Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Special Correspondence to the Herald
from the Nations Capital.

The president has appointed a
commission of tried men in the
government service to investigate
the methods Of the executive de-
partments of the government.
There is abundant room for in
vestlgatlon and reform, not that
there is extensive graft in the
government, although there is too
much OF that, but because the me-
thods OF every department OF the
government are unbusinessl1ke.
Ihey have never been reformed
since the days of the spoils system,
when it was not a question OF how
economically a given amount OF
work could be performed but OF
now many places a given amount
OF work would afford an excuse for.
1t is only few years ago when a
prominent member of the cabinet
always applied to congress for three
or four more employees to perform
and work he wanted to undertake
than he regarded unnecessary. By
means of the extra places which
were doled out to the brothers,
mothers-in-law, sisters, cousins and
aunts of members of congress he
secured the appropriation of the
amount of money he wanted and
tho people paid many times the
actual cost of the actually useless
work. The relatives of the mem-
bers OF congress usually performed
no labor other that to draw their
pay. With the extension of civil
service reform this sort of thing is
at an end but the evils remain and
IN numerous instances there may be
found six clerks performing work
that in any well regulated business
house would be done by three, or
that would be better not done at all.
This, of course. is only one of the
many phases of REFORM that are
needed and which, it isl hoped the
new commission will ferret out and
bring to the attention of the lpresi-
dent.
1t must require ia peculiar mind
to doubt the ADMINISTRATORS sim
certify in it's campaign against the
trusts in view ofithe good work go
ing on against the beef thrust the
paper trust the Sante Fe railroad,
ct al.
Perhaps The Car now regrets that
he ever departed from ithe high
ideals which he enunciated when
he called the first Hague peace con-
vention into session. The spoor
Car is pupet in the hands of a
restless bad1system.
From the fact that Milwaukee
was the first city to file an appli-
cation with the state department
to be permitted ito entertain the
Russian and Japanese peace COM
missioners it would seem that Mil
waukee wants to be made famous
be something other than beer.
Senator Beveridge has returned
from Europe and has passed through
Washington, but he declined to be
interviewed on his famous book,
1.-The Russian Advance"
We assume that Paul Morton will
at least refrain from giving dinners
to French Ambassadors.
Even if Mayor Weaver was
member of the machine which
dominated Philadelphia he should
not be denied the credit for the
good work he is now performing.
Norway applied to the King of
Sweden for king and the request
has been denied. Norway is not
the only one who cannot draw
king every time one is needed even
to make full house.
There is just one thing hotter
than the weather and that is the
Virginia political situation.
Perhaps lit wasllthe Albemarle
Pippins which lured the president
into buying a Virginia farm.
Mr.. Dalrymple of Glasgow is
perfectly lcertain the Chicago can
run it's own railroads profitably If
-Chicago!will import the Glasgow
municipal government.