Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-07-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.
SmuGRled From Cnnada-Tried
IL the Other way.
rspecial Correspondence.i

| t5peclal Correspondence
cabinet and bureau officers" said a
private secretary of one Of the for
| mer, lose q lot of valuable time In
signing their names TO official docu-
ments which are given life by the
scrawl traced SO hurriedly upon them.
..The president devotes a specified
| time daily to affixing his signature to
papers Of state and the commissions OF
army, navy and other officers bearing
| presidential appointments and presi-
| Dental postmasters. of whom there
are about 1850, changing with each
| administration or recommfSsiened II
/ reappointed- Mr.. Lincoln evidently
| found that IT consumed too much time
| to write bis name IN full. and this is
| the reason no doubt why ne abtJfevsat-
| ed It
1T cannot be said with exactness
| which Of the cabinet officers signs his
name the most frequently. l believe
however, that 1t is the postmaster gen.
eral. Not only does he affix his sigma
| ture to the countless official papers of
the department IN common with his
confreres. but he signs the commits
sions of all Of the postmasters of the
10000. Sometimes one postoffiee will
be commissioned several times during
the term of the incumbent postmaster
general, and 1t would not be far out OF
the way to say that he signs from So
900 to 100000 fourth class postmasters'
commissions during his term.
cabinet officers acquire great rapid
fly in making these formal signatures,
and they hurry through with 1t. Us 1t is
n task and blocks other more impor-
tant work. Messengers stand by the
side of the chief presenting the COM
missions or papers with one hand while
they quickly blot each signature as
made with the other
Chinese SmugGIed From Canada
The collector of customs at Buffalo
has been called upon by the treasury
department for a report on the subject
OF the smuggling of Cinnamon across
the Niagara river.
The commissioner general OF immi-
grafton. Mr. Powderly, has directed
Inspector De Barry to inform the bu-
reau of immigration of Illegal entry of
Cinnamon In the Buffalo district, and
as the immigration bureau now has the
sion act as part Of its duties an order
will be given for strict watch to be
maintained.
Just at this time the news that great
numbers Of Cinnamon are getting into
the country Illegally has stirred the
immigration bureau into pr0Inst ac-
ton. Congress placed the powers of
Chinese exclusion among the duties of
the commissioner general OF imsnigra-
ton. and Mr. Powderly wants his men
to understand that the vigilance kh5chr
has charaeterizcr the service hereto
fore must from now on apply 10 de-
tecting the many ways In whi@h the
Mongolfans manage to elude the law
Immigrant Inspector John Thomas
ut Clifton, Ont, has been orde4ed to
Queenston, Ont. for the purposeIof in |
speeding aliens who arrive on aboats |
that ply between Toronto and lewis |
ton.
Tried 1t the other Why.
A certain young congressman has /
gone back to Tennessee with the repu-
tation of having made himself quite
In the house with the help
of ready tongue, much persistence
and series of brilliant neckties. In
the clonkroom one day two or three Of
the older members were commenting
on the career of the Tennesseean. One |
OF them told story. When the young |
man was nominated for congress. a
hard headed old Democratic farmer.
leader of the party In his locality. came
to Nashville to demonstrates. Why"
said he. you don't mean to say you
are going to send that boy to congress?
He's darn fool" YES" was the an
swer; 1--WE know he is a darn fool. I'm
Gle John. But. you see, it's like this:
We've been sending smart fellows to
from this district, and they've
come back regularly darn fools. So we
thought we'd send darn fool to con-
yress and see If 1t wouldn't work the
other way
Bailey of Texas.
Somebody was inQuiring for a pic |
ure of Bailey of Texas. Go and ask
lin for it." was suggested. but
ion't know him." was the reply. go
md buy one, them" was the second
81 have tried and find the
have sold all they had
printed" was explained. The truth is
hat the picture OF Bailey of Texas Is
more sought after than that Of any
'ther representative in congress. To
of a striking character the
Texan adds a most interesting person
llity. His picture Is sought after by |
-isitors In Washington and especially
" ladies' whose admiration Is aroused ,
y the big figure. the smooth, mobile :
ace, the laughing eyes and the Well {
,ept appearance. from the Byronic hair
o the patent feathers. Bailey's picture ,
5 so much In demand that the usual Z
took of portraits of public men carried J
y local photographers fails to meet It Z
The District commissioners have an | !
ounced the appointment of the fol- ,
owing persons as members of the ,
.oard Of education, which board. pur- .
uant to the provision of the District
ppropriation act approved June q
900. succeeds July the board of frus :
ees of public schools: Charles J. Bell. !,
!. Holdsworth Gordon. Dr. Richard !;
George H. HarrieS, Mrs
Ienry Litchfield West, James r. Bun !
= and Mrs ]. R. Francis. the two last
Amed being the colored members Of
be board CARL SCHoFIEID
Cuba has more than $1,000 negroes 7
rho speak the Spanish tongue and !,
rho are as benighted as when they or
heir ancestors arrived from Africa. be- /
ides another 10000 or 10000 who