Show NEPOTISM AT washington there is a motive operating in official wo in the united states which is subversive ot every principle of free and bate government it is tho practice pi men high in authority at washington to appoint their near relatives to office and the evil grows more serious year by year A froia the capital to tho now york sun eliat when congress meet there will be in and about tho capitol an exhibition of nepotism such as has never been heard of before at the last session of congress a law wa passed giving to every representative senta tive in congress a clerk at pay not exceeding a month during alie essaion eos aion these clerks it can be safely assumed will as a rule be reb tivee of representatives tho abuse chich the renowned consanguinity order in the treasury department was aimed was as nothing in comparison to what iq a short timo will have become abe 7 fr five bran thero are man a matter of fact have very little use for clerks it is provided that whenever two representatives employ one clerk he will be entitled to 1200 a month a provision it is not too much to say that will cover some fine financial operations according to the rule of addition division and silence an the senate every senator is entitled to a clerk at fa a day or a month clerks to committees get pay than aliis these clerks n the senate are quite generally relatives of senators in the house this nepotism will prevail on a much larger scale in the capitol there will be little less than all relatives of senators and representatives nepotism on a stupendous scale thia system of clerkships began a few years ago by giving to each justice of the supreme court a clerk then follow clerks to senate committees then camo a clerk to every senator then came clerks to house followed as in the senate by a clerk to every representative it is a logical conclusion that before long clerks will be provided for all officials in and around the capitol it is becoming alie rule that whoever a salary is entitled to appoint some one elso to draw a salary As the department officials have carriages ac government cost senators jwill W deemed not less entitled to carriage to be followed by carriages for and then the samo for officials |