The Meeker herald., 1886-08-07
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
nr Itegular Corresponeienl.

gressional notice ON account Of the de-
sire Of part Of the Senate body 10 in'
crease the store Of filthy lucre IN the
peoples strong box by taxing much
abused oleomargarine.
This long. low building, with It's many
Ionic columns and other solid architect
ure. has under It's roof more employees
than any other edilice in this city. The
visitors walking through the long corri-
dofs would not think there wer. over
thres thousand persons all around them
carrying Oh with perfect order the I'M
mense business Of tins department. II
Is u great human beehive, where each
one gives his or her quota OF work under
the supervision Of the chiefs whose ac-
counts must be rendered with the per-
feet exsctneAs Of mathematical science.
There are seven hundred and seventy
nine women employed, two Of whom
get 81 .sGO per year; the salaries OF the
other seven hundred and seyeniy-sryrn
range from sis0 TO si.0O making the
large sum Of sns3.oO. There aru over
twrnty-six hundred men employed In
this place also.
IL is said that he oilicc seeker con-
centIatrs his irst efforts On the Trrasu-
~ Department. This is on account Of
the many positions there and tho fire.
qucnt changes made. There Is no de-
partment under the government where
one In lcss secure. and there is hardly a
tiay when there ara not n number of a,'-
plicAnis for position. The appointment
room is the Mecca which the anxious
pilgrim seeks, bur,icnc,i with hopc and
fear. and this place has been the scene
of many touching incidents since the
reign OF Cleveland began. With men II
Il easy 10 Gcal; they can b- put on with
promises, but when woman makes
her appearance She comes with all the
oi office warfare" sup
plcin-n,ci with feminine Grar-s and
and sometimes All accompaniment Of
mos, J-o,cb, trrsuadrr
which makes the man Of high Is,si-
ton wish himself sphynx.
The employment Of woman ~ clerks
In the Treasury dates back only ~ far
IN i>ss.- Miss Fannie ilslsira.l. on rec
u Governor bennington.
WAS tho GTsi direct appointment, In the
Treasurer Office. She WAS appoinirsl
October y. lsss..
noGrEr.
There ~ a roIucs' gallery In Uncle
sam's ''tn~p~y hotisr.' wnefu are PIC
lures of those who. dissatisfied with
slow process II grttin. rich.
riica, the government, of NIL manner of
money. The gallery Is qui;c
a small fuotn. leading into ihc Large.
we'll Furnished apartment occupi.>l by
Chief Brooks. the man who starts the
detectives in pursuit Of
those who make money too quickly.
On the walls of ihi. little fosuc.room,
grouped In ~alnu, frames, faces Of all
kinds look u, yoa-mosi Of them with
the s;oliiity of hardened crime: bu,
there are some among them which
speak ~ capabilities for better things.
group of villainous coun,e-
nanccs. the face of gentle woman
looks out. serene and honest, as u the
to grow suddenly rich had
never ass-ailed and corrupted her. an
other il holding her little bale. who. nj.
though no; u rogue. Is found In very
company. some day that
infant may come 10 Washington and
behold the situation In which fairs
once placed him. One would not envy
him his feelings on such an occasion.
A member of the IVES, Virginia LeGis-
la,urc has his physiognomy perIctrated
here. surrounded by seventeen Virgini-
ans who made the queer" John China
man. with his initiative skill. could not
ic, such chance escape him. but struck
the food that did not lead to fortune.
and immortalized himself In the roHucs'
parior.
There are records Of oycrfiye thousand
arrests OF coun,crfciters who made
money Of all kinds. from the insigniii-
cant copper cent 10 ,en.dollar gold
piece and grecnbacks of the highest de-
nomination. Guiteau. Garticld's assas-
sinator. with his repcllan, coun,cnance,
and J. Wilkes Booth. Lincoln's murder
or. whose handsome, intelligent face
makes n striking contrast to that Of
the former. are IN the gallery In close
proximity.
BILLY MALONE
Is. beyond question, the smallest man
In the Senate. His clothes don't tit
him. perhaps 1t is well they do not, for
q tight lit would make him but ghost
Of a senator, gliding about in the rest
less manner that indicates his nervous
temperament. lie wears frock coat,
and pants which are generally too long:
fastens the lowest button on the vest,
thus showing an immaculate white shirt
bosom. terminating at the neck In an
old-fashioned rolling collar, half hidden
he lnpg tyrny hnir nnd lrcar,l TINT tyiya