Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-01-02
ARE HARD WORKERS
Busy Statesmen Who Never Take
a Christmas Vacation.
Members OF Appropriations. ways
and Mean. sad Con-
m%ftt-e. OF Heus~ and sem
ate Get No Rect.
Especial Washington letter.
lives 81 rfs,

49, ~ So [[aAGA
CSTHE lives Of governmeni clerks
must Dc very mouotonouS.
said Congressman william Al
teu smith. of Grand Rapids Mich. as
Ne were riding from the capitol on an
electric ear.
Il have often watched them going
o. and coming from their Offices. Vow
j. j. fou- O'Clock in the afternoon. and
they are coming out Of the departments
n great droveS You notice hat near
" al - them rush for the street cars.
Thai ; partly because they are tired,
ard partly because - many Of them
I've away our in the suburbs They
wax En- The mornings. and ride in the
evening"
Every morning. from = chit o'clock
until Almost sine. The Thousands may
De- ~en walking towards he depart
ueuts. a. % them carry irg little pack
ages conta uing their lunches. Some
% them wax as much a Two or three
miles on fair DAYS On thei- way TO
their work. and Il probably does them
good But. after being shut up IN the
departments. where many rooms are
iilv ventilated. or not ventilated at a..
they are a. tired out by four o'clock
a. the giant -iiier~ - the @ii are when
they have worked from san-up 20 sun
down.
There @amsthiug p-ncrastinatin-
o. ~1mnoien- IL the atmosphere OF
this city continued NJ. Smith. at
nv home I an always in nv office a.
. ght o'clock each morning. Here il
j a task and a struggle for ne 20 get
20 he capito. by ten o'clock. II IS the
sane With nv family. too. We % 10.
Cet mp - early a. We co a. home. and
Ne DO not 90 20 bed - early a. We
should. ! have brought servants with
ne this wear. ard am trying 20 keep
houS instead q being IN uueomfo-ta-
be boarder. But 7 find that the serv-
ants have h-eathed The somnoleut air
of Washington. ard they DO rot get
up and 90 abou. their work a. thsy
DID AZ home Maybe they see the irGo-
leuce 81 other servants il the neigh
borhoot. and are putting on the airs
% his community hope that a sea-
son here Will not spoil them for their
duties At home when W. 20 back a.
the close OF This session - congress
The government clerks. I under
stand. only work half-days during he
Christmas holidays The * haif-favs
of vacation are not taken from thes-
annual leaves % n DAYS They are
very fortunate folks n The matter q
days % res. No osher class OF work
ing people have 20 vacation DAYS with
pay given 70 them every year And !,
i good paw. too"
The Congressman did not mention The
flc- that men IN hiS class also easily
acquire the resting habit in this city.
" sooner 90 the c-ongressmeu gather
here than they begin 70 TAX about he
Christmas vacation They a-e annual
" in session about TWO weeks in De-
cember. doing nothing but prelimi-
nary legislative work. when thew as-
jouru for TWO weeks or longer IL or
der that they may 90 20 their homes
fer Christmas and New Years dinners
with their families. They also receive
guod pay during their restfuI periods
Uncle jimmy EDWARDS whom ev-
eryhoiy here knows. ays -Ihave sat
a. the door OF the democratic side o.
-.r- senate for almost . years When
! he congress has been IN session. aad
there has never been 4 year when a
Christmas vacation Of less than two
weeks has beer taken. except about l.
years ago. There was a short session
OF President Cleveland
threatened an extra session ualesse GER
tain legislation was accomplished. 80
that on that occasion The Christmas
vacation was only i've days. But that
was an exception TO the rule I Ike
the rule. however. because when the