The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-05-19

hit of News for Those Persons Who
Want TO be TREASURY Clerks.

Anybody who wants to be Treasury
clerk should read this This Chief Clerk
has to deal with the rules and regulations OF
the Office. He is the man who stands be.
tween the Secretary and his clerical force.
MIR. Youmans is the gentleman who repre-
sents Secretary Manning in this capacity
and Youmans is just about as unpopular
with the gentlemen and ladies' of the de-
partment as man can we'll be. BY the
side of Youmans the memory of Col Web
ster and his military system rises like
vision of departed joys. The last named
official used to require military salute from
the messengers and watchmen. Youmans
requires every employee who leaves the
building during Office hours to have pass.
This pass must be shown to the Waterman
at the door, or the employee be restrained
by force, or reported for breaking guard.
The passes are granted by the chiefs OF
bureaus or divisions. In the monthly re
port rendered it seems that the Third Audi
tors Office headed the list with one hundred
and sixty passes in March. This was too
much for Youmans. At first he thought of
having the whole Office locked in after
hours, but 1t was doubtful whether this
punishment, so efficacious when he taught
school, would work. He concluded to rep.
rimand the officials who had granted the
passes. 1t was decided to take away the
authority of the chiefs of divisions in the
Third Auditors Office to grant passes and
by way of making the punishment fit the
crime, compel these chiefs to take out passes
themselves from the Auditor or his deputy.
Now when the division chief wants to 90
across the street the clerk presents himself
before his chief uncovered. There he stands
until the chief deigns to notice him. Then
something like the following occurs /;
Clerk-Please Mr.. Blank, would like to
90 out for few minutes.
Chief-Eh! What II seems as if every
body is going out to-day. What are you
going out for?
Clerk l haven't been out this month.
sir, indignantly
chief-And that's why you want to go
out, Ell?
Clerk-Oh, no. l have little private
business which makes my presence neces-
ary. 1t is pressing.
Chief-I suppose you couldn't attend to
your private business out of office hours.
lGrumbling.] Well, here's your pass. /
hope You'll enjoy the matinee.
The retiring clerk receives this sarcastic
raking stern fire in silence and hurries off.
II it is woman she cries little in her
anger and modification, but gets her coat
and bonnet and, feeling like she could
scratch somebody if that somebody were
Youmans, she breaks for the door. Here a
ough fellow blocks the passage.
"Got pass -
"Yes, I've got passn
"Show it, then, and don't stand here
blocking the passage" Examining the
paper. "This is good for half an hour"
/" Dear me. shall never be able TO get
back in that time,' despairingly
-. . If you don't you'll be reported growls
the wutchmnn, and halts the next.
Imagine ladies and gentlemen submitting
daily to this sort of thing and you will un-
derstand what a dogs life the government
employee leads under such regulations as
prescribed by the Chief Clerk of the Treas
ury. Instead of discharging ut once the
dead beats and loafers tho whole force is
placed on the dead beat and loafer level.