The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-05-02
HoKE SMITH.

general housekeeper for the nation.
All branches of public business not
specifically allotted to any other de-
partment are added to the work ofthe
Secretary of the Interior.
The department of public business
allotted to Mr.. Hoke Smith by the
President is distinctly the picturesque
Grand exciting department. AS we
have no war, and no prospect of war,
the Department of the Interior ranks
ahead even of the War and Navy De-
partments in human interest.
Mr.. Hoke Smith has under him
1000 men in Washington and great
.er number west of the Mississippi
River. His subordinates make up an
= army of at least ten thousand, exclu-
,sive of those employed upon the GEN.
,sus, which is temporary. His duties
are Numerous and various.
Mr.. Hoke Smith rules the Pension
Office, whittier all heroes must go to
! be paid for fighting and bleeding.
4 THE RULER OF 1000 MEN.
Mr.. Hoke Smith rules the Patent
Office and must see to it that no wild
-,eyed genius, porting over new ideas, is
not robbed of the fruits of its toll. 1t
lis his duty also to prevent financial
genius, in the way OF telephone com"
r1.panies, etc., from not getting more
s{flan it deserves.
Mr.. Hoke Smith has charge of the
public lands; he must look after the
surveying and the management OF the
public domain, and engineer the deli
gate task of getting the civilized In
y Dian to turn his reservations over TO
the white man. In this department
he also has charge of the Government
forests, so important TO the country's
general water supply.
Mr.. Hoke Smith has charge of the
Indians. Our dispossessed predeces-
sors, whom we are kindly supporting,
y all that is left of the original red
4 Americans, kneel at his feet and look
to him for BLANKETS and food. They
would be treasured if they could see
his friendly, beaming copntenance,
and if they could know that his great
est delight is to go hunting tor game,
however small, and to take his little
son with him.
Mr.. Hoke Smith has charge Of the
Government Department OF schools.
He rules the commissioner of Educa-
ton, who is bound to collect statistics
and facts concerning the progress OF
education throughout all the land,
and to spread the information collect
ed for the benefit of everybody.
Mr.. Hoke Smith has under him the
Commissioners of Railroads, who must
look after the companies to which the
SskJaited States has granted any subsid-
len in bonds or lands, and devote his
best energies to competing with the
clever lawyers and politicians hired
N to keep the Government out of its
Arights.
Mr.. Hoke Smith must look out for
the Geological Survey, attend to the
winding up of the census, look after
the Yellowstone National Park in
California, and other national glories,
and attend to minor public chores
almost innumerable.
To this complicated task the new
Secretary of the Interior is devoting
, himself with cheerfulness and an
/ enthusiasm which ought to bring
success.
HoKE SMITHS WORKING DAY.
Here is a schedule of Mr.. Hoke !
'<Smith's working day, as mapped out
for himself, in return for the honor
and the $4,000 year which Uncle
Sam bestows upon him:
He works from 8 o'clock in the
morning to IL o'clock at night, and
employs two sets of clerks, stenograph-
ers, ETC., whom he uses in relays.
He gets up at 8, gets to his office at
8, looks through his mail until $3.50
O'Clock, to see what letters demand
his personal attention, and then talks
! to men in the department until 10.
From 10 to III he receives everybody
who comes. From ii to II he takes
up urgent department business.
o., At - O'clock he goes to lunch, to
IN return at /.
From ! till he reads and answers
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