Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-03

He keeps the executive files and, when occasion
demands, returns TO the President combinations
and notifications Of notifications Of treaties with
Indians and other foreign powers Col. Morrow
also wrestles with the record books when the
Senate retires into the exclusive seclusion con-
segment upon empty galleries and closed doors.
Were Col Morrow not q Senate official he would
undoubtedly be an agriculturist. His tastes
are in harmony with that state Of mind which
makes men disfgure the face of nature that
worldly gain may follow, and it il but rarely
that his desk has not on it rare specimens of
tubers and choice samples Of grain.
No true Missourian comes to the city and
fails to call on Col. Morrow in his Office and
| this testimony to his kindly nature is equally
true of Philadelphians and Messrs. Young and
Shankland. Any Missourian or Philadelphian
who cannot be otherwise accounted for il gen.
orally in the Office Of the principal executive
clerk and his assistants.
When the cruel war was over Mr. william
Lucas-who had taken an active interest in the
Union cause-received an appointment as mes
senger in the Office of the secretary He is sta
toned in the executive clerks room and re-
spends when duty calls. For nearly twenty
years has Mr.. Lucas done those things which he
ought to have done, and he is valued and re-
spected accordingly. He has grown somewhat
gray in the service and may be truthfully said
to have gathered to himself Q comfortable de-
gree Of jolly rotundity Of person. His duties
are not peculiarly executive, so his responsible
tiles have not creased his visage with lines Of
CdIt HOT Is ne ever IN TOO mucn OF nUrry to
be polite even to affability.
THE FINANCIAL CLERKS OFFICE.
Twenty-Five million dollars is good deal of
money, yet at least that amount has been dis
bursed by Mr.. r. B. Nixon, the financial clerk
on Secretary McCook's staff, since he was ap-
pointed to give his personal attention to sena-
torial accounts. Things are in IN uncomfort-
ably crowded condition in Mr.. Nixon's Office
The room, which opens out on the corridor
that crosses the path to the Senate chamber
main entrance, Is too small for the business
that has to be transacted. The first impression
Of the room is largely tinted with red, that
being the color of the counter screens which
prevent even Senators from peering through
the wire netting which fortifes the position Of
the financial clerk and his assistant. A couple
of big safes-one ancient, one modern-help fill
up the space so much needed for other uses.
The two desks necessary are crowded into the
window recesses in an awkward but unavoid-
able manner. The probabilities Of any i'm
provement in the matter Of accommodations
are. however, very slim, and need no. be looked
for until il be found impossible to do the work
within such restricted limits.
Over the counter is paid a million dollars
each year-in the fiscal year 1sss-S9 the
salaries, senatorial mileage, stationery bills and
all the contingent expenses of the greatest de-
Lucrative body in the world. An accommoda-
ton banking business is also done for Senators,
Uut II uoco HOt iilNOiNc any tulnS more tuan the
collection Of drafts and the presentation of
checks through the various local banks.
Financial Clerk Nixon is a native Of the Dis
trict of Columbia. and was first called to be q
Senate employee when summoned to make an
expert examination of some mixed-up accounts
more than twenty-three years ago. The work
Of examination was well done, and az a result
the cashier of the city post Office became finan-
cial clerk of the Senate.
Mr.. Henry A. Pierce Of Rhode Island is Mr.
Nixon's assistant. He has been in the Office
for six years, a faithful and competent as
sistant.
The man who hauls the money from the
treasury-that big annual sum-has been doing
1t ever since August. 1876. 1t is MIR. Z. A.
Hills, Massachusetts man. known to every one
In the Capitol and to a great many people else
where, as obliging as he is trustworthy. The
only other occupant Of the financial clerks
office Is c. II. Nixon, the secretary's page, q
bright youngster and a very necessary part of
the machine which enables the business affairs
Of the Senate to run smoothly and without
delay.