Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-01-18

tons. Many of them re sign as soon as
they have taken their degrees and begin
their professional careers elsewhere.
Others resign and remain in Washington,
but good many cling 10 their positions
as long as possible and hold their profess
slonal education in reserve until they are
compelled 10 seek Il living elsewhere.
y large proportion of the examiners
III the patent office intend at some time or
another to become patent lawyers, and
no school furnishes Il better practical cd
ucati0n in patent law than can be OBJ
tanned 10y 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 lu-
cratiye practice after Office hours Some
make as much as $1,000 and $500;
others $500 and $500. They charge the
same fees as the regular physicians. and
with one or two patients day they can
add TO their salary quite Il welcome lit
IL" revenue.
lie regular practitioners have made
Il fuss about this for Il long time They
nave refused TO admit to the medical
association of the district anv man who
does not devote his entire time to the prac-
ticc of his profession. They have re-
peatedly appealed to the president and
10 the heads of departments to prohibit
this shutdown business ana at one time
they got 4 bill through the senate max
ihS it unlawful for an cmploye of the gov
eminent 10 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-
hibiting the employees of his bureau from
l'racticing medicine. The ostensible
reason for this is the danger Of commune
eating coDta gicus diseases To their fellow
clerks, but it is really the result of the
efforts of the regular local physicians
10 limit competition.
Trials of a Congressman.
| found millionaire member of Con.
;rcss sitting in his hotel the other day
surrounded by gloom so dei.se that it
could have been shovelcd away like snow
from the sidewalk. and asked him what
had happened. Il was just thinking" he
Ssi4C, W Hat lCol L vas 10 come 10 OOI-
gress. 1t cost me $4,000 cash to pay my
campaign expenses, in addition to two
months neglect of my business. When |
an ut home about two-thir,ls of my time
is taken Up by people who come to ask for
Offices. ! have had candidates for foreign
missions. constIlates. department bureaus,
tnited States marshalships. United
States attorneys. pension agents about
forty postoiliccs and 10 end of Indian
agents and land Offices. and all I've sue.
ctcdcd in getting * one assistant keeper
of lighthouse, Il place for which there
WAS 10 candidate, and they asked me to
hunt UP man. l scarcely dare TO go
home. | am being cursed all over my
district by people who think I'm indiffer-
ent To their interests and ungrateful to
my friends. II Will take six weeks steady
talking to explain why | haven't been
able to get all the ofiicchOlders in the dis
trict turned out and new ones put in. and
not half the people who hear the cxplana-
ton will believe ne. Until now | have
never sought anything that couldn't be
bought. but I've spent $4,000 worth of
my time trying 10 get Il 81. 200 consular
appointment for the son of one of my
constituents, and can't make il. Ny bust
ness is going L. ruin for want of attention,
and there is basket of letters on my
desk at home that l have never had time
to read"