Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-09-22
Tells Of Some Soft Snaps En-
lOyed BY High officials
AZ Washington.
WILL MAKE THE READERS
MOUTH ABSOLUTELY WATER
But Most OF Them Are Innocent
and BY No Means Expensive
10 the People.

ePeenl Correspondence.
Washington. ID. c.. Sept it.-Cun.
gressmen and senators are not the
only 0ncphoiders in Washington who
enjoy lot 70 porquiaities az the OK
pon1c Of the people. Federal Office
holdora generally. of the higher grades
are IN a position 10 get much for moth.
inc. The way o. open 20 petty graft
Ing. ana some af the officials nnd 10
early la their career. Some nt the
''poruulsites when are really small
grafis mere or less questionable, have
che respect that comes ut great axe.
ID would be- n dlmcut task 90 root
them out. II an extraordinary congress
shoubo be- 80 disposed. with the usual
congress. which o. only too glad 90
have its share of the soft things %
life. lt is out of the question 20 sup
pose that Il will pat a stop 90 the
soft snans enjoyed federal officials.
What Do nicer. after "a hnrd winter
than tip 30 europe. With ON ox'
ponses lld2 Many oficeholdors seem
10 think nothing rs 30 pleasant The
hugologist Ia chief OF the agricultural
aernrtmcnt, for instance, noars OF q
new. strange worm ia Egypt, ana IN
the pleasant springtimo no arrangea
10 take ATS wuo and 80 ON q hunt for
the reptile. Tho hunt Ia tedious and
toriuuuH. and leads up the Nile, across
10 Sicily and Greece, and back through
tho Riviera and France. The people
nav the bill Some times the worm
d captured and somet'moa the trip
bears no further fruit than an elabor-
ate report. Wltn photographs OF scenes
along the Nile, and a sprinkilnB OF
uugOlogica. terms.
q
Alaska q Fertile Field.
The agricultural and geological my.
stories of Alaska have a great cnarm
90 the 7cientlnc corps In Warrington
in summer No one ever heard OF 2
scientist leaving Washington In win
toE But when the asphalt begins "a
squirm. anu the Potomac turns 20
muddy yapOr, aud horses don their co
quottish hOnnots, the scientists Mes %
inc Muir glacier, and frOlics with
polar bears until ~ ia safe 20 return "a
washington. Ot course, Uncle Sam
pnvs me hlt. Il would not DO Right
Ia subject sciendsta 70 tne HoOrchinl
Washington summ% only depart
mcnt clerks are capable Of withstand
ing "tho heats OF July TO use Senator
tales phmsc
Cabinet officers, II they are inclined
10 graft 81 ah, find the opportunities
ready made Their underlinga TAX
delight iu showing them their per
oulsMos. A cabinet oihcer nee'
mot hire c0achman, a footman, or
chauffeur. unless DC chooses. II h'
is little easy ia such matters, ny
will end such servants az me- elboV
smiling and ready, aud drawing thei
nav from the treasury. Formerly
was common % see men carried OF
the rolls as clerks aud messengers
who we're kept busy hooing the gai
den. currying the horses, driving ~
wife and baby. waiting on the table
doing the marketing, and otherwla
smooihlng the 'tnorny path OF car
net officer" OF course no sueh no.
rinie examples can be cited n0Naday
--or 10 they can, the writer prefers
Iet somebOdy else cite them.
The pleasant graft OF free morse
and carriages has been largely cuftal
ed by congress, which, finding that "a
graft did NOT extend 90 senators an
coneressmen, Indignantly put Ns zoo
down upon this luxury Of the One
holding class. Until recently the a.
slstant secretaries apOrted their oN
CARRIAGE or Commanderred tno-o
their superiors when their superior
were out " town. They DO 50 ye
once in a. while, but as a rule th
hors e-and carriage perquialto Is CONN
ga 10 cabinet officers.