The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-29
Important Bill Requiring Sworn,
Statements by the Manufac-
tt1rers Of Cigarettes.
WOMEN GIVE THEM TROUBLE l.'j ! ]! !.
They Make Congressman and
Senator'S Live Hard il, IS
Securing Transfers. .
Tho Times Dispatch Bureau,
Colorado Building. K
1-o,,rtcet,th and G Streets, N. w.

Washington, D. c., Nov. Goth. \
A bill Of the greatest Importance TO the
manufacturers Of cigarettes has been IN
troduccd IN tho House by Representative
Redo. of Minnesota. The bill provides
that the manufacturers Of cigarettes cons
tanning tobacco In paper wrappers Of any
kind whatsoever shall appear before the
assistant commissioners of the revenue or
the district In which the factory Is located
on the first day OF every month and make
n, sworn statement whether any drug
chemical or any foreign substance IS
contained In the paper wrapper or mixed
with the tobacco | t is 4nade the duty Of
the commissioner to have IN consplcu-
Gus place on the boxes containing the Gig !
arettes described, u sworn statement Q!
the contents of the cigarettes contained
In the box.
MAKES THEM LIVE HARD.
The utter inability Of the average seeker
after office TO understand that senator
or representative whether Democrat or
Republican,, cannot get any otnce ~. :, q
nstituent that the constituent aforesaid
may desire, causes the representative ana
the senator also aforesaid to spend many
troubled hours. For tho ONCE seeker
makes his legislative friend live hard II
the office sought is not forthcoming as
soon as asked for.
Perhaps have drawn tho foregoing
rather strongly. There are undoubtedly
some applicants for positions under the
government who understand that the ,tor-
nality of civil service examination IS
necessary to the appointment to the very
great majority Of places III the depart
ments In Washington, but the tact re-
mains that many cannot take It IN that
their senators and representatives can
not make the heads Of departments and
bureaus give them almost any position
sought
"The women give us the most trouble"
said the secretary OF senator IN con-
yersation with The Times Dispatch cor
respondent to-day '"rhoy will be the
death of me yet. It is not that they are
after the senator for office so much as
that those who have Offices want trans
fers and promotions. They are never
satisfied, and they always want some
service from the senator or representa-
tive That means that the secretary OF
the congressman or the senator has to
run his legs off around the departments
seeing what can be DONE In ninety cases
out Of a hundred he cannot do anything.
All these matters arc regulated by rules
as fixed as any law on the statute books,
and the member of the House or the Sen
ate cannot do any more In the matter Of
changing them than you can.
WANTS TO BE CHANGING.
Tho average woman appointed TO
place wants to be transferred to some
other Office In a month or two after she
gets her position. She overlooks the fact
that there are dozens of old employees In
the same office with her who want the
same thing, and have never been able to
get It. Yet | have never known wo-
man to appear satisfied that the senator
could not have her transferred If he
would only try. could mention several
Instances which have come under my I'M
mediate observation OF this Inability Of
the women to comprehend that senator
or representative Is not able to overrule
Cabinet officers and even the Civil Ser
vice Commission Itself.
You know and l know" he went on.
that there are very few places In the
! government service open to appointees
| without tho formality of a civil service
examination. Even the most mental po-
| stion requires that the appointee shall
! have first stood q civil service examine
| ton, and then he has to be placed on the
eligible list and the appointments are
! made from tho list In the order In which
the applicants stood on examination.
yet every day the senator Is sought
!, by commitments who want appointments
and they are not easily satisfied that
they could not get them even If the
Senator were of any account.
ooh, l tell you we haven't bed OF
roses, by long shot. A Democratic
senator In these civil service and Re.
publican days has about as hard time
dealing with applicants for office as