Show M i sa J our washington J j weekly chat i aa im is is S S S si OUT 11 ADWOOD IN departments not so many years a ago go when it was a case of to the victor belongs tile the spoils senators and lavish in their efforts tatiros 3 mere ere to place as many people a as s came cama their way in soft jobs in the government departments not nol caring much whether bained their salt sail the appointees or not j just so they were on tile the rolls to draw home borne comparatively easy money money from uncle sam but the tables are turned now low and go emment eminent employees ate aie quaking in their boots congress has developed a that is bound to streak of 0 economy weed oil out t and drop all the dead deadwood Nood in g government 0 o vein ment employees who cannot cano callo show that they ate aie an all essential part ot of U uncle nele sams big working mathine senator smoot of 0 utah started the ball rolling when he played the part of 0 detective going through the war risk B bureau breau with its ten thousand and observing that hundreds 0 f ta bliem nem had only enough work to keep them busy a portion of each day he kick nest by recommending ed up a hornets that the work ot of the bureau be divided among other government departments part ments which would result in saving the government several million dollars yearly in salaries then representative who stood in came a the hallway of 0 a government building and overheard the conversation ot of several girl employees who were laid oft off I 1 for or the day so they could attend a matinee at one ot of the theatres theartres the atres because there was no work tor for them i to do the case was cited in the house and evidently started more of 0 the lawmakers on oil tours of 0 inspection ot of different dit terent bureaus bureau and at a time when the employees are raising a hue and cry that they be paid larger salaries congress Con Cou giess Is keeping its weather eye on the government clerk and government clerks are beginning to realize that the offices in which they are employed are not public playgrounds ACTION NEEDED ON ROOSEVELT ROOSEVE LT MEMORIALS LS so tar far all has been beem talk as to the different honors proposed in congress to the memory of 0 roosevelt concrete action has not been taken on any of 0 them and no one comes forth with the reasons why like many bills in congress they ale aie resting in committee one bill pro posed to make roosevelt Roosevel ts birthday a national holiday then came tile the measure to erect a shrine to his memory ln the form ot or a national monument to be located near the tha washington Washing tor mon and th lie ar coln coin memorial later the proposal was made to place his bis portrait on a postage stamp and now comes senator mclean of connecticut with a bill tor for the coinage ot of the two sent piece with Roosevel ts picture on it probably the hist real tribute to bo be made the great man by the government ent which he served so well and faithful ortra will be the pla placing cing of his p portrait lt on paper money this can be done without the authority of congress the right to do so beh being I 1 9 hesed in the secretary of the treasury TING OF 01 TAE THE WORLD WAR VETERANS now for or the first annual encampment of the world war veterans it is to take place in washington next august or september and preparations are already under way for the entertainment of the thousands of 0 visitors that will come from every section of the country congress Con gresa has expressed its willingness to 0 o appropriate a largo large sum to aid in housing and caring for its ita soldiers and the business men of 0 the capital city have pledged funds to mako make the encampment n camp amp ment a success in every way it is fitting that the first encampment camp ment should be held at the seat ot of government and that the veterans ot of the world war should trod in parade the same famous thoroughfare upon which their fathers and grandfathers marchak wis hei he i tbt I 1 boys of 61 passed in be 1 tore fore lincoln at the close ot of tile civil civi I 1 war though the greatest number of 0 mai daiches elies in the coming parade will be those who served in tile hie war against germany there will be group I 1 ot of veterans who have carried the stars and stripes to the most distant points on the globe an ali unusual memorial is to be fd din in tile the state war and navy building it 11 is in the form 0 of a tablet placed in the wall arld and vill ill commemorate the services of horses and mules used by the A E V F which billich killed in over overseas aas service the animal in al casualty list showed that 63 ani animals nials abie killed in action seven hundred horses were ere lost at sea EVERY CANDIDATE TO HAVE HA VI AN 01 alij ALI HIS OWN aspirants tor for presidential honors are getting down to business in the capital city if renthia and furnishing political headquarters is an all indication lowden and poindexter have secured suites of 0 rooms in the same dovin downtown office building gov einor coolidge has s shipped hipped office furniture from massachusetts slid and awaits its arrival ai rival real estate agents are in negotiation with wood per pershing harding and gerald offering suitable qu aiters in the best buildings and before many weeks have passed it is expected that jolindo 11 cox mcadoo and other favorite so sons us will ill have their machinery going ill full 11 blast in charge ot of faithful and competent managers printers and P publishers blisters bli in washington and elsewhere are expecting a harvest ot of ori I 1 ders tor for campaign literature in fact the wheels are turning upon some of it already OFFICERS WANT TO SUED UNIFORMS guv that the war is over permit us to wear civilian clothes again when we are not on oil duty is the plea ot several thousand officers ot of the army navy and marine corps in washington and elsewhere who are required to wear their uniforms at all times the officers feel since hostilities have ceased that there is no reason why they should be required qu ired to wear the uniform at all while on duty in offices and other places away from troops the question was carried to the white house the importance 0 of any change being regarded as requiring a decision from the president but the verdict was reached not to order any amendment to the tule iule until peace is formally declared to exist doubtless the Pies president ident evidently took the ground that a change of this character in the meantime would create the impression that the war emergency had passed THE RED RIVER KIVIK KICKS UP III A 11 RUMPUS PUS while tile the activities of the reds are receiving pretty severe jolts efrom from one branch of the department of justice the red river which marks the boundary between texas and oklahoma is coming to the front as a problem to command consideration of another branch of at torn torney ey general palmers halmers assistants the meanderings of the red river has been a source ot of litigation since I 1 the tha treaty with spain in 1819 the caso case finally resting in the court of claims but now the land adjoining both sides of 0 the tha raier has developed oil and has increased values estimated at a hundred million dollars the government has become interested because the dispute involves the rights of certain indian owners and uncle sam is their guardian most moat of 0 the land is what Is now the texas hide bide but the government contend contends that the river does not flow where it did when the span spanish ish american treaty was signed oklahoma sup boits the governments conte contention n tion because a big revenue in taxes from oil will flow into the treasury of that state |