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Show MEN WHO HAVE SERVED WELL A Washington Correspondent Writes Interestingly Washington, D. C, February 15. (Special) No civil service law throws its protecting aegis ovor government servitors In tho groat capitol building; build-ing; but It Is plain that real merit serves tho possessor with both tho great political parties of tho land. As clerk to tho houso commltteo on appropriations ap-propriations J. C. Courts has held his placo for thirty-six years. Ho was appointed ap-pointed to that Important position In tho Forty-fourth Congress, the first House controlled by tho Democrats after the civil war. Though a Tennessee Ten-nessee Democrat, Courts has been retained re-tained as committee clerk by all succeeding suc-ceeding Republican chairmen, Only a few months ago, Thomas P. Cleaves of Malno.'who was clerk to tho Son-ato Son-ato committee on appropriations for a longer porlod that even Courts, died. Though a pronounced Republican Republi-can he was rotained undor Domocrntic control and allowed all tho power and privilege ho onjoyod under the Republicans. Re-publicans. Beneath tho big domo aro not a fow mon whoso merit and efficiency havo kept thorn on tho pay rolls for years regardioss of tho party In power. If the United States Senate should create a roll to mark; tho efficiency of its raombers Senator Warron of Wyoming Wy-oming would como protty near standing stand-ing at tho head of tho list. Ho Is familiar fa-miliar with all tho rules of parliamentary parliamen-tary law and with all tho details of legislation; ho Is untiring and usually succeeds in securing tho passage of legislation of public importance whore many others would lull. Ilia ability in succossful work hub Ju.st boon aptly apt-ly Illustrated. A bill to lncrcaso tho commissioned officers of tho army by six hundred ' , and twclvo hns been pending in con-J con-J giess for sovoral years'. Tho mcasuro i was approved by tho administration, by tho war department and by tho na- j ilonal guard of tho nation. Tho proposed pro-posed lncrcaso is designed to onablo tho army to assign compctont officers , to drill and train tho national guard; hut desplto its merits thoro aro mon In both Houso and Sonato who deter-l-mlno to dofeat it by tacts of objection objec-tion and delay. To avert this fato Sonator Warren, chairman of the sen-I sen-I ato commltteo on military uffairs, had tho provisions of tho bill ombodler In 1 Continued on Pago C I I Mef Who Have Served Well Continued from Pago 1. nn amendment to tho army appropriation appropria-tion bill and thus It passed tho Senate. Sen-ate. now goes to a conference committee com-mittee consisting of threo members of the houso and three members of tho, donate. Theso conforces aro all favorable to tho Increase and tho indications in-dications aro that Senator Warron will shortly enjoy tho oxperlenco not unusual with him of another triumph in legislation for tho public good. There has been an unusual do-mnnil do-mnnil for dlc'tlonnrles recently and a grout hustling nmong tho ladles of high society owing to a recent news Item appearing in the newspapers that tho legislature of Massachusetts was ilbout to pass a law requiring nil dress skirts to reach at least six Inches In-ches bojow tho patella. Women who had beepmo a little rusty In their knowledgo of nnntotny and physiology have been rather emlinrnssed until they hnd looked up the matter . Volumes of cloak room stories about tbe experiences of Senators have been printed but what tho Senntors' wives talk about In their tote-n-teto has not received tho same attontlon although it mny bo presumed that they have experiences quite as interesting as some of their distinguished husbands. Tho other day at a social function, ono of the ladles regretted thnt sho could not toko refreshments on nc-count nc-count of her veil that had been put on by a maid before sho started out on her afternoon calls. This called forth nn experience from nnother Senntor u wife who sn,ld that she had been In a post office recently and a strnngo lady approached her with a postage stamp .1ml asked her to lick It becauso sho had u voll on and could not do It herself. |