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ALL WANT MORE PAY
How Government Clerks Worry the
Life Out of ongressmen.
Minnesota Statesman Tells the Story
of His Trials and Tribulatfons
Private John Allen ON
Salary Grabbing.
Especial Washington letter.


CONGRESsMAN FLETCHER. of
J Minneapolis, Familiarity known
by his thousands of frien|s as
Uncle LOren," is one of the most
kindly disposed men in the congress,
but even his temper is sometimes ruff
fled by unreasoning demands upon
his time and influence by those who
seek self-interest most persistently.
1T is always pleasure to me-" he
says. Ito help get employment for
those who desire to work. and L have
often given employment in my own
business to worthy ones out of work.
Those who seek employment in the
government offices, however, are eX-
ceedingly unreasonable. They know
that the civil service law exists, and
that it must be obeyed, as all laws are
obeyed. Nevertheless, there are peo-
pie who will not believe a congress
man when he says that he cannot get
employment for them, outside of the
civil service rules and classification.
No, congressman doesn't like to be
called liar any more than any other
man likes it. 1t naturally ruffles me
when I am told. or see it intimated
by word or deed, that my word is
doubted, after L have made an honest
effort to try to find employment for
an officeseeker.
"Then there is another thing which
is exceedingly annoying. After months
or years of effort, when man or
woman receives civil service appoint
ment at 5000 per annum, that is mere
ly the beginning of the trouble. Be
fore the appointment is secured the
applicant looks forward to perfect
happiness on that income. But no
sooner is the appointment received
than the lucky one becomes despond-
ent and unhappy, because others are
receiving larger salaries; and then the
congressman is harassed and worried
to use his influence to get promo
ton to $1,000 per annum. If that is
done, the congressman is then hound
ed to get another promotion. and so
on ad infinitum. The officeseeking is
bad enough, but to have it followed
up by demands for promotion all the
time makes me tired and weary of
the whole business. Every govern
ment clerk should STAND on MS or ner
own merits"
A bill pending granting an increase
of salary to high school teacher of,
this city brought forth a good speech
from the witty Mr.. Allen, of Mississip-
pi, who said: 81 want to indorse what
the chairman of the committee Oh
appropriations has just said. Gentle
men, you who do not have to deal with
these appropriations for salaries, it is
very hard for you to appreciate the
pressure brought to bear on the ap-
preparations committee for the in
crease of salaries, and the fact that
every employe of the government can
get up an argument and show you
why his or her particular salary
should be increased. I do not think
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opment Daughter and applause), ami
they will find there the principal Or
the high school of the city Of Tupelo
who has helped to produce that grea.
development, at salary Of one-thirt
less than is now given to the prin
cipal of a single school in the city o.
Washington.
"Many of you gentlemen who do moi
represent great cities can find thai,
you represent many more such prin
cipals. The principal of the high
school he ; has diligently prepared
statistics to show his need of higher
salary. In fact, he prepared the
speech which the gentleman from Col
orado has just delivered, because h,
delivered the same speech to me wheI
he was arguing for increase of salary
before our committee. He has been
working for $500 per annum, and
now he wants 1000. In another yeal
he will want 81 800.
There are representatives here who
would be cheap to the people at $40.
600 year, but we get only half that
much: There are other representa-.
tives here who would be dear at halt
their present salaries. There is nc
discrimination here, and. we should
not discriminate between certain high
school teachers"
There were many other speeches or
the subject, in which congressmer
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government. They are little better ed
ucated than were their slave parents.
The children of this second generation
show the same Indifference to educa-
ton, and SO may other generations,
perhaps. It is thus demonstrated that
the intellect of the plantation negro Is
not capable of being enlightened to the
intellectual standpoint of average cit
izenship, or that he is interested in the
science of government. My observa-
tions, recently. in Mississippi, Louisi.
ana, Alabama, Tennessee and Virginia
failed to denote any material progress
of the darky from his former condi-
ton. This applies to the former slave
and 1.-The new Niger" as the later gen.
Grafton is styled. He still grovels in
the superstitions of his remote ances-
tors and firmly believes in witches and
witchcraft.
The razor is the darky's fayorite
weapon-it is a greater talisman than
the rabbits foot, and more effective.
en-, and to all places-the polls, the
jury box, the dance and the church.
Three-fourths of the crimes commit
ted in any southern community, on an
average, are due to negroes, while
they contribute little or nothing to-
wards the expenses of local govern
ment. Their natural ignorance is the
principal cause of so many "misunder
standings" Another is the frequent
use of very bad whisky.
The Saturday night dance is fruit
I, ~ -
nights "razors are in the air." but the
festivities are not marred by the
carving of few, unless it is to the
death, when the function" suddenly
comes to period. They do not obey
the usual injunction: "Lebe yer raz-
ger at de do" regarding it as a mere
form. Neither is it etiquette to
search one for weapons-that would
bring on AN engagement: The same
habit prevails at weddings. It is not
always that disturbances occur, but
when they do the frazer" cuts an
important figure. The courts seem
to be powerless to stop the practice
of carrying such weapons. From the
fact that all negroes carry them,
there areofew informers among them.
Those who do, however, give such in
formation become subjects for carv-
ing by the aggrieved ones, and the
rabbits foot is of no protection.
The marriage and divorce system,
or rather the lack of the latter, is a
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A GAME OF DRAW POKER.

strange custom in negro life. They
initiate white people in their mar
riages, even as to style, but their "di-
vorce" system is an improvement
upon the Oklahoma quick and easy
style. While they are willing to pay
two dollars for license. they rarely
sue for divorce. Not that they care
so much for the publicity rs the ex-
pense. They just quit-and that ends
it. In a very short time both find
other afinities. Prosecution seldom
follows these informal divorces and
common law" marriages. They are
so numerous that the people do not
care to burden the local governments
with the expense. The minister's fee
is usually one dollar, seldom more,
Notwithstanding his placarded hint:
sDe Lawd Lubs de Cheerful Giber.'
Strictly construed, it means that the
minister wants a raise from the usual
fee.
While the negro ohas made little or
no progress in education and in gov
ernmental affairs, he is getting along"
in other directions. He is mastering
the mysteries of that great and popu-
lar game poker" Some of them are
adopts in the art of holding out" big
cards and "good hands" The methods
adopted by the darby adept are print
tive, but perhaps as effective as hold
ing cards up the sleeve, or secreting
them in the patent vest" device used
by white gamblers In n ''gemmen's
game" it is in bad form for darby to
remove his shoes from his feet. This
is considered as prima facie evidence
of an intent to "skin" his friend.
The darky also keeps pace with his
white brother in the cigarette habit,
and he begins about as early as the
other youth, but it is not believed that
he lives as long under 1t.
The negro progresses" in our voices,
but does not seem capable of advancing
intellectually. Before he can do SO, his
superstitions must be removed. How
long this will require may be estimat-
ed from his slow progress during the
past IS years. The same reasoning
may apply to our Porto Rican neigh
bors. who are asking for self-govern-
ment. J. NJ SCANLAND.
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ALLEN ADDRESSING THE HOUSE

ALLEN ADDRESSING THE HOUSE.
there is an employee in the District OF
Columbia who could not give you all
the statistics as to what every other
employee of like character in every
other place in the world is getting,
and that seems to. be a part of the
civil service education here.
''There is no other city where per.
son can afford to work as cheap as in
Washington. There is no other city
that 1 know of where rents are cheap
err, where charities are better dis.
pensed, with more free hospitals, free
school books, free libraries, free ev-
erything almost except food, which
you can buy as cheap here as you can
anywhere else; and, then, the other
and greater educational advantages
here of going into the galleries and
looking down upon this body occa-
sionally. Uaughter.) Now, they have
brought up a comparison between the
salary of this teacher of the Central
high school and that of some other
cities. They have pointed out where
they get larger salaries; but let them
go to the town of Tupelo, wher@ civili-
cation has reached its highest devel-
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SOUTHERN NEGRO WEDDING.

new world by the Spanhrds, and from
this island and Cuba it spread TO the
gulf states. The negroes brought
from the African coast, from whence
they were kidnapped, their barbarisns
and superstitions and their inca
pacity for self-government. There
they lived in tribes, varied upon each
other, and the more powerful sold
their neighbors into bondage. For
centuries the experiment of self-gov-
eminent was tried in Africa, and that
country has steadily deteriorated 0in
population, morals and in tribal gov
ernments. %
The experiment of self-goyernment.
or rather negro government, was tried
in the late rebellious states of the
south after the conclusion of the civil
war. True, they had corrupt white
men for leaders, and every state was
plundered. But the negroes were in
the majority, and the white carpet
baggers'' would have been powerless
had the negroes not been easy to cor
rupt. Will it not be the same in
Porto Rico and in the Philippines?
While the negroes OF. the south had
been born and reared in slavery they
knew what freedom was by comparing
their burdensome lives to those of
their masters who lived in ease upon
their labor. Yet, when the opportu-
nifty came, the negro did not appre-
ciate it, and went In for plumber. After
35 years of freedom he is scarcely more
qualified for government than when
liberated at the close of the war. By
nature he is Indifferent to govern
ment, and cares not who governs, so
long as he is undisturbed in his happy
go-lucky' pfanner of living. While the
slave generation was not expected to
make much progress in education, or
In ideas of self-governmept, much was
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expected of the newer generation, es-
pecially by the theorists" who be-
lieved that the negro was capable of
self-government. Though the negroes
have had the advantage of public
schools for more than a third of a
century, the advance of the generation
born in the south since the war has
been very slow. There are few ex-
ceptional cases where a negro has
risen above the average mass of his
people, but in most of these cases the
white blood predominated, and to this
fact his rise is mainly attributable. 1t
Is the same in Porto Rico, in Cuba and
the Philippines. The south may be
taken as an illustration of the incapa-
bility of these islands for self govern-
ment. The negroes of the south have
not demonstrated their fitness for self
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NEGROES AS VOTERS.
As Race They Are Indifferent to
Governmental Affairs.
s6me ReasOns why the Mixed POpu-
lation Of Porto Rico and the Phil
ippines Should Not BE Grant
ed Citixenshfp.
Especial Neweorleans letter.

TRAVELERS in the southern
states, especially along the gulf
coast, are impressed with the
Indifference of the great mass of the
negroes in governmental affairs. This
may serve as an illustration for the
mixed populations in the West Indian
islands and the Philippines. In our
new possession of Porto Rico, which
some of our people wish to erect into
territory, negroes predominant. and
there is also large population of
mixed blood. These are as incapable of
self-government as are the full-blood-
ed negroes. This is the spot where
African slavery was introduced in the
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gave their experiences with the in
creased salary seekers; and the pro
posed increase was not made. The
people of this country are not taxed
enough to hurt them or to make
them feel it as the poor people of 9th
er countries feel the burden. Never
theless the salaries paid to our gov,
eminent officials are ample. and mil
lions of dollars are expended which
might be saved with greater economy
in the legislative and executive
branches of the government.
What "Uncle Loren" Fletcher says
about the difficulty of securing ap
pointments is entirely true. The civi!
service law, which has never been an
adequate protection for government
clerks, bars out many worthy people
1t has never been properly admins
tered, and is not now properly admin
istered. Men and women of excellent
education and ability are unable to Sc
cure employment in the civil service
because they cannot pass the con
temptibly unbusinesslike examina
tions; because they cannot answer
questions in geography, arithmetic OF
algebra which have nothing whatever
to do with the work to be done by
government clerks.
SThere is one paramount reason why
these promotion-hunters are exasper
ating to practical congressman" added
Mr.. Fletcher, land that is their lack OF
appreciation of their superior advan.
tages and environments. They only
work from nine o'clock in the morning
until four o'clock in the afternoon.
That constitutes days work; and
they have half an hour for lunch at the
noontide, when people in the states are
taking their dinners. They call ii
lunch in this city. Nobody gets less
than $50 per month, and very few get
less than SIS per month.
a'Now every congressman knows
scores of good people in his own district
who live on $40 or $50 per month, and
they work from sun-up until shutdown.
The young men who work in railroad
Offices or in large stores, and get SIS
per month, are able to get married and
rear families, and be satisfied. Il have
in mind three excellent young men
III" VIM Nouiti " udSO
the opportunity to come here at $50 per
month, and they would make good
clerks. But the civil service law bars
them out of government employment
While 1 would be glad to help them, ]
know from experience that as soon as
they might receive appointments here.
they would begin nagging me for pro-
motions, just as the others have done.
instead of waiting for advancement on
their own merits
With charity for all, it may neverthe-
less be said that the government clerks
certainly overdo their cause, because
they are all asking something for moth
ing. They are asking the congressman
to advance them, while they are utter
~ powerless to do any thing to advance
the congressman. This salient fact all
of them overlook. SMITH D. FRY.
Mrs. Ferguson (about to retire)-
George, have you looked under the bed
Mr.. Ferguson-Yes. and I found
what exnecfed-a xad of pum stuck
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He Had.

Mrs. Ferguson (about to retire)-
George, have you looked under the bed &
Mr.. Ferguson-Yes, and I found
what I expected wad of gum stuck
on the under side Of the bedstead.-
Chicago Tribune.
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There are ESQ railway stations within
six-mile radius OF st. Paurs ca
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Hon. Dan. A. Grosvenor. of the Famous
Ohio Family.
Hon. Dan. A. Grosvenor, Deputy Auditor
for the War Department, in a letter written
from Washington, D. c., says:
"ANow no 10 exp-oss nay srsfhsas
10 y0W f0e tho bonofff derived froas
one b0ffAo ~ RsrHna. One W00k hss
br0W0b< Wonaorfui changes and an
now - woN ~ ever. BssHaes boAn0
one 0Ff60 .N0cNA0sf opeknO fonEoS n b
N excellent oafaePh P0ns0dy." N4cy
respectfully, Dan. a. G-osvono-.
Hal P. Denton, Chief National Export
Exposition, Philadelphia, Pa, writes: II
was completely run down from overwork
and the responsibility naturally connected
with the exploitation of a great interna-
tional exposition. My physician recon-
mended an extended. vacation. When life
Peruna, and with the use of the fifth bottle
have since enjoyed the best of health"
spring. Something to brace the nerves, in
vigorate the brain, and cleanse the blood
That Peruna will do this is beyond all ques-
ton. Everyone who has tried it has had
the same experience as Mrs. D., w. Tim
berlake, of Lynchburg, Va, who, in a recent
letter, made use of the following words: Il
always take dose of Peruna after business
hours, as it is a great thing for the nerves.
There is no better spring tonic, and l have
used about all of them"
For free book on Summer Catarrh,"
address The Peruna Medicine Co., Column
bus, Ohio.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-22
Free of Charge.

Any adult suffering from Il cold set
tied on the breast, bronchitis, throat
or lung trouble of any nature, who
will cal at Eastman x Mescrole's 5,
will be presented with Il sample bottle
of Boschee's German Syrup free of
charge. Only one bottle given to one
person, and none to children without
order from parents.
No throat or lung remedy had such
sale as Boschces German Syrup in
all parts of the world. Twenty years
ago millions of bottles We're given
away, and your druggist will tell you
its success was marvellous. 1t is real
ly the only throat and lung remedy
generally endorsed by physicians.
One 10 cent bottle will cure or prove
its value Sold by dealers in all civ
ilized countries. -
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-22
ElANCHAR0NlLLE.

The blade.
Mrs. & Graham, and children and
Mrs. j. Mari and children went 70
Mineral Point, Wednesday morning,
Len Walrack, wife and daughter
Olive drove over to Mineral Point,
Sunday and visited n the home ot
Thos. Sattcr)ee. They returned home
Monday.
Andrew j, Doruau. one OF the lcad-
ing farmers Of one Of the garden spots
of the world, Waldwick prairie. was
transferring business in our city Satur-
day. We acknowledge II pleasant and
profitable call. He thinks the Blade
all right As an advertising medium.
Last fall he wished to have some
cordwood cut on some of his timber
land and had a local inserted in the
Blade In 4 short time he had sin
good choppers make applications and
have been working for him all winter,
and he has had 10 turn away several,
who wanted to work, on account OF
having help enough,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-22
An Editors Lite Saved by Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy.

During The carly part Of October,
1896, | contracted a bad cold which
settled on my lungs, and was neglec-
ted until | feared that consumption
had appeared in an incipient state |
was constantly coughing and trying
TO expel something which could not
| became alarmed. and after giving
the local doctor a trial, bought Il bot
tie of Chamberlain Cough Remedy
and the result was immediate i'm
provement, and after had used three
bottles my lungs We're restored to
their healthy state. b. S. EDWARDS,
Publisher Of The Review, Wyant,
Ill. For sale at Nivian's Pharmacy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-22
DARLINGTON.

The Democrat,
Died, at his home in this city, on
Feb. 9th, Mr.. Thomas Whalen, aged
IS years.
Mrs. Jane Allen died on Sunday NJ
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Geo.
Martin, in Willow Springs township,
aged - years.
The high water last week did Il good
deal Of damage. The ice struck the
bridge near Henry Kineman's and al
present the bridge is unpassable. 1t
will cost a good deal to repair it,
Two hobos were brought down from
Belmont Tuesday to serve out n sent
encc of sixty days for petit larcency.
Mr.. Peter Oleson, of Yellowstone,
has purchased the Helm farm from the
heirs. paying 5000 per acre. This is
the highest price ever paid for a farm
in Lamont
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-22
For Sale.

a good farm, containing lGo acres
four miles south Of Mineral Point;
one and II half miles due west from
Willow Springs church: one hundred
acres under pillow; the rest in timber
sufficient for tn place; pasture; and
cheese factory quarter Of n mile oi
the place interest To be- sold; run
ming water and good well and cistcrn;
good house and barn, and other
buildings; good orchard: all we'll
fenced. THOMAS POLKtNGHoRN,
Mineral Point city, or on the place
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-22

of pneumonia. and was buried in the
Belmont cemetery, Monday. DeccaS-
ed was nephew of Ed and James
Barber, of this place, and was an eX-
emplary young lady.
William Werfelman, of Elk Grove,
dislocatcd his shoulder one day last
week, by being thrown from a wagon,
He was returning home from the viii
lage of Elk Grove, when the kiugholt
of the wagon broke, letting the wagon
down with the above result. In adj
dition to the dislocation. MIR. Wcrfcl-
man was considerably bruised.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-22

!. |. R"vry, l.oganton, Pa. writes:
!" | am willing to take my oath that !
was cured of pneumonia cItircly by
the use of Ono Minute Cough Cure
after doctors failed, 1t also cured my
children of whooping cough" Quick
ly relieves and cures coughs, colds,
grippe, and throat and lung troubles,
Children all like it, Mothers endorse
it. w. IL. PridcauN. 20
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-22

Southwest Wisconsin: MIR. Thomas
Mills, an old resident of the vicinity
of Edmund, died at his homo north OF
that place, of pneumonia, last Friday,
At the time Of his death, was expected
the death Of his son, the Young man
injured three or four weeks ago by a
falling tree. The son died ON Sunday.
and yesterday they both were buried
in Spring Valley.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-22

" had dyspepsia for years. No
medicine was SO effective ms kodol
Dyspepsia Cure. 1t gave immediate
relief. Two bottles produced marvel
Albany, Wis, IT digcsts what YOU eat
and cannot fail to cure, w. II, Pri-
dcauX. %
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-22
TIME TABLE.
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railway.

Trains depart from and arrive at
Mineral Point as follows:
DEPART ARRIVE
Mail and Express. s rs u. m. 30 y, m
Through Mail and EN-. l - p m. IL ) y, m
Freight, coma dation 9 % n. m. I 80 y. m
Fast Freight. ....,....,. J 30 D. N. 05 II. m
6:45 A. NJ, through coach for Chi
cago: returning, arrives at $50 p. NJ.
Passengers for Shullsburg make
close connections on either the 9:05 a..
m. freight or the $50 p. M. freight.
Passengers for Platteville make
close connections on the $50 p. IN.
freight. n. H. SNOW, Agent.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-22
For Sale.

a good farm containing 1913 acres
situated u miles northwest Of Min
eral Point. Said farm Is in good
condition 100 acres in cultivation,
the rest in good hay land and timber.
For further particulars inquire OF the
owner on premises.
GEORGE T. BIDDfCK.
Mineral Point, Wis. u
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-02-22
BELMONT.
The Bee

The Bee.
Gus Helms slipped and fell on the
icy sidewalk Friday morning. and in
addition to numerous bruises. trac-
tured one Of his ribs. He has been
unable to work In his shop for sev
eral days, in consequence Of the fall.
Miss Maggie Dobson, aged j.
years. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Dobson, Of near Rewey died