Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03
FEW GOING HOME TO VOTE
About 0ns-Qusrter the Usual Contingent Of
CLERKS Accept the Privilege.
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS ARE SMALL
recent order Of President Roosevelt
P~rOtectinE Mea In classified
service Responsible for
Failing on.
FROM a sian Correspondent


WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.-(specisl)-ofh-
cisls Of railroads who are selling half-rate
tickets to government employees who will
so home to vote say that In this cam
pslgn fewer clerks will vote than ever be-
fore. 1t has been estimated that at presi-
Dental elections about $1,000 clerks OBJ
tanned leave and cast their votes. and that
In congressional elections, as a rule, the
number aggregates about 5000. This year
It IL said not more than $500 will cast
their votes. The independence OF clerks
Is due TO the recent order OF President
Roosevelt regarding the solicitation OF cam
paign funds from government employees.
Mr.. Roosevelt gave II out that the security
Of an employe in bis position did not rest
On the contribution that employe would
make TO the campaign fund. and that no
employe should be removed from ONCE be-
cause he refused to contribute. An oficisl
In one OF the departments, In discussing
he presidents order. said:
There is no more reason why a gov
eminent clerk in Washington should be
iunned by a state political organization In
he manner IN question than any business
man on Pennsylvania avenue. He owes IL
10 the classified service apd not to a state
organization that be is protected in his
position In Washington. The campaign So
ticitlng practice from our employees here
has proved TO be such an evil that but for
the severest restrictions upon Il, It would
develop into a terroriEing medium Of prac-
.ical political intimidation.
Duns Through Mail.
Every clerk In the executive departments
tor the last few congressional campaigns
has received a letter containing these i'm
%portunipg circulars. II my recollection
serves me, these circulars we're sent to us
during one or two campaigns a second time,
r sort OF second request more urgent than
the FIRST. These letters we're delivered
sealed, through the mails. the names OF
the employees having been taken from the
blue book, and upon their receipt called
forth all sorts OF comments, from anger
and indignation to amusement or con-
tcmptuous disregard.
you see. II the central committee oil
Two states chose to solicit funds. 'volun-
airy contributions strongly worded. of US
there Is no logical reason why the state
central committee OF every state in the
union could not do the same. A great ma.
jority Of the clerks threw the circulars
unread, at once upon receipt. into the
waste paper basket. Others would reat
them through. and the almost universe
remark on the part of the voting contin
gent OF clerks in Washington was: Well
IL / give any money al all for the cam.
paign II won't be In response to ~solicita'
ton from en- outside. state The non.
voters gave the circulars seant courtesy
An amusing phase OF the matter was thu
receipt Of tho circulars by the womeI
slerks. IN my room nearly all OF the womei
we're favored With the men with the cir
eulars, and the varied remarks OF the othe'
sex were very funny. as they could no
seem TO comprehend why they should nav
been included with the men. They wer,
facstioosly told that n they could not Civ,
heir votes they could give their money
,ut 1t Il safe to say that none did So"
Romance OF North ireland. r
A recent copy Of the Weekly Telegraph
published al Larne, ireland. contains ~
interesting paragraph regarding two dis
tineuished American women. Mrs. Cushmai
X. IIayis. relict Of the late Senator Davi
. Of Minnesota. and Miss Alice Rosseter VIII
lard OF Washington. D. c., as'present on
visit at Larne. They have been MAXIM
an extensive European tour. witnessing tn
coronation and then visiting a great dea
in Scotland:
Mrs. Davis connection with LArne an
the Moth of ireland is a very real on
and it Is to her a coneiderable pleasur
to visit scenes so full On memories Of he
ancestors, Her grandfather was samue
Agnew (sop Of Sir Andrew Agnew Of Scot
land) and 1t was at Kilwaughter castle tina
he irst met his bride. Elizabeth, the beau
tiful daughter Of the famous Scottish di
vine. Kew Kirkpatrick Henry, D. d. Tn
handsome young couple were married on
uno0thN aFkaN fhav rnaf ul1 on Ittta
1908. One day last week Mrs, Davis an
Miss willard visited Kiiwaushter eastl
and we're Hospitality received by the prezen
chstelaine. Mnsk Gait Smith. who shove
her visitors the ancestral halls an
grounds"