Omaha daily bee., 1888-10-01

priscd at hearing his lamentations on account |
OF his inability TO leave his regular business |
and go into the federal service on a small sal. |
airy, asked him II there was much profit |
attached to the position, and he said
Lots OF money. | have a friend VINO ls |
an Indian agent out the Pacific slope.
His salary is very small but he makes great |
gObs of money He speculates in real estate |
and favors contractors for timber, cattle,
pasture, etc. could put my finger on dozen
special agencies in the interior department.
which have salaries of less than $1,000 year
that | would rather have than 500 900 a>year.
There is big money, my boy, IN this contract
business; and there is bigger money yet in
having the inside track on real estate specu-
laton Some Of these agents quietly work
in the interest of railroad and land com
panies and in return they get pointers as to
where roads are to run and towns are to be
built, and other Improvements made which
enhances the value of real estate. There are
plenty of people who want to stand in with
men of that character, and they furnish them
with all the money they want to buy real
estate with, and the profits are divided"
a scheme of this character was developed
in Wisconsin less than year ago, and il led
TO an investigation by one of the senate com
mittecs. The result of it was that the agent
was requested to resign. The agent held on
TO his place, however, about six months be-
fore il was officially announced at the in
terror department that he had departed from
| official life. is intimated that he still has
strong tie TO his place, and there are prom
incnt officials in the departments here who
are behind him in hls timber and real estate
speCuIatons.
ASSESSING DEPARTMENT CLERKS.
Some rather remarkable incidents occur in
the departments nowadays in connection
| with the solicitation and collection of cam
paign contributions. treasury clerk tells
| me OF one involving himself which he says
| undoubtedly illustrates the experience of
| many other clerks.
~ have been assessed three times" Says
hn il put1 1tCrT md hnNrn mt
responded to Il single one. | believe in cam
palgn assessments, and am body and soul
| opposed to that element i'll the civil service
| law which prohibits voluntary camuaign CON
| tributions. | do not think it the proper
| thing to insist upon contributions or to press
| men in the general service to give money
| when they do not want to. Three times |
| received personal or circular solicitations,
| and not responding my chief came to me yes
terday and inquired whether or not wanted
| to assist the national campaign. | replied in
| the negative, at the same time suggesting
| that it ought to be known that was not in
| favor of the election of President Cleveland,
| because did not believe he deserved the
| presidency: that was an old soldier myself
| aud when 1t came to selecting a chief magis-
| tratc between man who hired n substitute
| and man who went to the front and fought
that could not help choosing the soldier.
But you are u democratic inquired my
| chief.
| Yes replied, Il am democrat and was
| dllllDlHlCu 10 INC position L now occupy Us II
| democrat; bat am within the civil service
| law, subject to the rules and regulations of
| the civil service commission, and according
| to the regulations set down by the president
| | cannot be either assessed, expected to make
| contributions, or removed if l am not per-
| niciOusly PARTISAN
1.-The chief went away and reported me to
| the secretary. OF course, | am not afraid of
beng removed. am simply on the books
| for disfavor, and in the event this admin
| istratiOn should be continued will not cx-
| pect to receive promotion, and Will antic!-
pate hard lot during the rest of my official
| life.n
| GENERAL HARRISON AND THE NEWSPAPER MEN.
| The newspaper correspondents or Washing
! ton will be pleased to an i'm
| measurable degree if General Harrison is
elected. They have received such uniform
| diScourtesy and disregard at the white house
| the last three and half years that they will
| be more than delighted to have u change
While General Harrison was in the senate
and was chairman OF the committee on terri
tories he was always painstakng to accom-
| modate the newspaper representatives, whom
| he always regarded as public servants in a
| moro or less degree. He once said to me
hat so far as the public was concerned he
| looked upon u newspaper representative as
| occupying largely the Identical position OF a
| member of congress. Both, he said, were
caterers to a constituency. and both were
pubic laborers and educators of public
| opinion.
A short time before General Harrison re.
tired from the senate he was a guest of the
| Grdron club, which is composed of the lead
ing newspaper correspondents of Washing
| ton. This club gives dinner on the last
| Saturday night of every month, and has as
| it's guests men prominent in all stations OF
| life from the president his cabinet, congress
men, the Justices of the supreme court down
| to army and navy officers, politicians and pri
vate citizens There is always a flow of wit
| and feast of mental recreation, if not wis
dom. The conspicuously graceful manner in
which General Harrison conducted himself
| before this large body of newspaper repre-
| sentatives won him friend in every one he
met. In his speech before the club he made
some happy hits, employing the parlance OF
the profession, and referring to the work OF
| journalists in way that demonstrated that
club, like the famous Glover club, of Phila
dclphia, is unmerciful to those who speak be
fore it, in that it ''guys" the speakers with
| out regard, and makes running comments on
what II talkcr is saying in q way that con
, fuses everyone who is unfamiliar with such
| proceedings. The boys attempted to compe
General Harrison to take his seat, but the
Hoosier proved himself more than equal tc
!. | the occasion, and after he had proceeded
, | few minutes with witty concentrations were
, | content to listen, applaud and congratulate
| General Harrison showed his sympathy tC
| the newspaper men on that occasion in a way
| that the inhabitants of Newspaper row will
| never forget,
, MISCELLANEOUS.
: | No more legislation of material interest tt
, i Nebraska is expected before the election.
{ Justice Miller has been back several week
| but Mrs. Miller remained in New York to SCI
her daughter and granddaughter, Mrs Tou
% zalin and Miss COrkhill, off TO Colorado
. | They will spend the autumn at MIR. Touza
Q | Inns rancho at Colorado Springs, and Mis-
$ | COrkhll will not probably return east at a
Q the coming winter. Mrs Miller is expecte
5 home shortly. PERRY s. HEATH.
= COMING WEEK IN CONGRESS-.