Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-02
HOW 'THR|LLERS'
GET into PRINT
Congressman Work Rules OF
House to Have 0ratory
Displayed.
SPEECHES IN THE RECORD.
May BE Printed In This Publication
Even Though Never Delivered
Negroes in Government Service.
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Especial to the "News.')
Washington. jan. 1.--Within few
days the mails VIII doubtless carry
thousands Of copies Of three speeches
10 the Arkansas district represented
in the house by the Hon. Robert A..
| Wallace. Recipients OF these produc-
| lions Will perhaps assume that they
were actually delivered o. the aoor of
| the house while tliat body was in ses-
| sion and possibly picture G. themselves
! the member as he thrilled his hearers
| on these subjects: The Tariff in It's
! Relation to the Farmer and the Homo
| Builder" Income and Inheritance
TAX" Highway lmprovement-Good
| Roads" In reality Mr.. Wallace occu-
pied the floor just about a minute, ana
here Is what he actually said: Mr..
Speaker | ask unanimous consent 10
print remarks in the Record on the
subject Of and then he gave those
mentioned above. Nobody objected. In
brackets there appeared in the Record
for that day: Mr.. Wallace addressed
the house. His remarks will appear
hereafter" Two days later the speeches
appeared, occupying nearly eight OF
the large pages OF the Record. His
colleagues are poking fun at Mr.. Wal
lace because his secretary inserted
loud applause at the end of each
speech. The Arkansas farmers VIII
think he scored a decided hit with his
fellow Legislators when he said, Let
the present and the future clasp hands
in the buoyant prospect; let Arkansas
and New Jersey Texas and New York,
Georgia and Illinois. Virginia and Mas
sachusetts and all the states march 10
the goal of national unity and the per-
lection of national development"
WOULD CHECK PosToFFTCE
BUSINESS.
Religious organizations Of this city
were anything but pleased with the
keeping open of the money order and
registry divisions Of the postoffice all
of Sunday preceding Christmas. 1t Of
course was done for the special benefit
of old Santa Claus. Several bills have
been introduced in Congress this ses-
sion TO prevent the postofflce from do
ing that sort of business on Sunday
Members who offered the measures de-
clare that they are going to press them
vigorously.
EXPERIMENTING WITH COOPER
ALTON.
Believing that they were paying too
much for groceries and provisions.
number of men and women employed
In the Washington departments organ
ICED a company to run a store. II has
been in operation over a month and
from all accounts is doing heavy and
profitable business. The officers of this
cooperative concern state that If the
venture proves a financial success they
will add other lines to the wares Of
fered for sale In the hope that eventu-
ally they viii have an establishment
equal to the enormous service stores
in London which have been In exis-
tence for 40 years or more. Storekeep-
ers in Washington, however, predict
that the cooperative project will go |
TO smash before many more months |
have rolled BIZ.
TIPS BETTER THAN GOVERN
MENT PAY.
Congressman John Wesley Gaines
happened to see coal black negro who
used to be a bellboy In a Nashville no.
tel seated at a desk in one of the gov
eminent offices and said: Hello, Tom!
What are you doing up here?"
why. I'm stenogrspher now, Mr..
Gaines" was the answer, "and / am
almost ashamed of It," The black
man explained that the work was too
hard and the pay too small IN compari-
son with the free and easy life he
had down south and the tips received
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
The number of negroes in the clas-
siiied esrvice is steadily increasing.
They obtain the positions by passing
the examinations conducted by the
civil service commission great many
are certified from the south for the rem
son that white men and women I'm that
section do not seem generally anxious
TO accept the government positions for
some reason or other Chiefs of bu
In
When they make requisition for a
clerk, stenograPher or typewriter
have no means of knowing whether the
people whose names are sent them are
white or black. In one of the depart
ments an official had drawn threo
blacks in succession. The next time
he called for a clerk several names
were sent him. After considering them
carefully he said TO his secretarv,
They will not palm off Niger on me
mis- time II / know II. I'll lust take
hat Irlshman, George Mulcahoy. Then
I'll be certain 10 have white man"
But the people around the department
soon had the laugh on the official.
George Mulcahey came up from the
'otton fields OF Dixie. and 10 and be-
lold, when he appeared with his Gre
ientials he proved to be a darkey, too.
HALE, THOUGH RETIRED.
Rear Admiral Philip Hlohborn. who
vas head OF the construction bureau
# the navy department at the time OF
us retirement calls those who have
oined his ranks Subsidized sons OF
est" Most of the army and navy
Ulcers who belong to Admiral Hich-
'orn's order and who make the Capital
'ity their place OF residence-and there
re lots OF them here-are in pretty
God shape physically, ana the old fell
ows seem To enjoy life on the money
eceiVed from Uncle Sam.