Telegram-herald., 1889-04-21
WASHINGTON TOPICS
The Great Respect Felt for Mrs.
Admiral Feolger.
TIE ayNOYASCES OF COsCRESSHES
C4rpst BAss Pan % Letters-A Uutsas
Petition froa.4 . "A sa4an-A Eoal2ncs
Il tbe Ll1a % Dsl~sats
Voorhees,.



death of Mfs. Feo.sef. the VIE of Rear
Admiral feoseE mas caused great soI-
row Ia Wasam gten. where she Vas
greatly beloved 0n account ot beg many
noble qualities Ok heart and mnd. size
was a great fayorits ia society, and, ia
fact, ,he pas popular with All Who had
the pleasure ot her acquaintance, and
her deatA wlll be- sincerely deploged b
large circle II friends.
The funeral. which took place on
Thursday. although j. was supposed %
b. private, Was largely attended hy
many prominent people. and the uG-
uss.Al spsctacle MAS presented OF -four
AdmiFsls acting as pail bearers AZ the
funeral ot persoa who was uot con-
uected with the service, and IA addl-
ton - that the commanding general OF
tne army VAS also present IL Is not
often that sailors are detailed % assist
a. she funeral ot amy person who vas
rot either or the active or retired lists
40 the time ol death. Bat Mc, Feb.ger
Was So highly regarded by ali who knew
her that t was tine desire OF everyone
q pay her memory Au tie respect that
il was possible. and Tor tbs reason the
Secretary 0t the Navy detailed sailors
O. acc rs tue body bearers.
My esteemed contemporaries at last
stem t0 iisve woke up % the Importance
ot the office ot fae Comptroller of the
Currency and tuat they are now telling
tncls readers Naat us duties are, and
the responsibility that rests on his
shoulders Al. THIS the readers OF the
IELFcRAN-HEesLp We're told ~ their
last sunday paper.
Tie hardest worked man in town Just
~ the present time. not cyen excepting
fle resident. is George 4. Mathews,
Tine delegate from Dakota. Alone and
untded Ae has To represent that vast
territory % dispense tle patronage; to
rttommcnd what fourtn-class pO,tmas-
tCr shall have their heads cut OFT, and
~ general boss the IOb. ] met hum yes
ttrday going down 90 the Po>tOifice De
partment. with blg Old-fashOned car
pet sack .n his hand. '' I am on dan
ger0gs mission" ne said, "and | don't
know whether | shall return alive. See
tnls carpet bag, lt is full of appllca-
tons aud letters from men who want
% be- made iourth-cla7s p0stmasters IN
Dakota, ami when put them or Clark
sou desk, / don't know bat what ne
may Sill me-
pretty b.g mail. suggested"
con. that's nothing. TINS came IN
this morning and there Will he rs much
more thi, afternoon. and the same
amount n tle evening, 7 guess. |
haven time these days to do anything
else bat answer letters and run around
o. the departments
But Mr. Matthews Is not the only
man who 5 bothered in this respect.
Representative Cannon, of Illinois. told
me day or two ago that his mails
averaged sixty letters q dav, mostly
made up 1T the applications of men
who wanted o. De- fourth-clas~ post
masters and postal clerks, and 10 he APP
pointed 20 MINOR places in the depart
meuts. 10 i~u't the big places that
bother members of Congress half a.
much rs the little ones. and the worst
part ot the business is that every man
thinks he oughttoget hiscommission by
return mail. and apparently cannot uu-
dcr-taud why there should bc any de
las u making it ont. several members
are ~f1vng here not because they cX-
pec1 rO cet anything or because they
have auv important business on hand.
bat because they think they VIII be less
troubled m Wa-Hu-t11 than they VIII
&c. n they gp nome. Representative
lodge ot Massachusetts,. had 2 taste OF
tntf feu dav-agr. fle had business
m New York and from there went %
h., home n Nanant. and judging from
his appearance when be- returned hi.
constituents were entirely too demon