Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-03-27

to Washington more than a thousand OF
the flower of her citizenry, who are
Jest itchin' " to save this nation from
the rascally republicans who have spent
Is years trying to destroy it.
A stroll through the corridors of tho
House office building will convince any
sceptic Of this fact. Several Of the Geor- |
gia members of Congress have remained
in Washington for the short interval be-
tween congressional sessions. This is
known because from time TO time I'm the
capitol a door is seen cautiously to opcn,
n Georgia congressman pokes his head
out by degrees, casts a glance up and
down the corridor and then dashes FOR
a street car or taxicab. Letter carriers.
newspaper men and fellow sufferers
among the congressman have been in
structed in a code of signals by which
ingress may be had to the Offices Of the
Georgia democrats. Three hard raps and
two soft ones will open any Georgian Of
flee door.
This information is not given for
the benefit of office seekers, but may
prove useful, unless another new set
of signals is adopted.
AlhDHlIlH anu NlhhllShS "' iOo'
seconds to Georgia, with Tennessee
running third and Missouri fourth.
Indiana holds fifth place. and in close
sequence come Kentucky, Virginia
and Maryland. The other states are
bunchel in the rear of the race. New
England being the most notable lag
gard. The Pacific coast and other
areas where proEressivism ran ram
pant last fan are not furnishing full
quotas.
TEN AFTER EACH OF % OFFICES.
one Maryland congressman. who has
q third-class postoffices in his dis
trict. says he has had 21S applications
for these 90 jobs, a ratio OF nearly ten
to one.
Postmaster-General Burleson's office
is the mecca for the seeker. Fortu-
nately, it has one of the largest ante
rooms of any of the departments.
, There arc more than two dozen big
leather chairs in the outside office.
r They have not been unoccupied since
| 80 "A. m. of March >. and the crowd
OF callers occupies standing room gem
l erously. There arc four fine pillars to
/, lean against and the overflow can he
ana is dCCO1lllOudl eu III the nail
1 postmaster-General Burleson has "A
f private elevator which stops only at
the Attn (his) and the grounl floor.
It's point Of exit is kept a profound
secret. and it is b. this means only
that the postmastcr-gcneral has been
able to escape either for rest or sus-
%tenance during the last fortnight.
The acknowledgement has a private
secretary. a slender, brown-eyed youth
from Texas, by name John Ruskin Nc
Ardell. who did have a soft, mellow
southern voice, but it sounds row Ike
fence rail telephone.
FRUITLESS TASK or MEMORY.
For the first three days I tried to re
0 member by name every person who called
S on Mr.. Burleson," said Mr.. M.Ardell "
was awfully sorry, hut l had to give It up
. I might as well have tried to memoriz
the city directory.
They have a better system at the de
partmcnt Of Justice. which occupie
rented quarters in four or i've forme
# residences. One of them. once the HON
+ of a rich East Indian merchant. has
n porte cochere which does not seem to h
+ attached to the department itself. NJ
McRcynolds's offices are just back OF IN
rorte cochere. The main entrance to tn
department is on another street.
But, using an automobile, the attorne}
n general is able to get homo to Dime
sometimes as early as 500 p. m. The OF
II flee seekers go ont the other way at 4:%
for the Encouragement, after a week q
seeing everybody, was compelled to issu
an order saying that after 4:30 p. m. eac
Gay he would have to confne himself t
the business OF the department other tina
patronage.