Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-02

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receive salaries ranging from $1,000, the
lowest, to So, 200, the highest. The offices
of the secretary of the senate and the
clerk of the house, each include about 20
high priced men, such as the chief clerks,
reading clerks, journal clerks, file clerks,
enrolling clerks, executive clerks, ETC., the
average salary being about s., 500 per an
mum. Then comes the sergeant-at-arms
of each body with his large corps of as
SiStantS, and the ~dOOrkeeper Of the house
with his many employees at an average
of perhaps 81, 900 per year. Add to this
the great force of messengers, assistant
doOrkeepers, Watchmen. capital police
force, extra machinists, electricians,
laborers, and a large number of session
employees, and one can see just in those
enumerated the enormous amount OF
lost to the people of Washington
by the return to their homes Of the army
of high salaried people. With congress in
session there always ONE to Washlng-
ton a large contingent of the best spend
ers in the world. Their profession is that
of attorneys, but they are better known
here, however, as lobbyists These
men do not come here for pleasure, but
for business, cold, hard business, and
represent the most clever talent in the
country. They are the life of the city and
the support of the hotels, theaters and
cafes. With the adjournment of congress
their duties cease, at least here, until the
gavel again falls at the beginning Of an
other congress. Now let your attention
be called to another class of people who
bring to Washington a considerable
amount of hard earned money, some of
whom have saved for a long time to &C
cumulate a small sum, only to stay here
until it is all gone, and to return to their
homes when congress adjourns, dish2art-
ened, disappointed and penniless. This
is the office ecker" There are hundreds
of applicants for every appointment, and
the previous selection of someone from
their particular district for some depart
ment position here has convinced them
that to be successful they should be i'm
mediately on the ground, and in close
touch with their member" in case the
opportunity should turn up" Poor souls,
how many are disappointed? Many come
prepared to camp here for a long time;
others as long as their limited means will
hold out, but, outside of the few who sue
coed, they all reach the same final stage,
they all go home wiser but poorer yes,
as stated before, broke. The people OF
Washington care little for the b!i3hted
ambitions, the apparently cruel disap-
pointments, and many broken hearts.
They care nothing for the failure of the
'%lobbyist' to secure the passage of his
measure, or of the failure of some liberal
member or senator to be returned by his
state or district. If they only can secure
an extra session, some one fills the place
of the anxious applicant: the lobbyist
returns at once with renewed hope re-
plenished treasury; the senator or mem
ber's place is taken by a new man, who
in the first year of his term, before he
learns the way to live here, is liable to be,
if anything, more liberal tina his prede-
cessor. They are in fact all here again;
the pay roll goes on, trade reaches it's
highest point, dinners are given, Wine
~ 1900 .-,,o, Sc, ;r rn--tDp nrI tho nan
pie of Washington are satisfied. prospar-
Gus and happy. Nine months recess
therefore is dreaded. Many hotels will
not be able to tide over the time. Small
merchants with little excess capital must
succumb to the times and either fail or
cease business, and those who have larger
esta Establishments Immediately reduce their
! force to the minimum. Depression ex-
lists, and everywhere is 1t blamed to con-
greSS for efusing to again come together.
The people appear to grow narroW-mlnd
ed, selfish and cold-blooded. Perhaps
| there should be no criticism. We might
all be the same way if SO situated. Who
can say?
A Montana republican, in an interview
in the Washington Times a few days ago,
relating to the action of some OF the re-
publican members of the legislature OF
Montana in voting for w. A. Clark for
senator to succeed Hon. Lee Mantle,
says:
II have no doubt but tha Mr.. Clark
did spend a good deal of money to secure
his election, but nothing like the amount
that he has been credited with spending.
I believe that the only men he 'placated'
outright were members of his w party.
| am confident that he did not purchase
any of the eleven republican members OF
the legislature that voted for him. Most
of them are men of independent means
and beyond the reach of a bride. How
do I account for their going over to
Clark? Why, simply as a political move.
They did it to disrupt the democratic
party in the state, and they AVE appa-
recently accomplished their object
This seems to be the opinion in sub
stance of many republicans, but as to
whether the course pursued was a wise
or proper one is the subject of much dis
agreement here. The general position
taken is that it would have been better
to nave continued to vote for a repub-
lican, and if a deadlock would have been
the result, the republican party could not
have been held responsible. The election
of Mr.. Clark gives a democrat a seat in
the senate for six years, which was all
tina could result from such action.
For the first time in over half a century
New York is not represented in the cab
met. In every republican administration
up to the present time the Empire state
has had a representative in the presi-
/ dents official household. With the retire
ment of Mr.. Bliss, however, New York is
deprived of this time-honored distinction
There has been an impression in New
York tina no administration could hope
to succeed without having a representa-
tive of the Empire state in the cabinet.
A precedent has been established, how
ever, and New Workers are afraid that 1t
NAV prove to be a source of embarrass-
ment in the future. Once, it is said, that
one president finds that he can actually