The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-25
He WAS TOO ACTIVE.
a Department Clerk Who Succeeded
in "Queering' Himself
From the Pitts5uro Post.

from me f1ttESDuTQ t1OSf.
Il guess III have to acknowledge I've
been fool" said a clerk in the internal
revenue department TO the Washington cor
respondent, because I've 'queered' myself.
I was appointed from Ohio on recommea-
dations from Senator Sherman and nearly
all the congressional delegation from that
state then in congress- When the dem
Ocrats came in / thought | would have
to 60, and fooliShly undertook to get
some Endorsement from the other side
An uncle OF mine lives in Ken
lucky, is . democrat and a great friend of
Senator Blackburn. and asked him TO drop
a request in nv behalf to the senator In
side Of week he returned ME q letter to the
senator asking him TO do what he could for
me. Then I wrote out letter to the sec
rotary Uf the treasury asking that when the
internal revenue office was reorganized
might bold my present position, and my
purpose was to have Senator Blackburn sign
this"
The recollection Of this brought the cold
sweat to the brow Of the clerk, and he con-
tinued pathet.cally:
ARMED with this prepared request
went down to the Senate one morning be-
fore the session began and found Black
burn in one Of the cloak rooms with half
dozen democratic senator's around him.
Il.
after he read it put the prepared request in
his hand and ask him to sign it. He did
not ask my politics and l presume took it
for granted | was a democrat, an illusion
did not care TO dispeL He promptly signed
il and then said:
Beck pretty solid up at the depart
ment and III get him on this paper
He wasn't gone half minute when he
came back with some hierOglyDlicS added
iqh al 70 ~ = A.a r,rr - ~
senior senator from Kentuckr Evea this
didn't seem t. satisfy him, for he turned
around TO Senator VOORHEES, and asked him
70 sign it. The Tall Sycamore glanced at
its contents and did as requested. Then he
turned 70 Blackburn and said:
Joe, make Ransom sign II, too at the
same time handing the pen TO the North
Carolina senator. Ransom was telling a
story, and without stopping the parrative
scratched down MS name German was
amused at the way Blackburn was working
the crowd, and said, facetiously: Are you
going TO skip mef It's an open game :
replied Blackburn, and German put
down his signature, though he vas
cautious enough u read the heading
before doing 50. There we're vet two lines
on the sheet, and these were file By Kenna
and WalthalL ! suppose I would have had
complete directory of the democratic sen
a;ors if the paper had held out. l went
back 70 the department kicking myself be-
cause had not applied to be made chief of
division instead Of modestly asking to be
merely retaine However, il was with a
good deal # pride that fled the document
with the appointment clerk.
After few months. when l found that
all the republicans in the bureau we're being
retained and it was not intended to remove
them, began to feel that my cleverness
had been wasted. But imagine my feelings
wien | found Harrison was elected. can't
get these papers OF the file, and they are
dou5.y damuing because Of the two sets of
indorsemeuts-one republican, the other
democratic. Do expect TO get fred when
the 'repubs' come upl Why. whe5 taey see
those papers they will take me up on the
roof aud drop me into the big fountain at
the north from ~