New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-11-20
HE G0T CL iER KSHIP
EX-SENATOR hADE a BLuNDEHB x|
WHICH THE APOLLO CANT PRoFITED.

yVhen senator Bl.nk wanted Anythinx
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i e - 1ow the YOUNG 1Ean VS. sLst
Down Easy md Remained.
Back IS the seventies. when Zach
Chandler was &C the head of the interior
department, g young man from one OF
the western states came to Washington
20 try clerical LIE ID one Of the depart
ments He had been quite = ward poll
tician5 a his western home and imaeined
both the senators from his state would
be glad to do him q favor. He spent
several days taking ia the sights Of the
capital, then went up to the senate one
afternoon and sent in his card ia Senas
tor Rlank The senator responded
promptly, had the visitor shown into
the marble room, and for some time
they sat on q sofa together, talking of
home news and the homo crcG Then
the young man broke the ice by inform
ing the senator just what kind Of a place
he wanted di DIN care much what de-
partment 1T was in.
:sss $ Well, ! don t know, :, 9, said the sena-
tor. Such places are not to be found
every day, and there are hundreds here
from about every state in the Union
looking for almost thing in the shape
Of az; an ppointment
Come up to my house about s
o'clock tonight, = said the senator, and
well talk the matter over 9
Promptly at the appointed time he
pulled the doorbell and was ushered in
to the library, where he found the sem
ator putting a cigar and looking over
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All, good evening, Mr.. I was
just thinking of you, said Senator
Blank. II have written a strong letter
to Secretary Chandler, requesting him
to give you a position in the interior
department picking up an unsealed
letter from his desk and handing it to
the young Office seeker land Z would
suggest that you call at his office and
present it about 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning. I have also mailed the secre-
tary little personal note, letting him
know that when / want anything in his
Office want it bad. = II. d.
The young Westerner was bowed out
of the room with smiles and hearty
handshake. At his hotel he sat down to
think over his good luck. Then he
Thought Of the senator S letter, and pull
ed it ont Of his pocket and read:
DEAR CHANDI.ER-some time tomorrow
HSr,r,sr 4
rtous state will call on you with strong in.
5dorsement from me for q clerkship. have no
earthly interest in him, SO turn him over to
your tender mercy. Let him down easy.
Yours, BLANK.
The young man dropped the letter, and
a big sigh struggled up from under his
watch pocket. I wonder what he said
In the little note be mailed to the secre-
tary 2? thought the young candidate.
Then he realized that the senator had
given him the wrong letter, and he at
once determined to call at the interior
department. the next morning and see
what the next chapter would bring forth.
Abont 10 o'clock the next forenoon
the colored messenger showed young
man into Secretary Chambers office.
Senator Blank told me last night he
had written you and advised me to call
on yon this morning, Z said the young
gentleman.
All. yes, = smiled the secretary good
naturally. picking up from his desk an
open letter and glancing over it. The
senator speaks Of you in the highest
terms, and lis very urgent in his request
for your appointment. Wait a moment. =
And touching bell he sent his messen-
ger for tho chief clerk. After a mo-
ment' conversation with the chief clerk
the secretary said:
You are fortunate. There is a$1 400
clerkship made vacant BY resignation
this morning, and / have ordered your
appointment to the place. 9
"a month later Senator Blank was
walking through the patent Office, and
in the corridor met the new clerk in his
Office coat. The senator was surprised
and q trif1e Disconnected, but he shook
hands with his young friend and said he
was glad: to see him there.
Well, I'm glad to be here, 2 respond
ed the clerk. And, senator, = putting
his hand inside his vest and looking
squarely in the others eye,s right in
my inside pocket keep that little per-
sonal note you thought you mailed to
Secretary Chandler, telling him when
you wanted thing You wanted it bad. =
Explanations were unnecessary The
senator went out Of public life and died
long ago, but the clerk manages to
squeeze along through the hard times on
his 81, 500 a year. Washington Star.
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