The evening times., 1895-12-20
RAFFL|ke FOR PLACES
Queer New Method Of Disuih-
uting the House Offices.
FITNESS NOT CONSIDERED
Positions Under the DoOrkeeper and
Ctr-rk In Congress Disposed of by
Lottery-Some Humorous Com plea
tions Resulted-McDoweu Com bine
Distributed the Plums.

Members Of the Republican ma :ority In
Congress who do not belong TO the famous
combine which placed Mcdowell In the
clerks chair. and has accomplished other
things besides, have not ceased to talk
about the new method of distributi In q
the House offices.
Constituents at home are clamoring. At
least rev of the constituents of each
one are clamorous, for there are few Com
gresSmen who did not make some rash
ahe-eiectlon promises aboutsecuring places
Ior friends at the Capitol.
or course, a large number or the ofrice
s.tkers VINO We're here ten days or SO go
Home be!Sme 81,.rs dssouraEed and gone bi:c!;
OF forlorB hope for eyery nov ,rit IL,
tie comDlne gives out a place 10 snTne
one or the Southern or far Western Renre-
senIaiiteS who is not member of the
Said House official who has watched
iG tas, oSlribution OF places Tor twenty wears.
nr 1si n nign.: n,., This occasional handing out
Kicking too vigorously and keeps hone in
spired In the hearts of other waiting ones
uon say but that this new rattle
way" said this same gentleman. "SboI.
ms up IN hat the names OF the positions
WIN WIN lile amount of salary marked on the
slipS and then dra wing AT random GER
tainiy saves lots of pulling and hauinp
LOG or places.
NAV 10 iupny HIaD-bag method. but IL
n,ay De SO perfected that 1t will prove
ultimately to be the fairest way"
RAFFLED FOR PLACES.
Inc trouble seems to be that the distri-
putiol OF places is being Conduc cte,l TOO er-
clusively. Unlucky is the n. C. who. I'm the
Can,nI ot "a "a ta,palEnlng promised places a I The
Eapltoi 10 at lea st 4 dozen of his constituents.
Uhluc ckier still Is the M. c. who promised n
place TO even one man. il he is not a member
OF the combine.
The several to 1alo<x,,;on.
70 tile Piatt-Quay combine or to the Nc.
Do"eii combine which held rarfles for
piaces mad not a little troublein distributing
tne DlhIis which they had appropriated for
themselves. Aoi
Some OF the incidents which transpired
ouilng tiie conduct or the lotteries are what
OUTSIDERS call funny. though The Conductors
OF the lotteries sa W no hunior in the thing AT
the time. - a'
or course. the humorous things. the lult-
crous. lnughab BILE things. happened because
thIsIeT lottery method Of d Ist ributinp House
ness. ~
While the seeker after a pla ce may draw n
blank. that is, n ST20 pla ce instead OF a
S1.ooo place, Uncle Sam NAV at the same
time draw blank. so to saw That is IT1cIe
Sam may have drawn a man who wonlti do
hrst-rate in the $1,000 nia ce. hut isn't
worth rap in the 81 20 pla &C. Moreover.
the drawe OF the pla ce NAV be disguised
with his luck and go back home
Such thing did happen. 1t is rela ted TINS
A certain Missouri editor came to Wash
inSton few DAYS ago to take S72o posi-
ton IN the House. He didn't know what
the job was. but the member of Congress
from his district had told him to come
along. In the rattle that Congressman had
ufa"n SiSU place, and he resolved to
give it to- the editor
Mt. Editor walked into the cloak room
OF the House, where he had been fold hjs
occupation would be found.
WHAT THEY DO.
Thomas l-etara, .oIor,,, -.
pened to be standing near by. Mr. Editor
aCcosted him:
What do you do?"
q. shave people: I'm a barber here
what do you dog"
20. shine ConSressmen's Shoes
well. what do you do?'' turning to an
Il hang up coats. take care of the mern-
hers rnhoers. brush their hats, and do other
The editor stared. He looked critically
around the room. and seemed to TAX de
llberate view of the situation. At last he
Does he think I'm going to hang I'D his
coat, take care of lis rubbers. brush his hat?
Not by d sight. will l." And he
Staikcd out the door. md he went back to
Missouri that night, without waiting to saw
eood-hy to his Congressman
He didn't object to the small salary. An
editor OF Western conntry weekly doesn't
turn up his nose at S720 a year but this
editor did not propose 10 sacrifice editorial
dignity to a few paltry Dlunkets. He pre-
ferred to remain in Missouri and SWAY the
masses of the PEOPLE with his editorial
eloauence There he could be a leader:
he could even dictate the actions of Con-
gressInen and the policy OF ~ greet political
party: but in Washington he would be a
mere menial.
DUPLICATES SLIPPED IN.
The Ohio delegation had an unfortunate
experience with this rattle. There are
ninf.trcn in he delegation. and in some way
dunlicatc slips with Assistant pcs! ma ster
S2.GcO written on them crcpt into the
hat REPRESENTATIVES Bnrton and Van Voor-
his each drew the assistant pos,ma strrShin.
Then there was fun. Each would Ike TO
know which was entitled to the plum.
Evidently the only way to settle such a dis
putc was to hold new rattle. This was
done. and by singular piece of good luck
Mr.. Burton drew the slip and had tho as
siStant posiinastership at his disposal
There were oti;er funny things that hap
p,.Ded In the OHIO drawing. II is generally
recog nZed that th" buckeye State delcra-
ton. with Gen. Grosveuor as member is
q mighty power in the combine.
The result OF tic division of spoiis accord !