The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-20

story was rather angry and took my
card and wrote on the head of it: Senator
John j. ingalls,, what a id liar you are p
and signed my name to it. put the card
IN an envelope and left it in the Senator's
box The next day | again sent up my card
ana was told TO come right up. Senator
ingalls, first asked me what l meant by the
card had sent him. l told him my expe-
rience in trying TO get at him, and said l
was mad at the way he had answered me-
He explained THAI he had refused to see
anyone because he was sick, and he then
began to CHAT with me and gave me very
good interview. He did not seem very
angry at my action in writing the note and
passed the whole thing of with a laugh"
THE PRESIDENTS CHEF CLERKS.
The cabinet ministers are the Presidents
cmet clerks, and l have been watching
them for the past week or so to see how
they earn their wages. Nearly every one
OF them gets TO his department on time
and find the most of them working for
! hours after the rest of the clerks have gone
away. Secretary Elkins is always in the
war department till q o'clock. He does
business rapidly, and he can get rid of
twenty callers IN twenty minutes, and send
every man away happy. A great deal of
his work he does in the morning. at his
house, and he usually comes TO his Office at
II. he says he works best In the morning,
anu biut al uOuI DSlOE6 UEtchldSb is WOrlQ
two afterwards. Secretary Noble spends
full day at the interior department He
Is particular to do everything himself, and
he doesn't like To trust matters
to others. He has no contiden-
tlal manager or guard like Wanamaker
ana Foster and the result is he does not
turn out matters so fast as the heads of the
postofice and the treasury. Postmaster
General Wanamaker comes to the depart
ment early and you seldom find him at
leisure until after o'clock. He has had
big glass plate made for the top of his desk
and map of the United States fits under
this so that the country and its postohices
are always refore him. He does his bust
ness very quickly, decides matters at
glance and manages his department on
business principles. He has a number of
prlYate secretaries and he dictates all of
his correspondence. All matters that can
be attended to by others are given over
to them, and the result is that the
postohice department is in better condition
than it has ever been. Secretary Foster is
another hard worker, and il is his hard
work IN the treasury that has ruined his
health. When he first came in he said to
his friends: This treasury, they say,
killed Manning and Folger, but can tell
you Pm not going to let it kill me-" AS he
said this his eyes were bright, his dark
face was full of iron and the rosy mole
cules OF pure blood shone through his skin.
His step was firm and his high boned,
broad-shouldered frame was the persona
fication of western strength and energy
He tackled the work, and after q few
mouths he broke down and since then he
has been under the care of doctor. He is
good worker too, and he has as much.
common-sense as any may in public life.
HOW RICH MEN WORK FOR FAME
It is funny to see how these rich men
work for fame. Foster must have an in
come of from fifty to one hundred thousand
dollars year and he pegs away here like q
slave for less than one hundred and sixty
dollars a week. His entertaining is cost
ing him more than he makes and his doc
tors bills will eat up the balance. Post
master General Wanamaker must spend
three or Jour times his salary to keep up
his Washington establishment, and the
profit of his big store in Philadelphia is
said to be 81, 100000 year. He does bust
ness something like $50 600, 900 a year and
the cash taken in over the counters every
day ranges in amount between $50, 600 and
100000. He has big investments outside
OF the store and you would think he had
enough to amuse him without taking charge
OF the big postoffice mill. Still he works
harder than government clerk and has
his soul rasped and worried every day
by lot of Congressman, some of
whom are not fit TO run pea
nut stand. Stephen B. Elkins is many
times millionaire. He has nice family,
a big income and big business, but he is
devoting himself to thank you business
and Is getting little else for his pains.
Leland Stanford, with his SO, 600 COO,
spends hours and hours every DAY answer
ing his mail, and he has men trotting about
all over the capital getting information and
other things for his constituents. His in
come must be $4,000 day, but he works
ike coal-heaver for nothing IL is the
same with dozen other men l might men
ton. There is nothing in public life for
rich man except trouble and the higher up
the millionaire gets on the political ladder,
the more little fellows there are who like
to spit at him, kick at him and work him
for all he is worth.
FRANK G. CARPENTPp