The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-03

JudRe w. 1HOHipSOIl oSdeiif iS-
Gently announced. recalled more than
one local interest In that good and
capable man. 1t has already been said
that he married daughter OF the late
Judge d. M. Key. The father of a
Chattanooga woman was president
Of a college at which he studied in
youth. He WAS chief superintendent of
Inc railway mail service for a time, and
a considerable number OF our people
remember him well in that relation.
am specially reminded of some inter-
esting experiences with which former
Chattanoogans were directly and In
directly connected. viii J. Carlin was
son of the late Capt. .. 3. Cariin.
and a brother of Ricnard o. Carlin,
much better known to this public as
Dick" Will Carlin had an application
on file for a railway mail service posi-
ton, and by reason OF one or two adj
mihistration changes and the everlast-
ing red tape and circumlocution that
American flesh has so long been heir to.
1t got tethered in the files and babe
fair to be merely an application for.
ever. Capt. Carlin asked me If I would
20 to Washington and see IL something
could be done by way of dislodging the
thing. / went, and found that by Iea-
son of Supt. Thompson's absence from
the city, it would be necessary for me
to wait a week, at least.
Couldn't Move Peg.
Not soul on earth, 1t seemed, could
move a peg" except he, himself.
Thomas B. Kirby, so long most inn
portant Chattanooga, was his private
secretary, and 1 dropped in to chat with
him once in a while, but something else
was needed to pass time away. knew
the postmaster general, Hon. Horace
Maynard and his son James, who was
his private secretary but they couldn't
afford to visit with me all the time 1
went over to the bureau of foreign
mails, where / knew that Hon. George
NJ Drake was an important factor and
the idea occurred to me of inviting
Drake to take a day Off and go down
the Potomac, river with me. ! had
heard of good oysters and good salt
water bathing at Lower Cedar Point,
and also of a concessionaire named
MitkovitZky, or something of that sort
which Washingtonians just called
Mixedwhisky, because that was easier.
1t was said that he had everything good
to eat and drink, and 1 wanted to see
him. partly because he was Russian.
maybe. But the idea OF a day off
seemed to shock Drake. He couldn't
think of it, and they wouldn't listen to
it for moment at the ONCE. But 4
had formed a little acquaintance with
his chief. and concluded to cut the
gordian knot by direct appeal to him.
So / said, in brakes presence: LOOK
here! Drake is an old time townsman
and special friend Of mine. and l want
him to 80 down the river with me to-
morrow. Can't y'all spare him. Just
for one days outing?'
Glad to Get Rid Of Him.
Most assuredly we can, and will be
darned glad to get ria of him for
day." was the reply. So we went, and
had a bowling good time. At last
Supt. Thompson returned, and the day
most anxious to start ror home that
night. but Kirby cautioned me not to
tackle the old man that day, If l
wanted to succeed, because, as he rep
resented, the superintendent had come
home and found various things gone
wrong, wherefore. he was in no nice
frame of mind to be granting requests
to introduce me, and so. what was to
be done? I met James Maynard in
corridor, as I was about to leave the
building. and 1t suddenly occurred to
me that his Introduction would be as
good as Kirby's. True, I had met Mr..
Thompson on one occasion, but 1t was
when numbers of others were being in
troduced to him. SO tnought the thing
ought to be done over again. l asked
Mr.. Maynard IL he would mind, and he
said he would not, the least bit in the
world. He took me in and performed
tho ceremony. Mr.. Thompson did not
seem to be in any dudgeon at all, and
was gracious enough to say that the
introduction was entirely unnecessary.
as we had met before. and he was on
hand to be of service 20 me II possible,
or Mt any rate practicable 7 asked him
to breathe the breath Of life into VIII
Carin's application. He promptly
called for the file, ran through it in
businesslike way, and said: IT this is
all you want you can go home happy.
Acted Promptly.
The appointment will be there before
you are, II you tarry long on the way"
But was not quite through with that
Office, yet Nose Evans had an appli-
cation on file, and when he found out
was going to Washington, he asked
me TO see IL that could be shaken
down. promised to do whatever might
be without conflict with Carlin's in
terests, and so suggestion was modestly
out for a moment. Many of us re-
member Nose, a Welshman, and as
good soul as ever breathed. He used
to clerk at the Hamilton house. Mr..
Thompson smiled at my request about
the papers, but said he remembered tho
case, and promised he would go into it
the next week. and let me hear from
him within thirty days. In about that
time Nose was appointed. The gordian
knot was cut wide open twice in a
week, without much fuss or feathers.
because two Washington officials at
least had sense. Judge Thompson was
man of splendid ability, and a cour-
teous. a1taround gentleman.
Didn't Need Telephone.
Recently, while sitting at my desk