The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1895-08-08

standpoint, whatever the decision
/ may be.
The first examination of appli-
cants for appointment as compost
tors in the government printing
Office, since the employees of that
establishment we're placed under
civil service rules, is now being
held. There are more than two
hundred applicants, and it will
take the rest of the week to COM
plete the examination Of them all.
Those who get the required per.
Icentage will be placed on the
leligibie list and appointed when.
there are vacancies or when more
help is needed at the government
printing Office. Judging from
their talk, the comps who have
taken the examination are not
overburdened with admiration for
the wisdom displayed by the ques-
tions asked. One Of them, who
has had wide experience both in
newspaper and job offices, and who
is credited BY all who know him
to be n first-class all-around prin-
ter, being equally at home when
setting type, making-up or read
ing proof, was asked what he
thought of the questions asked at
the examination He replied:
"Some of them were good, calcu-
lated to show whether man had
the knowledge every first-class
printer should have, but Others
were, in my opinion, absolute rot,
dealing with matters having no
connection with any Of the prac-
teal branches Of the craft with
which | am acquainted"
A business man who has just
returned from trip through Flor
.ids says: "There is intense in
terest in Florida over the Cuban
revolution, and every scrap of
news from the seat of war is eager
lysought for and read with avidity.
Everybody down there sympa-
thizes with the Cubans, and if it
were not for Uncle Sam $ interfer-
ence l believe that 10000 young
and daring spirits ould leave the
state at a days notice to help the
Cubans in their struggle for lib
erty."
There has been considerable talk
among the politicians about a
statement from an apparently
trustworthy source, that Secretary
Lamont was not in accord with
President Cleveland as to who
ought to BE nominated for presi-
dent by the Democrats. Accord
ing to this story, President Clevo-
land wishes the Democratic con-
vention to give him a chance to do
the George Washington third term
declination act, by nominating
him by acclamation, and after he
has declined the "unexpecte1 |
honor" ETC., he wishes the c0nven-
tion tonominate Secretary Carlisle.
The last part Of the program is
whore Secretary Lamont gets in !
his kick. He doesn't object to
giving Mr.. Cleveland q chance to
do what only one president ever
had an opportunity to do, but he
does object TO making Secretary
the nominee Of his party. |
He points out how weak Secretary
Carlisle would be with the silver
Democrats, who are not ready to
forgive his desertion Of them, and
expresses the opinion that ex-Sec-
.etary Whitney would make a
much stronger candidate than Mr..
carlisle. In taking this position
secretary Lamont shows that he
Possesses gratitude, which is rare
i public life, and not too planti-
i'll anywhere. When Lamont left
Washington In 1889, after serving
our years as President CleYeland's
,rivate secretary, he was probably !
poorer than when he accepted that y
POSITION, 1t was then that Mr.. /.
Whitney employed Lamont toll.
ook after his street railway inter-
SITS and twas not long before he i
vas drawing $4,000 q year salary,
BESIDES being let in on the ground
Ioor to some very profitable specu-
ations. When Secretary Lamont
etires from public life he willE,