order OF tho day, The hotel rogis-
tors show q considerable number OF orrlv-
ala, but II s dnlcult TO llnd ono among thcm
who will admit, 10 newspaper folks, at lcost
that no has tho slightcst intorost In any ap'
pointmont