The evening times., 1898-11-05
ROUNDING UP THE CLERKS
Significant Orders Driving
Them Home to Vote.
PARTY OFFICIALS ACTIVE
Secretary Long Issues an Order to
Bowers Hustling for Ballots I'm
His Own Department and Others.
To Vfndicate the Administration.

The several departments of the Gov
ernment here will be afflicted with partial
paralysis for the next six days at least,
judging from present indications. Com
menclng today there will be a general
exodus of Federal employees from Wash
ington.
These employees are going on cut-rate
railroad tickets, free passes and at ex-
cursion rates to their homes to vote in
nearly every Instance for the Republican
candidates. They have been harangued,
beseeched. coaxed and threatened by po-
ntical punchers to do their duty in the
battle of the ballots on next Tuesday.
President Mckinley, Secretary Alger ct
al, and their conduct of the war with
Spain must be vindicated, and it will re-
quire votes and votes to vindicate them.
Hence the departments will be depopu-
lated to secure as many of the needed
ballots as possible.
Secretary Alger set the precedent when
he issued his famous read-between-the
lines order TO the employees of the War
Department, irrespective of party" sew
eral days ago, informing them that they
could go home 10 vote, provided it can
be done without detriment to the public
service
This "clever piece of Algerism." as 1t
was aptly turned, was punctured by the
press and public and its fallacy and ridicu-
lousness fully exploited at the time it was
issued. 1t was shown that it would be
detrimental to the pubic service" from
Alger's standpoint for an employe to ap-
ply for leave to go home TO vote the DEM
ocratic ticket and therefore no Democrat
was hardy enough to make such app!i-
cation far as can be learned
Secretary Long issued a go-home-and-
vote order to the employees of the Navy
Department yesterday afternoon. He
evidently protited by the storm of criti-
cism which was aimed at the Alger order
for in his proclamation there appears no
irrespective of party or ''detriment 10
the service" clauses.
Secretary Longs order is directed to
chief of bureaus in the Navy Department
commandments of navy yards and naval
stations, and others having charge of
forces of men. The order reads:
You will grant leave of absence TO any
employe coming under your jurisdiction
who desires to proceed TO his home to ex-
ercise the right of franchise at the COM
ing elections. Under the law per diem
employees at navy yards and naval sta
tions cannot be granted leave with pay.
Such employees as are specifically app. o.
priated for in the department or at the
navy yards and naval stations who have
not exhausted the leaves allowed by law
or regulations, may be granted leave with
pay. Those who have exhausted their
annual leave can only be granted addi-
tional leave without pay"
1t is stated that verbal order has been
passed quietly from bureau TO bureau In
the Treasury Department informing the
Republican clerks that they Will be grant
ed leaves TO go to their states TO vote
and intimating that 1t Is their pouhdeh
duty so TO do. A high official in that de-
partment is reported to have stated yes
terday that the voters in Ohio, New York,
Illinois. New Jersey and Maryland had
been Cooked up and not corporal
guard of employees who have votes In
doubtful States would be at their desks
by Monday.
Steps have also been taken in the 9TH
er departments to secure full turn ont
of voters, while Chief Fisherman Bow
ers is attending strictly to political busi-
ness in the Fish Commission and several
other directions.
That there shall be no lack of example
from those high in Office to the smaller
fry, the announcement was made yester-
day that the following officials will go
home and do their duty 10 the party:
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Howell will vote in New Jersey; Assist
ant Secretary Spaulding will cast his vote
in Michigan, while Mr.. Porter, secretary
TO the President, win leave here Monday
to vote in Connecticut.
The railroads are making arrangements
for the outpouring of Republican offl-
cials, which will begin today. Special
trains will be run and the regular trains
lan nai hNyr he ~ n
was stated this morning that the advance
sale of cut-rate election tickets had been
larger this fall than for the past ten