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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-08-06

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-08-06
TIE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER
TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.
ALEXANDRIA. VA.


CAPITAL CITY TELEPHONE COZ
~ PANY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-08
CLERICAL DEAD LINE
Proposition to Fix an Age and
f. Salary Limit. :.
CLERKS ARE AGlTATED
Expressions of Opinion From Some
Government Workers
YEARS ARE NOT A FAIR TEST
Merit Should Be the Only Basis
Laws Which Should Prevent
Actual approximations.

The proposition. just advanced in the
House of Representatives. to add TO the
regular legislative appropriation bill a pro-
vision establishing a maximum salary limit
OF 81 400 for all departmental employees over
sixty-five years OF age. with descending
scale to seventy years and dismissal at
seventy after 1918, has naturally aroused
keen interest in all branches of the
government service. especially on the
part OF those workers who are already be-
yond the lines thus arbitrarily drawn by
the appropriations subcommittee and those
who approaching It. The Star has re-
ceived evidence OF this interest In the form
those who are directly affected by the pro-
posed rule of horizontal reduction. Orii-
narily The Star requires that the names of
It's correspondents be published with their
letters, but there are circumstances in this
connection which call for waiver of the
rule The writers of such letters are usual
ly In a position " hich does not permit them
to appear In print In criticism of the words
or deeds of their superiors or the legislators
who dole out the funds for their official
maintenance, and consequently these let
ters are presented without signatures for
the sake of a thorough discussion of this
subject in all its aspects without at the
same time injuring those who contribute
TO the symposium. These letters were writ
ten before the fun terms of the paragraph
became public, when il was understood that
the scheme waas TO fix maximum rate OF
81 Ol0 for all employees over siXty-hve years
of age
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-08
Merit Not Measured by Years.

To the Editor OF The Star:
Apropos Of the consideration by Congress
as to the efficiency OF employees over sixty
five years Of age it may be remarked that
a civil engineer on large work does not
have his efficiency and compensation meas
ured by the number of shovelfuls OF earth
he may be able to throw out of an excava-
ton. The supervising architect of
building and the foreman of construction
do not have their efficiency and salary
measured by their physical ability to dress
a given quantity of stone or lumber OF 10
lay a given number OF bricks.
The military officer in action does not
have his value and efficiency measured by
his physical ability to carry his knapsack
and his gun and fire given NUMBER Oh
rounds in the shortest possible time.
In all the cases named above the value
and efficiency of the engineer, the archi-
tect and the officer are measured oy their
mental quality, and the knowledge saIneo
by long experience, whereby they are quail
fled TO direct others how TO produce the
results which depend upon physical Ylgor.
In departmental service the employees
who receive the higher salaries are TO be
compared TO the engineer, the architect ana
the officer. 1t Is not their province 10 SO
labor physically to the end that they snail
accomplish the largest volume of work re-
curing physical endurance. Rather, III
most cases such as chiefs or DIVISION
heads of bureaus. &c. they are Officers, ex-
erting the Qualities inherent by maturity
of age and perfected by long experience,
enabling them to direct the work that
shall be done by others under their super
vision.
The great majority OF those who have
reached the age of sixty-fiv years and who
receive the higher salaries occupy such po-
sitions of supervision. and as in every pri-
Vate business and enterprise, receive CORE
spending salaries
Even on the basis OF physical accom-
pnshment. there are many men and women
of the maximum age of sixty-five who will
surpass many that are younger in actual
accomplishment of physical work.
If IL shall be considered necessary to
make a qualification of age instead of facts,
IL might be well to reverse the proposition.
While q strict rule involving competency,
both mental and physical, cannot be objected
TO, the more consistent application OF such
rule should rather be applied TO those
whose efficiency Is measured by the volume
OF work alone. and who receive the lesser
compensation because of the greater neces-
sity for mere physical qualifications.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-08
Government Fossils. /"


To the Editor Of The Star:
desire to most heartily indorse the pro-
posed action OF the House appropriation
committee anent aged men In the govern
ment service.
Any employee guilty of living until the
age OF sixty-five years is derelict in LIES
ocean, Interfering with the progress of USE
full and efficient crafts engaged in the
worlds commerce and progress. and should
be removed No better illustration Of the
uselessness OF the venerable men who have
fingered on the shores Of time so long can
be found than In the constitution OF the
Senate appropriations committee, the re-
publican chairman of the committee being
seventy seven and the head of the demo-
cratic contingent his junior by one year,
while the average age Of the twelve mem
bers Is sixty-seyen years, or two years be-
yond the age of the capability OF intelli-
gent consideration. The wisdom Of the
youthful element OF our wise solons is seen
by their placing these fossils on a commit
tee which is recognized as one demanding
neither the exercise of wisdom nor judy
ment in considering matters brought to its
attention. their names being placed on the
committee simply to shield them from the
thought that their day of real active par
ticipation In public AFFAIRS has ceased.
I have been credibIy Informed that in
some of the executive departments there
are a number of employees bordering on
seventy years OF age, who. having passed
| transaction Of the business relating to the
| bureaus or divisions In which they have
been raised, are receiving salaries rang
| ing from 81 200 to s, 800: and. still worse,
| by higher officials" for information. adj
vice and recommendation; and even secre-
| taries themselves have based their actions.
ofttimes involving large expenditures OF
| money. and at other times having an I'M
| portant bearing upon the domestic or for
sign policy OF the government. far-reach-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-08

ing in It's effects. upon these senile In
cumbents, who refused to die in season.
Such things ought not so to be.
Unfortunately reduce them. The fact
that living In an expensive city, giving
their children an education which has
fitted them to become citizens of honor
and usefulness, and In doing this have
failed to clear the humble home Of all In
cumbrances. ought to have no weight in
determining the great question. which
has been so successfully solved by the hu-
name proposition announced. Some of
these "antedeiuvians" shouldered a mus
ket In 1861. and probably feel some phys
ical effects from long marches, inclement
weather and unusual EXPOSURE; but any
disability so incurred was the willing price
paid for the preservation of home and ma
tive land, and in no case should he be per-
mitted to be made at this late day basis
for retention In government service any
more than q family horse should be turned
out to pasture after thirty years OF faith
full service. XIII It.
Let the honorable committee crystalline
their wise decision into law, and minor
questions of tariff, graft and railroad rates
will sink into comparative forgetfulness.
while an appreciAting public will arise In
Its might and applaud the action Of the
committee with unstinted praise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-08
pErwoRTH CITIZENS MEET.
School Conditions in the District OF
Columbia Discussed.

The principal subject discussed at the
monthly meeting Of the Petworth Citizens
Association last evening was school condi-
lions in this city. The association inclines
to the view that the present school system
is a crime against hundreds of children,
who are crowded out, and thousands who
receive only halliday instruction. and that
no more high schools should be built until
more grade schools have bcen erected
Resolutions have been adopted by the as
ISOLATION reciting that 1t is charged by
the Civic Center and Public Education AS
ISOLATION that there are more children of
school age In the District OF Columbia who
are denied the opportunity to obtain a
common school education for the reason
that there is not room for them In the pub
lie schools and that many thousands OF
those who do attend In the lower grades
receive only half days instruction.
Of the association that ~thia condition OF
affairs Is disgrace to the national capital
and 8 crime against the unfortunate chill
dren Of the poor for the reason that, as
ample provision T. not made for them N
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-08
Automatic Administration.
, the Editor Of The Star:

T, the Editor Of The Stsr:
Tho proposition making $1,000 the maxi
mum rate" to be paid TO any ore In the
classified service who has arrived at the
age Of sixty-five years Is alleged to be due
20 the necessity OF relief of the departments
from their present crippled condition re-
sulting from the large per cent OF chiefs of
division and fourth-efass clerks who are
either physically or mentally. or both I'M
able to perform properly the duties of their
positions owing TO advanced age The ques-
ton arises. Why the necessity for an addi-
tional law which will be automatic and not
discriminatory, when all that is needed is
for the officers involved TO observe the law
as 81 stands?
The only statutory duties OF chief clerks
are, as described by sections 173 and TIA,
Revised Statutes. as follows:
Sec. II3. Each chief clerk In the several
departments and bureaus. and other Offices
connected with the departments, shall SUI
peryise. under the direction OF his imme-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-08

date superior. the duties of the other clerks
therein and see that they are faithfully per-
formed"
from time to time. that the duties of the
other clerks are distributed with equality
and uniformity, according 10 the nature or
the case He shall revise such distribution
from time to time for the purpose or cor
.recting any tendency to undue accumula-
ton or reduction OF duties, whether arising
from individual negligence or fncapacity, or
from increase or diminution of particular
kinds of business. And he shall report
monthly to his superior officer any existing
defect that he may be aware OF In the ar
rangemeut or dispatch of business.
When the chief clerk performs the above
described duty MS superior Is required TO
act as follows:
sec. ITO. Each head of department,
chief OF bureau or other superior officer
shall, upon receiving each monthly report OF
his chief clerk rendered pursuant to the
preceding section, examine the facts stated
therein and take such measures. in the ex-
ercse of the powers conferred upon him by
law as may be necessary and proper to
amend any existing defects IN the arrange
ment or dispatch OF business disclosed by
such report.
Now. IL 1t is true that the departments
and bureaus are crippled by superannua-
ton. accompanied by the physical and men
tai deterioration OF clerks now receiving
more than 81 600 per annum. why would not
the enforcement of the statutes above quot
ed afford an ample remedy?
/ charge that these statutes are and have
been habituaIIy ignored by the officers to
whom they refer, and that 1t Is only because
these Officers have failed to obey the law
that they have apparently Appealed 10 Inc
committee on appropriations to relieve them
and their departments by horizontal pro-
vision which will include men and women
who, though they have been guilty OF hav-
ing reached and passed the sixty-nve-yeai
dead-line. are yet in the fun possession Of
their physical and mental powers. and are
In fact. doing, because OF their capacity and
long experience, the most important WORK
OF their several Offices There are some hun
6reds OF these who would be reduced OF
driven from the service by the enactment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-08
Senile Youth.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Your news item under caption MAY Mark
a Dead Line" has naturally stirred up the
departmental service In Washington, and,
may add quite little CONSERVATION as
well. While it Is generally regarded as
unlikely legislation, it is nevertheless sur
prising that any considerable number of In
telligent men should entertain the idea that
clerk employed In the executive depart
ments becomes practically worthless when
lie reaches the age of slxty-flve years, and
that his services, coupled with experience,
counts for nothing, or, at best, Is a poor
equivalent for an outlay OF $1,000 per am
members constituting the appropriation
committees. round dozen will be found
on the shady side of sixty-fve. In the
upper house we have Allison Mt seventy
seven. Hale, seventy; Cullom. seventy
seven. Perkins. sixty-seveu: Galllnger, six
ty-nine; Elkins. sixty-five Teller. seventy
six; Berry. siXty-five: German, sixty-seven;
with Bingham. sixty-five; Keller. seventy,
and Livingston. seventy-four. In the lower
house. Suppose this same argument IS APP
piled in their case. which is just as reason
able. could they be made to see through
the same optics and come to the concur
sion that their services call for not more
than a thousand dollars. simply because the
good Lord has seen At TO allow them to re-
main on earth beyond the sixty-fve-year
Nmit2 Had the exhaustive investigation"
extended to the actual services of such en-
ployes II would have developed that very
great majority OF such clerks have reached
the higher grades by long and faithful serv-
ice-service that has especially fitted them
for just such duties as they are performing
Go into any OF the executive offices-the
treasury. FOR instance-you will find men
over sixty-ffve OF unusual intelligence: men
who handle the details and work out the
great financial problems l venture to say
the ma jority of those elassed as chiefs OF
divisions. rated at from two TO three thou
sand, are well-nlgh Indispensable. and that
Secretary Shaw would have a hard time to
ind their equals. And so 1t Is throughout
the other departments. Rather than make
reductions the committee would do well to
legislate so as to more appropriately recon-
pense these wheel horses OF the service
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-08
No More Chinese
To the Editor Of The Star:

Your recently repeated warning against
practical free admittance OF the Chinese
was most timely. The people of California
have more than enough to satisfy them.
Il not the negro q sufficient object lesson7
II the republican party wishes to cut it's
throat entirely after protecting the rail-
roDds. trusts and other gratis, let US have
more Chinese az climax. You cannot
fool ali the people all the time. You are
right.
VIM r. Hearst Is watching the G.. o. p.
member the last straw broke tho camel 8
back.
wish to thank you for your upright and
noble stand for the common people.
GEO. IL SANFORD,
Oakland, Cal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-08

the government and society in citizens and
money, and that a law be enacted creating
probation commission of represen tative
citizens to serve without pay, who shall
direct all probation work, both with juve-
nile and adult Offenders
The report of special committee consist
ing of Messrs. Henry p. Gilbert. II. W.
Fisher and Thomas j. Stanton to investi-
gate the present condition OF the George
town market from a financial standpoint
had not been completed and was held over
until the April meeting. The matter has
been left in the hands of the Georgetown
Citizens Association by the District sealer
of weights and measures.
1t was announced that the names of the
members of committees to serve during the
ensuing year would be announced by Pfesi-
dent Thompson at the next meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-08
Steamboat Company Holds Election.

At the annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Norfolk and Washington ID. Co
Steamboat Company. held at the company 8
Office. foot of 7th street Wednesday,
March Z. 1896. the following were elected
directors of the company to serve for the
ensuing year: John Boyd. Daniel ]. Gala
han, Daniel Fraser, Edward Graves. w. q.
son, Odell g. Smith, Hyias T. Wheeler. Levi
Woodbury..
At a subsequent meeting of the board OF
pany were elected: Levi Woodbury., pres-
fdent; Clarence F Normenf. vice president;
John Callahan, I'd vice president and gen.
eraI maganer; Odeil s. Smith, secretary and
treasurer.
Mr. Daniel ]. Callahan was appointed ~
sistant general manager.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-08

the lower grades. many are denied any OPP
portunity whatever to secure an education"
The association placed itself on record al
protesting against the building of any more
high schools for the benefit of q small
minority until sufficient number of school
buildings have been erected to give every
child of school age in the District of Co
lumbia full days instruction. at least to
the sixth grade
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-08

proposed and which IL only to cure state
of affairs due to the failure OF the officers
in question to obey sections 17S, 174 and
It's r. s.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-12-27
DENMARK.
Copenhagen.

Denmark seems by no means to
have settled the "Icelandic question:"
says an editorial writer for the Min
reapolis Journal, by its recent conces-
sions to the isle Of snow and fire"
The island seems determined upon
eventually obtaining practical indie
Iendence, with the common kingship
of Frederick as the only bond to Den
mark. The latest movement is for an
Icelandic flag, thus paralleling Nor
ways demand for "clean flag" in
the days before the crisis, when ultra
patriots flew a flag from which the
Swedish cross had been removed. The
flag proposed for Iceland is white
cross on blue field. If this were
local flag and bore upon it evidence
Of Denmarl's sovereignty, the point
would doubtless be yielded at Copen-
hagen. But as it is supposed to be
the intention to use the flag as a ma
tional symbol in all waters, the
project may be vetoed. Another
symptom of insular independence is
the dropping Of the movement to erect
a statue to the late King Christian at
Reykjavi.s on the ground that the
first monument to be erected in Ice
lands territory should not be in honor
of Danish king, but rather to some
national character of the golden days
when Iceland was free and indie
pendent. A more serious matter, be-
cause it affects an important industry,
is the movement to treat Danes as
"outlanders" as regards fishing in Ice
landic waters. This is resented at
Copenhagen, in view Of the fact that
a Danish cruiser has been maintained
i'll Icelandic waters to protect the
native fehermen from encroachment
Of foreigners. Altogether, it is evil
dent that if Iceland is to be retained
as IAN inseparable part Of the Danish
monarchy" questions such as these
must be handled with deftness.
MARION 8. NORELIUS.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-12-27

ONE BROKER WAS HOIsTED ON TO THE BALL.
the great rubber sphere, while the
shouting reached a pitch to drown out
the band. Finally one broker was
hoisted on to the ball, which promptly
was kicked out from under him. But
though his legs were in the air, he was
kept from falling and again regained
his feet. Then the ball was rolled to-
ward the high platform of the chair
man, when another effort was made to
whirl it out from under the brokers'
feet. Leaping, he caught an edge of
the platform, scrambled over the rail
ing and gravely shook hands with the
venerable and dignifed presiding Of
dcer. The hilarious ceremony was
wound up by collection being taken
for the messenger boys and attendants,
which mounted up to thousands OF dol
lars.
Whatever new methods of playing
horse will be introduced in high finance
circles for the Christmas eve festivi-
ties this year, it is certain that the men
who make and wreck fortunes will en-
Joy themselves.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-12-27
NORWAY.
Christiana.

Says a Christiania correspondent:
rThe Norwegian parliament has con-
ferred the Nobel peace prize upon
President Roosevelt. The Nobel peace
prize is awarded to President Roose-
velt in recognition of his services in
ending the Russo-Japanese war.
Candidates for this distinction must
be proposed by legislative bodies,
peace organizations or universities. 1t
is understood that the presidents
sponsors were Professor H. P. Judson,
acting president of Chicago university;
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-12-27
Of
Bulls and Bears
BY JAMES ARTHUR

. SHE Christmas spirit is about the
only thing traded in on Dec "a
on Wall street, and the brokers