Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-09-28

O'Rourke, the SSuPervising Ar.
chitect' Walks the Plank-An
Admirable Campaign Document
State Convention of Democratic
Clubs at Raleigh.
A quorum OF the cabinet have been
in Washington this week, but not all
at one time. Secretary Smith was
only in town three days and Secretary
Lamont has just arrived. Secretaries
Gresham and Herbert have been at
their desks all the week and Secretary
Carlisle has not been able to get even
a three-day vacation since Congress
adjourned.
Senator Faulkner has decided that
he can be Of more benefit to the party
by giving his undivided attention to
managing the Congressional campaign
committee, of which he is chairman,
than by going on the stump; conse-
quently he will make no speeches, but
will remain constantly at the commit
tee headquarters. He sent President
Cleveland a copy of the campaign
Text book, this week, with the compli-
ments of the committee.
Although no official announcement
has been made to the effect. and none
is expected, it has been understood for
some time that Treasury officials re-
garded women q failure as high-grade
clerks in that department; consequent
ly there was little surprise when it was
learned that considerable percentage
of the hundred-odd clerks dismissed
thus far in the reorganization of that
department, now under way in &C.
cordance with law enacted at the
last session of Congress, were high
grade women clerks. There are now
more high grade women clerks-that is
women drawing more than 81 200 a
year-in the Treasury than in any
other department, and, according to
statements of those over them, there
are numerous reasons why men are
preferred to them. 1t is said no more
women will be appointed to or pro-
NOTED to any clerkship above the ST.
200 grade in the Treasury department.
Although it is strictly q matter of bust
ness, those who have been dismissed
are raising as great q howl As though
they had been deprived OF something
in which they had proprietary inter-
est, and the howl is likely to increase in
volume as soon as those who are try
ing to get reinstated become convinced
that they cannot succeed.
Owing largely to the dizziness in
political news, q regular tempest in
q teapot" has been made out OF the
resignation of Mr.. O'Rourke, Super
vising Architect of the Treasury, at
the request of Secretary Carlisle, by
the Washington correspondents. 1t
is very simple case, without any of
the elements of sensation. Mr.. o.
Rourke failed to run the business of
of his Offices as smoothly as Secretary
Carlisle thought it ought to be run,
rather from lack of adaptability than
lack of ability, and his resignation was
asked for, received and accepted.
That's all.
One of the best campaign documents
sent out by the Democratic Camgaign
Committee is list of the new enter
prises inaugurated and of old ones
which have resumed work since the
new tariff became law. It answers
better than pages of argument could
possibly do the Republican charge
that tariff reform would injnre Amer
lean industries.
Among the prominent spell-binders
who were the occupants of o special
car which left here Wednesday night
for Raleigh, N. c., were the following ::
Senators Ransom and Jarvis; Cover
nor-elect Oates, of Alabama; Hon.
Charles H. Mansur, Assistant Comp
troller of the Treasury; Secretar-
Hoke Smith, President Black and Sec
rotary Gardner, of the National As
ISOLATION of Democratic Clubs, and
Chief Clerk Daniels of the Interior
Department. The magnet which drew
this aggregation of Democratic talent
to the capital of the ta'-heel State is
the State convention of Democratic
Clubs, which met there yesterday.
Dem.