Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-04-27
burmese is briefly as follows.


 All the 46, GOO offices above mentioned are to remain as now; all other offices divided into two grades. All those below q certain rank, including all the pOStotficcs in dis trict except in the great cities, arc to be absolutely at the disposal of the congress- man of that district, and all those above that grade are to belong as of right to the senator's Where both senators are of the same party as tho president an equal di- vision is to be made, and where neither is of the presidents party the present system Is to he continued. The senator or mcln- Der having the appointment is to file q rec ommcndation to be kept as permanent record and To be considered as q continuing indOrscmcnt for the appointcc. In case such appointcc proves unworthy, the con gressman is to be strictly responsible, not the president. It is to be assumed that the president knows only what has been told him of the appointcc
 Tho Carlisle System.
 It is easy to conceive of tho practical difficulties in the way of such system but it would certainly relieve both prcsi- dent and congressman of many of their present endorsements The member would receive a notice that certain offices were at his disposal, and it would be his own loss if he did not fill them properly Several congrcsSmcn say; h0wcvcr--anu they are generally working mcmbcrs-that they wish the whole thing could be taken out of their hands at once and forever, so they could say with authority to their con stituents that they had no offices to give and SD there was no usc wasting time and stationery. How the appointccs could be selected under such q system none of them can say, for it is evident that neither the president nor the heads of departments could know one in a hundred of the appli cants. A southern member laughingly says that it will result in the general adoption of the Carlisle SyStcm each cabinet officer looking out for his own state It is alleged l know not how truly, that natives of Kentucky, no matter what state they hail from, are the preferred candidates in the treasury department.
 Pathetic Appeals.
 The average congressman experience with applicants for pensions is at once amusing and pathetic. Ohio Indiana, Illi- nois and Kansas appear at present to be the states in which there arc the most and the hungricst applicants. The member spoke of has for years never had less than geo let ters per month, and sometimes 300, i'm ploring him to sec about applications, and, Incredible as it may seem, he has never neglected d case Very little indeed can any member do as the system now is, but he can give the applicant a clear and more specific statement of the condition of his claim and the needed proof than is found in the formal notifications of the depart ment. The letters from widows are cspc- cially pathetic They nearly always speak of their poverty and write with such sub lime confidence in the members ability to get the claim through that it is painful indeed to have to reply that nothing can be done.
 They are asked to speak at all sorts of meetings in aid of all sorts of moral move ments, and many of them do They are expected to patronize the state associations composed of government employees from their respective states. They are the hon ored guests at dinners or other social func tions given by well to do residents from the respective states, and they are always in vited to take a leading place in any move