The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-06-28
FROM The CAPITAL

Inc United States government
| should consider the question Of the
superannuated clerks in broad light
regardless of any facttOnal spirit that
may prevail among the clerks them
selves in their efforts to- formulate a
| plan for the equitable retirement OF
the aged public service workers. 1t
should NOT matter in the least with
congress that the clerks are divided in
opinion as to the best method for the
effective and humane clearance Of the
service of the comparatively inefi-
Gent. This is question that rises
far above the wishes Of the clerks
themselves.
The Government Clerks.
Nothing is palmer in this whole
question than the fact that under the
present conditions the more capable Of
the younger employees are constantly
looking for opportunities to leave the
service with advantage to themselves.
They regard the government service
as merely a stepping stone to some
| thing better
Yet it is fact that most Of the
| government clerks are exceptionally
faithful to their tasks. They know
that there is no opening in the upper
ranks for them. with the rarest of ex-
ceptions, and they are confronted with
the virtual certainty that when they
have been incapacitated after years Of
service they viii be dropped as worth
less by an ungrateful government. 1t
may be that the hope that the United
States will see its need clearly in time
to provide Il Retirement system in sea-
son to affect Them personally holds
some of them i'm the service
Changes In Congress.
Although SCI ators AIdrich and Hale,
leaders of the upper branch Of con-
gress, do not retire until March, their
seats in the senate cbamber. which
are regarded as most desirable, have
been assigned
The unwritten law of the senate is
fhat the first senator who makes claim
on the seat of departing member OBJ
tafns possession ass soon ass 1T is va
Gated
Senator Burkettl o6 Nebraska beat
the Hest of his Republicans colleagues
to it when announcement was made
by Senator AIdrich of Mis- intended re-
tirement Senator Dosliyer of Iowa
was tile next to make, claim and OBJ
tain tbs seat occupied for SO many
years by Senator Hale:
II
of the. house have already given it out
they will not seek reelection. The.
reasons they assign are various. In
some cases the political unrest is the
real cause
Among those who are going to step
out at the end of this congress, MAX
ing no effort to remain,. are Lowden
of Illinois. Cooper of Pennsylvania,
Sperry of Connecticut. Reynolds OF
Pennsylvania. Huff Of Pennsylvania,
Dawson of Iowa, Jameson of Iowa..
Foss of Massachusetts and Ravens OF
New York.
A Youthful Matron.
Nine. r. de Lima Silva. wife OF
the Brazilian charge daffaires in.
Washington. is the youngest matron
in the diplomatic corps in the national
capital. She is only seyeiareeni years
old. is strikingly attractive and ex-
ceedingly popular. She is the daugh4
ter of the Mexican minister. to, Great
Britain and before her wedding had
been out of the convent schook only
Sw months. She hasIarge. dark. eyes
and auburn hair. Until the death OF
Ambassador Nabucor in Washington
last January De Lima Q Silva, was in
London, attached fotthe Brazilian, en-
bassy there He was enga ge& to- the
young Mexican girl only short time
when he was directed to- come to-
Washington. Because of the youth OF
the girl 1t had been intended that the
couple should wait a year or so'before.
getting married When, however, De-
Lima e Silva got orders to come to
Washington the couple were married,
and their trip to washington was their
honeymoon.
Russian Books at Public Library.
In response to requests for books I'M
their tongue by native Russians living
in this city the Public library am
nounces that sixty volumes of stand
ard Russian works have been received
and are ready for distribution. A card
catalogue of the books may be consult
| ed at the library. 1t is stated a num-
Der of other orders are outstanding
which will bring the collection of
standard Russian works up to about
| $50 volumes.
The New Theater.
Plympton b. Chase. the lessee Of
the new theater to be erected by the
Riggs Realty company at Fifteenth
and G Streets northwest, on the site
| OF the Riggs House and old Citizens
bank, recently placed on record a lease
| from the company of that portion of
the premises. The building is to be
completed Aug. /, 1912. and the lease
begins then for a term Of twenty
years. The rental for the eatire term
Is $SOO,OO0 or $4,000 per year
Washington Growing.
Washington's phenomenal growth is
| still on the increase and 1910 viii
| stand out in red letters as a record
breaker in the number Of new busi-
ness buildings and handsome resi-
dences. The downward trend OF con-
struction returns from some Of the
other large cities which have been ION
the BOOM is not reflected In Washing