The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-02
Pension Commissioner Returns
to Topeka Today.
Left This Afternoon for Law.
renee and Fort Scott.
is GREATLY PLEASED.
COmmendatOry Letters a Source
of Personal Qualification.
How Mr.. Ware Sets an Example
to Employees.

Eugene T. Ware, commissioner of
pensions. is at home for a week He is
well and hearty and came to look after
some personal business matters. He
went to Lawrence this afternoon and
will be in Fort Scott a day or so be-
fore his return east.
He does not seem at all worried over
anything. He thrives on work, steam
ed oysters and tobasco sauce. Although
a very busy man, he is just now taking
a few days relaxation and recreation.
In fact. when a reporter for the State
Journal met him this morning he was
looking over the supplies on news
stand to pick out Billy the Kid or q
little reading matter of light vein and
requiring less exacting application of
the mind than the pension literature
thrust upon him at Washington.
He said the affairs of the pension Of
fee were running along smoothly and
that he had able assistants who give
him great satisfaction by their ability.
interest in and application to the work
of the bureau.
We are a good deal like a happy
family" he said. Il call the heads of
the departments into counsel with me
often and we are all working in har-
mony to give the deserving and worthy
soldier his dues and to keep the bounty
jumpers and frauds from imposing
upon the liberality of this government.
1t is a source of personal pride and
great qualification to receive the many
letters of a complimentary nature
which are coming into the pension Of
fee. Soon after I first went to Wash
ington the papers were free in theif
criticisms and the congressman and
senators led me a pretty lively pace in
filing objections to certain reforms
which I thought I was in position to
inaugurate. More recently things have
settled down to a good working basis
and those who call at the department
seem to understand the new methods of
procedure which have been established.
The work is expedited and very few
annoyances ensue-
'"Thera. are seventeen hundred clerks
in the pension building and they all now
understand what they are there for.
work. ana am glad to say that all but
a few of them are vigorously carrying
out the details of the service they are
there to perform
A recent Topeka visitor to Washing
ton learned that Mr. Ware was one of
the hardest workers in the bureau. He
puts in long hours and often works at
home. Recently a large number of pa
pers accumulated on his desk covering
certain new phases of pension business
OF other depended A careful and just
decision Mr.. Ware thought was of great
importance and to avoid the numerous
Interruptions al his office and to give
him quiet and attention for considera-
ton he bundled up the documents and
went to a railway station.
"At what time and to what place
does the next train go?" said he.
1T goes south on the Southern in ten
minutes" was the reply.
Mr.. Ware bought a ticket to Charles
ton. South Carolina, intending to stop
over at some unknown point at the end
of nights journey. Early in the
morning he found his car humping over
the ties and himself in a bad freight
wreck. He was not hurt. only badly
shaken up. Pulling himself together
he soon helped to carry out the injured.
This was at Camden. North Carolina.
After the excitement of the wreck he
went to hotel. remaining in his room
throughout the day devoting himself
to the cases in hand.
After taking in the points of historic
interest. he took the night train for
Charleston. Here he devoted half an
hour to the locations associated with
the day in his room at the hotel The
next night he passed on the train and
got off at the first station reached in
the morning and retired in seclusion to
a hotel room for final work on the pa
pers.
He thrashed out the whole bundle,
came to his conclusions. and returned to
Washington greatly relieving his mind
over the cases and his associates who
had been in suspense for three days as
to his whereabouts.
Mr.. Ware said that he knew nothing
about the judgeship of the Eighth Uni
1 ted States circuit.