The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-05
AFTER OFFICES.
Nothing Like the Present
Rush Ever Known.
Mails of congressman Loaded
With Applications.
Meantime Starting Up OF Public In
pr0vements is Delayed.

WASHINGTON, Feb. '5.-[Special Sen
ntors and members OF congress who belong
b. the Republican party say they have new
er known such rush for appointments In
the government service as that which they
are now experiencing. Their mails are
loaded down with applications, and some OF
them arc of very pitiful character. Men
who have found IL difficult TO provide
bread for their families, men who have
looked in vain for work, hope their SEN
ators or representatives may bo able TO find
something for thcm under Uncle sam.
One senator said To me today: II dislike
90 open my mail. i do not claim 10 bc
soft hearted man, nor TO have more than
my share of human sympathy, but It is
true that am made very sad by this food
of appeals for help which pours in upon me-
Men write Co me, saying they will be glad
60 take anything they can get. They offer
10 come down 10 Washington and act as
messengers, to clean out spittoons and do
any sort of mcnial work, just so it is work
and bread and butter for themselves and
their families The most can do for these
poor fellows is to write them all kindly re-
plies, holding out no hope TO them, but
saying cheerful word or two to nerve
them ON for their struggle against adyer.
sity."
Reeds Sense of Duty.
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toua T. "ao,,,' tl,a o,,,,,'si,a d,rootion sneate,
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ntot,o,, Sor sconon,,cnl o,,nronr,otiors do
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ax,o,di,,,,,a 90 ,,Ii;c f,rds 10 como mn 10,
onnsi,1aratio,, nsi,l ro,o,t,ossIy SITTING doxvr
49,, o,.or,thins, oxcort tho rnguIar ammo
niot,,, i,in, It'll a.. ,,no,led ,o teer ths
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Ie Iare,e arTro,,T,iot;ons cou,d no made fo,
r,,hl,o h,,iIdin,,s 20 ,ho riyor and harbo,
p ,,'a.,,c 30 tha cr,,,,,, ,,,aro ,,i,en n fai,
a,,,o',,,t 30 ,,,,r,a,, ~ Itch 20 carrv or
tbe imnrovements If tho Nicaragua cana
could NO authorized there would he much
more emplovment for the mechanics and
laborers. But Mr. Reed, acting from q
sense of duty. in which he is ms sincere as
man can be. refuses to permit any such ap
propriations 10 90 through the house
There are public men who think this policy
a mistakc. They believe the government
should be more liberal with its expendi
lures. especially i'm those which make work
for the common people in times of dcprcs
sion and commercial inactiyities than ir
good times Labor Is then cheaper Tht
government can get more for its money.
In addition TO this Sc can help the people
tide over a period of hard times 1t is safe
10 saw that II a policy of making libera.
authorizations for public building anc
public works had been pursued by the pasi
congress and by this one, 100, 600 or 80, ,0Ot
men might have been employed on govern
ment operations, thus reducing by so much
the congestion of unemployed labor com
peting against other unemployed labor
But such hue ana cry mas been raised IL
this country against large appropriations
that politicians and leaders OF parties dar
not take the responsibility OF opening ul
the doors OF the treasury, even for the mos'
wholesome and proper purposes.
CIcvclnnd's italian Hand.
So great Is the pressure of office seeking
upon Republican members of congress that
a desperate effort will be made TO induce
President Mckinley to suspend parts of the
civil service order recently issued by Presi
dent Cleveland Tho Republicans claim that
President Cleveland waited till the Demo
Gratis had filled the public offices with mer
of their own party faith before issuing hi,
orders, and that many of the men who are
by these orders placed under civil servic,
protection never passed an examination
and are not entitled TO be held in theii
places under the guise of civil service re