The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-20

through non-residence in the states in
which they were elected. One OF these
was in the case Of General James Shields,
of Illinois, and another notable case, out
Of a different nature, was that OF ALBEIT
Gallatin. Gallatin was born IN CeneFa,
and ne had been thirteen years IN this
country when he was elected senator from
Peunsylvania. He had been naturaiized,
however, only eight years, and the law
provides that n man must be nine years
citizen of the United States. The senate
made issue on the question OF naturalist
ton, and Gallatin after Two months sit
ting was put out This was in 1893, when
Washington was president. When Jeffer-
son came in he made Gallatin his secre-
tary Of the treasury, and he acted as such
during the whole Of Jefferson's term and
part Of that Of Madison.
FAD CONGRESS FOB M'GAggAEAS.
The last congress was called the billion
dollar congress. This is 10 be five cent
congress Judge Holman tells me every
thing will be pared down to the bare ex-
penses Of the government, and that moth
ing will be considered which viii increase
the size Of the appropriation bills. The
claimants about Washington City are
aware of this, but they stay here as much
from habit as anything else. | saw
clean-cut, well-dressed IrishInan Of 90
talking to Senator Teller yesterday. he
had pleasant blue eyes, smoothly shave1
face. and he chatted earnestly, using
kind Of brogue. II was Billy McGaTrahan,
who for the last thirty-four years has been
pushing his claim before congress, and
who is no nearer It's settlement now than
he was when he left his business IN Cali
fornia and came here 10 get what he
thought was right. He told me yesterday
that his fight with the government was
the worst and the most desperate hght
that man ever made. Said he:
III we're q young man again sll the money in
the treasury could not tempt me 20 try 70 get
claim through these houses OF congress. was
% years old when bought the Land on when
the new Idria quicksilver mines are located.
was worth S2jo,0O), ami ! was making 900 a
month q. my business in san Francisco well,
one day friend Of mine asked Iae to buy
Mexican grant. and said could get a lot OF land
for 81. 100 Eleven hundred dollars was no
more 20 me than half a dollar is now, and TOOK
the thing for flyer thought the tue was
good, and ali ask Of congress As that they VIII
give me chance 20 have their own courts pass
upon f. but they won't DO u. j nave Wsste1 .
whole life time IN trying 20 get my rights, ana l
came within an aes OF Il last year, but tne old
congress has gone away and now 1 have GOT 20
begin ali over again.
The story of McGarrahan is that of nine
tenths OF the private parties VINO Try
TO do business with the government. The
meanest creditor in the world IS Uncle
thing out of congress should have a for
tune to begin with and the prospects Of
living TO the age OF Methuselah IN ad-
dition.
THE WORLDS BIGGEST TELEGRAPH OFFICE
Postmaster-General Wanamaker is going
to push his scheme for postal telegraph
before the present congress, and he VIII
get lot of facts from Mr.. Rosewater, the
editor of the Omaha Bee. who spent the
summer in Europe making q study of the
telegraph systems OF different countries.
Rosewater Is an old telegraph operator.
He served as such IN the war department
here while Lincoln was president. and he
was manager OF the Western Union lines
at Omaha just before he founded the
Omaha Bee. and got thereby q property
which Nebraska men say now pays him
$4,000 a wear. lie went 70 Europe this
summer with letters from Postmaster
General Wanamaker 10 the postmasters-
general of Europe, and he has come back
with his head packed full OF interesting
telegraph data. lie described for me last
night the biggest telegraph ollce IN ex-
istence. Said he:
The biggest telegraph Office in the world is
that OF London 1t is located in the general
postoffce building, and is not accessible 70 the.
general public. II contains more than 1850
operators, and its batteries are supplied BY
plant OF 5000 cells, or enough TO make three
solid glass rows OF cells from he capitol 20 the
White House Tais Office does more business
than any ONCE in the United States. Il dis
patches its business Euch quicker and more
quiesly than our otfces do, and the main oper-
sting room 10 not half 80 noisy the main
Office OF the Western Union company in
New York. OF these 500 operators about
1000 are women. They have q room
with American Morse instruments with
registers and paper reals. In other parts OF the
ofice all sorts OF instruments are used, and the
szrf~ ina
MAR. visited also the big telegraph operating
room OF Paris, and here 90 operators are ct
work. Nearly one-half OF these are women, and
they have day and night operators. The day
operators work only seven hours, while the
night operators work ten hours, but they get
bigger pay than those who WORK during the day.
found the Morse instruments used sornew hat
In Paris. but the French Baudet instruments are
the fsyoritcs. These have KEYS ike piano for
the transmitting. and the receiving is done on
an automatic paper strip tbree-quarters OF an
Inch wide, upon which the message is printed.
HOW PRESS DISPATCHES ARE SENT.
The newspapers are better treated by tho tele-
graph Offices OF Europe than by thosa OF Amer
les. Every precauIion is taken 70 hurry the
dispatches and the rates are sach that the small
est newspaper can afford % have press messages
You can send 100 words between IN the morn
ing and In the evening for - cents, and you
can sepd any additional number a. tie same
rate These are the press rste'. and you can not
pat any business messages in with them. There
are no notes 10 the Cd tors il press dispatch.
and H. AZ the close OF H. you add More 20 fol
low you have to pay Tor those three words at
business rates. You can lease a wire
from enc part Of Great Britain TO
s"other for 900 year, PAYABLE
artery, and the government pays the oper-
ors al both ends of the wire. You can have q
leased wire in France any time you want il Tor
g. an hour aud you can get press wire for FIVE
minutes FOR - cents. The average transmission
OF press kilograms in France l. 2,20 words per
hour. and you send 80 words "a i've min.
utes. This is 81 the rate Of one-sixth oi a cent 4
word, and IL covers al parts OF France There
is a. Internal oaal ceased wire service between
Eng aad and France, sud the New Crk Head
has leased wire from Loulou to
Paris such wires are dear. but they
are cheaper than they won J lie vita
Us The telephone is very largely used BY the
newspapers Of Europe Prague contains 80 90
people. aad It's newspapers gel thcl- dispatches
by a iong-dtstsuCc telephone from Vienna, " HE h
is "a / day ride distant by cars. The govern
mcnts Of Europe use the telephone for their
civil service bus ness. and these telephones are
under the government, aud the rates are much
cheaper than with us. The pay of the telegTsp h
operators Of Europe IS about - good as ours.
The positions are permanent, and the opera 0fs
have 70 pass q civil service examination. They
have a chance TO rise. and when they get old
they are retired with pay. IN both France and
England The government te.e9raphers get Nv 0
weeks vacation every year with ,uN pay.
FRANK q. CARPENTER.