The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05
Determined Omce-Seekers.

n correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Times writing from Washington says /:
There !s little army of office-seekeTs
at the Ebbitt House that have been here
since Inauguration day and they are go-
ing to stick it out If it takes all summer.
Among those who are hungry for office
are delegation from Indiana. They
hayen't been able TO get any satisfac-
tion as to what they're to get, If any,
thing. y big man with a white nous
tache and imperial and frilled shirt
bosom stood in the corridor of the Eb-
bit House on Saturday, surrounded by
an admiIing group. They called him
Major Bugle. He talked loud and de
termined and said he wasn't going
home till he took some definite news
with him. There was a small delegation
from Ohio present, a colOred delegation
from Georgia and two or three colOred
statesmen from Tennessee.
The colored statesmen were very im>
portant and Just as determined as Major
Bugle. They sat about the settees hob
| nobbing with the white statesman. II
a white statesman got off good joke
he was slapped on the back by his col
ored brother. The bar was crowded all
day, as it has been ever since the inau-
/ guration.
y little man from Kansas, who had
been TO the pOst-Ofice Depart
ment all the morning, got a group
around him, and after relating his ex-
perience. smilingly invited the crowd
/ down TO the bar. \ tall, lank man
/ with iron-gray curly hair, wearing a
slouch hat and black cape overcoat
/ leaned against one OF the pillars in the
corridor telling three or four eager
listeners what he saw at the White
House few hours before. The finale
or eVerY story was a walk to the bar.
| Every body was addressed as Senator,
Judge, General, Colonel or Major.
It's queer study to watch these men.
| They congregate early in the morning
aud hang about till midnight. Many
OF the office seekers who came to the
capital with fat pocket books are strap
ped, and after paying big hotel bills for
two or three weeks they have been
obliged to go to modest lodgings.
Some OF them are dead broke and de-
pend on friends for drinks and dinners.
Free lunch bars never were worked so
/ thoroughly. \ man who came out of
the White House grounds this afternoon
/ at O'Clock met an Old friend at the en-
| trance and without any ceremony
N-~EAAN - LAL4 AOA - tOau- Lb lilaD WHO
| had been at the White House was an
| otice-seekeT. He told his friend plain
ly that he hadn't any money and that
his appointment was Hanging fire. -
He wanted enough to see him over Sun~
day and hoped TO hear from home in a
Few days. He was full sixty years Old
His friend pulled a roll of greenbacks
| out of his pocket. The roll was backed
with $40 bills. The friend took them
off and at last pulled off 81 bill and
I handed It TO his friend and bade
him good day and good luck. Many of
the Ctice- seekers who came here with
! money can't get home. Thev haven't
a cent. They borrow wherever they
can. There is a man from Denver at
| Wizards who has been here since De-
cember. He is sure of a S2 600 position.
All that he is waiting for is the ap-
! pointment. His friends say that he will
be appointed within a month. On the
strength of this he treats everybody
! who comes along that he knows. At
the hotel it is estimated that he has
spent nearly years. salary already and
talks OF staying here until his appoints
ment is announced.
An cfliceNSeeker went into a promi-
nent saloon on Pennsylvania avenue
last Saturday night and pawned his
hunting case gold watch with the CASH
ier for s.. He did it very quietly and
appeared TO be very much humiliated
He promised to redeem the watch with
in few days. The watch is worth
abou. $50. Lots OF ofice,seeks have
been forced 20 go to see their uncles for
loans on watches, rings and diamond
studs.
There is a general belief among the
offcs seekers that after the Senate ad-
journs things will wake up, ard that a
good many appointments will be made.
/ The Senators who have been tied up
in the Senate will then have more .ime
10 look afer the demands of their DIS
tricts."