Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-02
OBERliY,S 1EFOKNT.
A Good story at the Expense of the
Civil >eRYice Commiss on.

Civil >eRYice Commiss on.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.-Before he was
Civil -sersiee "a Commissioner, John
O6erly was the Chairman OF the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee Of Ili-
nots. BE was then the most bigoted of
spOismen, although now he has all the
zeal of a prOselyte IN his support of civil
service reform. Just after Cleveland be-
came President, a Democratic worker"
IN Chicago by the euphOnious name OF
Pete Scaggs came to Chairman Oberly for
recommend" He wanted a place in
the government printing office, and he
knew that scratch OF Oberly's penn
would get it for him. Oberly sat down
and wrote quickly:
r, the Public Printer:
Peter ScAggS, the bearer OF this note, is an
active worker for the Democratic party, who
mas been very useful in the campaign lust
closed. as in many campaigns before. He is
an intelligent and industrious printer, who
deserves recognition from and would reflect
credit upon Democratic administration.
Armed With this Scaggs called on Pub
tic Printer Rounds, VINO was then shaking
IN his official boots, and anxious
to make friends of the mamm0n
of Democracy, and who was only
too glad to ob!ige the Chairman Of the
Democratic State Central Committee of
the State from which he himself had been
appointed. So Scaggs got his place.
Wnen the new Public Printers guillotine
! first fell Scaggs was among the two or
three hundred who lost their heads. He
straishtway set about getting another
position, and, knowing very few people of
influence, he bet0ok himself again to
! Oberly. He found him in the rooms Of
the Civil Service Commission, in
the old seed house back of the
Department of Agriculture, drafting his
new system of competitive examinations
for promotions in the public service
81 want another recommend, Mr..
| Oberly," he said; "tO the Secretary Of
the Interior this time.' But" said
! Oberly, Il am a Civil Service COmUs-
sioner now, and | can't give recommends
tions to Office seekers" why" said
| Scaggs, "you gave me one before" eyes,
! know" said Oberlv, "but l was not
| Civil Service Commissioner then"
| "Well," persisted Scaggs, "can't you
| give me line to say that Pm a good
! printer-that's all that FL askw
! "Well," said Mr.. Oberly, 81 might do
| that" So he wrote this "recommend":
Il know Pete Scaggs to be a good
! printer" "Thank you" said Scaggs,
and went off. Scaggs knew Upshsw, the
! Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
and be went at once to him. He showed
| him the recommendation Of Civil Service
| Commissioner Oberly and then he told
! him about the recommend" given him
| by Chairman Oberly, of the Democratic
! State Central Committee OF Illinois. Up
shaw laughed heartily and then said:
"Pll just tack on to what Civil Service
| Commissioner Oberly said what was
said by Chairman Ooerly of the
| Democratic State Central Committee
of Illinois," So he added on the
back of the Civil Service Commissioners
recommends"
| To the Sscretrrv oft the Tatsrior:
Peter Scaggs, the bearer Of this note, is an
active worker for the Democratic party, who
| was very useful in the campaign of 1884 as in
m ny campaigns before. He is an intelligent
and indus rous printer who deserves recOg
milton from, and would reflect credit upon a
| Democratic administration.
OF course Upshaw signed his own name.
but Secretary Lamar heard the whole
story and enjoyed it 80 much that Scagg
got his place.
WILLIAM r. SPEARE,
| the fashionable undertaken of Washing
ton. has never been paid for the coffin he
furnished at Gartield's funeral. He pre-
sented bill for several thousand dollars
afterwards for the coffin and it's accesso-
ries and appurtenanoes, and refused TO
accept the $500 which the First Comp
trOller of the Treasury awarded him as
his pro rata share of the sum appropri-
ated for the expenses of the Garfield
funeral. NO" he said, ''if the United
States government can afford not
to pay my bill, L can afford
not to get the money!" The
| New York Sun might better have paid
this bill, which was at least legitimately
incurred. rather than that of the New
York undertaken, who being directed to
simply put the body of Gen. Grant on ice
proceeded to embalm it ana then to charge
$500 for work which had to be done all
over again.
e. Berry Wall, the ex.klng Of the New
York dudes. came down to the races this
week with lot of other New Workers..
His big pink scarf WAS the object of re-
spectful admiration from all the
dudes in town, who clustered
around him wherever he went.
The dudiest dude in Washington,
the eldest son OF Viscount das
Nogueiras, the Portuguese Minister, sank
into the obscarity Of insignlficance beside
Wall. 1t was amusing to see them to-
gether and to witness the almost religious
reverence which the Wasningtonian
showed for the New York king in exile.
"oH, SWAMP
in whose arms Carried died at Elberon,
looks very much now as he did before he
was suspended from the office of Judge
Advocate General of the army on
nalf pay. And the business
of his Office goes on just the
same as ever. Swain, thrifty little TEL
low. always carries cigar in his mouth,
and red flower in his buttonhole-the
rest of his costume being more in accord
with his cigar than his rose or carnation.
he drives one horse to his buggy instead
of two now, but otherwise he seems to be
able TO get along on $4,000 just as well as
Oh $4,000.
PATENTS.
The following Southeastern patents
were issued to-day:
Oscar NJ. Newman, Milton, Fla, show
stand or rack.
Charles NJ. Littlejobn, Pacolet, Fla,
invalid bedetead.