Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-25
BUYING THEM OFF CHEAP.
How One Republican Official Gets Rid
of Importunate Office Seekers.

''Ies, they are great bother sometimes"
said Judge Drawhispay, leaning back in his
Office chair and medItatively chewing the end
OF his pen That is by no means his real name.
but il serves very well to conceal the identity
of one OF the new republican officials of pretty
high rank in one Of the most important depart
ments Of the government. He and STAR re-
porter had been talking Of the troubles that
beset government officials through the impor-
tunities of politicians and o1fice seekers. and
the judge had spoken of the majority of them
IN a rather UEcomplimentary manner. Con-
tinuing. he said:
They have gwen me no end of WORRY. TAX
Ing up my time. annoying me with their claims,
besieglng me in my office, at nv home and on
the street. until am tired of the sound OF a
man $ footsteps. But there is one way in which
can get rad of them. and that is bv lending
them money. They never come back after /
have advanced the smallest sum to them /
was sitting here one day, trying to be polite to
Al OLD FELLOW FRoM VIRGINIA,
who claimed to represent large republican in
terests down there. He said he was "a friend
of Malone, one Of his workers. and a man of
great influence among his people. He had
been talking rather big. trying TO give me the
impression that he was worthy OF extreme con-
sideration. and finally. to my great relief. lie
my time. lie stood over there BY tie door
with his hat and his coat IN has hand when he
seemed to remember something He came
back. and assuming very grandlloqueut tone
and posture told me that all his friends were
out OF town and he had suddenly discovered
that day 10 his intense surprise that he had not
enough money TO get home with. 1t was
necessary for him TO go that day. and he would
esteem II a great favor If | would loan him
money enough to pay his fare down the road
nneh tf..s- al h.,
ne made this request, but rather gave the i'm
preston that he was doing me "a favor by ask
Ing me- did not see any way ont OF the diff
Guilty and so / took out nv purse and fished ont
q bill. IL so happened that did no, have
more THAN 3 or 81 with me in yht that day
and the bill that handed him was more than
nail o. my carvings. lie took the note,
thanked me gravely and hesitated. 1 could
not Imagine what he was thinking OF when he
leaned over 10 me and said:
Cant YoU MAKE 1T FIvEY
II was a little startled. but had breath enouob
left to tell him that that Was - much as could
spare hun that day, since was not provided
for any such emergency. lie said that tina,
was ali right and marched off and have never
seen him since. IL cost me Just two dollars,
but 1t was worth it, for lac vas an awful bore.
have spent good deal o. money in chat way.
perhaps as much as twenty-five or thirty dol
lars and have Of course not seen again the
people who borrowed it from me. L. has been
the means of my getting rid OF some very I'M
pleasant visitors. 1 don't begrudce them the
money at sil-they are quite welcome 10 it.
The case i have cited TO Won il but one ont OF
several, all Of which, i would have you under
stand. were not those of politicians and Office
seekers alone, for there were some newspaper
men among them Why, one day"
Good day. judge.' hastily exclaimed the re-
porter as he made his way out OF the room,
without waiting for the conclusion of the story
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