The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-04
new SET OF RULES ON
CLERKS DBPOR1MBNH
Branded by Many of Them
as un-AmeriCan
GOVERNMENT SPY SYSTEM
TO Borrowing From Professional Money
Lenders-No Betting on Horse Races.
Strict Watch Over Man Who INDUCES
IN Glass of Bee

The heads OF the various executive
departments Of the Government have
during the past few weeks issued strict
and minute orders regulating the Of
ciaI walk. talk and behavior Of those
who are under tie departmental juris-
diction- Some Government clerks com
plain against this usage. strenuousIy
branding it as ;-rannical. Russian"
and un-American.
The officials OF the Government were
evidently not at all satisfied with regu-
Iating the oficia- conduct only Of their
employees, and they set to work and
promulgated rules regarding the way
and manner in which clerks OF th2
| Government must deport themselves
outside CT their Offices how they must
settle their debts: what they may Go
in the way Of specializing; how much
money they should give to their wives:
how much liquid refreshments they may
take al one sitting. and of what brand
they should be; where they should 90
when hard up for mo- ', and how much
interest they Shout DOT pay.
Department Spy System
Speaking Of t3eso rules. a chief OF a
division o. one OF the departments said
this morning: We Government en-
ployes are being watched day and night
We cannot do anything without run
ming the risk of being observed and re-
ported. Talk about your y-system in
Europe why, our Government spy
system beats them all 10 pieces Here.
one spies en- the other, and che really
does not know whether the person one
is speaking 10 is a friend or a spy
II we express our opinions TegardiE-,
the polio; Of the administration ana
feel IL cur duty and privilege as Ameri-
can citizens 10 publish our views in the
press, We are promptly discharged with
cat -Dceeiving even so much as a hear
ing
The Professional Money Lender.
IF a man needs money and goes to
a professional money lender and is
willing to pay his rates Of interest ne
is locked upon askance BY the Off
Gals of the Government, who are
usually welI-to-do and don't know what
it Is TO be hare ID.
our chiefs, many Of them. are in
terestcd IN stocks of some sort, and
are. OF have at one time or another.
actively followed the market. II we
feel like putting a little money m the
horses We are put on the black list and
should We indulge in a quiet hand of
poker the game would be up surely.
Must Next Grow Wings"
The next thing we are expected 10
do, believe, is 10 grow wings. I dom
see why We should be treated in suea
humiliatng manner. We are free and
Independent American citizens and have
an undisputed right to life. liberty and
pursuit Of happiness.
There Is no good reason Why our
chiefs should impose rules on Us to
which they would object most s1renu-
ously if they were applied to them. As
long as man does his work satisfac-
torny. as long as he behaves himself
Ike a model American citizen. ne
should have a right to live and 70 do
as hi 2leases.
The Government Is in the hands OF
so-calIed refoTmers and 'goody- good
les It's a fact you can't 90 out and
have glass cf beer without running
the risk Of being reported 10 heaJquar-
tiers. From that TO the charge %
drunkenness II Is only a short step.
We are only human and the Govern
ment should not expect supernatural
deeds from US