Show THE CHEAT qnestio h in Washington I seems to be what to do to bqsaved The other day a chief clerk in one of the Departments with a salary of 2500 voluntarily dropped down to a ljfe00 clerkship which latter he expects to hold through Clevelands administration administra-tion Under the civil service act a chief clerk may be removed summarily but a 1600 clerk can only be dismissed for cause The most popular dodge in the struggle to hold on is change of heart politically All the clerks who havenot been offensively pronounced in their Republicanism ar6 said tel be good Democrats and many of them express surprise when anyone suggests thatthey were ever Repulicans The effort obtain ob-tain place is also quite as determined as the struggle to hold on The following are advertisements cut from Washington Washing-ton papers Having passed the Civil Service examination ex-amination I will give 50 to any person to secure me a place in one of the departments de-partments Address A B C Republican Republi-can office To any one procuring a government position for six months I will pay to them all over 35 per month Please address ad-dress Needy City Postoffice One hundred dollars cash wiU be paid lora position imany of the departments depart-ments legally evading the Civil Service Address bcribewSter office |