Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-03-30
FROM WASHINGTON.
A Former EmpIoJs Of the Citizen
Writes Items OF Interest.
Ne COMPLIMENTS DELEGATE R0DEy.
Washington. ID. c., March 20.
W. T. McCreight, Business Manager

W. T. McCreight, Business Manager
Citizen, Albuquerque. N. NJ.
Dear Sir-Important happenings are
crowding upon each other with such
regularity in the land of perpetual sun
shine that | find it necessary to sub
scribe for a daily" in order to keep
in touch with home affairs, so please
place my name on the list.
At present | am employed in Uncle
Sans big print shop. both Will Mat
tocks and myself securing probation.
service examinations taken last spring.
We like it very well, but of course oft
en- experience that home sick feeling,
especially when week follows week
with scarcely a glimpse of Old Sol.
Ike williamson has settled down to
make Washington his home. His many
friends in Albuquerque will be glad to
learn that he is doing well. The work
is congenial to Ike and he holds his
W with the youngest and most en-
ergetic. His record as an old soldier
stands him in good stead and he has
made many friends in his division.
Mr.. Berringer is another New Mex
leo man in the government printing
service. You will remember that he
worked for you a couple of years ago,
coming to Albuquerque from Ration
about the time the Rough Riders"
were recruited.
Harry Pierce, of Las Vegas, who, for
a long time was the sole New Mexican
in the government printing office, has
secured a transfer and is now a clerk
in the treasury department.
Among other New Mexicans whom
we have met, we were fortunate to
become well acquainted with Mrs.
Crane, who has been for a number of
years a clerk in the dead letter divis-
ion of the postofice department. She
arrived in Albuquerque when the Am
erican representatives of the fair sex
could be numbered on the fingers of
hand and can always interest n
with anecdotes of those stirring times.
New Mexico has but a small percent
age of her quota Of employees in the
departmental and other branches of
the government. But, of course, such
discrimination Is to be expected as
long as she remains a territory. A del
egate in congress, without even a vote,
has an uphill pull when he ~endeavors
to secure a fai. share of the appoint
ments, and from what l can learn lit
previous to Mr.. Rodey's election.
About one of the first tasks he under
took was to find out how many such
employees New Mexico was charged
with, and by what right the parties
were claiming to be citizens of the
territory. Needless to say there was
quite a shaking up in the supposed
New Mexico colony and some aston
fishing revelations followed. When one
old gentleman was taken to task on
the subject, however, he got back at
the delegate by proving that he had
been a member of Kit Carson's COM
pany, and fought through the entire
campaign with hat commander, after.
wards residing in Santa Fe, before our
delegate had emigrated from the EN-
erald Isle.
While being personally indebted tC
Mr.. Rodey for many ~favors. and per
haps you may say biased or that &C
count, yet / am sure tina. never was {
man better fitted for an office and Ger
tainly no one has v er labored so con
scientiously and increasingly for a con
%stituency. The man never seemed t.
have a moments time for himself. NJ
country editor eve labored harde
than he. 1t brought to my mind tn
days when The Citizen was not so wei
established as 1t is now and when MI
Hughes and yourself would beat tn
the devil" down in the morning ant
be the last to leave at night. to SEE
him at work in his Office. And the va
riety and character of that work would
stagger the uninitiated. The state
hood delegations that visited the ma
tons capital can testify as to his ear
nest fight for what he maintained was
the just due of his people. He was
the last man to give up and so well
aware was l of what that defeat meant
to him that for the next few days
purposely avoided him rather than re
fer to the subject. But the fight is no
ended, and knowing MIR. Rodey as ! d.
predict that it never will be if he ha
his way until it is ended tight.
Sincerely yours,
RICHARD POWERS,