Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-08
DEPARTMENT LIFE.
wcrI About iho Department, Life of a
Govsrslnent Clerk.


| 10 Pc EITar e-Es. E.ss3g~.
Once we were a constant reader" Of
the grand old Democratic REGISTER; then
L az lot Was cast anoaS the green hills and
fertile yallsyso Of Eastern Ohio; since it has
been our privilege to make the City of
Magnificent Distances" cur home the
REGIsTEE he's i,ss f~requeatly visited Us:
and realizing The old saying that distance
lends euchau;meut,' we felt a longing &c
sire to once e,ain see its familiar pages,
aud thought to write a short letter tor
publication.
Ii Nigh. be OF interest to speak of the
work done in the different departments by
| the clerks, and yet, ~ the work i 20 va
ried in the ditferen. branches OF the ser
vice, q short letter could not give n very
detiCIts idea OF the details. However, the
hours pr day employed in each depart
aeUt ~ about the same, the clerks gong
to work at rs G.ocE a. m. aud quitting ~
Sp- IN. with half an hour at noon for
lunch. Between these hours If = clerk dc
sirrs 10 absent himself from duty be must
obtain q pass from lis chIet countersigaed
by the head Of the bureau, stating time Of
leaving and when returning to work. This
| - left with the Waterman ~ the door, who
make q note OF time and secs that no more
than chat stated IN pass Is taken. Some
times when press Of work demands
| il, the clerks are required to remain until
> o'clock p. N and occasionally
an anxious cle,E, desiring to make a good
record, or who Las sufficient Interest in hi
| work TO Justify, Will Ohtaia leave 10 work
outside al ,.hca hours when he goes al
nighsr and presenting his permit to the
watrALSu, he will register his name room
AMI time o: coming, aud when h. leaves,
the tiae OF leaving his work.
SAGE Secretary Villas hts taken charge
Of the Interior Department an order has
been Issued rCqUlriH" the clerks to rcmgin
~ desk continually during office hoHrs, IN
der penalty o. having time, found absent,
! deducted from pay. Bat the necessity OF
this order woujj he apparent 10 any who
| may have visited ihe Patent ONi,H and
toCS cate To- notice tus number of women
| clerks who could NJ an times be seen par
aiding the corridors Of ihe bui!diug locked
arms VITA each ctae-. amt Uith many gog
lures, of both head ard hands relating tue
latest gossip Or ~Grnuu"c,u. some act OF
their supporters in Office.
The women, somehow, have q faculty cI
dnding oIt jus, what i going 10 laas
place in the department in which they are
employed 81 few days lytus. any O.r else,
and as scarcely any rl'rgo ~ the way OF
reform eau be MAKE without Interfering in
some degree with laa hsgrjae,s @: some
who have b eu permitted 90 ENJOY priv
lleges OF which Others .-a ]iortugIte wer"
deprived, there Is always ulcrc or less
"kickinG' when sUca order /; IS ust, aud
Of the "kir,~ers' the wu"t.n are certainly
the laule,t, longest aEi most Fjgo Qua.
Now il is not p.esuu5d that any one nc
quaiuted with the writer would tor I .un-
m,nr Jhinh h.U .DUE,I ~ the women, nut
for thOe who l,y not 50 wcli understand
h.u, i. miyh. be siil lha he is 1n ardent
admir.r Of tas geusl.C sex, aud yet truth
vompels him % say thai, in TIE govern
msac service. the m1J0uty o! the sweet
creatures To-. thai cham Of mJdesty and
waua.Iy virtue that makes their sex 50
much admired and respected by all good
men. However, these a.g exceptions, and
quite u,.au q rare leWy! may hs t1uUd OF
h.Hlla+HH a.......". H.a't 4.a'NN'-" WI q
bait TOO frequently thee ars thay Who Gl
The huuh,gs position, because ta,y shrink
from iO,rg tue veg things their more suc
C,s>tdl aud ,.aeulug sisters have IesrTtst
-. taa' ,igy might ob.a.u position.
L may also be supposed by so'Ie that
checks are -raded IN pa according u the
work done. This = & IliStake. 1t very
frequently happens tina. clerks doing the
same wOEE on tas same disks viii each
90, dinercu' rates rs pay Oue perhaPs
getting 5000 or Cl,uru, another ~ 2op or
81 Loo. wbl,r another gets 81 fpJor 81. 500
per year, and often the one getting least
pay does more agd H. Ter woik II - an
eyi, that houii Dec rem.3Igd, but ha9 a.
WAYS existed. AMI perhaps always will.
Do the people think The Democrats in
The departments are in the majority il
So. this also j. % l,.-;ake. Tie Rrpuhli-
Clrs are vas.,y jr excess. and We will veu.
'ul- d, assertion that an average in all
tie departments would reveal tie fact that
there are mOge tAga .wCGty ,o n ma favor.
Of ,a~ K pIhig1rs, AMI some, Yes many,
&C them -r. Incompetent :JT the work, but
II .u ,.frr; .a made 9 rrma,e them. q howl
20 ..u, go,- up. and Democratic Con
grrs,w.g and Senators a. Ogas rush 20 the
rescue. and IL q removal ~ made, another
I nlara Is 81. once opened toy them. 50 that
but few 90 ia" obi clicks have lett the
service.
We,iagnn, b O., lEu.f 3.