The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-12
II TING ASIDE
CLERK
I1ny Employees in Depart
nents Have Been Notified
of Dismissal.
sSNY PITIFUL CASES
n In NATIONAL CAPITAL
b People Who Have Passed
h, Age of Usefulness Are to
n Be Relegated.
nv RALPH M. WHITEsIDE.

Aea5ed wire 10 Inc iEiouiS'
tAsHINGTON, June 1.-THE question
THAT shall be done with worn OUT
sprnment employees is a very live one
\, now, at least to n number who have
~. informed that they are no longer
/, Ned on Uncle Sans payroll 1t is
,Ine to be the policy in several OF the
|. nrtments and probably will be In all,
when g clerk has passed the age
,sefuluess he or she must make way
n Younger one who can do the work.
miner of old clerks already have been
ied with notice of dismissal. They
FOO old to secure employment else
fre and very few OF them nave lald
k1nything on which TO live. Wherever
I&Ible places are found for these old
&loyees. where the work is not be-
III their. power, but necessarily many
l{hem will be out entirely, What
VI OF them who have nobody 10 look
Iof. support Will do, is problem, Con-
Us has discussed the proposition TO
Mon superannuated civilian employees
e than once. but has done nothing.
Il is doubtful if anything OF this
II will be done. 1t Is urged that the
leyees of the government are no
Sse OF in this respect than the en-
ees OF individual employers and that
-tress has no right To pension these
iIoyees who have outlived their use"
'ess. Whatever may be the rights OF
matter there are some very pltiful
Is In Washington these days,
y Senator's From Governors.
ssst one-quarter OF the United States
lie have served the states they repre-
as governors. 1t would appear,
efore. that if a man wishes to come
be senate il would be pretty good
for him to first go after the gov
Fship. The senators who are former
.rnors are; Johnston. Clarke. Davis.
gins, Bulkeley. Coulton. Cummins.
Hey McEmery. Foster. Smith MARY
ID Crane. Nelson. Stone Chamber
4 Taylor. Culberscn. La Toilette and
,'ren. Both senators from Arkansas.
.Isiana and Tennessee are former
e heads. II to this list were added
,e who tried to be governors, but
ID. 1t Is probable il would include
n half the senators.
-,eaker Cannon blew over TO the SEN
= the other afternoon and received n
! down" 1t was just before the vote
taken on the Cummins amendment
The railroad bill. Senator La Fol-
y was speaking. Uncle Joe" entered
ed around. and. spying Senator Cul-
= leaning back against the wall in n
4 on the Republican side. went over
4 Joined him. 'Unole Joe" and Sena
. culloin look so much alike that
myers around the capitol are always
ing them mixed. They entered into
-tarnest conversation. Gradually their
es rose higher and higher. They
rcd ohlivious of their surroundings
nly Senator La Toilette stopped. and,
6e when the senate comes 10 order"
Llcle Joe and "Cncle Shelby" looked
7pish. They stopped their powwow
the speaker ambled off by himself
4 Here's a Queer Case.
NO Texas citizens imported a hne
is Tor show purposes and gave bond 10
federal government for the animals s
IN TO Mexico within q year. In that
they avoided paying the tariff duties
morse however. died. and the owners
10 themselves liable under their bond
the tariff Representative Smith Of
as introduced a bill for their relief,
the ways and means committee spent
Q fimc considering it, They reported
tPorabIy 10 the house. Representative
mp Clark. the minority leader. and a
noer OF the committee. seized upon
opportunity TO say that he considered
whole Payne-Aldric tariff law very
q OF dead horse on the country"
1gSestion has been made 10 the SEN
committee on library. which is the
r. OF last resort on statuary in the
(fe chamber. that the bust Of former
sldent Roosevelt be placed in niche
We the senate press gallery. This has
Iessed the committee as being highly
fopriete. Just where TO place the bust
worried the committee considerably
aqer 10 give II any position at all the
lie chamber will necessitate the re-
dment OF some one OF rae present or
tents. Who is to be sacrificed TO
fe room Tor the newest arrival? is the
rAtion. The point was made before the
D,mittee that Colonel Roosevelt pro.
" more newspaper copy" than any
hoent or modern or ancient times
ITe are Two inches overlooking this.
cry. Both are Dlled. as are all Of
IN the chamber. and, of course. it
ua oe delicate question for the COM
tee 10 decide which OF the two old
yfs shouid go and which should re-
q. Al present the Roosevelt bust is
~ tmprovised pedestal in the com
tse room OF the committee on IL
flnes- II has been there for nearly a
Patn, no decision having been reached
70 Inc proper place to install it.
Too Much Red Tape.
hs RED tape which frequently finds
5iaIs Oh the government was recently
:osed In the treasury department
clerk In The revenue service came
l..
ntenant Richard Sturtevant and the
OF the service. Lieutenant Sturle-
" VINO, by the way. Is still in the
It<iee, was stationed at Mobile some
ago. One day he received a tcIe-
& Sa.,. .ol"erlng nim TO proceed forthwith
,frona' srtHa' Aiasha. Forthwith" In gov
!, ItinncnI message means take the earliest
Lieutenant SLurtevant was willing
eoey The orders literally, but being on
r,puest salary and the social duties
hs station having eaten an enormous
~ ms supply OF ready cash, he wired
..rr oI inc revenue service as fol-
Telegram ordering me TO Sitka,
ska received. Proceed forthwith Ia
ga, Alaska" ~
nurtcvant puzzled over his limited
"ves and the apparent impatience OF
1l'peiior ofticer. but finally had a
Ssera ,hougnt. lie sent the following
fe'ase TO Washington. 'In complains,
"; .'uefs 10 proceed forthwith 10 Sitka
Ha. an, leaving tonight on foot 10,
n fitf.anheiSco. ~ Upon reaching San Fran
waii proceeS TO swim 10 Stlta"
n E,,efeewant ,,s waited for results and got
fbo,aGi Giarly that evening. as he sat al
no'el. with no thought OF hiking Il
''s country. messenger handed hir
toliowing message: "Sturteyant-
SSurer at Mobile has been INSTRUCTED
h Z" you sixty days pay. Pro.
S'tKa. Alaska" StuItevant die
snu IN comfort.
6o,a tiine ago former Senator FREQ
At hssd made q speech in which he saiC
&rsis, uui. being statesman and gon,
dsrns potatoes" remarked Fred A
mood ram OF Boise. Ida HE told m,
vsnsk caused laugh among tn,
Saher men. Well II might. but tn,
az mat Dubois is raising potatoes anC
h,.i M ~ making a lot of money out o
lho es,uess. aer Not only is the forme
m bjs ,Snaspr nai'r raising potatoes. but man,
nt,s There is no section OF I'm:
s;nss tnat Is better adapted To mi,
nue9B than Idaho '"'