Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-01-18

TONS. Many OF them resign as soon az
they have taken their degrees and begin
their professional careers elsewhere.
Others resign and remain in Washington,
but a good many cling to their positions
IA long us possible and hold their profess
sional education in reserve until they are
compelled to seek a living elsewhere.
A large proportion of the examiners
in the patent Office intend ut some time or
another to become pntcnt. lawyers, and
no school furnishes a better practical ed
ucation 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 doc
tors in the land Office, Indian office, the
war and navy departments and the treas
ury. and many of them enjoy quite a lu-
crative practice after office hours. Some
make as much as $1,000 md $1,000;
others $500 and 5000. They charge the
same fees as the regular physicians, and
with one or two patients IL day they can
add to their salary quite a welcome lit
tie revenie.
The regular practitioners have made
!, fuss about this for n long time. They
Rave refused to admit to the Medical
association of the district any man who
does not devote his entire time to the prac-
tice of his profession. They have re-
peatcdly appealed to the president and
to the heads of departments to prohibit
this shutdown business. and ut one time
they got a bill through the senate max
Zig it unlawful for a employee Of the gov
crn'nent to Engage in any other business.
but it failed in the house.
Now they have induced the commits
sioncr of pensions to issue an order pro-
hibiting the employees of his bureau from
lracticins medicine. The ostensible
reason for this is the danger of commune
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 a millionaire member of Con.
gross sitting in his hotel the other day
surrounded by gloom so dci;se that it
could have been shovelcd away like snow
from the sidewalk, and asked him what
had happened. II was just thinking" he
said. what Il fool l was to come to Con-
Sress. 1t cost me $4,000 cash to pay NV
campaign expenses. in addition to two
months neglect of my business. When
am at horic about two-thirds of my tima
is taken up by people who come to ask for
offices. 1 have had candidates for foreign
missions. consulatcs. department bureaus,
United States marshalsllips. United
States attorneys, pension agents. about
forty postotiiccs and no end of Indian
agents and land Offices. and all I've sue
cect!ed i'll getting is enc assistant keener
OF Il lighthouse. Il place for which there
was no candidate, and they asked me to
hum up Il man. l scarcely dare to go
home. / am being cursed all over my
district by people who think I'm indifiev.
ent TO tieir interests and uisrateful to
my friends. 1t will take six weeks steady
talking 4" explain why l haven't been
able 10 get all the otiiceholders in the dis
tl'ict turned ont and new oncs put in. and
not half the people who hear the eNplana.
ton will believe me. Until now l have
never sought anything that couldn't he
bought. but I've spent $4,000 worth of
my time trying to get Il $1,000 consular
appointment for the son of one of NV
constituents. and can't make it. Ny bust
ness is going TO ruin for want of attention,
and there is Il basket of letters on my
desk at home that l have never had time
tn ,.nn1"