The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-27
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

The announcement that there Is TO be
sweeping reduction in the force Of ON
pIoyes of the Internal Revenue Bureau
throughout the country has brought a
number of Senators and Representative
To Washington to look after the interests
of such of their constituents as VIII he
affected There was Il conference IN the
Office of Commissioner NerSeS vest rdly
at which were present several political
bigbugs from various parts Of ihe coun-
try
The decision To reduce the force f the
bureau was brought about by the leali-
cation on the part Of the officials that If
the present rate Of expenditure goes on
after the War Revenue Reduction bill be
comes effective the close of the new ifs
cal year VIII see deficit agaitst the de
partment amounting u thousands Of dol
lars. The reduStjoa VIII not hc Un'i0fm
throughout the country. In some dis
tricts where minor taxes. like those on
pool tables and proprietary medicines
! formed the bulk of the collections the dis
/ uissals of revenue officers VIII be Humer-
| GUS In the distiliery districts the change
viii not amount To much. Yet II IS OK
pected that in al: the siNty-four interia!
! revenue districts there will be some re-
ductiou III the force of employees : ne
! Congressman who have foCked 10 Wash
( linton are now TRYING TO convince the
] head of the bureau that the looping Ch
! OF heads should Toe made ia eNtry 'iAeT
/ district but their own
! Here in Washington the reduction VIII
! first begin 1t is Sa.-, that the SgTN ices
! of clerks in Commissioner 4cTheS once
! drawing salaries aggregatlnG Sf3ip VIII bt
/ dispensed with In the chicago dlSI!tcI
! q reduction of fully - per cent VIII DE-
I made The Fourteenth New York district
/ VIII be cut from $;5.oo5 To $500
/ i lawyer from New York in cOnsuita-
I ton with a number of friends today in
the lobby of the Riggs House. mentioned
the name of John Proctor Clarke He
is. in d way. Washington boy. said
/ the lawyer. being 4 son OF I. Edwards
Clarke. of the Bureau of Education. and
/ having spent some years here studying
and practicing law after ne graduated
| from Yale. You ought TO be proud of
him. He has reached a position on the
bench in New York which IS almost as
important as that of supreme Court Jus
| tice. He is now justice Of the Supreme
Court OF New York State for the First
judicial district He was appointed by
! Governor Roosevelt 10 ill the place OF
Judge Beelman, Ambassador Choate's
partner
/ Judge Clarke is only forty-two years
old. which is remarkably young for the
( important position he holds He has how
ever. q record which warrants his being
put anywhere As special Attorney Cen
erGl last spring. You remember, he fought
the cases against the Brooklyn RAPID
Transit. in the early days Of his career
he was Assistant District Attorney of
New York, and later was corporation
5 counsel he Il looked upon one Of the
leading lights Of The legal profession in
New YORK, and is q man with a great fu-
ture.
c. T. Geddes. OF Chicago. vino IS a guest
at the Raleigh. is an oId-tine horsenan.
now retired from the racing business 1t
was my good luck and my pleasure he
said. to own the great mare Nightin-
gale when she was at the height of her
fame The dam of Nightingale. you
know. was the dam OF the present great
/ horse t'resceus. which is in charge OF
[ George keJCham- ] bred Nightingale and
ran her with Jim Daugherty, of Toledo
{ from 1852 to 1892. She IS now with John l.
Case. Of Racine. Wis. who IS using her
/ as a brood mare though do not know OF
/ any good foals she has produced In 1881
Nightingale earned for DauSherty and
3 me more money than any horse had ever
Z won IN one season. and I do not know
but that the record still holds. The fig
ureS l cannot give You. but they repre-
scented IN themselves a tidy fortune