Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-03-24
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lar OF THESE OLD MEN?


,srt,lr establishments in the
mi ,rlS,,r Ia report each year to
Ierr,IuN uf the treasury the num-
II eurlr,rps under them who were
fuIr standard Of efficiency.
h wear this is done and the letters
y secretary of the treasury from
Various departments and bureaus
bripted in the book of estimates Of
oprIuliunN compiled for use by
fess III making up the annual
IL bills. Congress never pays the
lest heed 10 these reports. They
made up year after year, but the
+ clent are never fred.
example, last year the chief
!. of the treasury reported 10 EN-.
MS Of the Treasury department as
a fair standard Of efficiency. But
ng will he done about II. The
Nor department reported 139 in.
ents and will probably 60 on re.
|hg them till they die Of old age.
are employees of the govern
in Washington who are totally
and who are hd from their
I IS to their offices each day and
home again in the afternoon.
j. knew in 1870 one gentleman Of
y.two years who had been In the
fhmcrt service for seyenty-twO
II" was being paid at that time
"a year His maximum pay dur
|ls long service was $500 Il year.
Is X. Polk was President when
tld gtN'.'Hdn came into the Serv-
lie Vas t"ru on January 10,
H.. 'u'Ler was a captain OF
fr-uHr army n the war of 1872.
j that service lie led an active life
. her up".'Mi!oIs until 1915, when
rd ."aNl'- drpcHdcnt family Of
p"r,"uS 'ir"" rf them boys. II
T. 'i Irt ot ono of them to be the
4 >ul'"r, at n" family.
|camr !" pass, then, that nj the age
tw,n'y h, received through the
|encr oi navy rrirnds of his father
baIl r.cIh>t!p al the naval ObSprv-
n, then under the superintendent
bat accomplished officer, Matthew
paine Maury whom he served as
pluru>,> for Ten years. accounting
great privilege and pleasure to
heard Maury's voice debating the
l$ If sens" and wisdom which
H up the sailing directions. the
\ and current charts and other
pGlIuu> l>>u"d from the obSery-
P for III" h"h"iit of the world.
f"m "ollI>t II first. November Q.
al )" 81 day, The young man was
PhccI a> follows;
Pl} |, l>-& rlcrk at $1,000 A
July /, l>.4. clerk at $l.5OO a
july j, l>7n. principal clerk at
\" a }D'', l"r'luher &. 1911, clerk
It" y"ar; May /, 1918, stenog-
YER ahf typewriter at $500 Il year.
WIFI i" .''n that lie was denoted
P'cr'h''"i 1911, and again in May,
/" ''N'r I"S.ti"nS, involving less
AMI Responsibility. These demo-
We're ~ his own request. In
Ihrr l9l7. he received from the
f'"ht secretary "f the navy, Mr..
Fe'eI'' Tie following letter:
nave !" inform You that you have
hri''i'd leave without pay for
ppnoA'i> h'g'Ining October l3, 1917.
n S'N have been in the employ
'"e government now nearly sixty
years and during all that time
record has been excellent, l re.
.n'' mere $ 10 way in which the
''''.'r'' could continue you on the
" '''Il'llSdt tlOn,
u'>'re at this time to EXPRESS
oplre'iltl"n of the department for
'ohs and satisfactory service and
.ni noiF ui"t yOn will be so benefited
.'i'S 'eaNe that you can return and
'r your duties at its expiration"
'a'Ae" with one OF the cabinet
.eiS ~. a'"nt the old and feeble en-.
y 20 wa i don't know what con-
n " menus m 10 do about them, but I
nv N ""u' ! intend to do with those
= ~ Impairment, intend To leave
a'"n'' They can stay here as
ra% 5 ",'E Ike, until some provision
va la'e ''r them. When I was new
~ ~e Experiment | dismissed two ot
tbs Wv i'"pIe and denoted another,
ro. s'"''hi that they were super.
H., No. W ahf inefficient and were a
nS",' ,n 10 he work.
a." q. '"T"e ~ them wrote mo soa
Tt. I promptly committed sui
n , in"' was enough and more
\ d,,.- Tor me. Never again
ose - '.,'o one of them. I do not
w. n'Ye i on my conscience
an ri,Vn'unced tiS sentence of death
sa,,,, yr man or an old woman in
al '.tF st' Of the government. Tbev
7 f,,, S u here as long as they
N u,,, Iruaa them here and some Of
gess S"' ,.tS De here when I leave. If
e,SS :, T.. chooses to provide for tbsm
,enca no.,Rat'on. But will never
,rIc,,ar ""o,her one Of them to self.
he tsr,.. ,,', !'' matter what the COS,
1e 'd1payer and tho gor.r eV0s