The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-05-04
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OUR WASHINGTON J.EyTEu

OUR WASHINGTON JsEyTEu1
WAsHIrerox. ID. T., April, 50. ioo8.
Complaints against the present mo(1r
0ds Of doing business IN the Unllo@
States Patent Once are becoming IooG
and frequent. II 10 charged that The ~
aminers 10 the once ere extremely coros
less, some say criminal, IN their o1aujs
nation Of applications for patents; that
they throw out many applications wi(bs
out properly examining them % de-
cover whether they are paieDtsble -
not; that other applications are gejcc(o1
which the examiner knows shoDld b olv.
lowed.
These ere serious charges against -
important branch Of the govcrnmone. 4
have thoroughly investigated the matte
In order 10 discover what, IL any. loun<
dstion there IL for The charges and We
is - blame. soon discovered that lh0
charges were al too true, or rather lho1
many Of them were. ! also dIscovoroI
that the parties who were responsIb1U
for this, might almost say disgrsco5uI
state o. affairs, where the Republics ox~
minere who have been allowed 60 con<
tinue in ofice under the present admin
isfsation. Aud that is not all. -
firmly convinced that these hold-0vof
Republican examiners have conspiro1
together 70 bring the Office into bad ro<
pute, in order 10 help The Republics
party IN the Presidential campaign thfo
year.
In order to get some idea Of the po<
Iitical effect Of such conspiracy amoux
these Republican examiners, just thlnE
for moment of the great number 90
people who are either directly or iDdI~
rectiy interested in the business Of thI1
onice. Suppose you notice for one day.
everything you see, and you will Dad
how many Of them are patented Or oru
the product Of . patented machine -
process. You will be surprised, for you
will discover that about nine-lentho ~
all the things either manufactured -
produced In this country aro connoofo1
in some way with United States palonos
After this discovery you will not ~
surprised 10 learn that this goveruOonG
iesues more patents every year than 90
the rest Of the world combined. Nov
you can more readily understand ~
amount Of damage that cen Be done tn
administration BY the conspirators. Ev~
cry man whose patent Is disalIowou
without . good and suGicient rcooom
therefor, becomes deadly enemy. no1
of the examiner, but Of the DeOocFo1ID
administration. which he believes -
mistreated him, and his idea Of goltIux
even 10, nine times out Of ten, 90 Wog<
like blsxes for the Republican poE1y&
IThis fellow IL not alone. there ere, g ~
speak. thousands Of him, and the -
publicsn examiners ~ the patent olloU
are 10 blame ior aii his troubles.
IL mo- branch Of the government y ~
head os q department 90 dependent o.
his su..osdinstes - in the patent oGIco.
IL 1888 President Cleveland sppoinlo1
Mr.. Montgomery, . Michigan laWyogs
Commissioners OF Patents. Al the 0m0
that was considered an excellent ap>
pointment, but owing 10 lack offhmllI1f<
lily on the part OF Mr.. Montgomery wi1|1
.lthe extremely complicated prnctico @
the Office, his Republican subordIu1oc1
, virtually ran IL for him. The natural ~
suit was neglect and idlcncss On ~
part Of the employees and complains -
the part Of the representatives Of ~
country.
am informed BY : gentleman vho !.
In position TO know whereof b opon1u
that there are quite . number Of ex-ox-
aminers Of the patent ofIice now engngo1
lin business here - patent ett0rooyus
whose sole capital with which 20 begin
business we're long lists OF the namoe
and addresses Of applicants for paloooD
whose applications they had unjustly ~
tected for the sole purpose OF aftervor1o
getting fee % IN attorney for procor-
Ing the patent they bad - an exouInox
0f the United States Patent Once rejoc1<'
ed. These men are Republicans.
In order 10 break up this practice, oll1r
~ - "a T. 49,. d..
leral times TO make examiners of ~
patent ofaee ineligible 70 aet = Peteo>
: attorneys for two years from the dato @
fice. So tar interested parties havo -
iron becoming laws.
Last year M. Montgomery Was &C.,
ceeded BY ex-Reprcsentasive Hall, @
Iowa, - Commissioners OF Patents. ~.
Hall IL an able and honest man, bot I|Eu
his predecessor, be too was unlamI|Ior
with the workings Of the Office, ond (1u
Republican examiners succeeded ~ Go1@
: ting him 10 make = series of vuIIDu1
which have produced much trouble an1.
: litigation. In the meantime The No<
publican examiners are enjoying The Co.
nation and working hard Tor The suoco11
lof their party next Fall.
When Mr.. Villas, with his vjGocouD
lbusiness methods, succeeded Mr. LourI
as Secretary or the Interior, hs q c..
noticed the loose way Of doing buolno1I
THAT was In vogue there. and ioouo1 1m
lorder prohibiting employees gooo(
lsmoking. writing private let(ogo, CO.
during Office hours. This order cgoo11
10 big scare among the Republics 0
= nninara ana ouf y = nr6lv tharo wnn = n1nX
reality they are devoting more q t1oI
ttime trying to bring dlscredlt o. T.
: lCleveland's administration, than % o.
) work for which they ere paid.
Natural Gas &C the Capitol.