The Dickinson press., 1897-05-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Aolsrk Who Holds . 1seord-xneu.,a.
Fol- Car 1ars-1llnistsr Do Leus
and His Work For 0paan.

Aolerk Who Holds . 1seord-Theuaaas
For Car 1axs-1llnistsr d Lsus
and His Work For Spain.
Especial Correspondsnos.1
In the matter Of travelling. by can
there Is . clerk in one Of The depart.
ments who holds tbs record. He Hvss;
in Baltimore and has Travelled those 60
miles back and forth every Weekday
for over 3 oyears. He has travelled there
fore nearly 1900 miles. BE rides ovsr
a mile to reach the depot when he leaves
the department.. and when he eets to
Baltimore he has three miles, more 10
ride in q street a to reach his home
This eight miles a day ON the street cars
amounts in 30 years to 100 miles,
which makes his total mileage 10. 700
miles, or tho distance that would b
travelled in two trips across the ocean,
added to four trips across our CONT
nent. In the 30 years no has never bean,
over . half hour late except during .
couple Of blizsards. The same dayss
however, there were clerks late who On
ly had a mile or 90 to travel from their
homes to the departments. He has spent
some Of the time on the cars in tho
mastery Of foreign languages, and now
is able to speak and translate German.
Spanish, French and italian.
Thousands In Gar Fare.
He has spent one-sixth Of the hours
he has been awake, over 8 hours each
day. or in all over So years, on the cara.
As far as money goes his expenditure
has been very large, though Of course
he has travelled all this time ON oommu.
tation tickets. His daily trip to and
from Baltimore has cost him in 20
years nearly 81, 900, for the lowest com.
mutation for three months has never
been less than 1t is now-$46. Add to
this his street a fare to and from the
depot in Baltimore-l0 cents each day
and his street car fare to and from
the depot In this city-1O cents per day
which makes nearly $1,000 in 20
years. And yet he recently told . Star
reporter that living In Baltimore, has,
cost him less than II he lived in Wash.
ington.
Do Lone and American Prisoners, sq,
Senior De LONE, the Spanish minister,
is in luck. He now has things in his
own hands. For a long time De. LONE
had to make all his communications
with Cuba through Madrid. Bys recent
change Of policy he is given direct an.
thority, and what he says is respected
by Weyler. SPANS new policy; o6 4re.
leasing American prisoners In. Cuba was
instituted at De Lome's instance and
was designed to hold public. sentiment
in this country and the Mckinley ad.,
ministration in check. De Lomo IL q.
very successful minister and has accom-
plished wonders, considering the odds
he has had to fight against.
Detective Pinkerton has reported to
the Spanish minister that whereas the
Cuban junta in this country was for.
merly getting DC. 900 a mootl. from the
Florida cigar makers tho receipts arc
now only %. 600 a month.
Tricks Of the Senators.
The tricks by which senators avoid
the crush Of office seekers are not d.
ways in vain, although they may be
peculiar.
For instance, a senator from an east:
ern state, who has about 50 callers al
his hotel every morning, gathers the
cards in a bunch and sends down are
quest to the applicants that they wait
until he is through breakfast. So they
wait. Meanwhile the senator slips
through a side door o. the hotel cafe
and is on his way to the White House
before the crowd is aware Of his de.
parture.
Mira. Westinghouse,w wife Of the Pitts.
burg millionaire, who lives TIA tic
Blaine mansion In Dupont circle, has
hit upon q new schsInofto aid aadeserv.
ing local charity. She recently gave tho
nse d her house for one day to 800 peo.
pie who played progressive euchre for
prizes. Tickets were 81 each, and the
prizes were donated. The charity not all
the money.
Government Clerks and Baseball.
"The departments gain q great deal
BY the baseball fever" observed q de-
partment clerk, land though some
clerks waste considerable time during
the Office hours In talking baseball and
the probable outcome Of the season. a.
to how the various clubs in the League
will stand when frost comes again they
more than make 1t up by hurrying dur
ing the afternoon hours to get their
desks clean 70 that they will have no
difficulty in quitting work the moment
the clock strikes 4 and DO OF for tho
game. I don't know how It will be
later on In the season, for I expect, and
so do all other baseball cranks, that this
will be a baseball administration from
the president all the way down to the.
ordinary clerks, but I am confident that
the departments will gain more by the
extra amount Of work done than they
will lose by the time spent in the morn
ing hours talking Of the game. Tho
treasury department is probably more
daft on ball than any other department.
It is not confined to young men, a. some
might imagine, for some Of the most
enthusiastic rooters are men who arc
past what is known as middle age"
The Retirsmsnt Of Justice F1sld.
1t Is now reported with a considerable
degree Of credibility that Associate JUS
tice Stephen ]. Field Of the United
States supreme court has finally decided
to retire from the bench In July next.
This, Of course, revives all the old sto-
ries relative to the recasting Of the cab.
met which is to occur In that event. Il
Is pretty thoroughly understood at the
White House and in the cabinet circle
that when Justice Field does retire
Judge McKenna, now attorney general,
Is to be his successor on the bench. Jus.
tice Field 10 the veteran Of the supreme
court BE was appointed to his high
place by President Lincoln in 1858 and
has consequently been q member Of the
court for 84yea9s. He was horn in Had
dam. Conn.,, in 1915 and IL in bin eighty.
nrst year. His fellow Justice, David ].
Brewer, is his nephew.
+ CARL 8CHoFrEID.