The Sunday globe., 1901-06-16
INTERESTING READING.
For the Geddes Wilson Crowd
ala Carte.

You certainly have done well to turn
your attention to the Department of
A Agriculture-not a paper in town
would print what they knew to be
facts and existing circumstances. The
only thing about it is where, oh, where,
will | begin? Well, Wilson himself
will do for a starter. | shall just give
you a few tips you might work up.
Wilson don't like anybody to tell him
the truth about his pets, and when
confronted with facts he will say, who
knows of this? Well, what do you
intend to do about it? | can't believe
such things exist as you say" Sandy,
the darky driver, was made to buy a
very expensive coachman's coat be-
cause Miss Wilson wanted him to do
50, and when the fellow told her he
really could not afford to do so that
winter she said very well, he would
either do as she said or be dismissed.
So he went and consulted some of the
men i'm power in the disbursing office,
and they advised him to do so, and a
little later on they would help him get
his salary raised, which was done, and
the Secretary could not refuse to do it.
Miss Wilson seems to know just those
she can pick on-drivers cooks, char
women, and last but not least, the
blind of Washington. The Iuea Of ever
permitting her to read her own works
to the blind She would not have un-
dertaken it with people who could
have seen the way out, or she would
have been left to empty benches. One
char-woman was at her residence four
IL, ,t,t Of ,s1v In a
season. She was given an old dress
Zone Of those iowa creations) and FIVE
dollars at the end of the season.
One time last spring the Secretary
thought he would cut down the labor
roll so he scratched several names.
Among them was a certain CHARLES
--. Young VIII Wilson, his son,
noticed it, and said, "Pa, you don't
mean to let this fellow so, do you? He
is the one that waits 70 nice on the ta.
blo," The old man replied; mo, in
deed; correct that at once. What
would Bette do without him" Then
there is another young Wilson given
exposition work south, west, and any
old place just as long as the money
lasts but no one yet has ever heard of
him doing any work. lC takes the
Irish cooks to tell Ames, eX-lbrarian
tat 40 per month"; }, what is what. They
dress her down in fine shape, even to
the ice man. All know Blue Bette.
The chief clerk (Canadian-born. salary
25). well, Ae is a peach. OF all the
unheard of things, keeping that thing
in Office is the worst. A., is said the
one thing that makes him a fixture is
that Senator Allison has requested
Wilson to keep him in as long as he
can, and as Allison is the man that Sc
lected Wilson for his job, he says he
can't refuse the Senator. Last ses-
sion there was talk of bringing the do
ings of that department before the
House, but as most all of the Con-
gressmen had a bill that they were
anxious to get through, and Allison
was chairman of Ways and Means
Committee, it was decided not to do so,
but to have some one wait on Allison
and explain to him touching the chief
clerks dQings lac had a sister, a sis
ter-in-law a brOther-in-law, and neph-
ew as labOrers and several under the
cloak of civil service.
How about the deal of those new car
riage horses bought some time ago for
the Seecretary's use? The old man
did not want them, but the chief clerk
and the supply clerk told him he did,
and they made the deal, pal~ 1915 for
them, or at least that is the amount
paid out. How much do you think
those horses really cost? Now they
are buying houses out at North Chevy
Chase, that same pair They figure
this way: Eve have been in so long.
Mckinley is reelected We will have
five more years in which to pull
through, and all we can make on the
side we will be that much in"
HUSH.