Arizona daily citizen., 1901-09-30
WASHINGTON LETTER
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Every now aud then one reads IN
advertisement something like this,
will give $l00 to any one securing me
government position paying 500
MONTH or the advertiser will agree to
give certain percentage of the salary
occurred to The one procuring n place
rmnrkrd an official of the civil service
.ommisslon.
Now. the person who thus adyertlses
md who no doubt receives numerous
.rsponses and frequently Is successful
little dreams of the dagger attached
q his offer for government position
The person thus offering IA tempting
price for nm appointment In The federal
,crvIce does not realize until too late
hat he has placed himself In the pow
T OF an mscrupulous person TO bc
,laclmailed Such Is the fact, how
Nrr."
The official then called attention TO
section 1871 of the Revised Statutes,
~ hich is part of the civil service law
ill l'lttttS ~ appointments i'' '''' '''
'rnl service 1t provides that every
person who, directly or indirectly, of
frrs or agrees to give or hcstow any
money. property or other valuable con
sldcration whatever for the procuring
II aiding to procure any such contract.
yflirc or place shall hc deemed guilty
Il misdemcanor and shall bc inlprls-
lnrd not more than two Nears and
incd not mere than $l0.0Oo."
A ReaI American Flag.
In compliance with resolution pass
cd 10y the house of representatives
March /, 1901. the dag that for the pnst
IL years has hung drapcd above the
speakers desk has been transferred To
The department OF agriculture. This
magnificent emblem, made of silk rails
ii In the United States and woven by
American hands with American ma
rhinery, Is still In n perfect state OF
preservation Its only defect lies in the
nsutilcicncy OF stars representing the
states of the Union. there being but
y, the number OF states In the Union
1t the time the flag was presented. 1t
was The desire OF Speaker Henderson
that this flag should be replaced by
one containing stars representing the
full number OF the sisterho0d of states
tury, and so the old flag came down,
and new silken banner with ~ stars
was drIpcd IN It's place.
In accordance with the desires of the
house the architect OF the capitol had
splendid walnut case eight feet high
aud two feet Wide. with glass doors,
constructed for the old flag. The case.
containing the flag tastefully draped
upon It's staff, was delivered to Secre
tary Wilson, and II will have the place
of honor in his Office.
Big MAP sh- white House.
The coast survey has
for some tin lring Il map OF
the world Il room at the
White House. II ", cover one whole
side Of the room, whcll means dimen-
slons of perhaps 80 feet by II. 1t con.
tains all the geographical information
NJ general nature that IA president OF
the United States and his corps OF to-
lrgraphcrs would seemingly need to
know. II shows the location of all the
ocean cables In the world. Of all the
roaling stations, of nh The docks where
ships may be repaired, and every foot
Of soil. including the smallest inlands,
Is marked so as to Indicate the snVer-
rlgnty to which 1t Is subject. This Is
done by the adoption of a color for
each OF the great colonizins powers
It IL surprising To note the number of
small Islands which already belong to
The United Hates through their acqulSi
tion for one purpose or another hy
American citizens.
VIII Marry Man she Never Saw.
Miss Fcrrouh, one OF the most pop
ular girls IN the diplomatic set that is
among the women folks must go back
TO Turkey to marry man she never
saw. She IS the young sister OF All
Ferrouh Bey, the retiring Turkish
minister who sails for home from New
York on July 3. Miss Ferrouh has en-
deared herself to the girls and young
mntrons of Washington. or course she
has never been allowed to meetaa man.
She Is %, beautiful, winsome, clever,
witty. She loves even the little free
dom that she has had here. But now
ghc must 20 home the afiianced bride
OF IA rich Constantinople merchant.
This IL only Mohnmmedan custom.
The merchant paid court not to her,
but to her family in Turkey. @fhey ap
proved and accepted him. A few days
ago Miss Ferrouh was astonishcd 10
hear that she was betrothed. The
beautiful young Turkish girl had been
rapidly imbibIng western ideas OH lo"c
and matrImony Still she viii obey,
Just as the Koran directs.
To Entertain Conventions.
The citizens of Washington who had
the management OF the last presiden-
ilal Inauguration have decided to estnb-
iish permanent convention fund, from
which to derive means for the enter
talnmcnt of the numerous orgnnlZa-
,ions that hold here their national
meetings. IT Is recognized that Wash
ington Is naturally convention city
and that 1t is especially pleasant for
many organizations to meet at the capl-
tai Of the country. The citizens are
glad to entertain such visitors and in
thc course of the year do so In a man.
urr highly crcdtablc to them. The In.
auguratton committee having balance