The National tribune., 1904-01-21
U. S. TREASURY RECEIPTS.

Saturday, Jan. 16 ......... 1929 900
| Monday, Jan. IS .......... 1871 ,61. 13
has just broken into Congress, but is very
modest about it. Mr.. Charles B. Lands
| is one of the men whom everybody likes.
| He is not big man, physically, though
mentally he stacks way up in &C." and he
can talk-la, how he can tank! He is just
| a born orator; but, really, this has nothing
to do with the story, except that when
Lands is mentioned, one likes to say
nice things about him.
Mr.. c. r. Lands has objected to the ex-
| peaditure of any money by the Govern
| ment for carriages, horses, drivers or for
age for anybody but Cabinet officials. My,
o, my! This is perfectly dreadful, SO it is.
Why, half the fun Of being a Mrs. Assis-
tant Secretary, or Mrs. Chief Of This
Bureau, or That, is in having at your
disposal dear little brougham all shining
and bright for Winter use, and a hand
some top surrey for Summer, with prim
gentleman of color to drive the spanking
big cob to it. 1t is such a nice way to
pay some Of your smaller social Obliga-
tons, don't you know. 1t is worth some
thing to be seen riding with the wife of a
man who has at his disposal carriage
and pair" (for which read 'oneo, and
then, don't you know, the "coachman"
can shovel snow from your sidewalk, or
carry coal into your cellar and then with
little furnishing up, he can play foot
man and wait on the door for pinkteas.
And for all this the Government pays
There are probably hundreds of carriages
paid for by the Government, which are
used for splurge, and for nothing else. The
drivers are hired on some Depa rtment roll
ts1a1,
1000 year, and are employed as outlined,
probably never doing another lick OF
work during their whole years
service, ether than waiting on my
iady's whims. 1t has been sug-
gested that if the men employed in this
semi-funky service were put to work for
the Government. as it was intended that
howl for more clerks, and the time of Office
hours would not have been extended. Mr..
G. b. Lands is on the right track, but he
wants to look out for trouble, he is sowing
seed for crop Of nettles, and Nessus
shirt won't be in it with the "pisen" he
will get II the wives of the officials who
are to he locked of their carriages get at
him once.
It really does look as though the law.
makers Of the land were beginning to see
where some OF the extravagances Of Gev-
eminent expenditure come in. The act of
making the Government clerks work the
full seven hours required By law is one
Of the most unpopular edicts that ever
went forth from the White House, and
one OF tho most righteous. There il moth
Ing to compel anybody to remain in tho
service OF the Government, IL the salary
and the hours are not satisfactory. It is
a fact that cannot be got around, that
Government clerks work shorter hours
for mere pay than any class Of people on
earth, and their pay is absolutely sure.
The Government is not an eIeemosynarys
institution. 1t Is tremendous great big
machine with millions of tiny parts. II
any Of these parts break or fail to perform
their work properly, for the benefit OF the
whole machine, and the Nation for which
1t is working, those parts that cause fric-
ton have to be taken out and new ones
adjusted. II we had real Civil Service In
stead OF sham, there would be less fric-'
tion in this big machine, not the least of
which trouble comes from the "kickers' In
Government employ.
There are thousands of careful, consci-
entious, painstaking clerks who do their
duty and lot more by the Government.
Unfortunately they are SO uvershad owed
by the less account trouble-makers that
they often do not get their just dues But
muddle, because politics is more or less
interfering all the time, as has been shown
in the Postofice scandals.
The Senate Committee on Pacific
Islands and Porto Rico has made a Ia
vorable report on Senator Blackburn's
bill to pay Mrs. Dominis, formerly Queen
Of the Hawaiian Islands, the sum OF $500
GOO in full satisfaction Of all claims to
the former Crown Lands in Hawaii.
"All things come to him who waits
and who has Influence" And influence
can be obtained in various ways. Queen
Lii has been camping on the trail Of Con-
gress ever since she was deposed. Her
first claim for the "Crown Lands" was
something up in the millions. She has
and the 100000 seems to be the min
imum. 1t may be worth it to get rid OF
her opportunities. The Senate Committee
which has voted to let her have this pres
emf from the United States is as-follows:
Joseph B. Foraker, Ohio; Chauncey M.
Depew, New York; George p. Wetmore,
Rhode Island; Addison G. Foster, Wash
ington State; John NJ. Mitchell, Oregon;
Thomas Kearns, Utah, and Joseph r.
Burton, Kansas, all Republicans. The
Democratic members are Francis nj.
Cockrell, Missouri; Stephen b. Mallory,
Florida; Joseph G. Blackburn, Kentucky,
and William A. Clark, Montana.
The Senate has been after the Secretary
Of War because he has not used American
ships exclusively in which to transport
troops and supplies to the Philippines.
Mr.. Root comes back at the Senate after
the following fashion, which has the merit
Of being strictly to the point:
'"The great bulk Of freight shipped by
the War Department to the Philippines
goes upon the transports owned by the
United States; the remainder goes chiefly
in foreign bottoms, because the owners Of
foreign vessels uniformly underbid the
owners OF American vessels. Every oppor-
tunity has been given to American YES
sells to compete, and the standing instruc-
tions OF the Department are to prefer
American vessels whenever there is such
substantial equality between the bids to
make 1t lawful to do SOL
II have no doubt whatever OF the wiz
dom OF the provision which shall make
it possible to do this business through the
employment Of American ships. I think.
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