Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-15
VlI1lNGfOR THE
 PRESIDENTS RETURN
The Situation ln the CovsIlmslt Printing Office k Ono ei tho Thing
 Requiring His AttDldon
OFFICE IS DIs0RcANIzED
Public Printer Sti!lings is Having Lot. of Troubls With the
 Employee.

Washington, Sept 15.-President Roosevelt will return to the White house October 2, and by that time the wheels of the government will have begun to go around in their usual way. Before the presidents return, all members of his cabinet will have resumed their duties here and the vacations of the principal officers of the government will have been completed.
 The president considered remain ing at his Sagamore Hill home until the middle or latter part of October, but both personal and ofacial reasons induced him to plan his return to Washington at about his usual time. Three of his children are in school here and 1t was deemed desirable by the president and Mrs Roosevelt that they should start in with the other pupils at the beginning of the au- tumn term. Some ofncial matters require the presidents attention in Washington and he desires to get them out of the way before he starts on his trip to the isthmus of Panama. Soon after he reaches Washington the president will make flying trip to Pennsylvania. where he will de- liver addresses at Harrisburg and York.
 One of the ugly questions which the president will have to take up soon after he gets back to Washing ton is that relating to the situation in the government printing office. The big printery Is ip state of dis turbance which may become one of the violent eruptions at almost any moment. The policy pursued by Pub lie Printer Stillings, appointed by the president last winter, has disorgan- ized the whole ofilce. Although MT Stillings has been in charge of the government printing ofice less than year he has had more trouble with the employees than all his predeces- sors in once have had In twenty years. As disorganixer and dis turber he has manifested remarkable ability and his capacity for doing the wrong thing is really astounding. AS a consequence, even before the last session of congress closed, public bus iness began to suffer and keen criti- c!sm was shot at Mir Stillings by members of congress of both branch e. The situation has grown worse during the summer and now Is little short of intolerable. The matter will be presented to the president soon af- ter his arrival in Washington. What the outcome may be cannot be fore told. Mir Stillings will have to get the results" which the president de- manded of him when he appointed him or he will have to relinquish his place. How he can "get results" In such circumstances of chaos as sur- rounds him now Is too hard conun- drum for the ordinary mind to solve. It is simply up to Mir Stillings.
 Double, double, toll and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble." is the sad refrain that is constantly heard in all parts of the great print cry. The superintendent sadly huns as he sits in his leather chair, and contemplates the num- Der of complaints he has to in- vestigate; in the work shops of the great factory 1t is heard even above the roar and whirr of the machin- cry, and the apprentice boys whistle it as they run to and fro on their
 Io Tssot hn Rn burns the flercest in the bindery d. vision. and there the cauldron Is bub- bling to overnowing. Tho great es- tablishr1ent has always been a trouble. At first the choice of su- perintendent was a senate perquisite, then 1t was turned over to the presi- dent; taken from him and assumed again by the senate. then turned back to the president, in whose hands 1t now remains. The selection of . superintendent has always caused trouble to the appointing power and doubtless always will. Tho troubles on the inside of the bureau have been rapidly increasing of late. and cul- minated about year ago when an investigation was ordered into the purchase of number of type-setting machines. The investigation devel- oped that the entire establishment was honey-combed with factions. all warning against each other and against the chief. A new chief was selected, and since he assumed con- trol it has been a steady process of wedding out and suspensions. each one causing more or les trouble. The other day 1 met one who had been connected with the printery for near ly q quarter of . century. and In the conversation asked him what good results had followed the reduction of the working day to eight hours. "Oh," said he. we now have two more hours a day in which to discuss our grievances. Unlcs VIC have . eeaation of trouble ve will be com pelIed to ask another reduction of the working day. or we won't have time to talk over our troubles" It is possible that congres at its next session vill thoroughly overhaul the establishment
 When the president and Mrs Roose- welt reach the White house they wfll And that the mansion has undergone g-rn~s.rs rsn.frx and roroxastor rf