The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-18

tons. Many OF them resign as soon ~
they have taken their degrees and begin
their professional careers elsewhere
Others resign and remain In Washington,
but n good many cling TO their positions
as long as possible and bold their profess
sional education in reserve until they are
compelled TO seek n living elsewhere.
A large proportion of the examiners
in the patent Office intend at some time or
another to become patent lawyers, and
no school furnishes better practical ed
ucdtion in patent law than can be OBJ
tanned by such experience. In the med
zeal divisions of the pension office are
many young physicians. Some of them
obtained their diplomas before they came
here; others have studied medicine in the
Washington schools while holding their
positions. You will also find young doe
tors in the land office, Indian office, the
war and navy departments and the treas
ury, and many of them enjoy quite n lu-
cratiye practice after Office hours Some
make rs much rs 81 200 and $500;
others $500 and 5000. They charge the
same fees as the regular physicians, and
with one or two patients day they can
add TO their salary quite a welcome lit
tie revenue.
The regular practitioners have made
II fuss about this for long time. They
have refused TO admit TO the medical
association of the district any man who
does not dey otc his entire time to the prac
tice of his profession. They have re-
peatedly appealed to the president and
| 10 the heads of departments to prohibit
| this shutdown" business, and ut one time
they got bill through the senate max
ihS it unlawful for an employee of the gov
crnment to engage in any other business,
but it failed in the house.
Now they have induced the commits
sioner of pensions to issue an order pro-
hibitng the employees of his bureau from
practicing medicine. The ostensble
reason for this is the danger of communi-
eating contagious diseases to their fellow
clerks, but it is really the result of the
efforts of the regular local physicians
TO limit competition.
Trials of a Congressman.
| / found millionaire member of Con.
| gress sitting in his hotel the other day
surrounded by gloom SO dense that il
could have been shoveled away like snow
from the sidewalk and asked him what
had happened. Il was just thinking" he
| said, "what a fool | was to come to Con.
gress. 1t cost me $4,000 cash to pay my
campaign expenses, in addition to two
months neglect of my business. When
am at home about two-thirds of nay time
is taken up by people who come to ask foI
Offices. | have had candidates for foreign
missions, consulates department bureaus
| United States marshalships, United
States attorneys, pension agents, about
forty postoflices and no end of Indian
agents and land offices, and all I've sue
ceeded in getting is one assistant keeper
of lighthouse, place for which there
was no candidate, and they asked me t.
hunt up man. | scarcely dare to 81
home. i am being cursed all over m.
district by people who think I'm indiffer
ent 10 their interests and ungrateful Il
my friends. 1t will take six weeks steady
talking to explain why | haven't beer
able to get all the ofceholders in the dis
trict turned out and new ones put in, ant
not half the people who hear the eXplana
ton will believe me. Until now l have
never sought anything that couldn't b.
bought, but I've spent $4,000 worth o.
my time trying TO get a 81 200 consulal
appointment for the son of one of m!
constituents, and can't make il. My bust
ness is going TO ruin for want of attention
and there is a basket of letters on IN.
desk at home that i have never had tim,
to read"