The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-28
new man Parsons. but that was not
his name. He took charge without
delay.
And No Mali Came.

unusual, ana caused the department.
to send out an inspector to investi.
gate. The inspectors report was short
and to the point. n remember. It
was something like this:
"'Arrived at the office Wednesday:
found the postmaster In his store at
tending to business. He was In good
health. A number Of patrons came In
and inquired for mail Some newspar
pers were handed them, but no letter.
They thought It queer that their let
ters had not been answered. asked
the postmaster when he last sent out
mail. His reply was he hadn't sent
any for ten days; that he was waiting
for the mail bag to get full. I looked
In the bag and there thirty or forty
letters that had been resting there
all this time. told him who was.
and he Immediately took an interest
In my visit. He said In explanation
that his understanding was to hold the
bag until It was filled before mailing.
I'VE seldom ever have cases like
this now. The civil service examin.
ations eliminate this class Of appoint
ments."
Governor Gets Hunch.
Governor Malcolm r. Patterson, of
Tennessee, whose judicial ticket was
recently defeated, Is said to regard
the result Of that primary election
~ an Ill omen and an Induction Of
what may happen to him II he remains
at the head of the ticket. The COVER
nor. like many others has q streak OF
superstition in his makeup. and when
he gets q hunch, the saying II. he
acts.
When Governor Patterson was in
Washington Just after entering upon
his first term he stopped at an uptown
hotel. There were many strangers In
the city at the time and the hotels
were filled. The governor arrived in
the forenoon. The hotel clerk knew
him and. of course. gave him q good
room. Soon the news got around that
Governor Patterson was in town. and
II was not long before his room was
filled with friends. While the time
was being pleasantly passed friend
raped on the door without waiting
for . response. entered. and greeted
the governor. saying: 'T asked the
clerk the number of your room, Gov
ernor, and he told me %. Everybody
laughed and Governor Patterson said
he would have none of %, and immed.
lately sought the clerk. demanding
another room.
Il put you In 49," said the clerk.
because that was the only room I
had when you arrived; but I'll change
the number on the book 70 that the
newspapermen won't be aware Of the
right number and have story about
It In the papers. Governor Patterson
considered that he had close call
with 49,"
Violate the Rules. 49,
''If congress is sincere in it's desire to
make affective the administration 3
policy Of economy in public expendi.
tures," said q leading official of the
treasury department, in discussing the
subject, "the Watchdog of the treas
ury will see to It that the rule touch
Ing points Of order Is rigidly enforc-
ed" ......
when the time arrives for the as
sembling of congress not q few mem
bers Of the house avail themselves of
the opportunity to tell the public that
the house will make a record this ses-
sion, and that appropriations will be
kept down to the lowest knotch. But
what are the facts. The committee
having charge of the budgets tack
items on In violation OF the rule which
prohibits legislation ON an appropria-
ton bill, and II the point Of order IL
not made the item slips through the
house. have been told by veterans
Of the house that very large part of
the laws on the statue books get there
through appropriation bills. and that
II the laws had been submitted to the
house In the shape OF bills they never
would have passed.
This applies with equal force to
what is termed extravaganza In the
departments. There are today hun
dreds Of positions that never would
have been created but for the indic.
ference OF members in insisting on
points Of order against general legisla-
tion on appropriation bills. II the ad-
ministration is extravagant and 10
costing more than 1t should you can
place the blame just where 1t belongs
on congress"