Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-17
w ashin gton Life
Some Interesting Phases
ana Conditions Observed
81 the Nations Capitol

closed 81 bill to the Postoffice depart
ment. No explanations accompanied the
remittance. About a month before that a
81 bill was received by the department,
apparently from the same man. AS in the
latter instance no explanation was forth
coming
The two 81 bills were laid aside to await
developments. Later on a letter came
from a man in San Antonio which cleared
up the mystery-to SOME extent.
The letter read: by sending you this
money 1 want to introduce myself to the
postmaster general and his secretary. l
expect to do the same thing in every de-
partment Of the United States government
at the capital. 1 hope this will be salts
factory"
That was all there was to it.
A new and important principle has Just
been laid down by the court Of claims IT
is in effect that a federal employee dis
missed without justification may not sue
the government for damages. The case
came up in the claim OF w. A. Miller, who
achieved some fame during the Roosevelt
administration by being dismissed from his
position as foreman of bIndery in the gov
eminent printing office. Miller had been
and because of this was dropped from the
printing office by Public Printer Palmer
When Roosevelt heard of 1t he ordered the
reinstatement of Miller and established the
principle of the "open shop" in the govern
ment.
Miller brought suit to recover the salary
during the period that he was out. The
court Of claims has Just rejected his APP
nj oil ha no h
tanned his redress in the reinstatement. A
contrary decision would have paved the
way for wholesale suits to recover on the
part of numberless employees who were
dismissed and later obtained reinstatement
Ever since his arrival in Washington,
Representatives Eugene N. Foss of Massa-
chusetts, is being pointed out as a political
wonder because having been a republican
for so many years he jumped over into
the democratic party and carried the
strongest republican congressional district
in Massachusetts.
As a matter of fact observes the Wash
ington Times, there is another member of
the house who has a record which cannot
be equaled by Mr.. Foss or any other mem
Der Of congress That member is Charles
Henry Morgan of the Fifteenth Missouri
district. Mr.. Morgan, 1t may safely be said,
carries the Fifteenth district around in his
vest pocket. Just at present he is a repub-
lican, but there is no telling when he will
be nominated and elected as a democrat
He has been a member of both parties in
the house.
When the democratic leaders decided to
send a man to the house to displace Nor
gan he was not much concerned. The re-
publicans knew that Morgan and not the
leaders controlled the district and so they
nominated and elected him, Having learned
the error of their ways the democrats took
Morgan back into the fold and sent him
to congress as their representatives. Again
factional strife broke out and Morgan was
displaced by the democratic leaders. The
republicans, ever on the alert for a man
to carry the district, gave Morgan their
nomination, and now he is their represen-
tative in the house. Mr.. Morgan expects
to come back to the house as a republican,
but it is regarded as certain that If any
ambitious member of that party deprives
him Of the nomination the democrats, anx-
ious to sweep the entire state of Missouri
will ask Morgan to get bask into the fold
The demand for Senator Bournes speech
on popular government still continues, and
with greater force. The edition has now
reached 100000. and a corps of clerks is
working daily filling the orders. The re-
quests came from senators and members
of the house for copies by hundreds and
thousands. The fact that the people as
individuals are taking an interest in the
speech is pleasing to Senator Bourne, and
the many requests for one and two copies
by citizens from every section are attended
to with as much care as those for larger
number. Not only have the politicians and
individuals asked for copies, but heads of
large corporations are sending requests
for the address.