Show p f PLAN TO EMPLOYEES t r I. I tiD Residents of Washington Agitated Agi- Agi V Over Proposed Legislation JOKERS AFTER UNCLE JOE Speaker I. I r Finds Hand Duplicated t II in Friendly HI Gamu Negro ero glO May Ia Be Bc t 1 Court Com CUlt I. I I i u Republican lc Il Special o r rV r V In March 1 18 Washing Washington o y tout ton tOI fa ii agHa agitated tell over or the tue proposed leg IcS f j j of turning out to grass 1118 grass a aged et 4 l and government em em- loos j As a great majority of ot th the r. r f population of or Washington CaIS earns its Hs i Sl living J In the thc ex executive departments a 1 proposition lon of or this kind Is Js well wel calculated J Jal l to lo things s. s up p. p Whilo it I Is i l conceded lo tu be he a a distinctly unpleasant i f ant task to discharge a man or woI woman wo wo- wo- wo I man because he lie or she has reached a n certain age yet something along I ru I his hi line hue Ile to Increase c the thc of or orf C the the personnel of or the thc different departments depart depart- f fC ments nl J has lias ha been needed for many r years Part of nt the proposed ulan nian IsI is isto 11 lt J to tu have havu a a scale calc of ot salaries so 50 so that thai thais I f 1 s as get set too too old ld to render ef effective ef- ef jt vico tho they will wi be lie Ic reduced to t. t about per iWI annum and young and atud active clerks to z places w o I ft There are arc many Instances in the departments of or old ld men mel of oC eighty ye rV mf a lite little older ulder w who retain I nil all al e the mental mantal faculties of but 0 thc they will not be bc affected If IC the tho ho legislation legis u 4 t under consideration Is lation now enacted en en- JatO i fl acted Into luo law a as the heads of departments depart j m ments nb will wil be given discretion to tu re retain re- re It tam tain uncut men and women wornOn of oC advanced V age hut but of oC proved efficiency The old men nuen an and women in the thc departments v hero are le a h heritage c of M if gone by-gone gono da days s wh when n positions vcr y filled fled solely by J members lh s of ut both branches s 's of of con con- CO rs r's nM without r to W civil C 1 R 7 ice lee examinations s Many o of them ire nrc l' l closely related to men ln ho a names nam id identified wRit with the history of f tho the i uie Ule 1 country and who have been given I Ii i positions purely puI out t of charity I b The mother of Captain Gridley who was vas In charge of or ey Do Dowey's flagship at at t j r f fl the battle bailie of Manila Day Bay is a clerk clerkin cierI I- I in one of or the Iho departments and amI was rOI foi years and iud 1 long before her herson became famous rufous son r Job Job On Joe To L Oi Uncle Jul The recreation ton indulged in by bycy cy V Speaker Can Canno Is s poker The he speaker speak speak- I er cr Is a regular attendant at nt a game Jalo t- t V h e here an and l generally the tho crowd is the thc V SIl every night A game mo was in iii progress thC other dither nl night ht when won a let re- re le- le was taken for Cor refreshments F t t th the active players player Including Uncle Joe were away from rein the table able tablea a c couple uple of members of the house luse L i. i be been n in tho the name game alc hut but had d cr i draw crout out selected from the three ha or 01 orS S four r. fO packs of ot cards on tho O l the 11 and placed l hC them ln In on 3 H l f When tn ti th the players returned d tin thui cards were duly duhy shuffled and anti cut and iset rv dealt out out 1 Mr Cannon Was th the he first to lo receive e cards He lie HC looked lt them c f over and his fact face ae was waN as unchangeable l as the SI roc loe of Pennsylvania Pennsyl c vania- vania vania next lie le looked hooked at hl his j They constituted a Hush flush but one that i was a new to hin hima him consisting of or three 4 t aces acos I of and two kings s of spades H 11 l looked up su suddenly and ant catching th the eyes yes of or the jokers was put next U tt tt Uthe th the game Ono One or 01 two others eu caught ht hands that were I Hot ot worth drawing draving to lo Uncle Jo with vIthu wih his yes eyes Intent Intently I glued on hl his cards did IUt not look 1001 up and stood lood paL pat So did Cully fam of or Wisconsin n. n the tho thinnest t man itt In the time louse ome a and they Imey were left lef to tu bet heL It out omit It I was wac a ta table lC stake game and both hoth raised until r r their plc J In the middle of tn the thC table Chips were borrowed and ft Jm I 1101 ly Adams Alam Aled Un lc Joe had hall the he three l. l live five six an and seven s cn V. V T of ot spades and th a smile h breaking over oer er 1 his face extended ml Ids his 4 hands anti and b be u to rai rake aJ t the chips tu tub i i In Walt Valt a a. a mom moment moment- nt yi Joe said salti in a t t tone ne Hints j what 1 ive i've IL you yon lav have o said be Ive Ive got ot em cm Weir If youve you've go got o om em m then I mu must t 4 4 have hav em eta had bad hat Both Bolh mis w wre rC re t. t laid Wf j roared at th the I or ot tin ceK of el r Cannon anti and 81 1 Both Bolh Immediately saw W time the j joke le and ul H it I Is ro fe to lo say siy fAY that I 1 the ons ones who perpetrated It I will wi not hu I be hp allowed to enter 4 for i long n time line tlC n a game frame with Uncle Joe foe JoC because e h he looks UDon ulon a came of er as a a r 1 11 mighty 1 piece I of 01 business business- and th 1 ho lie le on this occasion I J l fu il J memory along this 4 1 lons Court Count OUt 11 several years jears ars citIzens of Washington Wash a hh h- h I h ington nn have have- h been l c to itt Induce In- In duce tn s to provide a juvenile court At last the thc t legisla- legisla t t thou lion tOI haw has b been n enacted 1 the thc court will vI open for uen en for or Most hl t of or its H patrons will wi h be le negro boys and andI I girls as I those these thes on 01 account account of their I t. t in n a city l like 1110 c I ton toll have havu given tho the police the most c k 4 trouble Of OC course there arc are many t tt t white while but thc they are rc In a 1 In time the r minority There in is no c city United State l teH s which pro provides better facIlities for tor f Us its colored people and the money mony spent Is 14 11 vastly In fn excess of oC that paid palt n in the thc of taxes by hy negro property owners 0 The 1 lu suggestion ha has hat been made for a a. a negro k Judge ut for O. O this court and It I I is suId ld hl t the hC i President will I consider it It In itt spile of or tC th the educational facilities achilles afforded negro children are re wayward and prone J to lu potty itty Ill theft thefts and It 1 im thought that t I lm hd jl court n In Ill conjunction Ith tl time the probation ii ion lucre here will wi t accomplish ac RC much mich 1 |