The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-03-30
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w Itdb lar pCGit NOiaSt stt&
what will be done can wait. Few,
if any, practical men Of affair ever
transacted any business of magnitude
with the Government without becom-
ing convinced that there was need OF
reform both in the method AMI
manner of doing business i'll the De-
partinents; that there was too much
red tame and too many employees. 1t
was this sentiment that caused the
adoption of an amendment to an ap-
propriation bill at the last session OF
Congress, appointing a JOINT Con-
gressional committee to investigate
the departments and report as to how
the methods may be improved and the
number of employees REDUCED without
detrimcnt to the public service. This
sentiment has also been adopted by
the administration and a number oil
useless employees have already been
dismissed from the Treasury and .Ag-
ricultural Departmental and the prom
Use made that the sinecurcs and bar
nacles are TO be .4ecacd ont in all the
rest Of them Just as fast as the heads
Of the department can locate them.
What has ieDr dong is q step IN the
right direction, and if the adnlinistra
ton will only keep It's promise top"t
the departments on a purely hu"iners
bases it will deserve the thanks Of
every tax payer /" the land. But 1t
is no easy task, as those familiar
with The situation know, for the SIN
ecurcs and the bafnaeos are the very
ones who have the strongest ''p"ll,
both political and social ana more
than one administration has failed III
sincere attempts to ouSt then.
The daily scenes at the White
House arc very Amusing to the few
who have nothing at stake AMI who
don't care q brass button who gets
the pIums; the fun isn't 20 apparent
TO the walters and hopcrs. !" fully
enjoy t''s lal'qg . enc must have been y,
here from the beginning n Fle ad !.
ministration, when Senators and
Representatives stalked in the White
House with sort of I'vc-got-to-havc-
en- air, while their admiring constr
tuents followed with an oh-l-am-all-
right smile. Several attempts have
been made to have state delegations
act in concert in recommending
men for appointment, but all of them
have been atandnneAl 2 end It is now
question of every Senator and mem:
Der getting whatever he can whether
the other fellow gets anything or not
The applicants and their Congress-
ionni baca:ars have dropped then
over confident air aud liley now ap-
nroacl, President Cleveland IN a
Observation-Disclosures. The last
three weeks in Washington ought to
have convinced any outsider who has
been hore Of the folly Of becoming an
Office seeker, but candor here conpeIs
me to say that they havn't, and that
some who were at first merely onlook-
ers have allowed themselves to become
office seekers.
The new order of closing the offices
Of the members Of the Cabinet to the
public On Tuesdays and Fridays, the
days on which the Cahlnet meets, is
not popular, either with Congressman,
Office seekers or business men who
wish to see these gentlemen. On
Mondays President Cleveland sees no
one unless by special appointment.
Senator Martin, of Kansas, says
that he has assurances that the popu-
lists of his state will DO recognized
in the distribution of federal patron
age, Notwithstanding the pupular
impression to the contrary.
The threat of the republican Sen
tors to resort to hlibustering if the
democrats attempt to elect the officers
nominated by their caucus will, il is
believed. result in postponing the
election of the officers until the rcgu-
lar session. A nmbcr of Senator's
are not disposed to take part in any
controversy as they have made ar
rangmeuts to leave toWn rs soon as
the vote is taken upon the question
of seating the appointed Senators,
regardless of whether the Senate