Show the real slogan of the q real slogan of day dav J day plies is to efficiency all departments and it ap of Is efficiency the public service and to by former THOMAS members of congress as 0 much as it does to the subordinate employed emp loyes of uncle sam in the old days before this new spirit permeated the government machinery things were pretty lax at the national capital and few took their jobs seriously at least not half as seriously as they do in these latter days the horse races at benning used to depopulate the departments and when ponies were running getting a quorum of the lawmakers was a difficult matter some congressmen particularly those from nearby states occupied their seats not more then than fifty per cent of the time and a full attendance k could be counted on only y when pay day arrived I 1 remember well the case of a genial representative from new york who appeared once to be sworn in and then was seen no more until the last day of the session such a stranger was he be that none of the doorkeepers knew him and when he attempted to get by the guardians of the hall of representatives lie he was stopped with little ceremony in vain he be pleaded that he was wa 9 a member of congress we have heard that old gag before said a square jawed representative of the sergeant at arms arins and that sort of seail go here at last he persuaded the man to call out one of his colleagues and not until he had been identified was he permitted to enter the chamber this happened in the late eighties but if any statesman were so negligent of his duties nowadays he would not be given a second term by the voters of his district |