The National tribune., 1906-10-25

Now, wouldn't this Jar your stats!
The iaborers on Government jobs in
Cincinnati have struck and quit work
because they are not permitted to labor
| more than eight hours a day--for 20
cents an hour. minds you. Some of them
have been getting about 60 cents extra
day. working the eight hours required
by law and then threes hours extra. il
is funny situation, They declare that
they will not work unless they can work
as long as they want to.
Mrs. Ellen Spence" Mussey has been
appointed by the3 Justices of the Su-
premc Court Of the District to fill the
place on the Board OF Education left
vacant by Mrs. Brewer, who declined t.
serve.
Mrs. Mussey, who is one of the best
known women lawyers in the country.
will be the only member of that pro-
fession on the present Board. She is
the daughter ofrcPiatt r. Spencer,
author of the Spencerian system Of pen
manship, and the widow Of Gen. R. D.
Mussey. OF the Washington Bar. She
being graduated from Rockford Col
lege. Ill. came to Washington, in 1869.
taking position In the Spencerian
Business College. which she held until
her marriage. -
Gen. Mussey's health failed in 1873,
and his wife studied law in his office to
maintain his business After his death,
1892, she continued to carry on the
practice, and gained wide reputation.
She established the Washington College
OF Law. the first law school in the world
ever organized primarily for women,
and is dean of the institution.
Mrs. Mussey was one of the incor-
porators of the American Red Cross
Society, and served as counsel for the
National body until 1902. She was
Chairman Of the Woman's Committee
Of the District Of Columbia in prepar-
ing for the National Encampment of
ise 1852. 'rano army OF the Republic In
She has served two years as State Re-
gent Of the District of the Daughters
of the American Revolution, being
elected by acclamation. She is also Past
President of the Legion of Loyal Wo-
men and Past President of the Ladies'
Auxiliary to the Union Veterans Le-
gion.
Isn't this something to be proud Of
as an American citizen?
The men Of the United States battle
ship Colorado have the honor of MAX
ing the best record ever made by a
warship in target practice, according to
a report received at the Navy Depart
ment the other day. With the big ship
going at the rate Of 10 knots an hour,
20 shots were fired in four minutes and
a target located nearly a mile distant
was struck 20 times. On account of this
exceptionally high score the men man
ming the turret will be allowed to wear
the "E" on their sleeve. and will also
receive $40 month extra pay until the
next target practice. In addition to this
between 5000 and $400 was divided as
prizes among the crew. Officials de-
clare this is almost the acme of per-
fection; the only advancement that can
be made over this perfect score Of the
Colorado is to put each shot in the
same hole. The men on the Colorado
have enjoyed the distinction of being
pretty good shots for some time, their
score previous to this being 10 hits out
of a possible 20. with the target a mile
away and the ship going 10 knots an
hour. ~ ~
Everybody knows what a bowling
Civil Service man the President is. He
was at one time President of the Com
mission. and he has tried to consistently
uphold all its decisions and ordinances.
But he has smashed them, indeed he
has, and can never again get away from
this fact. There Is a law on the statute
books which declares "that no Senator
or Representative or Territorial Dele
gate of the Congress, or Senator, Rep
resentative or Delegate-eIect or any Of
ficer or employef of either of said
Houses, and no executive, judicial. mili-
tary or naval officer of the United States
partment, Branch or Bureau of the
executive. judicial or military or naval
service of the United States shall, d.
rectly or indirectly, solicit or receive.
or be in any manner concerned in So
liciting or receiving any assessment.
subscription or contribution for any po-
litical purposes whatever from any off,
GER. clerk or employe of the United
States, or any Department, Branch or
Bureau thereof. or from any person re-
ceiving any salary or compensation
from moneys derived from the Treasury
of the United States"
In other words. every single man or
woman who Is an officer of or in the
employ of the Government may give Of
his salary to every graft and grab game
IN creation II he or she likes, and help
along any charity and scheme wfatsO-
ever. but they are prohibited after tho
fashion aforementioned from helping
with so much as five-cent piece any
man or any society or aggregation of
men who helped them to place and
power. Well. the President was one of
the very first, II not the very first, to
smash this very prohibitive law. He
sent Chairman Sherman of the Con-
gressional Republican Committee, a dol
lar as his contribution to the campaign
fund, and sent with it a characteristic
letter. which was published to the world
and which br ought silver rain of dol
lars for a time. Now it is discovered
that the President had no right. under
the law which he approves to the letter.
to send even a f1ve-cent piece. as he
learns his living" by being President of
the United States, for which he receives
salary of $4,000 a year, which is
small enough, goodness knows, for the
high office, and should be increased to
100000. 1t is said that the Civil Ser
vice Commission contemplates asking
the President to recall the dollar.
Gen. Leonard Wood has a good
healthy way of telling unwholesome
truths. He seems to think that the SER
vice in the Philippines would be much
improved by the wedding out of dead
timber" as he puts it. Now. he does
not mean old officers, for he specifically
says:
I'm regard to the dead timber in the
Army of the Philippines a considerable
number of officers have entered the
service as the result of the war with
Spain and the subsequent disturbances
in the Philippines who. now that con-
dition of peace is established, are found
10 be Of type which 1t is not desirable
to continue in the Regular service.
1.-The class of officers referred to-" he
continues, "is made up of the men who
find the hard and serious work of an
officers career different from what they
expected This, combined with the lack
Of excitement, has rendered them indif-