The Washington herald., 1907-12-02
CAPITOL GOSSIP.

Speaker Cannon is short one able lieu
tenant with the opening Of the Sixtieth
Congress. His best rough-and-tumble de-
batter. Gen. Charles II. Grosvenor, returns
not. Everybody will miss the veteran.
He administered and received some hard
blows during his long career, but. intense
partisan that he was. retained the good
WILL almost the affection, Of Democratic
foes. Countless clashes with John Sharp
! Williams, Champ Clark. De Almond. and
other minority heavy-weights caused no
personal estrangement, and all deplored
the Political passing OF the old warrior
II is freely predicted that he cannot stay
away from Washington; that the Capitol
magnet vii! draw him lither as a locker
on though not "a participant The
pitiable phase of il is that ne VIII be SO
soon forgotten. save by a limited few. II
was so formerly Of Springer. of Dockery
and others who. in their day. were Of
commanding Influence In the House and
il will be SO always. Out of public life
inevitably means out of public mind.
Senator Paynter, OF Kentucky, who now
fills Joe" Blackburn's place. is a big.
amiable hne-looking Southerner. who
will ht readily into Senatorial company.
The recent election in his State is not
a topic OF pleasing discussion with him.
but he is too frank 20 dodge il, and does
not hesitate 10 express the belief that
GOV Beckham will be his colleague He
admits that there exists a degree Of Un-
certainty. but holds 20 the opinion that
the legislature will ratify the action Of
the Democratic primary.
Henry Wattersons acceptance OF Will
liam Jennings Bryan as the inevitable and
logical candidate in 1905 gives no end Of
satisfaction TO Kentucky Democrats The
Courier-Journai is power in the politics
Of the Blue Grass Commonwealth, and
things never go right unless '-Marse
Henry with his pen. is leading the night
word from him brings the recalcitrants
into lire. and thousands OF voters have
got into the chronic habit Of waiting for
that word II is q fact well known in
Kentucky history that no candidate fail
ing 10 receive the masters O. K through
the Courier-JourUaf has Jared well NJ tine
polls That o. X was withheld from
most Of the candidates IN the late cam
paign- The fact that the COurier-JOuruaI
intends 70 support Bryan makes fl all bur
n sure thing that be Will get the electoral
vote or that State regardless Of the pres
ent unpleasant and unpromising mix-up.
Indiana's senior Senator. Albert Jere-
miah Beveridge. is in prompt readiness
strenuous public servant on the face OF
the globe than this Hoosier statesman
il would be- difficult % lay your finger on
him-outside the White House. lie is
busy always man Of action action.
action He writes books. magazine az
ticles. lectures, and speeches. practices
law, takes strenuous vacations. and keeps
constantly doing something. And an this
that be does DE does well. He is "a fine
example 90 the ambitious young Ameri-
can iu that he so scientifically and profit
ably COuserves his time II De did half
the work that he daily performs. be
would st-ll be- a busy man; but his secre-
taIies might then occasionally get
chance % catch their breath
Representative Charles Russell Davis.
Cf the Third Minnesota Congressional dis
trict, is as heartily and earnestly in favor
Of increasing the salaries of the clerks
employed In the government departments
as ever. Il do not know as vet whether
/ viii introduce a bill NJ this session
said De yesterday. but / believe the
revis0ry commission viii bring in a report
advocating the raising Of salaries. and
Fl that is the case. I shall certainly vote
I'm favor OF H.
Some people argue that the govern
mcnt clerk is well paid. taking into con-
siderauon the amount of wages paid
90 clerks iD private enterprises. ] do
not agree with this argument The gov
eminent clerk. no matter how bright he
may have been when a young man. has
very poor prospects of becoming the
proprietor or partner in any business.
He works from morning tin night. and
the little salary that he gets goes for
board. rent. and other ueccssaries Of
life, which are high in washington 4
young man starting with 81 a month as
clerk in country store has a chance
20 own that store, or at least be a partner
in the business and make money and be-
come millionaire. where a government
clerk, even though he begin with $500 or
Loco year. will. i'm rare instances go
higher than I,6l9 or S.So0 a year in
twenty years service, and then die poor.
It's an wrong TO think that the work
Of the government is done by the chiefs
and those higher up. II is done by the
plain clerk. and the chief as "A rule only
signs what's placed before him, in most
instances not even knowing the contents
OF the documents.
Roosevelt is the one popular man or
-. 4
the Republicans and Democrats There
is no second CEOiCe-iL-s an Roosevelt -