The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-22
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tic House Of Representatives Tie labor
unions lplye him on their black list
and are said 70 have Injected O good
deal of ginger Into the contest tx
5af Even with election day yet "a re.
moved, the situation became 30 alarming
that Mr.. ittlelleld set up a Macedonian
cry for help, more particularly The help
OF Speaker oseph + Cannon. who also Is
under tho ban Of 81 labor Mr.. Cannon
heard the cry and responded with, q
note of sympathy, He Will do all he cNn Il
to save tho scalp Il OF Littencld.
4. This is about the first returns we have
had from the campo Ign organized labor
announced II was going to wage again
those members OF Congress whose rec
ordsS and promises did not square them
selves with the demands of tito IA mer-4 81
can Federation OF Labor. II Credit has bcea
claimed for tfo failure il OF n co uple Ot
minor men to secure renominations.bu but
IN all 81 these cases hactional fights cut
more ngure than the labor unions. III i55tSs
~ Tho case OF Mr.. 81 14ittlcfleld In Maino y
ana the contests at other points wher3 x
4 the unions have set out to defeat proml-f
inent men will DO Watched with Interest
by politicians OF I'LL parties X the union1
make good by defeating any considera-ia
Ole fnuTlEHr OIL lnG men ma
ed for slaughter. there will be n new 4
force In American politics, and one tfnl
must be reckoned With under all cr- Y
scumstances. II may come to pass that
no man will dare become d candidate
for Office In this land OF liberty linless I:
he bears the O. k-nark of some walking
delegate. NJ " s8;s
IA map OF tho new S tnta OF oklahoma
\, ~ "A N
Ing division OF the General Land Once.
IT Is now being Autographed. and viii NJ
be read for distribution about september
1st, 9at leap al the contract calls for 800
copies BY That time II II ,333
3a When 1t bt gan 10 be a ppnrcnt al The
Capitol, more than 4 iInonth ago, that
the Statehood bill would pass. Frank
Bond, chief OF The draughting division Of 81
the Land Office, put some OF his twenty sS
clerks 10 work on what he thought would NJ
be tho nrat icial map OF the nc w state.
The last ed ition 8of q map OF q lnlioma
had n tx IN made X In 1888. and "a OF y indian 8
Territory In 1899. Both 8 edltions n hah
been exhausted for some time. and there #
had been repeate calls for another cdi. r
tlon,s but Mr.. Bond waited Tho state *
hood bill. and when 1t was passed. was IL
prepared 81 10 rusl, a splendid ,draught gof N
a combination OF the two Territories 10 #
the printer s3$g5 ID
g. Tho new ma p vii be one OF the finest
iphoto-llthogrnphg ma psE ever turned out &Of IN
the Land Office. The mountains Will be ~
marked in brown. the wat er lining In VI I
blue. tho Indian rGserya lions. OF which 81
there are but Ia few:+srnhli ones. IN yellow. ne
and thu game reserves in purple. The
district boundaries will be purple, and (
the State, county and milf reseryn- H
ton boundaries In rcd Tho distance
scale will lie twelve miles to the inch,
and the size OF tho entire map will be II.
y by l-2 feet. as. u ii
& There has already been1a big demand
ntsthe Interior Department for the mn ps.
Tho work OF putting the new State on E
the big map OF the United States. which N
is published by the General Land Office. d
Is more plIcated3 " On this map. which
lis generally seen In government Offices b
throughout the country, there Is a big IA
yellow spot which denotes the A Indian
TERRITORY. 1t stands out from the VIII tfsSS
ground OF Oklahoma besid e II Because
81 the allotment OF indian lands in Indian
Territory the yellow spot will disappear AZ
on the new map, tho boundary between
the two Territories Will be eliminated,
and the new State will DO all white. with V
a big oklahoma spelled across Its face.
The story Of "a department clerks
troubles would lsfill many volumes, and q
then the half would not be told, The y
department clerk appears to abor under
the deluson that his rights are rs much
entitled to be respected as are those OF Z
his bureau chief or q member OF the &
Cabinet i or OF Congress, and. being m
American citizen OF lusty legs, he kicks. a
and kicks hard, when he feels some one Z
stepping on his toes Senator Hale
placed all department. clerks In one class,
and that ono class, no insisted, was ", q {
class OF mendIcants. But, then, the
Maine Senator Is old--and very rich.
fore him. would not have dared say SO
much for tho average department y cl t'ii
is a good deal Of n politician. "a .sfg . &
q EARLY In the present yea r an .execullH
order was issued denying clerks NJ the
privilege OF using the telephones n .ne &
departments except for Official y business .sl T.
They could neither call frienas =. w
outside nor answer frlends cum! ~ om sn
Division chiefs bureau ana sol'ca.s
on IN the scale used tho phone whenever
and for whatever d they plea sea, ana
IA t,,rnlly the clerks felt there was un- 8
fair dIscriminatlon. And Just as natur' =
ally they Kicked. s, n III !. '.
81 And now the kick has poTne !Fuls ~ <
al least one department seetala y, Atet. &
o,,,,lowa Of tho Department OF Commerce
ana Ia bor could use the phone Tor I'm.
in nor private business BY paying toll
~ ne rate OF 21-2 cents a call, and In
coming 90 , calls could BIO answered, SO long
p ~ ne privilege was not abused. The
nIan ia IL to apply equally to all from tho
Score ta down to the clarwoman,-wv ho-
ever wants to use the oftl9 ~ telephone
sor 4 prlyate9 business Will have to pay 4
ne tnxact amount each OUTGOING call
costs cn the government, And Just to show
that the department clerk Is not tho
wholly Unreasonable being he has been
tainted, no, has hailed this as Just about
tt TIC fairest order over Issued by a dc.
partment head touching the privileges ot y
Clerks They are glad they aver to y,
81 telephoning. but they objected to
being shut up like conyicts and denied
N M Nnrluil aaa of communicating with thA