Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-06-06


who pronounced the cere'
mony which made the President and Miss
Folsom man and wife, will marry as many
people as all the other men authorized to
solemniza marriages in this DIS |
tfjct Like the epidemic which
followed the elopement of the daughter of
Morisini in New York. the marriage Of the
President has persuaded many other pso-
ple TO move in that direction, and the pros.
pects are that the chief topic for some time
will be weddings. Just at this time there
are fewer people in Washington seeking
matrimony than for years passed. Usu;
ally the fashionable hotels are well filled
with old maids and gushing widows. l was
talking to 8 fond mother, who has married
off three or TOUR daughters, and abe told
me that the great takes in matrimony were
the army officers, l asked her how that
was, knowing toll well that she spoke truly,
and she replied:
"Well, nsver could really understand
it myself. suppose, however, 1t Is be-
cause army men are received into the
highest socieiy ssd their business gives
them ample opportunity to properly OBJ
serve all of the fashionable events and to
enter fully into the whirlpool OF society
of course know, as we'll as you, that
army officers are no more gallant and
handsome and intelligent than the run OF
other men, and | know slso that their 9th.
cisl orders often take them into porto Is OF
the country and into locations which are
yarv pnnlesssnt for a wife. An army Off
GER however, is penSioned for not only his
own life, but that Of his wife and children,
and it is this realization, with the society
advantages that make them 80 much hunt
ed BY ladies who want to marry. Nearly
all OF these old bachelors you see around
the hotels are being coached By somebody
for matrimonial purposes. 1t is seldom
that half dozen young girls are not after
each one of these old men, some OF them
old enough to be on the retired list and to
be their grandfather. Usually army OIL
GERS are disinclined to marry, but there
has been such an impetus given this mat
ter of late that really believe number OF
the old foxes will change theie lives and
become benedicts."
More than dozen Tunes during the past
year it has heen announced in these dis
patches that the Civil Service law was be-
ing fagrantly violated both in letter and
in spirit. As many times also have the
means By which the Law has been violated
and evaded been stated. Another instance
has iust come to the attention of your cor
respondent, however, which illustrates the
truth of the assertion. Abouta month ago
it was announced in the local newspapers
that a man mad received an appointment
to first.c!ass clerkship in the Treasury
Department, through the operation OF
the civil service rules. Almost simuitan'
eously the announcement was made IN the
district of Western Congressman that this
man WAS appointed through the influence
OF that Congressman. The latter announce
ment came to the eyes of gentleman IN
the department here and he grew very an.
gry over it and came to your correspond
cut to tell the truth of the transaction.
That man was appointed through civil
service reform and not through the inH1-
euce of that Congressman, as he has sn'
nounced. The sppointee believes, how
ever, that dis Congressman secured the
place tor him, even though he did pass the
civil service examination. Now, | will tell
you last how that appointment was made,
becsu.e am determined that that hypo
cti,icsl Congressman sh, ! not take credit
TO himself for il. A Senator from my State
went to the Department some time age
and urged at q certain division the appoint
! ment of one or two men from his State
lie was assured that the first time a clerk
was needed he would be given an opportu
nitg TO fill it. A few days stterward the
head OF that division telephoned the SEN
ator that ne could make an appointment
and asked him for the names of some mer
from his State who had passed
the civil service examination, snC
ASKED whether anybody who hac
passed the examination wds desired by
him for appointment. The answer ws'
sant back that he wished 8 certain man sp
pointed who had passed examination
This official called upon the Civil Service
Commissioner for the names of four men
from that State who had passed the exam
iration and asked to have included II
these four names the name of the man who
was appointed. Now l know this to b;
true for this reason: The memoranda
sent By the Senator to tee Treasury De
partment was missid aud | Wal
telephoned for the names recon
meuded, because knew whc
the Senator had named for selection | re
produced the names of the four men who
were sent from the Civil Service Commits
sion headquarters to the Treasury Depart
ment. On the receipt OF the names they
we're sent to the Senator. He looked them
over and could not determine which man
should be appointed because he did moi
know any Of them very we'll, 30 he turned
them over to me,snd the man who was sp
pointed was selected By me. | sent the
name back to the Treasury Department
and b ID frequent communications over the
telephone in relation to it. | have
thoss telephone messages written out and
can prove, in the FIRST, that the Senator was
asked to name q man 10 be called for from
the Civil Service Commission; secondly,
that the names were referred to him, aud
| I0lTulN, JnhJ Tue lTtAeuEJ DcUaItmcbl
communicated with him in relation to the
one man from the four who was to be ap
pointed"
am tod that this practice has been car
ried on to q very lar2e extent for more
thOn six months, and that nine men and
women out of every ten appointed have
been thus derived BY the appointing power
~
A good many Senators complain Of hsv-
ing to sit long hours steadily and stiffly in
their chairs on the floor Of the Senate
chamber, and many of them have con-
trived to have good deal Of ease. The
regulation chair in front of the Senators
desk, which they occupy, has back reach
ing almost to the occupants neck when he
sits upright. The chair is broad aud has
cane back and seat. A number OF Sen
ators, however, have had the backs taken
out and seats also, and have had the chairs
upholstered in either hair-c!oth or
deep cardinal leather, and
few have used wooden goods. Uncle Joe